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Vital Congregations Training for Leaders
Vital Congregations webinars starting soon May 27. Free Registration Invitation: This is an invitation to existing congregations leaders interested in tools and ideas for revitalizing our ministries together. Teams of 3, 4 or more are invited to come with their pastor...
In Our Prayers: The Reverend Timothy D. Bryson, Sr.
Reverend Timothy D. Bryson, Sr., passed away on April 29, 2021, following a lengthy illness. Reverend Bryson was born October 18, 1943, in Columbia, SC, a son of Walter B. Bryson, Jr. and Gretchen Daniels Bryson. He graduated from Dreher High School in Columbia. He...
In Our Prayers: Cary Dowd Cruse
Mrs. Cary Dowd Cruse joined the Church Triumph on March 28, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Ida Harmon Dowd of Moore County, North Carolina. Mrs. Cruse obtained her Registered Nurse license from Cabarrus County Hospital. She served as a nurse in area...
Anti-Asian Racism Statement From Bishop Aebischer
Dear Friends, By now, most of us have received the news that on March 16, 2021, a horrific act of racism was inflicted on our Asian siblings in the Atlanta area when a suspect shot and killed 8 people in three different locations. This crime is just another...
from the congregational vitality team – becoming a hybrid church
How can we be more effective in ministry when many people aren’t even coming into the building? Once we’re back in person, do we just forget the online piece? “Becoming a Hybrid Church” by Dave Daubert and Richard E. T. Jorgensen Jr. was written for leaders in...
Recommendations and Resources for our faith communities from Bishop Aebischer
Dear South Carolina Leaders, We recognize that across the South Carolina Synod our congregations have experimented with and participated in a variety of worship gathering practices throughout this pandemic that have been highly contextual. Our main concern and...
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