Diocesan News

Diocesan Leadership Days call forth "ONE THIING"

“What is the ONE THING you or your congregation can achieve to strengthen the ministry of Christ’s Church in Upper SC?”

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Participants in “Share the Hope,” the Diocesan Leadership Days from April through June that brought Upper SC congregations together from April to June in groups organized according to church size, returned home to ponder the question, accept the challenge of discerning the "ONE THING," and sharing their good news with others in the diocese by e-mailing their stories to Canon for Communications Peggy Hill (phill@edusc.org) for inclusion in diocesan publications. Just imagine if 26, 000 Episcopalians in Upper SC realized just ONE THING, as individuals and as congregations, for the Body of Christ!

Ask the question, take the pledge, and share the good news. ONE THING really does make a difference.
 

Goldsmith, Hill to retire from diocesan staff

Jane Goldsmith, executive assistant to the bishop, and Peggy Van Antwerp Hill, diocesan canon for communications, have announced plans to retire at summer’s end. Goldsmith and Hill both joined the bishop’s staff in 2001, within weeks of each other. They are both members of St. Simon & St. Jude, Irmo.

Goldsmith

“It has been a great blessing and privilege to serve on the bishop’s staff and to have a ministry that has made it possible for me to get to know so many people in the diocese and throughout the Episcopal Church,” Goldsmith said. “The work of the bishop’s office can be demanding and the pace can be hectic, but the rewards are many, and great.”

The good news is that Goldsmith will not be a stranger but will be taking on some part-time tasks at Diocesan House. In her leisure time she plans to spend more time in the North Carolina mountains.

Hill

Hill sends "heartfelt thanks to all those Upper South Carolinians —writers, photographers, artists, and readers—who have made our diocesan publications so special and the editor’s job such an uncommon pleasure. I leave my post," she says, "with a warm and grateful heart. It has been challenging, rewarding, and a gift indeed to be in ministry with you."

Hill says that, although she will miss colleagues and friends from all over Upper SC, she’s looking forward to traveling with her husband in the U.S. and beyond and having more time to work as a freelance editor and consultant.

Two ordained to the transitional diaconate

On June 3, at St. Mary's, Columbia, Bishop Waldo ordained his "firstborn," Susan Moore Prinz and Richard Kent Galloway, to the transitional diaconate. The Rev. John Nieman, rector of Holy Trinity, Clemson, preached.

Prinz, from St. Timothy's, Columbia, is a 2010 graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary, where she was recipient of the St. George’s College Prize for study at St. George’s College in Jerusalem.

Galloway, from St. Peter's, Greenville, is a 2010 graduate of General Theological Seminary.

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Does your congregation have an international outreach project?

Funding is available!

Consider submitting an application for a diocesan MDG grant

MDG grants deadline: July 1
Read the eight Millennium Development Goals Download grant guidelines
Download grant application form

Congregations in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina are invited to apply for funding to support projects that focus on one or more of the Millennium Development Goals devoted to international outreach. Funding will come from a portion of the 0.7% set aside by the Diocese in the Statement of Mission (SOM).

The diocesan Commission on the Anglican Communion and International Concerns, charged with oversight of the grant process, encourages proposals inspiring the participation of congregations in the diocese in long-term projects that can ultimately be sustained by the community served. Particularly encouraged are projects that serve to nurture and promote self-sufficiency.

Applications should be submitted to the diocesan Commission on the Anglican Communion and International Concerns and will be referred to the MDG subcommittee for review and recommendation for final approval by the Commission as a whole.

General guidelines:

• Project must address one or more of the Millennium Development Goals
• Fiscal accountability of organization with which funds may be shared
• Yearly report of project and progress
• Timeline and desired outcomes

The Commission will oversee two grant cycles. All application material must be submitted by January 1 or July 1. Applicants are urged to submit requests well ahead of the time the money will be needed. Grant award will be announced in March and October by the Commission.

Applicants may be asked to provide additional information after submission. Written notification of grants awarded or denied will be made following final evaluation of the proposal. All materials are promptly acknowledged upon receipt, and become the property of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina.

More information and a grant application form.