In September, the conference treasurer’s office dispersed apportionments collected from the 113 separating churches, which were recorded in a lump sum in August. By Jessica Brodie.

Eighteen South Carolina disaster missioners headed to South Georgia in early September in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia. They also helped clear downed trees in South Carolina. By Jessica Brodie.

New ministry at Hopewell UMC, SImpsonville, bolsters foster families with much-needed support. By Jessica Brodie.

The Spirit within spurs us on to a bright tomorrow, a tomorrow filled with new ministries and new hope, awake and refreshed and ready to do all the Lord calls us to do. By Jessica Brodie.

But no matter what life throws at you, you’ve got to have hope. By Bishop L. Jonathan Holston.

After the turmoil and hurt feelings surrounding separation and disaffiliation, as well as the angst over what is General Conference going to do (or not do), many of us are stuck in an uncomfortable and unsettled place of uncertainty. By Jessica Brodie.