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- Two by two: St. Andrews Shepherd Ministry reaches out with food, fellowship By Jessica Connor. It's a pretty Tuesday morning in Orangeburg, and the willing hands at St. Andrews United Methodist Church are at it again. There, in the sunny, spacious church kitchen, a dozen volunteers are hard at work making salad and garlic bread, doling out desserts into Styrofoam boxes and ladling portions of steaming hot spaghetti into containers for their weekly citywide delivery to more than 65 homebound community members.
- United Methodists swarm Washington to fight malaria {mosimage}The S.C. Conference of The United Methodist Church sent a four-member advocacy team to Washington, D.C., joining more than 100 other United Methodists from 40 annual conferences and 30 states to help end malaria.
- Dunean UMC becomes first 'reconciling' church in S.C. By Jessica Connor. A small United Methodist Church in the Upstate has become the first reconciling congregation in South Carolina, embracing full inclusion of all God's children regardless of sexual orientation.
- Christ's love in action: S.C., Virginia ERTs help hurricane-ravaged homeowners in New Jersey By Jessica Connor. This Christmas, a handful of homeowners in New Jersey are smiling a little brighter thanks to a team of 12 disaster workers from South Carolina and Virginia.
- Asbury slept here: Pickens County to rebuild historic lodge where early Methodist bishop preached By Jessica Connor. A lodge thought to be the site where Francis Asbury preached, lodged and established Methodism in northern Pickens County is going to be rebuilt and restored at the historic Hagood Mill site.
- Motorcyclists help local UMC with signage By Jessica Connor. A block from the busy Hwy. 28 bypass in Anderson stands a church so concealed in the neighborhood that most people drive by and don't even notice it's there. But thanks to new signage donated by a local motorcycle club, that's not the case anymore.
- Bethune license plate to help UMC programs in S.C. By Jessica Connor. A new license plate featuring the image of United Methodist leader Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune will help The United Methodist Church in South Carolina.
- Meet the Wesleys: South Carolina United Methodists encouraged to attend Wesley heritage event in February By Amber Lacy. One South Carolina Wesley buff has a personal mission: for all South Carolina United Methodists to get to know the fathers of Methodism.
- Church pays AU apportionments in honor of pastor's birthday By Jessica Connor. Forget a tie or even an iPad. One United Methodist pastor received a gift far more meaningful from his congregation for his birthday.
- Let it shine By Jessica Connor. January is the clean month, the time when I ceremoniously tear off the December page in my desk calendar and gaze down upon all the fresh blank spaces, just waiting for me to plug in meetings, events and occasions.