Nov 9, 2018 | Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Front Page, Upcoming Events
World AIDS Day, observed each year on Dec. 1, provides an opportunity for people around the world to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS and to show their compassion and support to those living with the disease. The Council of Bishops this week affirmed again the...
Nov 8, 2018 | Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Disaster Response, Front Page, Hurricane Florence, Local Churches, Upcoming Events
The South Carolina Conference and UMCOR have scheduled two free training opportunities aimed at helping local churches develop a disaster response plan and better position themselves to respond when disaster strikes. “Connecting Neighbors” – scheduled for...
Oct 26, 2018 | Bishop Holston, Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Front Page, Local Churches
Bishop L. Jonathan Holston had a question for some 140 pastors and laypersons attending the 2018Â Summit on the Black Church in North Charleston Oct. 25-27. “Culturally, economically, theologically, these are challenging times,” the resident bishop of the...
Oct 25, 2018 | Bishop Holston, Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Front Page, Local Churches
Bishop Sharma D. Lewis traveled from Virginia to bring a challenge to South Carolina United Methodists assembled in North Charleston Thursday for the 2018 Summit on the Black Church. “You’re the only ones who can stir it up,” the resident bishop of...
Oct 18, 2018 | Bishop Holston, Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Disaster Recovery, Front Page
Bishop L. Jonathan Holston and members of the Extended Cabinet worked Wednesday to help restore homes of families still trying to recover from Hurricane Matthew in 2016. The second “Cabinet Work Day” of the year was designed not only to bring hope and...
Oct 12, 2018 | Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Disaster Response, Front Page, Hurricane Florence, Local Churches, Marion District
United Methodist churches in the Marion District of the South Carolina Annual Conference have taken the brunt of natural disasters that have struck the state in recent years. From the 1,000-year floods of 2015, through Hurricane Matthew a year later, to last...