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- Opening our eyes to the plight of children By Jessica Connor. Recently, I had the opportunity to tour several childcare centers in some of the poorer areas of the Midlands. It was a way to educate me about children living in poverty right here in South Carolina. Some of them were not too many miles from where I live with my own children.
- May 2013
- Gospel Grass: United Methodist quartet mark decade of pickin' for the Lord By Jessica Connor. The music starts with a chaos of energy—the smooth strum of the guitar, the delicate strings of the mandolin, the burst of melody from the banjo, the deep thrum of the bass.
- Prayer warriors: For 27 years, group lifts up Rural Mission to the Lord By Jessica Connor. They make their circle in the brightly lit room, folding chairs crunched close together and well-worn Bibles resting on their laps. For hours every Tuesday, starting around 11 a.m. and lasting well into the afternoon, the Rural Mission Prayer Warriors join hands to pray, sing and read Scripture, all for the glory of God.
- Fighting hunger, S.C. style By Jessica Connor. From spring hat luncheons to Pennies from Heaven buckets, United Methodist churches across South Carolina are getting creative as they raise funds to fight hunger.
- Lake Junaluska: 100 years of Godly transformation By Jessica Connor. A hundred years ago, the majestic sweep of mountain valley didn't boast acre upon acre of manicured landscaping and cheerful buildings. There were no hotels built yet, and the lake wasn't even filled with water.
- S.C. UMs advocate for just and humane immigration reform By Jessica Connor. South Carolina United Methodists work to advocate for just and humane immigration reform is garnering some national attention as it helps spread awareness about the plight of the stranger in this state.
- Blankets of Hope: Bethlehem UMC reaches out to the suffering through prayer-filled comfort ministry By Brady Hammond. It has been an unusually rough day, the rain is beating against your windows relentlessly and you just want to curl up with your favorite blanket and forget the world. Sometimes nothing can brighten your mood like the comfort of that old familiar quilt. But for the ladies of Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Johnston, blankets have come to carry far more meaning than merely comfort.
- Delegates to learn key Annual Conference issues at May pre-conference training events By Jessica Connor. With Annual Conference just a little more than a month away, delegates and districts across South Carolina are gearing up for a month of pre-conference training events.
- Four major resolutions to go before Annual Conference in June By Jessica Connor. Clergy and lay members of Annual Conference will have at least four major resolutions to vote on when they gather in Florence June 9-12 to decide the business of The United Methodist Church in South Carolina.