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- Missioners head to Zimbabwe to finish church construction By Jessica Connor. A team of missioners from South Carolina — including the Advocate's editor and assistant editor and two conference staffers — are in Africa this month on a 16-day mission trip to finish construction on a United Methodist church.
- UMCs pitch in on Killingsworth kitchen redo By Jessica Connor. Every night just before six o'clock they come, bearing casseroles lovingly prepared in church kitchens or big bags of steaming hot takeout.
- Congregational specialist changes designed to help churches statewide By Jessica Connor. With the shift of the Rev. Kathy Lewis James from congregational specialist to new director of Connectional Ministries for the S.C. Conference, the rest of the department is seeing several changes in staff makeup that they hope will help the connection across the state.
- Giving the gift of hope By Valarie Flowers. One Charleston first grader is living out the message of hope and love demonstrated by the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Hard lessons, new chapter By Jessica Connor. It took four years of heavy planning and hard work, and now, Jurisdictional Conference 2012 has come and gone.
- July 2012
- Feeling the love By Jessica Connor. There I was, standing in the Pee Dee Room Sunday afternoon at Annual Conference, surrounded by a sea of Advocate supporters, all talking excitedly and sharing stories. It was the Advocate's celebration reception, the afternoon when our board of trustees marked 175 years of newspaper ministry with an Advocate birthday party, complete with cake and plenty of friends. What a beautiful thing!
- Invitation to a Changed Life: S.C. UMC decides budget, elections, legislation at Annual Conference By Jessica Connor. Lifting up the life-changing, awe-inspiring power of the Risen Savior, Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor led the body in the opening service of worship for Annual Conference 2012.
- Bishops, other business on slate for Jurisdictional 2012 By Jessica Connor. Thirty-six delegates from across South Carolina will join counterparts from 14 other annual conferences for the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference, set for July 18-20 at Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center in Western North Carolina.
- 50 years of rebuilding lives: Alston Wilkes Society By Jessica Connor. John Smith knows more than his share about bad decisions. More than a decade ago, Smith (not his real name) was a law enforcement officer and had just gotten out of the military. "But I made a wrong choice," he said, winding up in prison on a drug charge.