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Event focuses on newcomer ministry Sept. 8-10

6/27/2017

Holy Cross Faith Memorial Church, Pawleys Island, is hosting an INVITE-WELCOME-CONNECT weekend event September 8-10. Clergy and lay leaders in our diocese are invited to participate.

Invite*Welcome*Connect creator Mary Parmer of Sewanee’s School of Theology and Beecken Center will present creative, concrete resources and tools to assist congregations in forming systemic, intentional evangelism, hospitality, and connection ministries.

Registration is $20 per person and includes supper, morning coffee, and a light lunch. Those attending from out of town who need overnight accommodations may get recommendations by contacting Suzy Jayroe at [email protected].

Clergy transitions

6/20/2017

The Vestry of Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston has called the Reverend Charles Christopher Thompson as Interim Rector on July 1, 2017. He will follow Father Dow Sanderson. Father Chris comes to this area from West Virginia where he been serving as Interim Rector St Thomas Episcopal Church, White Sulpur Springs and St James Episcopal Church, Lewisburg. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1980. Since his ordination, he has served as Rector of EpiscopalChurches in West Virginia, Ohio and Virginia.

Father Chris and his wife, Mary Jo, have three adult children. Jay and his family live in Portsmouth, Ohio. Elizabeth and her family live in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Lucy and her family live on John's Island. They are all married and have provided them with eight grandchildren.

General Convention Deputies at Province IV Synod

6/7/2017

Deputies Lonnie Hamilton, Andrea McKellar and the Rev. Wil Keith, along with Amanda Keith, at the 2015 Province IV Synod meeting.

Please keep Bishop Adams and our General Convention Deputies in your prayers this week as they are at Kanuga, the Episcopal Conference Center near Hendersonville, NC, for the 2017 Province IV Synod meeting, beginning this afternoon.

This is one of two Synod gatherings held in preparation for the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, which happens in July 2018. Bishop Adams arrived at Kanuga earlier this week for the Province IV House of Bishops meeting.

Province IV is a regional group of 20 diocese, including ours, that cover nine southeastern states. At Synod meetings, deputies gather "to worship, learn, pray, network and celebrate the work that God has called us to do," according to the Province IV website. Discussions will take place on a variety of topics of interest to the whole Church, including issues that are likely to be addressed at General Convention in 2018.

Find information about South Carolina's deputation at our General Convention Blog, episcopalsc.blogspot.com. You can bookmark or subscribe to posts at this blog – as General Convention approaches, deputies and diocesan leaders will be posting information and photos to keep people around the diocese informed.

The South Carolina Deputation to the 79th General Convention
Lay Deputies: Pam Guess, Andrea McKellar, Lonnie Hamilton III, Mark Szen
Lay Alternate: Carrington Salley Wingard
Clergy Deputies: The Rev. Dr. Jim Taylor, The Rev. Wil Keith, The Rev. Jean McGraw, The Rev. Rick Lindsey
Clergy Alternates: The Rev. Dr. Wilmot Merchant, The Rev. Canon Caleb Lee, The Rev. Bill Coyne

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