South Carolina United Methodist Advocate News and Updates http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:31:21 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=271 Are there any limits on the authority of the secretary of General Conference to decide the number of delegates?That’s what the United Methodist Judicial Council is being asked to determine... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:43:20 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=588&Itemid=271 So many times, she has sat across a kitchen table and heard the all-too-familiar stories of hardship and desperation.The mother who hasn’t seen her children in 10 years because... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:31:58 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=587&Itemid=271 If United Methodism is a loaf of bread, then for the Rev. Ken Nelson, the black church is the yeast. Like yeast, the black church uplifts and inspires... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:24:16 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=585&Itemid=271 Work has begun on a new district-level structure for Connectional Ministries designed to better equip local churches and increase connectionalism conference-wide.Approved at Annual Conference, the new structure will... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:50:18 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=584&Itemid=271 When Meagan Rogers was 14 years old, she lost her mother to ovarian cancer. In that moment, her world was forever changed. The solid foundation that had been... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:15:51 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=583&Itemid=271 LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. – With a theme of “It Only Takes a Spark,” workshop and worship were chock-full of ideas for lay leaders to bring back to local churches.... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:08:19 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=571&Itemid=97 Every once in a while, the only word that can begin to describe it is “wow.” It is the spontaneous expression reserved for those times when something stops... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:24:33 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=570&Itemid=410 At Laity Convocation last month, Columbia District Superintendent the Rev. Tim McClendon talked about something I just can’t get off my mind. He called it the “T-shirt test”... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:14:28 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=541&Itemid=271 FLORENCE – “Are We Yet Alive,” the traditional hymn to open Annual Conference, reassured more than 1,800 clergy, lay delegates, alternate delegates, spouses and guests they were indeed... Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=540&Itemid=271 FLORENCE – People tend to join congregations more than denominations these days, and, as people move more, it becomes harder to bring them into the church. But the... Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=539&Itemid=271 FLORENCE – What’s the number one most boring place in the world for American youth? Church, a survey says. Number two? A funeral home. That’s no way to... Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=538&Itemid=271 “I sit here in my chair and wait.” That was scratched on top of an application of home repairs made to the United Methodist Relief Center. That got... Mon, 31 May 2010 17:00:00 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=537&Itemid=271 St. Paul United Methodist Church, Florence, sent its 9th mission team to the Red Bird Mission in Beverly, Ky., in late April. Forty-two people were on the... Fri, 28 May 2010 10:43:29 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=536&Itemid=398 Green Theology, a group led by your S.C. United Methodist Advocate, met recently to hear Ralph Jenkins, Technical Services manager of the S.C. Energy Office talk about... Fri, 28 May 2010 10:41:22 +0100 http://www.scadvocate-online.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=535&Itemid=271 CHARLESTON – What is generally called “contemporary music” heard at Bethel United Methodist? No way. The church, first dedicated in its present location in 1798, capitalizes on... Fri, 28 May 2010 10:32:43 +0100