Nothing should surprise us anymore about the year 2020! This is a year like none we have ever experienced. The pandemic has challenged each of us in so many ways and every special event and occasion has been altered, adjusted and done differently from the ways we...
Gloria Cleo Hawkins Shealy, 84, wife of the late Rev. George Benet Shealy, departed life on Saturday, October 10, 2020 at her residence. A native of Newberry, SC, Mrs. Shealy was the daughter of the late Bloomer “Jack” and Eunice Harman Hawkins. She married the love...
Please watch this important message from Bishop Ginny Aebischer concerning COVID-19 and our office. The best way to contact us during the week ahead is by email. You maybe find our email addresses on our Bishop and Staff page. https://scsynod.com/staff/. You may also...
By The Reverend Matt Titus Towards the end of August 2020, I began to pray and think about what my congregation – The Lutheran Church of The Redeemer in Newberry, SC – could do to offer help, flexibility, and piece of mind not only to the numerous families and...
By Stephanie Burke and Rev. Keith Pearson, ELCA Foundation One Christmas, years ago when I was a child, I tearfully told my grandmother how a close friend I’d given a gift to had gone the whole blessed holiday without giving me a thing. She flicked her...
