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Safe Sanctuaries Best Practices training opportunities

Apr 10, 2023 | Columbia District, Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Florence District, Front Page, Greenville District, Greenwood District, Hartsville District, Marion District, Orangeburg District, Rock Hill District, Spartanburg District, Walterboro District

In an effort to enable local churches to better understand and live out their Safe Sanctuaries policies, a series of training sessions is planned across the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church in coming weeks. Each district will host “Safe...

UMCSC leaders preparing for lower apportionment giving

Mar 15, 2023 | 2023 Annual Conference, Columbia District, Conference Updates, Florence District, Front Page, Greenville District, Greenwood District, Hartsville District, Marion District, Orangeburg District, Rock Hill District, Spartanburg District, Walterboro District

South Carolina Conference finance leaders are engaged in the annual process of assessing the budget needs of the Annual Conference for 2024 and beyond. In recent years, members of the Conference Council on Finance and Administration have committed to reducing the...

AC2023 set to return in person after three years apart

Mar 14, 2023 | 2023 Annual Conference, Columbia District, Conference Updates, Florence District, Front Page, Greenville District, Greenwood District, Hartsville District, Marion District, Orangeburg District, Rock Hill District, Spartanburg District, Walterboro District

The 2023 South Carolina Annual Conference will meet in person for the first time since 2019, after which the COVID-19 pandemic made such large gatherings unsafe. All lay and clergy members must register online by May 21. Some 2,000 lay and clergy members from across...

Bishop Holston appoints new Marion District superintendent

Feb 12, 2023 | Columbia District, Conference Updates, Florence District, Front Page, Greenville District, Greenwood District, Hartsville District, Marion District, Orangeburg District, Rock Hill District, Spartanburg District, Walterboro District

Bishop L. Jonathan Holston, resident bishop of the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church, has appointed the Rev. Steven Lee Brown as superintendent of the Marion District. Rev. Brown, senior pastor of St. Mark United Methodist Church in Greenwood...

Revolution 2023: “Amazing picture of the UMC in action”

Jan 31, 2023 | Conference Updates, Florence District, Front Page, Greenville District, Greenwood District, Hartsville District, Marion District, Orangeburg District, Rock Hill District, Spartanburg District, Walterboro District

More than 1,000 youth made the Township Auditorium in Columbia “GLOW” January 27-29 for Revolution 2023 – the first full-weekend gathering of teen disciples since before the COVID-19 pandemic made such large gatherings unsafe. Inspired by the Revolution 2023 theme –...