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Suspension of Public Worship
posted on Mar 16, 2020Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The guidance from public health officials is changing by the hour. Yet our call as Christians is clear: We are called to love our neighbor, and right now one of the best ways we can do that is to help slow ...
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Campus Ministry
The Diocese of Upper South Carolina offers campus ministries at Clemson University, Converse College, Furman University, Presbyterian College, University of South Carolina, USC-Spartanburg, Winthrop University, and Wofford College. For more inform...Read More ›
Cursillo
Cursillo is a movement, a method and a ministry. The key elements of the Episcopal Cursillo Ministry are relationship, evangelism, and reconciliation in the home, the parish, the community, and the world. Cursillo offers a time to experience livi...Read More ›
Education for Ministry
Every baptized person is called to ministry. Lay persons face the difficult and often subtle task of interpreting the richness of the church's faith in a complex and confusing world. They need a theological education which supports their faith and...Read More ›
Daughters of the King
Who We AreDaughters of the King® are women and girls between the ages of seven and one hundred and seven who desire a closer walk with the Lord. We are Christian women, both lay and ordained, who are strengthened through the discipline of a Rule ...Read More ›
Financial Administration Resources
Note: When you provide a check as payment to the Diocese, you authorize us either to use information from your check to make a one-time electronic fund transfer from your account or to process the payment as a check transaction. Statement of Mi...Read More ›
Clergy Resources
Clergy Directory Information1. Clergy New to the Diocese Not Currently Listed in the Directory use this form: https://uppersc.wufoo.com/forms/s1ev7tcc0q4k41t/ 2. Clergy Currently Listed in the Directory Providing Updated Information use this for...Read More ›
Matthew 25 Grants
The Matthew 25 Committee draws its name and vision from the words of our Lord in the Gospel of Matthew 25:40: "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me." The vision of the M...Read More ›
Race & Reconciliation
Reconciliation is at the heart of what it means to be a follower of Jesus. When conflict and division surround us we are called to be healers and reconcilers. The work of reconciliation begins as we seek to understand that which divides us. We com...Read More ›
Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Response
Emergencies can affect a parish, ministry or community at anytime. Be prepared. From large-scale natural disasters to localized acts of human violence, these events can devastate our communities and overwhelm our resources. Though we cannot plan f...Read More ›
Vocational and Ministry Discernment
The Vocational Discernment Process in The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina The identification of a call to serve is a process that requires time, deep individual discernment, as well as deep discernment within the greater community. The ...Read More ›
Strategic Visioning
Strategic visioning can be transformational for a congregation. The process typically begins with an acknowledgment of where we are and setting a goal of where we want to be. What do we want to become? How can we accomplish it? What roadblocks mig...Read More ›
Diocesan Institutions
In addition to our 60 worshiping communities, the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina includes several partner institutions. Bishop Gravatt Camp & Conference Center Established in 1949, the Gravatt Camp and Conference Center is an Episcopal ...Read More ›
97th Diocesan Convention
The 97th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina took place on November 8-9, 2019 at Christ Church, Greenville, South Carolina. Resources from the 2019 Diocesan Convention 97th Diocesan Convention Journal II 2...Read More ›
EDUSC Shield and Identity
Our shield and corporate identity are a key part of telling the story of the Episcopal Church in Upper South Carolina. These images are not only used in our publications and graphic identity, but they also appear in our corporate worship and on ch...Read More ›
Episcopal Church Women
The Episcopal Church Women (ECW) changes lives through opportunities for spiritual growth and servant ministry. Click here to view the website for EDUSC's Episcopal Church Women. Our vision for all women of the Episcopal Church is that we beco...Read More ›
Crisis Communications
Click here for a PDF handout on crisis communications In times of crisis, you will likely see the soul of your organization, as well your own, exposed for better or for worse. You’ll see, sometimes suddenly, weaknesses that need attention both...Read More ›
Media Relations
Click here for a PDF handout on media relations An important element of parish communications is building good relationships with media and others who write stories and cover events in your city or region. Reporters and writers are not interest...Read More ›
Photography
Click here to download a PDF handout on photography Click here to download a sample photo release form Photos of congregation members bring your congregation’s website to life, providing a window into the vitality and friendliness of the co...Read More ›
Happening & El Camino
Happening is a Christian experience presented by teenagers, for teenagers (with the help of clergy and lay adult leaders). The Happening program is meant to be one of the instruments within the Anglican Tradition of renewing the Christian church i...Read More ›
Young Adults & Campus Ministry
The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina is committed to forming disciples in all stages of life. Explore some of our offerings for college students and young professionals below. Follow us on Instagram @edusc_ya [module:cb-Events:indivi...Read More ›
Staff Transition Announcement: Courtney Thompson
posted on Mar 26, 2024After six years of faithful service to the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina, Our Director of Communications, Courtney Thompson, has discerned a call in a different direction. Courtney first joined the staff in 2018, overseeing communicat...
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My Fourth Day Story: The Places the Fourth Day will Take You
posted on Mar 26, 2024pictured, left to right: Danny Shelton (St. Matthew's, Spartanburg), Jane Bird (St. Matthew's, Spartanburg). Cursillo #119 found me. If I’d gotten my way, I would not have attended. That is another story for another time. The root of my disincli...
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Cursillo Fall 2023 Update
posted on Jan 30, 2024The Cursillo ministry is a vibrant example of living out our diocesan mission: Making, Equipping and Sending Mature Disciples of Jesus Christ.” With the support of diocesan staff, Cursillo continues to expand our ministry within more churches th...
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Reflection on Converge 2023
posted on Jan 30, 2024Back in October, myself and an assortment of other youth leaders from across our diocese organized and executed a youth retreat at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Spartanburg. Within this retreat, we centered our program around an excer...
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Staff Transition Announcement: Katelyn Kenney
posted on Jan 24, 2024I am writing to announce that Katelyn Kenney has discerned that she will transition out of her role as Canon for Christian Formation. Katelyn began her time at Diocesan House in the summer of 2019 as the Missioner for Christian Formation, Co...
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The Rev. Jane Rogers Wilson, "Janey," to join Diocesan Staff
posted on Mar 27, 2023The Rt. Rev. Daniel Richards has called the Rev. Janey Wilson, Rector of the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour in Rock Hill, to join the Diocesan staff as Archdeacon, effective June 1, 2023. “In seeking to round out the staff with gifts and stre...
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Email scam targets clergy, lay leaders
posted on Dec 7, 2022Diocesan House staff has heard from a number of clergy and lay leaders that they are receiving fraudulent emails that ask for money, gift cards, or other favors posing as Bishop Richards, or other clergy leaders. Please know that Bishop Richards h...
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Rule of Life and the How
posted on Nov 4, 2022It would be silly for me to expect to show up in uniform at a professional football game and play like a pro quarterback. When the game is on the line, and Tom Brady puts his hands out to receive the football, he is doing something he has rehear...
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Safe Church Updates (September 2022)
posted on Sep 30, 2022As some of you may already know, sexual exploitation and harassment training supported by The Episcopal Church has been in the midst of transition for several years: new policies have been approved, a new curriculum has been developed, and a new o...
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Archdeacon d'Rue Hazel accepts new call in Diocese of Virginia
posted on Sep 22, 2022Archdeacon d'Rue Hazel has accepted a call to serve as Canon to the Ordinary to Bishop-elect Mark E. Stevenson following his consecration as Bishop in December. Archdeacon Hazel has served the diocese of Upper South Carolina for over two decades,...
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Living in the Reign of God, Continued
posted on Sep 21, 2022As we return to the backroads of the South, both of my childhood and last weekend, we turn back to the call to repent. Repent! It should get an exclamation point if you see it along the backroads—bonus points for hand-painted flames. My favori...
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Living in the Reign of God
posted on Sep 10, 2022Driving along the backroads of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina, there are nostalgic moments that put me back in the South of my childhood. Old bridges, farms, and rolling hills. Elementary schoolyards in summer, empty but for the weeds. Small ...
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Memory, Grief, and more Prayers
posted on Jun 17, 2022June 17, 2022 We grieve with our siblings at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Vestavia Hills, Alabama. Today, the Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is in Charleston participating in the remembrance of the massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church seve...
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Other Guides
posted on May 23, 2022Backpacking in the desert has one problem before all others: water. When doing long solo hikes, it was not really possible to carry all that one person needed for more than a couple of days, at least it was not for me. So I had to have water sourc...
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Diocese of Upper South Carolina notified of successful canonical consent process
posted on Dec 17, 2021December 17, 2021 Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We are delighted to advise you that the Diocese has received notification from Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry that BIshop-elect Daniel P. Richards has received the required majority...
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Updates from Haiti - Summer 2021
posted on Aug 27, 2021by Harry G. Morse, MD, Diocesan World Missions Committee Several of our fellow parishioners have expressed concern in recent weeks for the safety and security of our brothers and sisters in Haiti. Political Crisis--As most of you know, Haiti has...
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Call to Convention 2021
posted on Aug 3, 2021Dear Clergy and Delegates to Convention, With prayers of thanksgiving for our bishop, clergy (active and retired), parishes and missions, it gives me great pleasure to offer the official “Call for a Special Convention for The Episcopal Dioce...
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Diocesan House staffing updates
posted on Jun 23, 202123 June 2021 Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Among the events common with episcopal transitions are diocesan staff members discerning God's next call in their lives. Two of o...
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Bridge Retreat 2021 Reflection
posted on Jun 2, 2021We hosted Bridge Retreat at Camp Gravatt May 15 & 16. It was a wonderful 24-hour experience for 5th and 6th grade participants led by high school members of the Diocesan Youth Leadership Committee. We learned about Jesus’ prayer for his disciple...
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High School Connect Reflection
posted on Mar 1, 2021On February 6th, the Diocesan Youth Leadership Committee hosted the Connect virtual event for high school youth in lieu of the SMASH! Retreat usually held. The scripture we focused on was Isaiah 40:21-31. The event started out with a DYLC introduc...
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