BY DR. CHERYL INGRAM-SMITH Synod Communicator from University Lutheran in Clemson.A Spirit Led Time of Renewal. That is the name given to the call process by the South Carolina Synod. The name sounds nice, but what does it really mean? Is it just trying to put a good...
“With all wisdom and insight God has make know to us the mystery of God’s will as a plan for the fullness of time to gather up all things in Christ.” Eph. 1:9 Paul is inviting us in this passage to rediscover the mystery of Christmas. Often we are not comfortable with...
BY THE REV. DAVID EDENFIELD Pastor, Bethlehem, Batesburg-LeesvilleHow do you start a conversation about mental illness? I can tell you from experience, starting that conversation is a lot like writing an article about it, scary! Hello world, my name is David...
As I write this, most of our students have made their way home for Thanksgiving. A few of us are not going home for the long weekend, so we will gather for our Thanksgiving meal with a potluck feast hosted by seminarians Ashton and Jennifer Roberts in their on-campus...
BY THE REV. ALEJANDRO MEJIA “WE MADE IT!” the words proudly said by members from Nuestro Salvador -the first Hispanic Lutheran mission congregation in the Upstate of South Carolina- after being present all day at the Upstate Pride March and Festival on Saturday Nov. 2...
New Consecration Sunday By Robyn Westphal Team Leader for New Consecration Sunday at Christus Victor In April of this year, Christus Victor Lutheran Church (CVLC) celebrated the culmination of the New Consecration Sunday Stewardship Program, as outlined in the book...
