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- New church start ‘Open Hearts UMC’ celebrates first birthday One group of people who lost their church home in the separation process stood firm in its identity as United Methodists and were faithful to find a way to continue as such. They just celebrated one year together.
- 2024 Carolinas Black Clergy Leadership Retreat a success More than 170 United Methodists gathered May 20-24 for the annual Carolinas Black Clergy Leadership Retreat. By the Rev. Walter Strawther.
- Ground Zero: Memorial UMC kids engage in week of service Memorial United Methodist Church recently embraced the chance to find new and creative ways for their younger youth to participate in opportunities of mission and service during the summer: Ground Zero.
- Phase One complete on historic Eccles church Phase One is now complete on an effort to restore the historic Eccles United Methodist Church in the Francis Marion National Forest. By Jessica Brodie.
- Mount Seal celebrates with historical marker, mortgage burning Mount Seal United Methodist Church in the Florence District celebrated its birthday in a unique way, burning its paid-in-full mortgage and unveiling a new South Carolina historical marker before a large crowd of worshippers and supporters.
- Asbury Hills offers first Coastal Camp at Sea Islands This summer, Asbury Hills Camps & Retreat Ministries offered its very first Coastal Camp at Sea Islands.
- Harmful labels Labels can be incredibly damaging, and they run the risk of pigeon-holing us into false identities. They can affect how we see ourselves and place limits on our potential to do God’s work in this world. We can do better. A column by Jessica Brodie.
- Seeking a more excellent way together Twelve years together. Twelve years of shared ministry and mission. Twelve years of dreaming God-sized visions. Twelve years of seeking a more excellent way. Together. A column by Bishop L. Jonathan Holston
- SEJ elects slate for jurisdictional committees and general agencies The Southeastern Jurisdiction now has a new slate of people serving on jurisdictional committees and general agencies this quadrennium—including two Hispanic/Latinx persons and one Native American added Thursday to address an oversight. By Jessica Brodie.
- SEJ Day 2: Bishop Leonard Fairley to be South Carolina’s new episcopal leader South Carolina is getting a new episcopal leader: Bishop Leonard Fairley. That was the biggest news of Day 2 of The United Methodist Church’s 2024 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference, a three-day gathering held to do the business of the denomination in this region. Read the Day 2 wrap-up, by Jessica Brodie.