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By Jessica Connor. Modern families are often rife with pain.

By Jessica Connor. With chronic pancreatitis and chronic liver damage, every day is a struggle for Debbie Garcia.

The Advocate has been named the best newspaper publication in its division by the S.C. Press Association.

By Jessica Connor. Nothing less than the best.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

By Allison Trussell. It takes a village to raise a child. But Jimmy Duffy has turned that saying on its head.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.