Companion Synod Relationship between theJapan Evangelical Lutheran Church and the ELCA South Carolina Synod The ELCA South Carolina Synod is using the month of August to pray with and for our Companion partners in the JELC. We are taking their lead in offering up...
Stewardship opportunity: What’s new in 2021 Building a Culture of Generosity? Mike Ward, leader, addresses the question: “The simple answer is that we have redone 7 of the 9 videos. They are all updated content and some tweaks were made in presentation. They...
By Stephanie Burke, ELCA Foundation With just a little over a year under my belt as the ELCA Foundation’s Regional Gift Planner for the Carolinas, a frou frou title which means I help people with legacy giving, I have so far found planned estate gifts generally fall...
By The Rev. Lisa Isenhower – Faith, Batesburg-Leesville On Saturday, June 26, Synod Assembly voters elected members to serve on Synod Council, to attend the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in 2022, and to serve on the ELCA Church Council, the Mission Investment Fund...
By Beth Fulmer – Messiah, Mauldin “Lord, grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness.” Acts 4:29 As we tuned in to the closing worship service of this Synod Assembly, we heard the hymn, “Jesus Loves Me,” which accompanied a time of being...
