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A Perspective on the Bishop Election Process
At our 2019 Synod Assembly, we began a Spirit led process of discernment around the Election of a new bishop coming in May 2020.
In Our Prayers: The Reverend Dr. Dennis Lee Setzer, Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Dennis Lee Setzer Jr., 75 of Greer, SC, passed away Tuesday February 4, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center.
In Our Prayers: The Reverend Jerry Lane Trantham
Reverend Jerry Lane Trantham, born July 10, 1956, embodied Christ’s example of Love. Pastor of Colony Lutheran Church, of Newberry, S.C., for 17 years; he was reunited with his wife, Diane, and his Lord and Savior on January 16, 2020.
Greetings from the New Regional Gift Planner
Greetings brothers and sisters in Christ in South Carolina. As one who has spent her entire life as a Lutheran in the Carolinas, serving for more than 20 years in both synodical and congregational settings, I now have the privilege of working with the ELCA Foundation as Regional Gift Planner for North and South Carolina.
In Our Prayers: Diane Marie Aull
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, SC.
ELCA Region 9 bishops sign “Bishops’ Relational Agreement”
In a significant action of cross-synodical collaboration, the six bishops of Region 9 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have adopted and agreed to live into a “Bishops’ Relational Agreement for Boundaries, Candidacy, and Call Process.”
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Contact Information
ELCA South Carolina Synod
1003 Richland Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone 803-765-0590
Fax 803-252-5558
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