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- God's time: Team's Zimbabwe mission evolves mid-trip, becomes richer in process By Jessica Connor. A South Carolina team of missioners got a lesson in flexibility during their recent trip to Zimbabwe. And though their trip didn't turn out exactly as they had planned, they are certain it was just as God planned — and all the better for it.
- Church calls for prayer after drowning claims youth By Jessica Connor. An accidental drowning has shaken one local church to the core, and members are looking to God to help them pick up the pieces.
- Way of Hope: New UM-led ministry helps homeless families get needed housing By Jessica Connor. The statistics can be staggering. In the Upstate alone, hundreds of children are homeless — and those are just the ones the state can document.
- God at work: Seneca church sees big results after fully surrendering to will of the Lord By Jessica Connor. One Upstate church has made a deliberate decision to open itself entirely to the will of God and is getting tremendous results.
- Stop Hunger Now: Inspired by Greenville District, Greenwood plans hunger relief event By Jessica Connor. The pictures say it all: children so malnourished they are literally skin and bones, wasting away. Across the world, thousands of children — an estimated 16,000 — die daily from one simple cause: they have nothing to eat. This month, the Greenwood District of The United Methodist Church is stepping up and doing its part to help.
- From Martha to Mary By Jessica Connor. I can be a Martha — so caught up in working and spinning my wheels that I lose sight of the big picture. I value Mary's style: relationships, contemplative learning, being in the moment. But all too often, my anxiety or my workaholism takes over, and I spend way too much time doing instead of being. My recent mission trip to Zimbabwe made me realize my deep need for a lot more Mary in my life and a lot less Martha.
- August 2012
- Holston is new S.C. bishop; Bishop Taylor assigned to Holston Conference By Jessica Connor The man elected bishop on the very first ballot at Jurisdictional Conference 2012 will become the S.C. Conference's new resident bishop.
- SEJ elects five bishops, passes $4.4M budget By Jessica Connor. After a gathering that included the election of five new bishops for The United Methodist Church, the passage of a $4.4 million budget and the election of dozens of men and women to a host of church boards and agencies, delegates headed home to prepare for the next four years of denominational disciple-making.
- McClendon narrowly misses election as bishop By Jessica Connor. Despite being the top vote-getter on 14 ballots, the S.C. Conference s episcopal nominee was not elected as a bishop at Jurisdictional Conference 2012.