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South Carolina United Methodist Advocate The Advocate is a print and online newspaper ministry committed to journalistic excellence and shining the light of Christ throughout South Carolina.

Page for the South Carolina United Methodist Advocate, the newspaper connecting United Methodists and others in South Carolina. In existence since 1837, the Advocate is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Methodism. It has won 94 journalism excellence awards since 2010. Editor Jessica Brodie; Assistant Editor Allison Trussell.

🚨 EVENT ALERT 🚨 Love the Advocate? Want to help guide our coverage in the future? Then join us in the Hartsville Distric...
13/08/2025

🚨 EVENT ALERT 🚨 Love the Advocate? Want to help guide our coverage in the future? Then join us in the Hartsville District for our Community Listening Session on Tuesday, August 26th from 6:30pm-8:30pm at Lyttleton Street UMC in Camden! We want to hear from our readers - tell us how we're doing, where we can improve, what you like and what you don't, etc., so we can stay relevant for the next 200 years.
RSVP to [email protected] for food headcount.

The seed of the UMCt connection bore fruit through the donation of an organ, which was moved from one now-closed church ...
12/08/2025

The seed of the UMCt connection bore fruit through the donation of an organ, which was moved from one now-closed church to a church in need.

Read the article by David W. Salter in the August Advocate:
https://advocatesc.org/articles/donated-organ

🚨 EVENT ALERT 🚨 Love the Advocate? Want to help guide our coverage in the future? Then join us in the Hartsville Distric...
11/08/2025

🚨 EVENT ALERT 🚨 Love the Advocate? Want to help guide our coverage in the future? Then join us in the Hartsville District for our Community Listening Session on Tuesday, August 26th from 6:30pm-8:30pm at in Camden! We want to hear from our readers - tell us how we're doing, where we can improve, what you like and what you don't, etc., so we can stay relevant for the next 200 years.
RSVP to [email protected] for food headcount.

Mowers couldn’t handle it. Volunteer efforts ran into busy schedules, sore backs and poison ivy. Then someone half-joked...
11/08/2025

Mowers couldn’t handle it. Volunteer efforts ran into busy schedules, sore backs and poison ivy. Then someone half-joked at a meeting, “What about goats?” The idea stuck.

Read "Goats help Aldersgate UMC be better stewards of parsonage yard" in the August Advocate: https://advocatesc.org/articles/goats-help-aldersgate

Today's the day! The deadline for news for the September Advocate is Aug. 10. Email news@advocatesc.org.(Don't worry—we ...
10/08/2025

Today's the day! The deadline for news for the September Advocate is Aug. 10. Email [email protected].

(Don't worry—we edit everything, so it doesn't need to be perfect!)

Clergy and invited laity leaders will head to the Midlands Sept. 8-10 for a leadership convocation designed to help them...
09/08/2025

Clergy and invited laity leaders will head to the Midlands Sept. 8-10 for a leadership convocation designed to help them better understand and implement the denomination’s mission and vision.

Read on in the Advocate at https://advocatesc.org/articles/umcsc-leadership-convo

Filings continue in a petition to the South Carolina Supreme Court from 10 churches seeking to leave The United Methodis...
08/08/2025

Filings continue in a petition to the South Carolina Supreme Court from 10 churches seeking to leave The United Methodist Church yet keep their church property.

Read the article by Jessica Brodie at https://advocatesc.org/articles/filings-continue

As temperatures soared into dangerous triple digits this summer, O’Neal Street United Methodist Church opened its doors ...
07/08/2025

As temperatures soared into dangerous triple digits this summer, O’Neal Street United Methodist Church opened its doors not just as a place of worship but as a lifeline.

Read the article in the Advocate at https://advocatesc.org/articles/oneal-street-cooling

In his new book, “The Church We Carry: Loss, Leadership, and the Future of Our Church,” Bishop Will Willimon tells the s...
06/08/2025

In his new book, “The Church We Carry: Loss, Leadership, and the Future of Our Church,” Bishop Will Willimon tells the story of the disaffiliation of South Carolina Methodism’s historic, second-largest congregation: Buncombe Street.

Read the article at https://advocatesc.org/articles/book-disaffiliation-buncombe-street

Three ERT training sessions are scheduled: August 23, 2025 - Mount Hebron UMC (West Columbia, SC)3050 Leaphart Road, Wes...
05/08/2025

Three ERT training sessions are scheduled:

August 23, 2025 - Mount Hebron UMC (West Columbia, SC)
3050 Leaphart Road, West Columbia, SC 29169

September 20, 2025 – North Orangeburg UMC (Orangeburg, SC)
950 Cook Road, Orangeburg, SC 29118

November 15, 2025 – Sand Hill UMC (Ridgeville, SC)
1961 Summers Drive, Ridgeville, SC 29472

For RegistrationL
https://www.umcsc.org/ertregistration/

Get those submissions ready! The deadline for news for the September Advocate is Aug. 10. Email news@advocatesc.org.(Don...
05/08/2025

Get those submissions ready! The deadline for news for the September Advocate is Aug. 10. Email [email protected].

(Don't worry—we edit everything, so it doesn't need to be perfect!)

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The South Carolina United Methodist Advocate is the newspaper for United Methodists in South Carolina and beyond. The Advocate is the oldest newspaper in Methodism and has been in existence since 1837. It has won more than 100 writing and journalism excellence awards since 2010. Recently, it launched a new endeavor: book publishing through the Advocate Press. Jessica Brodie is editor and Allison Trussell is assistant editor. http://www.advocatesc.org