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The Mistakes that Really Good Change Leaders Make

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September 27, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church
1416 Broad River Rd, Columbia, SC 29210

featuring: Tod Bolsinger

Author of Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory

Building a Culture of Generosity: Fall 2025

Are you interested is a stewardship opportunity that will guide your congregation through your fall stewardship appeal?

Addressing Questions regarding the 2025 ELCA Assembly

A Letter from Bishop Aebischer Addressing Questions regarding the 2025 ELCA Assembly

Generous Stewardship: God's Story and our Story

Saturday, September 6, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Zion, Lexington

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Building a Culture of Generosity : Fall 2025

Building a Culture of Generosity : Fall 2025

Are you interested is a stewardship opportunity that will guide your congregation through your fall stewardship appeal.? This stewardship program for your congregation will seek to: Stabilize and grow financial giving? Teach Biblical stewardship principles? Help...

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We Pray for the Family of The Reverend Ronald Lyell Diegel

We Pray for the Family of The Reverend Ronald Lyell Diegel

Pastor Ronald Lyell Diegel, 88, of Lexington, passed away on July 3, 2025 and went to be with his Lord after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Born in Albany, New York, on July 3, 1937, he was the son of Lyell and Miriam Diegel. He was married to the late Charlotte L....

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We Pray for the Family of Barbara Dennis Corley

We Pray for the Family of Barbara Dennis Corley

Barbara Dennis Corley, 96, formally of Orangeburg, SC, passed away on June 22, 2025, at the home of her daughter in Seneca, SC. She was the widow of The Reverend George Baylis Corley who passed away in June of 2024. They were married for nearly 75 years. Barbara was...

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Events

July 15, 2025
July 16, 2025
  • GraceWorks
    July 13, 2025 - July 18, 2025   See more details

  • Staff Meeting
    July 16, 2025  11:00 am - 1:00 pm SC Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1003 Richland St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA See more details

July 17, 2025
July 18, 2025
July 23, 2025
  • Staff Meeting
    July 23, 2025  11:00 am - 1:00 pm SC Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1003 Richland St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA See more details

July 28, 2025

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13th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration

13th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration

January 26, 2025 “Give it One More Try!” Mark 5:25-34 Keeping Dr. King’s dream alive in the hope that one day we will all truly be Beloved Community, the Rev. Angela Ford Broughton, pastor at New Life United Methodist Church, Walterboro and LTSS graduate (2015)...

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Communal Stewards of Creation

Communal Stewards of Creation

The 2024 South Carolina Synod Assembly passed a resolution setting the goal that every congregation will begin a new initiative that cares for God's creation in some way. The resolution states that congregations should plan to submit a story of their initiative prior...

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