BY THE REV. DAVID EDENFIELD Pastor, Bethlehem, Batesburg-LeesvilleHow do you start a conversation about mental illness? I can tell you from experience, starting that conversation is a lot like writing an article about it, scary! Hello world, my name is David...
As I write this, most of our students have made their way home for Thanksgiving. A few of us are not going home for the long weekend, so we will gather for our Thanksgiving meal with a potluck feast hosted by seminarians Ashton and Jennifer Roberts in their on-campus...
A memorial service for Diane Marie Aull, daughter of the Rev. Dr. James and Ginny Aull, will be held on Wednesday, November 20 at 3:00 in the New Life Chapel at the Heritage at Lowman in White Rock, South Carolina. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Derald...
BY THE REV. ALEJANDRO MEJIA “WE MADE IT!” the words proudly said by members from Nuestro Salvador -the first Hispanic Lutheran mission congregation in the Upstate of South Carolina- after being present all day at the Upstate Pride March and Festival on Saturday Nov. 2...
LETTER FROM BISHOP YOOS Over the past year, I have worked alongside my bishop colleagues in Region 9 to utilize our position to address systemic issues facing women rostered ministers. In May of 2019, all of the Region 9 bishops gathered to begin work on a “Bishops’...
