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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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Research and Statistics
Congregational Data Beginning in January 2020, congregational and diocesan leaders in The Episcopal Church will have access to a new online resource for understanding history and visioning the future with the data collected through the Parochial...Read More ›
Prayer Resources
Online Worship Click here for resources related to setting up technology and leading worship online. Click here for a list of EDUSC congregations that live-stream various worship services. Liturgical resources to assist you in leading or par...Read More ›
Adult Volunteer Guidelines
Adult volunteers play a critical role in formation ministries by showing young people of our diocese that there are older people in their communities who care about their well-being and spiritual development. At the same time, adults who volunteer...Read More ›
Revised Alcohol Policy
THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA The Rev. Canon Stephen J. Rhoades Canon to the Ordinary MEMORANDUM To: All Clergy and Senior Wardens Date: February 6, 2023 Re: Revised Diocesan Alcohol Policy On December 10, 2022, the Stand...Read More ›
101st Diocesan Convention
CLICK HERE to download the 101st Convention Manual Courtesy Block Hotel Rooms Available for the 101st Diocesan Convention, November 10-11, 2023 Christ Church Parish, Greenville, SC With the continuation of the two-day schedule of Conventi...Read More ›
Office of Transition Ministry
Welcome to the Office of Transition Ministry page. If you are looking to serve in a diocese with a visionary and pastoral Bishop, wonderful historic churches and warmly collegial clergy, the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina invites you to...Read More ›
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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Bishop Search Profile and Nomination Form Now Available
posted on Dec 12, 2020December 12, 2020 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ... Peace to you, and grace from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Nominating Committee for the Ninth Bishop of Upper South Carolina invites you to learn more about who we are and the ...
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Nominating Committee Update on the Bishop Search
posted on Nov 10, 2020Grace 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 following Bishop Waldo’s resignation, the Nominating Com...
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A True Partnership
posted on Oct 31, 2020Six 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 r...
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Holding on to Hope
posted on Oct 22, 2020Presiding 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 midst of ...
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A Message from the Nominating Committee
posted on Oct 16, 2020UPDATE: 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 following ...
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Zoom webinar tips for Diocesan Convention
posted on Oct 6, 2020We 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 que...
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Nominating Committee Appointed for Bishop Search
posted on Sep 13, 2020Dear 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 the ...
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Email and text scam targets clergy, lay leaders
posted on Sep 2, 2020Diocesan House staff has heard from a number of clergy and lay leaders that they are receiving fraudulent emails or texts that ask for money, gift cards, or other favors posing as Bishop Waldo, or other clergy leaders. Please know that Bishop Wald...
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Plant, Pray, Proclaim: Good News Gardens
posted on Jul 10, 2020Along with, and often because of, the issues facing our communities today, there is an immediate and widespread problem with the food supply. Sometimes it's a supply chain glitch, sometimes it's and economic calamity. The Episcopal Church has ...
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Bishop Andrew Waldo Announces Plan to Retire, Calls for Election of Next Bishop
posted on Jun 7, 2020(COLUMBIA, S.C.) The Rt. Rev. W. Andrew Waldo yesterday announced plans to retire at the end of 2021 and called for the election of the Ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina. The Standing Committee of the diocese gave their...
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How congregations can support communities during a pandemic
posted on May 20, 2020What’s happening in our communities? Healthcare systems stretched; record unemployment: grieving losses; families cooped up, adapting to working from home; everything moved online; churches and businesses retooling for social distancing...
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Call to Convention 2020
posted on Apr 20, 2020The 98th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina will take place on November 6-7, 2020, at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, South Carolina. Dear Clergy of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina, With p...
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The Emotional Lifecycle of a Disaster
posted on Apr 15, 2020Disasters and mass disruptive events can be extremely unpredictable and chaotic. Even though that is a valid characterization of catastrophe, disaster experts have discerned a general pattern or cycle of phases that a community and the individuals...
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The CARES Act and other Grant/Loan Funding Opportunities
posted on Apr 1, 2020CARES Act and Paycheck Protection Program We are receiving a great deal of information related to The CARES Act, a 2 trillion dollar stimulus package that was passed by Congress. Included in the legislation is the availability of funds for non-p...
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EDUSC Extends Suspension of In-Person Worship
posted on Mar 19, 2020Click here to download a PDF of this letter March 19, 2020 Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to give thanks for you as I re...
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