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Synod Offers $1,000 Grants for ‘New Consecration Sunday’ Stewardship Program
Are you looking for a way to teach stewardship in your congregation from a spiritual perspective? If so, New Consecration Sunday by Herb Miller is a stewardship program that has several basic premises: (1) It teaches that faithful stewardship issues forth from my need...
A Letter from Bishops of the ELCA to the Church
October 8, 2025 Beloved in Christ, Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we write to you in this moment of national and global tension with clarity and conviction. Our...
We Pray for the Family of Margaret Marth and Rev. Dr. Boyd F. Cook
Death could not separate what 63 years of shared devotion had joined together. Margaret "Maggie" Marth Cook, 85, died September 24, 2025, from complications of a stroke. On September 29, 2025, her beloved husband, Reverend Dr. Boyd F. Cook, 84, died from complications...
A Health Update from Bishop Aebischer
Dear Friends, I want to give you a health update and express my appreciation for your prayers, cards and various expressions of well-wishes during my surgery and recovery from hip replacement. I am happy to tell you that my hip recovery has gone very well. The prayers...
We Pray for the Family of The Reverend John Cantey Nye
The Reverend John Cantey Nye, 88, of Charleston, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. He was born in Columbia, SC November 20, 1936, the son of the late John Cantey Nye Sr. (J.C.) and Hazel Stillinger Nye. Cantey was a graduate...
A Message From Bishop Ginny Aebischer: Reflecting on the South Carolina Synod Bishop’s Cross
1 Corinthians 1:18 18 The message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Our recent Holy Cross commemoration Sunday caused me to think more about the history of the Pectoral Cross that is...
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