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Looking for God in the middle of everything
posted on Feb 5, 2020 Clergy from across the diocese gathered this week at Camp Gravatt for our Pre-Lenten Retreat. Cameron Vivanco, EDUSC missionary in Ecuador and founder of Education Equals Hope , facilitated our conversations about where God is working in, thro...
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Stories from EDUSC / Environmental Stewardship
What is it Like to Experience a Holy Hike? – A Personal Reflection by Laura Snow Hawkins
posted on Jan 23, 2020 Environmental stewardship can play out in many forms. One intriguing and deeply meaningful way is by participating in a Holy Hike.In the following story, Laura Snow Hawkins, Coordinator for Holy Hikes Upper South Carolina, gives us a thoughtful e...
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St. Martin’s donation to help alleviate $1.5 million in local medical debt
posted on Jan 9, 2020 A gift of $15,000 has been made by St. Martin's-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church to RIP Medical Debt, which will enable up to $1.5 million in hospital medical debt to be forgiven in Richland and surrounding counties. "In the Old Testament, there...
Read MoreWinthrop University and EDUSC Partner on Episcopal Church Home at York Place
posted on Jan 7, 2020 On January 6, leaders from the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina and Winthrop University signed a memorandum of understanding that formalizes a partnership centered on Episcopal Church Home at York Place. Winthrop University will be partn...
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“Everybody’s journey needs to be honored” - 2019 Fellowship of S.C. Bishops' Dialogue centers on "Confronting Hate"
posted on Dec 5, 2019 Starting a conversation about racism and hatred in South Carolina is a daunting task, so how do people of faith go about confronting hate when it appears in our pews and in our classrooms? Recognizing the church's role in "Confronting Hate" and...
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Happening & El Camino
Happening #82 Reflection
posted on Dec 3, 2019 Happening #82 was great. I could
not have asked for a better group of Candidates to spend this exciting and
engaging weekend with. They were patient, kind, respectful, and fun, and all
made it into something amazing. We sang songs, made jokes,...
Read MoreMiddle School Converge 2019 Reflection
posted on Dec 3, 2019 Hi, my name is Sam Nixon, and I was the youth coordinator for the Middle School Converge overnight retreat. Me and twelve other design team members worked to make this a great retreat. It started on Saturday evening. We ate dinner and played some...
Read MoreA Thanksgiving Greeting from Bishop Waldo
posted on Nov 27, 2019
Grace and Peace to you in Christ Jesus! As families gather for Thanksgiving celebrations, I'm taken back to an old family ditty that we've been singing for we think, as a family, for almost 150 years. Its words are simple:
Happy greet...
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Feeding the Church with Cross-Cultural Ministry
posted on Oct 10, 2019 By Linda L. Dienno, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Virginia Theological Seminary
St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Columbia, SC,
honored the Rev. Alfredo "Fr. Fred" Gonzalez
by making a significant donation to Virgin...
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An Overview of the 2019 House of Bishops' Meeting
posted on Oct 10, 2019 The Episcopal Church's House of Bishops gathered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from September 17 - 20 for a four-day meeting, studying, discussing, and grappling with many challenging issues facing the Episcopal Church. Bishop Waldo was 1 of approxi...
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