Updated Sunday, Sept. 16, 8:30 am
There are lots of ways to join The Episcopal Church in South Carolina for worship this Sunday, even if your neighborhood church had to cancel, or you are still on the road for the evacuation. Here are some options:

Holding services:
(unless otherwise noted, worshiping on a regular schedule)
All Saints, Hilton Head Island
All Saints, Hampton
Calvary, Charleston
Christ Church, Denmark
The East Cooper Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church on Edisto
Epiphany, Summerville
Good Shepherd, Summerville 
Grace Church Cathedral, Charleston
Holy Communion, Charleston: (1 combined service at 10:30 am)
St. Anne's, Conway (10 am at 1005 Snowhill Drive Conway SC 29526) website
Holy Cross Faith Memorial , Pawleys Island, will celebrate Holy Eucharist at 5 pm Sunday
St. George's, Summerville (1 combined service at 10 am)
St. Mark's, Port Royal
St. Philip’s Chapel, Voorhees College (Denmark)
St. Stephen's, North Myrtle Beach (1 service at 10:30 am)
St. Stephen's, Charleston (1 combined service at 11 am)
St. Thomas, North Charleston
 
Livestreamed services this weekend
 
These links will take you to the online video stream from Episcopal churches:
Grace Church Cathedral, Charleston – Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern time  
St. Philip's Cathedral, Atlanta – Sunday, 11:15 am Eastern time
Trinity Wall Street  Sunday, 9 am and 11:15 am Eastern time.
Washington National Cathedral Sunday,  11:15 Eastern time.
St. Michael and All Angels, Dallas 11 am Central/10 a.m. Eastern: Traditional (Rite II); 11 am Central/12 pm Eastern Contemporary Rite II  
St. James, Lancaster, PA - Sunday 10:30 am
 
Facebook live

The Rev. Rob Donehue of St. Anne's Conway has been using Facebook Live to gather people online for daily prayer.  The 10 am Eucharist at the Donehue home this Sunday also will be on the St. Anne’s Facebook page. 

Evacuees: Finding an Episcopal church

If you’re in another diocese and want to find an Episcopal church Sunday, go here here: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/find-a-church

Deadlines have been extended until Friday, September 21 for submitting names to the Nominating Committee for our 228th Diocesan Convention, and for submitting proposed resolutions to the Resolutions Committee.

The initial deadline was Monday, September 17. However, with normal business being disrupted by Hurricane Florence at many churches, a decision has been made to extend the deadline.

Find information on elections, nomination procedures, and resolutions at our Convention Page.

UPDATED Saturday, September 15, 6:30 pm

NEW: Some churches have changed their Sunday plans following the storm. Please check the lists below to see who is having services.

NEW: Deadline extended until September 21 for Convention resolutions, nominations. Details here.

As Florence continues to make its way across the Carolinas, leaders in our diocese continue to pray for those hard hit in North Carolina. Here in South Carolina, through daily diocesan check-in, emails and phone calls, we have heard from clergy and leaders in the Grand Strand and Pee Dee areas where the storm passed overnight. Power is out in some areas, and future flooding remains a concern, but for now, the reports are good.

Our Diocesan Disaster Coordinator, the Rev. Fred Thompson, offered this prayer at the Episcopal Relief & Development daily check-in today:

Gracious Lord, who speaks a word of peace to calm our troubled seas, who nudges us away from fear and panic; and, fills us with awe, open our eyes to help us see you in our boat today. Open our ears to hear your words of reassurance for your people during and after this storm. In your name we pray. Amen.

Morning check-ins began Wednesday and are continuing daily so leaders can pray, share information, and give updates on how their churches are faring. 

Watch a video message from Bishop Adams
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Diocesan Disaster Coordinator the Rev. Fred Thompson and diocesan staff are participating in similar daily check-in meetings with Episcopal Relief & Development’s disaster team, along with personnel from the other dioceses where the storm may be headed. The organization is providing support and resources for churches before, during, and after the storm.​

Bishop Adams said that Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has called to assure him of the Church’s prayers, and other church leaders echoed that. “You are not alone,” The Rev. Cn. Mark Stevenson, the Presiding Bishop’s Canon for Ministry Within the Church, told the group on the Episcopal Relief & Development call this morning. “Thank you for being the Church in this time.” 

NEW: SERVICES AND CANCELATIONS
This list is being updated so please continue to check.

Services are canceled at:

Cheraw Worship Group
Messiah, Myrtle Beach
Good Shepherd, Sumter
Heavenly Rest, Estill
Holy Communion, Allendale
Holy Cross Faith Memorial, Pawleys Island
St. Alban's, Kingstree
St. Augustine's, Wedgefield
St. Catherine's, Florence
St. Francis, Charleston
St. James-Santee, McClellanville
St. Mark's, Charleston
​St. Stephen's, North Myrtle Beach
St. Stephen's, St. Stephen
The Episcopal Church in Okatie

Bishop's visitation postponed
Bishop Adams had been scheduled to make an official visitation at St. Alban's, Kingstree. It was postponed due to the likelihood that road near the church may not be passable on Sunday.

NEW: Suicide conversation postponed
A community discussion on suicide hosted by Holy Cross Faith Memorial, Pawley's Island, is postponed until September 26 at 7 p.m.

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These churches will offer services Sunday

(All these are on the regular schedule unless otherwise noted):
All Saints, Hilton Head Island
All Saints, Hampton
Calvary, Charleston
Christ Church, Denmark
The East Cooper Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church on Edisto
Epiphany, Summerville
Good Shepherd, Summerville 
Grace Church Cathedral, Charleston (also livestreaming online, see below)
Holy Communion, Charleston: (1 combined service at 10:30 am)
St. Anne's, Conway (10 am at 1005 Snowhill Drive Conway SC 29526)
St. George's, Summerville (1 combined service at 10 am)
St. Mark's, Port Royal
St. Philip’s Chapel, Voorhees College (Denmark)
St. Stephen's, Charleston (1 combined service at 11 am)
St. Thomas, North Charleston

(Read below to find links for livestreaming Sunday services, and for how to find an Episcopal church if you have evacuated to another diocese)

At St. Stephen’s, Charleston, the Charleston Pride Interfaith Service at 5 pm Sunday has been postponed because many of the participating clergy from around the city were evacuating. The Rev. Adam Shoemaker, rector of St. Stephens, said they hope to announce a new date soon. The church will have one morning service at 11:00 am Sunday.

While some services are canceled, clergy and lay leaders are still carrying on with ministry, contacting parishioners directly and encouraging them to check in with their plans and locations, using phone trees, texts and other tools, so they can account for everyone after the storm.

At least one church explored ways to worship together via social media. At St. Anne’s, Conway, the Rev. Rob Donehue is offering daily prayers on Facebook Live via the church’s Facebook group. His first Morning Prayer was joined by a few dozen people who tuned in from their devices. He said he will continue with Morning Prayer at 8:30 a.m. and Evening Prayer at 6:00 p.m. daily “as long as the power stays on.”

“With all of the added distractions, it's easy to lose sight of what gives us hope,” Fr. Donehue said. “For us who are Christians, our hope is founded on God and our belief in the Risen Jesus. . .No matter what storms may come our way, we are anchored in our faith in God.”

In McClellanville, which endured the full force of Hurricane Hugo’s storm surge in 1989, Wardens Larry Mellichamp and Macy Frampton and a team of volunteers gathered at St. James-Santee on Wednesday morning to move prayer books, hymnals, Bibles and pew cushions to the upper floors of the parish house.

In announcing their Sunday plans, church leaders were urging people in the affected areas not to drive or travel this weekend until local and state authorities give the "all clear" to travel. With the potential for hazardous conditions and flooding, safety is the priority.

For the second year in a row, the Bishop Gadsden Episcopal retirement community in Charleston had to evacuate to Kanuga, the Episcopal conference center near Hendersonville, NC. Residents were enjoying a day of good weather and activities early Thursday, and Bishop Gadsden is keeping friends and family up to date via its Facebook page as well.
 
Evacuees: Finding an Episcopal church
 
Episcopalians who are evacuating to surrounding dioceses and states, and are looking for a place to worship on Sunday, can find information here: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/find-a-church
The site allows you to search by location and zip code, and includes maps and contact information.
 
Livestreamed services this weekend
 
If you are unable to get to church Sunday, here are some Episcopal churches that livestream their Sunday services:
Grace Church Cathedral, Charleston – Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern time (unless unable to livestream due to the storm)
St. Philip's Cathedral, Atlanta – Sunday, 11:15 am Eastern time
Trinity Wall Street  Sunday, 9 am and 11:15 am Eastern time.
Washington National Cathedral Sunday,  11:15 Eastern time.
St. Michael and All Angels, Dallas 11 am Central/10 a.m. Eastern: Traditional (Rite II); 11 am Central/12 pm Eastern Contemporary Rite II  
St. James, Lancaster, PA - Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 10:30 am

The Episcopal Church in South Carolina has three seminarians attending schools of theology this fall as they prepare themselves on the path toward Holy Orders in The Episcopal Church: Charles Jenkins, Christan Basel, and Lauren Kay. This month we are sharing an update on each of them, along with their contact information. Please keep our seminarians in your prayers!

Charles Jenkins is at the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He writes:

Greetings, fellow Episcopalians in South Carolina, from Sewanee! I wanted to share with you all a little bit about my journey back to seminary so far. I recently moved from Charleston, SC, to Sewanee, TN, in order to pursue a post-graduate degree in Anglican Studies to round out and to enhance the prior theological education I received at Trinity School for Ministry about 10 years ago.  

I was fortunate enough to have graduated from Sewanee as an undergrad back in 2004, so it is truly wonderful to be back on the mountain and in the midst of all those who make up the School of Theology here in Sewanee. This place is like an Episcopal Disney World! I am taking some awesome classes this semester that will better prepare me for ordained ministry back in The Episcopal Church in South Carolina.  

I am taking Pastoral Liturgics, Pastoral Theology, Pastoral Spanish, Foundations of Christian Spirituality, and a class on the Atonement (a study of the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus). It’s a rigorous undertaking, but I am soaking in every moment of every day up here, whether it be in the multiple daily services in our school’s chapel, or while preparing for and sitting in class, or even just sharing fellowship with fellow students, faculty, and community members.

This place is a holy place, it is a place where a passion for the Gospel and a passion for the Church exude from every facet imaginable. It is a true honor and privilege to be granted this time in this place. I am blessed beyond measure to cary the name and to represent The Episcopal Church in South Carolina up here, and I appreciate all of the prayers and words of encouragement many of you have extended to me thus far.  I would love to hear from you if you feel so inclined!  

Charles E. JenkinsJenkins
[email protected]

385 New College Drive, Apt 1
Sewanee, TN 37375
843.830.5475

The Episcopal Church in South Carolina has three seminarians attending schools of theology this fall as they prepare themselves on the path toward Holy Orders in The Episcopal Church: Lauren Kay, Charles Jenkins, and Christan Basel. This month, we'll share an update on each of them, along with their contact information. Please keep our seminarians in your prayers!

Lauren Kay is entering her third (senior) year at the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. She writes:

This summer, I spent several weeks with the Episcopal Church at Standing Rock, on the North Dakota side of the reservation. Primarily I served with youth, supervising Native youth workers for three weeks, and serving as an adult leader during two of the church’s summer camps.  Supervising visiting mission groups fell to me a few times as well. “Other Duties as Assigned” perhaps best describes my summer experience!  I also had the opportunity to visit reservations in South Dakota and meet and learn from several Episcopal clergy serving with Native communities in the Dakotas. As often is the case, the more I learn, the more I realize there is to learn.
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As I head into my senior year at Seminary of the Southwest, I have some new things going on! In addition to my Austin field education at St. George’s, I will serve with Trinity by the Sea in Port Aransas, TX once a month. Port Aransas was hit hard by Hurricane Harvey.  Serving with Trinity by the Sea will allow me to learn more about being a parish in a long-term disaster recovery situation.

Also, I will be working as our Dean and President’s research assistant, providing me a neat window into what it is like to write a focused Biblical commentary.  I am excited for all that the year holds, and I thank you for your prayers as I wrap up my time at seminary this year!

Lauren Kay
[email protected] 

Mailing address: 
3007 Duval St Apt 308
Austin, TX 78705