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Preaching with power
Carolina Black Clergy Leadership Retreat helps leaders grow, restore, reconnect. By Jessica Brodie.
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S.C. readies for Annual Conference
South Carolina United Methodists will head to the Greenville Center June 8-11 to pray, worship and conduct the business of the church at Annual Conference. Here's an overview. By Jessica Brodie
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Churches sue to leave UMC yet retain property
Ten churches have filed a lawsuit in the South Carolina Supreme Court, seeking to break away from The United Methodist Church yet keep their church property. By Jessica Brodie.
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Cultivating hope
As with a garden, our church must sow seeds of love and healing as we share the Gospel, knowing we’ll reap a harvest that brings glory to God Almighty. A reflection by Jessica Brodie.
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Thin places
I wonder if we have lost the ability to see the sacredness in things that appear at first glance to be mundane. A reflection by Bishop Leonard Fairley.
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The time is now
There’s an urgency expressed in Scripture we cannot ignore: The time is now. A reflection by Jessica Brodie.
The Advocate Press Resources & Books
Can Lizzy Help?
In this children's book by Kathy Hart, Lizzy isn't old enough to go with her big brother Billy and the rest of the church youth to Salkehatchie Summer Service, and she's mad.
Stories from My Journey
In this third book of reflections, Rev. Arthur Holt shares about how the stories of his journey shaped his life and faith.
Having Coffee with God
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit down for a cup of coffee with God? Mark Barnette does just that in this book of "God conversations" from the Advocate Press.