With the theme “Seeking A More Excellent Way—Taking the Next Faithful Step,” this year’s Annual Conference will be held in Florence at the Florence Center, with the Florence District and Cumberland United Methodist Church as hosts. However, in-person attendance will be limited strictly to those who must be onsite to conduct the business.
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Continuing pandemic concerns prompt the UMCSC’s 2021 Annual Conference to convene virtually June 6-7.
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South Carolina United Methodists have elected their slate of lay delegates to the 2020 General and Jurisdictional conferences, and just two more clergy delegates remain. By Jessica Brodie.
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Annual Conference has elected two more delegates to the 2020 Jurisdictional Conference as of 5:15 p.m. Wednesday. The voting continues with one more lay delegate and four more clergy to go, plus alternates. By Jessica Brodie.
Read MoreSouth Carolina United Methodists have elected their slate of 16 delegates to the 2020 General Conference as of Wednesday morning at Annual Conference. By Jessica Brodie.
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The Wednesday, June 5, edition of the 2019 Daily Advocate is now online. Download your copy here!
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By Jessica Brodie. Annual Conference has elected 13 of its 32 delegates to the 2020 General and Jurisdictional conferences as of Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. Voting will continue Wednesday.
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Read all about it—Annual Conference, that is! The Tuesday, June 4, edition of the 2019 Daily Advocate is now online. Download your copy here.
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Read the Monday Daily Advocate (for June 4, 2018), here Read the Tuesday Daily Advocate (for June 5), here Read the Wednesday Daily Advocate (for June 6), here What is…
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WASHINGTON – The Council of Bishops is offering a video outlining the One Church Plan as a resource for annual conferences as they prepare for the 2019 Special Session of…
Read MoreSouth Carolina United Methodists gather in Greenville to do work of the church By Jessica Brodie GREENVILLE—“It’s time for us to celebrate!” Bishop Jonathan Holston proclaimed to wild applause, kicking…
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By Jessica Brodie. Annual Conference has passed six of its seven resolutions for 2017, many rooted in solidarity or in healing.
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By Jessica Brodie. South Carolina laity and clergy had the chance to vote yesterday on five amendments to the constitution of The United Methodist Church, but results of the vote will not be released until all annual and central conferences throughout the denomination have voted.
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By Jessica Brodie. One of the resolutions submitted to Annual Conference—on a disaffiliation from the denomination—was ruled out of order and not brought before the body at the 2017 session.
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By Jessica Brodie. Changes to the Annual Conference’s standing rules have done away with the ability for late resolutions to be submitted on the conference floor, though this (or any) standing rule can be suspended with a two-thirds vote at Annual Conference.
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By Jessica Brodie. Lifting up the majestic and transformative beauty of the redwood tree, which starts out from a seed tinier than a tomato’s and grows into a massive and hardy testament to life, Louisiana Resident Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey preached an ordination service Monday at Annual Conference that ordained or commissioned 26 clergy.
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By Jessica Brodie. South Carolina United Methodist active clergy and lay employees now have a bevy of health care choices on their plate thanks to a new plan lineup approved at Annual Conference yesterday.
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By Jessica Brodie. South Carolina United Methodists spent an evening in a service celebrating a variety of missions embraced by the Annual Conference, from disaster response to homes for the homeless to bikes for people in need.
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By Jessica Brodie. Praising the all-encompassing, never-ending, extravagant love of God, the Rev. John Hipp, Florence District superintendent, preached the Memorial Service at Annual Conference Tuesday afternoon.
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By Allison Trussell GREENVILLE—The conference honored 35 retiring pastors Tuesday, June 6. Each retiree was welcomed by the bishop and received a certificate. They were also given a chance to…
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