“I inherited ‘church life’ from my dad,” shared Mary Maercklein. Growing up, she was very active in her church and continued to be involved in churches as she moved around the country with her job in the USDA Forest Service. When she moved to Newberry, SC, she began...
E. P. Martin was nurtured in faith in his home congregation, Joy Lutheran, Moore. Recognizing God was calling him to become a rostered minister. He would be quitting his job and was concerned about paying for his seminary education. His wife, Sandi, could stay...
After moving to Myrtle Beach, Jackie, her husband, Chris, and son, Sean Michael, settled quickly into life at the beach and at St. Philip. Shortly thereafter, they welcomed a fourth family member to their family, a daughter, Sophie. Fast forward several years, and the...
During a weekly Monday morning staff meeting, Greg Estes, the Executive Director for Lutheran Hospice, learned that the weekend nurse took a call from a woman named *Ms. Carol in Newberry. “Her words were hard to understand. She was in so much pain it was...
“I say ‘why’ a lot, you know?” It may seem odd that Jackie Orcutt, a member of St. Philip Lutheran for over 20 years, would be saying such a thing. After moving to Myrtle Beach, Jackie, her husband, Chris, and son, Sean Michael, settled quickly into life at the beach...
WE WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU A STORY… OUR THEME: JOEL 1:3 I love to tell the story…Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation…of Jesus and His love. We would love to tell you a story… A story...
