Summer and synod assembly are just around the corner. While things often slow down for churches, I hope this month’s newsletter helps you speed up your evangelism and outreach. Information Worth Considering: Gen Z and the search for meaning We tend to make a lot of...
The Rev. James R. Connelly, Jr., 89, formerly of Lexington, SC died on April 29, 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama. A Native of Sumter, SC, he was a graduate of Newberry College (1954) and Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (1957). During his ministry, Pastor Connelly...
Since 1986 and for the past thirty-six years, Resurrection Lutheran Church in Cameron, South Carolina has supported the Lutheran Southern Theological Seminary and its students with an annual unrestricted scholarship. At a recent Sunday morning worship service,...
The Reverend J. Pierce Evans, Jr., 84, of Little Mountain died Sunday, April 17, 2022, at the Heritage at Lowman Rehabilitation. Born in Augusta, GA on March 8, 1938, he was a son of the late Johnnie P. Evans, Sr., and Sarah Kilpatrick Evans. A 1961 graduate of...
The Reverend Charles B. Dawkins, known by many as “PD” and by his grand and great grandchildren as “Papa,” died on Good Friday, April 15th, 2022, at age 91. Pastor Dawkins was a resident of West Columbia, and he is survived by his wife Betty...
