By Jessica Connor. Modern families are often rife with pain.
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Open hearts, open hands
By Jessica Connor. With chronic pancreatitis and chronic liver damage, every day is a struggle for Debbie Garcia.
Read MoreAdvocate wins best newspaper
The Advocate has been named the best newspaper publication in its division by the S.C. Press Association.
Read MoreThe hope of a Christian
By Jessica Connor. As we go to press on the April edition, Christians across the globe are preparing for the biggest celebration of the Church: the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Read MoreStrong pastor = stronger church
By Jessica Connor. Nothing less than the best.
Read MoreCelebrating service
By Jessica Connor. Forget just one Great Day of Service; this year’s Annual Conference will celebrate the many days (and ways) of ministry in every district in South Carolina.
Read MoreAnnual Conference 2011
By Jessica Connor. With a theme of “In the Wesleyan Way—Principles, Passion and Practice,” the S.C. Annual Conference is returning to its roots in 2011, embracing the groundwork John Wesley laid almost three centuries ago.
Read MoreWesley Riders
By Jessica Connor. A group of open-air riders is reaching out to people in the spirit of Christian love, just like United Methodism’s founding father John Wesley did 270 years ago.
Read MoreResolution submitted on reducing districts
By Jessica Connor. Delegates to Annual Conference 2011 have another structural decision to make this year: whether to reduce the number of districts in the state.
Read MoreRocking for the One: The Undivided
By Jessica Connor. Imagine belonging to a chart-topping rock band at the height of success, performing night after night to packed crowds screaming your name and your lyrics.
Read MoreLabor of love: Anderson District collects 1,500 shoes for Haiti
By Jessica Connor. Anderson-area United Methodist churches are living the true meaning of connectionalism these days thanks to a multi-church effort to collect shoes for Haiti.
Read MoreExcitement’s in the air
By Jessica Connor. Scan the pages of the Advocate this month, and see if you can feel it: Excitement! Passion! Renewed vigor! It’s like a huge gust of wind is sweeping the state, fanning the flames of Christian vitality.
Read MoreNew Camps and Retreat director takes ministry to next level
By Jessica Connor. S.C. United Methodist Camps and Retreat Ministry has a new director at the helm, and he’s hoping to take the group into a brighter tomorrow.
Read MoreDuffy earns Silver Crescent
By Allison Trussell. It takes a village to raise a child. But Jimmy Duffy has turned that saying on its head.
Read MoreSpirit Singers
By Jessica Connor. A hush descends upon the room as they begin, voices pitched in perfect harmony. Sopranos, altos, tenors and basses rush together like powerful water, ebbing and flowing, lifting and turning, all to the glory of the Father.
Read MoreTempered success
By Jessica Connor. United Methodist agencies and organizations are wiping their brows this week after news that about 83 percent of apportionments have been paid.
Read MoreShelter from the storm
By Jessica Connor. Before, when it was cold and he didn’t have anyplace to sleep, Scottie McKee would find shelter in a portable toilet or the library’s gazebo, maybe gulp a bottle of liquor just to feel the warmth rush through him.
Read MoreHere am I, send me!
By Jessica Connor. First-timers are often shocked by what they see: sagging shacks with crumbling roofs, peeling paint and no indoor plumbing. Broken floors, rotting wood, cracked windows. No air conditioning. Maybe no electricity.
Read MoreMan to man
By Jessica Connor. The new American dream: work as hard as you can to save as much as you can, so you can buy as big a house as you can, just so you can build a fence around it and live the rest of your life in splendid isolation.
Read MoreUMC pastor attends White House holiday party
By Jessica Connor. The Rev. Telley Lynnette Gadson is no stranger to pomp and circumstance, having grown up in politics and community service. But when she got the rare opportunity to experience a holiday party at the White House this Christmas, she had one word for it: Amazing.
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