Our Stories
Our Stories
RESURRECTION LIVING AND GIVING: SPOTLIGHT ON CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST
By Stephanie Burke “We know our church is a good steward of its resources and uses them to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the Midlands and the world. We want to help our church continue with its important ministries of sharing the good news and loving our...
Sharing Prayers for Peace with our Companions in the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church
Companion Synod Relationship between theJapan Evangelical Lutheran Church and the ELCA South Carolina Synod The ELCA South Carolina Synod is using the month of August to pray with and for our Companion partners in the JELC. We are taking their lead in offering up...
Spotlight on Generosity: The Hartzogs
By Stephanie Burke, ELCA Foundation With just a little over a year under my belt as the ELCA Foundation’s Regional Gift Planner for the Carolinas, a frou frou title which means I help people with legacy giving, I have so far found planned estate gifts generally fall...
Barbecue and answered prayers
Pastor Paul Aebischer of Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Columbia, South Carolina said its partnership with Lutheran Services Carolinas is a parable of loaves and fishes and collaboration. Only in this case, it was barbecue instead of fish. “It began with barbecue and...
Community Lunch at Shepherd of the Sea
By The Rev. Rick Mason Community Lunch was founded in 2017, by leaders from Shepherd of the Sea Lutheran in Murrells Inlet, and three other churches in the area, with the simple desire to feed hungry people on the South Strand. It was determined that they would serve...
The Giving Garden
St. Luke’s Lutheran ChurchProsperity, SC The idea of the Giving Garden originated during a brain storming session. The original question asked was “How can St. Luke’s be of the most benefit during Covid-19?”. The obvious obstacles were discussed – supply/demand,...
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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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