 The Diocesan staff, along with other diocesan leaders, will offer three webinars in August for clergy and lay leaders to plan for a fall that will likely look very different from the past. This series will be offered online through Zoom each Wednesday afternoon at 1 pm and will be recorded for later viewing. If you have ideas for future offerings, please email Diocesan Ministry Developer Andrea McKellar at [email protected].
The topics of the three August webinars will be as follows: August 12: Fall Formation – What will formation look like this fall in your congregation? Bring your ideas and hear from others as we creatively discuss how to do Sunday School and adult formation online or socially distanced. August 19: Stewardship – Has your stewardship campaign relied on in person meetings in the past? What are some new ways that we can reach people as we prepare for 2021? August 26: Finding New and Better Ways to Use Technology – It looks like technology and online church may be the norm for awhile. What are you using to connect with your congregation? Sign up for the webinars at this link. On Sunday, July 26, churches throughout our diocese celebrated the Eighth Sunday After Pentecost with online services of worship, as most of them have not resumed in-person worship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here for the lessons appointed for use on the Eighth Sunday After Pentecost. Find the links to the services below: All Saints Episcopal Church, Hilton Head Island All Saints offered a Weekend Worship Service for July 25 and 26. Watch it at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. The Episcopal Church in Okatie, Ridgeland Watch the Sunday service at this link. The Episcopal Church on Edisto, Edisto Island Watch the Sunday service at this link. The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Summerville Watch the Sunday service at this link. Grace Church Cathedral, Charleston Watch the Sunday Choral Eucharist at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church, Pawleys Island Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston Watch the Said High Mass from Sunday at this link. Church of the Messiah, Myrtle Beach Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Conway Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, Florence Watch the Sunday service on Zoom through Facebook at this link. St. Francis Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. St. George’s Episcopal Church, Summerville Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Port Royal Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, North Myrtle Beach Watch the Sunday service at this link.  The Rev. Dr. Matthew McCormick’s final Sunday at Calvary Episcopal Church, Charleston, will be this coming Sunday, July 26. After concluding his two-year tenure with Calvary, the congregation will celebrate his ministry and express appreciation to him for their time together. Father Matt has also been very involved in Youth Ministry in our diocese as a member of the Happening Planning team and that fruitful work will continue. Together with Fr. Matt, we eagerly await our Lord’s next call upon him to serve the Body of Christ.
If you would like to join with Calvary in honoring Rev. McCormick this Sunday, you can join the church's Sunday service on Zoom at 10:30 am at this link. On Sunday, July 19, churches throughout our diocese celebrated the Seventh Sunday After Pentecost with online services of worship, as most of them have not resumed in-person worship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here for the lessons appointed for use on the Seventh Sunday After Pentecost. Find the links to the services below: All Saints Episcopal Church, Hilton Head Island All Saints offered a Weekend Worship Service for July 18 and 19. Watch it at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. The Episcopal Church in Okatie, Ridgeland Watch the Sunday service at this link. The Episcopal Church on Edisto, Edisto Island Watch the Sunday service at this link. The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Summerville Watch the Sunday service at this link. Grace Church Cathedral, Charleston Watch the Sunday Choral Eucharist at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church, Pawleys Island Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston Watch the Said High Mass from Sunday at this link. Church of the Messiah, Myrtle Beach Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Conway Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, Florence Watch the Sunday service on Zoom through Facebook at this link. St. Francis Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. St. George’s Episcopal Church, Summerville Watch the Sunday service at this link (due to technical difficulties, the service is in two parts. The second part can be found at this link). Click this link for the bulletin. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Port Royal Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, North Myrtle Beach Watch the Sunday service at this link. As cases of COVID-19 continue to increase at an alarming rate in South Carolina, the Rev. Cn. Caleb Lee, President of the Standing Committee of The Diocese of South Carolina, has written an update to recommendations previously offered regarding in-person worship and gatherings in our diocese. A copy of his letter can be viewed here.
The text of the letter is below: July 16, 2020 Dear Faithful People of the Diocese of South Carolina, As cases continue to spike across the state of South Carolina, the Standing Committee would like to thank the people and congregations of the diocese for the crucial role you, as the Church, have been playing in our communities during this time of pandemic. Our actions, everything from how we are deciding to conduct worship to the faithful practicing of new norms like social distancing and the wearing of masks, are a sign to a suffering world that we love God and our neighbor. On May 28th, the Standing Committee offered the following recommendations:
These remain our recommendations. However, in light of the current statistics in the state of South Carolina, the Standing Committee strongly urges that we, the people and congregations of our diocese, take time to regroup and reassess based on the state of the virus in our respective regions. The process of regrouping and reassessing may be the catalyst for the creation of a different opportunity for worship, adoption of new practices to promote an even safer worship environment, or a decision to take a step back and continue with only online services for a time. We fully support you in making the decision that is right for your congregation. Our diocese—our people and congregations—will continually strive to follow the advice of public health experts and best practices in planning the activities and worship of our diocese. We remain inspired by the creativity and ingenuity of the congregations of this diocese during these journey days. We pray that this will continue in the weeks and months ahead, with best practices in mind. We all share the high calling of proclaiming the Gospel of Christ to a world in desperate need. Right now this is particularly challenging. The Church must not grow weary of communicating and embodying the hope that is within us. However challenging our circumstances may be, we are called to be steadfast harbingers of that hope, and for that hope to continue to be reflected in our actions. Pray with the Church: That we may not grow weary of proclaiming the Gospel of Christ, that we may continue to serve as a beacon of hope to a suffering world, and that we may continue to reflect that hope in our actions. On behalf of the Standing Committee, I am faithfully yours, The Reverend Canon Caleb J. Lee President of the Standing Committee On Monday afternoon, July 13, South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson issued an Order (click to read the order) denying the Motion to Reconsider filed by our Diocese on Monday, June 29. The Motion had been filed after Judge Dickson issued an Order on June 19 that seemingly overturned the South Carolina Supreme Court final judgement from August 2017 which ruled that the diocesan property and 29 parishes should be returned to the parties affiliated with The Episcopal Church. In response to yesterday’s order, lawyers for our Diocese immediately filed a Notice of Appeal, and a request for certification of the Stay of the matter until the Appeal is decided by the appellate court.
As is customary in South Carolina, the appeal will be filed with the South Carolina Court of Appeals, but Chancellor Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr. noted that he expects this appeal will be transferred to the South Carolina Supreme Court. Judge Edgar Dickson, a circuit court judge representing the First Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, was assigned this case in November 2017 when the South Carolina Supreme Court (SCSC) issued a remittitur for the lower court to enforce the final judgement as decided by a 3-2 majority of the Court. Judge Dickson’s ruling seems to reinstate the original lower court decision that was reversed by the SCSC in their August 2017 majority decision in favor of The Episcopal Church and The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, also known as the historic Diocese of South Carolina. On Sunday, July 12, churches throughout our diocese celebrated the Sixth Sunday After Pentecost with online services of worship, as most of them have not resumed in-person worship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A few churches have begun a slow return to in-person worship under strict public health guidelines, but still also offer online services as an alternative for those who prefer to stay at home.
Click here for the lessons appointed for use on the Sixth Sunday After Pentecost. Find the links to the services below: All Saints Episcopal Church, Hilton Head Island All Saints offered a Weekend Worship Service for July 11 and 12. Watch it at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. The Episcopal Church in Okatie, Ridgeland Watch the Sunday service at this link. The Episcopal Church on Edisto, Edisto Island Watch the Sunday service at this link. The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Summerville Watch the Sunday service at this link. The blessing and dismissal are at this link. Grace Church Cathedral, Charleston Watch the Sunday Choral Eucharist at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church, Pawleys Island Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston Watch the Said High Mass from Sunday at this link. Church of the Messiah, Myrtle Beach Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Conway Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, Florence Watch the Sunday service on Zoom through Facebook at this link. St. Francis Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. St. George’s Episcopal Church, Summerville Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Port Royal Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, North Myrtle Beach Watch the Sunday service at this link. On Sunday, July 5, churches throughout our diocese celebrated the Fifth Sunday After Pentecost with online services of worship, as most of them have not resumed in-person worship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here for the lessons appointed for use on the Fifth Sunday After Pentecost. Find the links to the services below: All Saints Episcopal Church, Hilton Head Island All Saints offered a Weekend Worship Service for July 3 and 4. Watch it at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. The Episcopal Church in Okatie, Ridgeland Watch the Sunday service at this link. The Episcopal Church on Edisto, Edisto Island Watch the Sunday service at this link. The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Summerville Watch the Sunday service at this link. Grace Church Cathedral, Charleston Watch the Sunday Choral Eucharist at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church, Pawleys Island Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston Watch the Said High Mass from Sunday at this link. Church of the Messiah, Myrtle Beach Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Conway Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, Florence Watch the Sunday service at this link. St. Francis Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. St. George’s Episcopal Church, Summerville Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Port Royal Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Charleston Watch the Sunday service at this link. Click this link for the bulletin. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, North Myrtle Beach Watch the Sunday service at this link. |
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