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A True Partnership
posted on Oct 31, 2020 Six years ago, the Episcopal Church of the Advent in Spartanburg, SC, re-established its partnership with a nearby Title 1 K-5 school, Mary H. Wright Elementary School. Since that time, the collaboration has flourished. Its strength is rooted in ...
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A New Beginning for Trinity, Abbeville
posted on Oct 26, 2020 Welcome Home
Parishioners and neighbors shared this greeting with each other as Trinity, Abbeville, worshipped again in its historic church building on Sunday, October 25, 2020. The building had been closed since 2016 due to safety concerns, i...
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Holding on to Hope
posted on Oct 22, 2020 Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will lead a live-streamed prayer service from Washington National Cathedral , Holding on to Hope: A National Service for Healing and Wholeness , on All Saints Sunday, November 1, at 4:00-5:30 p.m. EST. In the ...
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A Message from the Nominating Committee
posted on Oct 16, 2020 UPDATE: THE BISHOP PROFILE SURVEY HAS CLOSED Grace to you and peace from the members of the Bishop’s Nominating Committee for the Ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina. Since being appointed by the Standing Committee fol...
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98th Diocesan Convention
Zoom webinar tips for Diocesan Convention
posted on Oct 6, 2020 We will be using a Zoom webinar as the platform for the 98th Diocesan Convention. While we're grateful that technology allows us to continue gathering during a pandemic, we understand that new technologies bring with it additional concerns and qu...
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Church of the Epiphany enriches Spartanburg community through outreach
posted on Oct 2, 2020 Church of the Epiphany, Spartanburg has a history as rich as the city in which it is nestled. Formally established a few decades after the Civil War, the small African-American church once seated 50 members on Sunday. As of 2018, church attenda...
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Emergency Food Ministry Plan
posted on Sep 25, 2020 Kevin Mertens, Director of Faith in Action at Christ Church, Greenville, has developed an emergency food plan for those who wish to replicate their Project Host template. Discern the Need On April 1, 2020 I spoke with a minist...
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Best Practices for Virtual Annual Meetings
posted on Sep 23, 2020 A webinar was offered to the clergy
and wardens of the diocese Wednesday, September 23, 2020, covering the best practices for congregations holding online and virtual annual meetings.
The presentation
containing all materials, best practices...
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Incarnation being the Church
posted on Sep 21, 2020 The Rev. Jenny Gettys describes how the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation has adapted to be the Church during COVID:
We’ve found a contact-free way to distribute food to our shoppers at Bread from Heaven, our monthly give-away:
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Nominating Committee Appointed for Bishop Search
posted on Sep 13, 2020 Dear Friends in Christ,
As we continue the search and transition process begun earlier this summer, with Bishop Waldo's announcement of his plans to retire at the end of 2021 , the Standing Committee has appointed the Nominating Committee in ...
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