Lent for All Ages Lent is often viewed as a somber, “adult” season—a time of quiet reflection, complex theology, and the grueling discipline of giving things up. For a child or a teenager, that can feel less like a spiritual journey and more like a 40-day...
The Reverend Andrew David Eargle, 83, of Newberry, died December 25, 2025 at Prisma Health Baptist. Born on August 27, 1942 in Newberry, he was the son of the late Willie Andrew and Lurleen Halfacre Eargle. Reverend Eargle was a 1960 graduate of Mid-Carolina High...
In Ephesians 2:10, Paul writes, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” The Greek word for “workmanship” is poiēma, from which we get the English word...
Advent Greetings from the South Carolina Synod Bishop’s Election Committee. We give thanks for the faithful leadership of Bishop Ginny Aebischer for her nearly eighteen years of leadership to the South Carolina Synod as both Bishop and earlier, as Assistant to the...
Gary Ray Lyerly, 82, of Raleigh, NC passed into the Church Triumphant on 7 December 2025 with family by his side. He was born on the 19 June 1943 to Pearl Holshouser Lyerly & Carr R. Lyerly in Salisbury, NC. He began his Christian faith as a baptized child of God...
