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- Top court fully OKs S.C. structure By Jessica Connor. The United Methodist Church's top court has unanimously approved the new structure for S.C. Conference Connectional Ministries.
- Advocate named first-place newspaper by UMAC The Advocate has been named the best newspaper in the annual conferences division by the United Methodist Association of Communicators. Editor Jessica Connor accepted that award and three others for the newspaper when UMAC gathered Oct. 24-27 in Chicago to honor communicators across the country for their work to tell the denomination's story.
- Hope at Silver Hill: Church, nonprofit partnership result in haven for neighbors in need By Jessica Connor. When times are tough, when people don't know when they'll get their next meal or whether they can scrounge enough money to pay the extra heating bill this month, there is a place people know they can turn to for help.
- Hopewell feeds the body and soul of Lancaster County By Carrie Townsend. On the first Friday of every month, Lancaster County residents make their way to the end of Heyward Hough Road, preparing their taste buds for a home-cooked meal at Hopewell United Methodist Church.
- UMs join ecumenical dialogue on education By Jessica Connor. United Methodist leaders joined Christians from across South Carolina Nov. 18 to tackle significant education issues facing children in this state.
- The wonder of it all By Bishop Jonathan Holston. The point of the whole Christmas message is that what we do with our lives matters to Jesus. Christmas is all about Jesus coming to be with us. It is about Immanuel, God with us, looking on! In fact, we can look and see the image of God in Jesus.
- A celebration of Christ By Jessica Connor. It's hard to keep things holy when every store you enter breaks out the tinsel and the plastic Santas before Halloween is even over; when you get gift-shopping sale ads that rival the size of small magazines day after day in your mailbox. Popular Advent ministries like the Angel Tree or Operation Christmas Child get popped right into the mix like items on a to-do list.
- November 2013
- United against hunger: 135 hunger ministries in S.C. 'proof positive' conference is committed to relief By Jessica Connor. Recent grants to 135 hunger relief ministries across South Carolina are proof positive that, at least in the Palmetto State, United Methodists are dedicated to putting a dent in hunger.
- 92 percent: Bishop sets high goal for conference giving By Jessica Connor. United Methodist leaders are taking a giant step forward this year in apportionment goals for the S.C. Conference.