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- Musical abundance: Small mountain church blessed with surplus of musical talent By Jessica Connor. They usually don't plan it. It's just the way they do church. In fact, until just recently, they didn't even have an organized choir. But when the 65 or so members of Porter's Chapel United Methodist Church gather for worship on Sunday mornings, they can count on one thing: There's going to be lots and lots of musical praise for the Lord.
- New pension plan for part-timers? By Jessica Connor. If South Carolina United Methodists give the nod, part-time pastors will have a new pension plan beginning in January.
- S.C. UMC organizing mass effort to help children in poverty By Jessica Connor. The United Methodist Church in South Carolina is organizing a mass effort to help children in poverty.
- Church and the GED: New resolution to enable churches to serve as test sites, offer test prep By Jessica Connor. A resolution to help local churches become high school equivalency testing centers will go before S.C. United Methodists at Annual Conference.
- 2,000 UMs to gather June 9-12 for mission, business at Annual Conference By Jessica Connor. United Methodist laity and clergy across the state are making final plans for Annual Conference 2013, a multipronged event featuring mission, business, prayer and fellowship — all in the name of the Savior.
- S.C. UMs to vote on resolution to help eradicate poverty in this state By Jessica Connor. A resolution designed to help release the million-plus South Carolinians locked in generational poverty will go before Annual Conference this month.
- Education resolution calls for constitutional amendment changing minimally adequate to high By Jessica Connor. A resolution going before Annual Conference this month to change the standard of minimally adequate education in this state has been replaced with a similar version.
- Mount Hebron partners with school district for ESOL classes By Caitlin Russell. Weekday afternoons are hectic at Mount Hebron United Methodist Church where, just as some parents are picking up their kids from Mount Hebron's day school, others are arriving to attend classes themselves.
- Lowcountry missioners help fix up building for new family care center at Epworth By Jessica Connor. Thanks to generous hearts and a little elbow grease, families in transition are one step closer to new living space at Epworth Children's Home.
- Plan the week and work the plan By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Planning is crucial to Christian leadership. In fact, it is often the determining factor between success and failure.