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By Jessica Brodie. A struggling South Carolina United Methodist ministry site is getting a fresh start and a new purpose. On May 31, ownership of the former Rural Mission property transferred to South Carolina United Methodist Camps and Retreat Ministries.

By the Rev. Cathy Jamieson. What began as dinner conversation at the Cabinet Banquet the night before Annual Conference ended with a third-place finish in a triathlon sprint relay.

South Carolina’s 16 delegates to next year’s United Methodist General Conference gathered Sunday, July 28, for their kickoff meeting.

Next month, United Methodists across South Carolina will get the chance to help people impacted by Hurricane Florence in a conference-wide Disaster Recovery Day of Service set for Sept. 21.

By Allison Redmond. An aging church facing an uncertain future has decided to step up in faith and embrace a forward-focused action plan.

By Jessica Brodie. Two dozen United Methodists were among the 100 South Carolinian faith leaders who spent World Refugee Day calling for a halt to what they deemed “anti-asylum, anti-family, anti-refugee legislation.”

By Allison Redmond. What is a cup of coffee or two glasses of Southern-style sweet tea worth? If you’re Wayne Damron, it’s worth teaching a class on the Bible through centuries-old coins.

By Jessica Brodie. For the fourth year running, dozens of kids in Fort Mill had the chance to participate in a fine arts camp that fuses creativity and Jesus in one.

A new 40-day devotional from the Advocate Press called “Feed My Sheep” is featuring hunger ministry stories from churches all over the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church.

One United Methodist family is among four other Christian families who have placed granite cornerstones at the four “corners” of Greenville County recently to declare the county a sanctuary for life.

By the time Annual Conference ended Thursday, June 6, the roughly 2,000 clergy and laity had passed a $16.8 million 2020 ministry budget for the church, ordained or commissioned 19 deacons and elders, collected hundreds of Native American elder baskets and 25 filled boxes of donated food for Harvest Hope, addressed three petitions and elected 32 delegates plus alternates to the 2020 General and Jurisdictional conferences. By Jessica Brodie.

By Jessica Brodie. Annual Conference has elected all 32 of its delegates, plus alternates, to the 2020 General Conference and the 2020 Jurisdictional Conference.

By Jessica Brodie. Annual Conference did not vote on any petitions to General Conference 2020 this year, as all three were ultimately ruled out of order.

By Jessica Brodie. Embracing a spirit of awareness, love and inclusiveness, Annual Conference gathered for a Native American worship service, “A Service of Reconciliation and Healing,” Tuesday afternoon.

By Jessica Brodie. Bringing a word on “Getting Better,” retired Bishop James R. King Jr. preached an ordination service at Annual Conference Monday night, June 3, that commissioned or ordained 19 men and women as clergy.

A common theme present throughout Annual Conference 2019 was the desire to bring in young leaders in the church. Youth, after all, represent a continued life of the church and hope for what is to come. That hope is personified in individuals such as Addie Hendrix. By Allison Redmond.