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1 Diocese of S.C. P.O. Box Charleston, SC Phone: (843) Web: The Diocese of South Carolina Winter 2019, Volume 124, No.1 An Invitation from Bishop Mark Lawrence Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we draw near to this upcoming Diocesan Convention, the second part of our Lord s Great Commandment comes to mind, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. How do we love our neighbors? I urge you to join me for the special mini-conference and workshops on Friday, March 15 when together we ll explore how to live out this commandment and transform our communities by loving our neighbors. I hope to see you there. Read more on the next few pages. The Art of Neighboring A Pre-Convention Mini Conference with Dave Runyon, March 15 What if Jesus meant that we should love our actual neighbors? When Jesus was asked to sum up everything into one command, he said to love God with everything we have and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Most of us have turned this simple idea of loving our neighbors into a nice saying, putting it on bumper stickers and refrigerator magnets and going on with our lives without actually putting it into practice. What would happen if every follower of Jesus took the Great Commandment literally? Join us Friday, March 15 from 10:30 a.m. - noon at St. James Church on James Island to hear Pastor Dave Runyon share his own testimony of how that idea of neighboring impacted his own walk with the Lord, and re-doubled his efforts to share what the Lord put on his heart with church and community leaders all across the country. Let s collectively have our hearts refreshed in the gospel and in Jesus commandment, trusting him to start a movement that will change our own lives, our neighborhoods and our diocese. Who is Dave Runyon? Dave serves as the Executive Director of CityUnite and as a consultant for businesses who have a desire to make a positive impact in their communities.dave helped to start a neighboring movement in 2010 that has now spread to over 3,000 churches around the country. This experience prompted him to co-author The Art of Neighboring. He speaks locally and nationally encouraging leaders to collaborate for the good of their cities. Before founding CityUnite, Dave served as a pastor for 10 years. He graduated from Colorado State University. Dave and his wife, Lauren, have four children. The Art of Neighboring March 15, 10:30 a.m. - noon Saint James Church, James Island Register at The 228th Convention of the Diocese of South Carolina March 15-16, 2019, Saint James Church, James Island Friday, March 15 10:30 a.m noon The Art of Neighboring Mini Conference (Open to all)* 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. & Convention Workshops (Open to all, learn more Pg. 3)* 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Convention Worship Service 6:30 p.m. A Taste of The Lowcountry Saturday, March 16 7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast 9 a.m. Morning Prayer & Call to Convention/Business Meeting To learn more and register visit New Worshipping Community Impacting Lives for Christ on Fripp Island A Jubilate Deo Interview with the Rev. Todd Simonis, Parish Church of Saint Helena, Beaufort, by Joy Hunter Todd, is it true a new church is being planted on Fripp Island? Sort of. Yes, we ve established a new Worshipping Community on Fripp Island but not with the idea of it becoming a separate church. Instead, our hope is that these individuals and families from Fripp Island would consider themselves active members of St. Helena s. $75/per clergy/lay delegate $45/per visitor * No charge for the Mini Conference or Workshops How did you get started? We were approached by some residents of Fripp about doing an outreach service on the beach over the summer, so we made a commitment to offer a service on the beach for seven consecutive Sundays. You wanted to attract tourists. Is that what happened? We had the mentality that this would be a seed scattering opportunity. With hopeful optimism, we printed 100 bulletins for the first week. We were blown away when 220 people gathered with us on the beach! Word spread in subsequent weeks and over the weekend of the 4th of July we had 320 in attendance. What surprised us was the number of Fripp Island residents who joined We re not focused on attracting anyone, said the Rev. Todd Simonis. Instead, our focus is on impacting lives for Christ. Even if an individual chooses to never join us for worship on a Sunday morning, I believe we have been commissioned to reach every person on Fripp Island with the Good News of the Gospel. The Kingdom of God advancing one life at a time is of greater value to us than attracting seat-fillers on a Sunday morning. each week. We averaged nearly 300 people, and over half of those were year-round residents of Fripp. Other than the obvious (sun and sand) how was worshipping on the beach different from worshipping in the church building? Often times, the walls of a church cause people to have a defined idea of what is sacred and what is secular. Worshipping in a natural outdoor setting blurs that line between sacred and secular. For example, at our first service we had a woman accept Christ as her Savior there on the beach. It only made sense that it was there on the beach she should be baptized. Following our service two weeks later, everyone who gathered for worship walked down to the edge of the water and were witnesses of this baptism. It was a very powerful On November 19, 2018, in the Orangeburg County Courthouse the honorable Edgar Dickson, heard arguments from the Diocese of South Carolina and the Episcopal Church on motions directed to the ruling of the South Carolina Supreme Court. The judge began by asking, Who thinks this case will be resolved today? When one person in the courtroom raised a hand the judge indicated he hoped they were pulling for South Carolina in their upcoming game against Clemson, and concluded, Six judges have heard this case. I m number seven. I hope that s a lucky number. experience for many who had never witnessed an adult baptism. What made you realize it was going to be more than just a summer outreach? We had planned to hold our final worship service on Fripp in mid-july. However, the loud and clear message we got from the residents was that we could not stop. Lives were being changed and the Island was being transformed by the power of the Gospel. We had received so many open doors and so much favor from the Lord, it was clear He desired our efforts to continue. We took several weeks to meet with leaders, establish a core team and then re-launched our weekly service in October. Judge Dickson Will Determine What the Supreme Court Opinions Mean By Joy Hunter, Editor Continued on Page 2 While five motions are presently before the court, Judge Dickson said, the motion I m most interested in is the issue of what he has to decide. Alan Runyan argued for the Diocese that given the lack of clarity in the five separate opinions, Judge Dickson had to first decide, what, if anything, the Supreme Court decided. A slide presentation summarizing his argument may be found at org. Mr Runyan noted at the beginning of his argument that the last statements by half the Supreme Court were that We have given Continued on Page 16 Our Diocesan Vision: Making Biblical Anglicans for a Global Age

2 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 2 To Equip Men to Be Tomorrow s Disciple Makers Did you miss the Men s Summit? Men s Summit III Talks Available Online Bishop Mark Lawrence: A Work To Do By Will Henry Lawrence, St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center Archbishop Foley Beach to Speak at Christian Men s Conference The Christian Men s Conference (CMC) will once again be held at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center, February 22-24, Archbishop Foley Beach will speak on the topic of A Work to Do as a continuation of the CMC three-year theme of Reclaiming Biblical Manhood. Please refer to org or Co-coordinators, John Buck and Will Henry Lawrence at william.henry. lawrence@gmail.com with any questions. About Our Speaker The Most Rev. Dr. Foley Beach was elected the Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America on June 22, He is also the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the South, headquartered in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Archbishop Beach is a graduate of Georgia State University, the University of the South, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He began his ministry by serving with Young Life. Prior to serving as archbishop and bishop, he planted and led Holy Cross Anglican Church in Loganville, Georgia. The scripture verse that has most guided his ministry is Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (ESV) Archbishop Beach can be heard on radio stations in the U.S. and around the world via his teaching ministry, A Word from the Lord, and his One-Minute Message, an evangelism outreach to the unchurched. He and his wife, Allison, are life-long Georgians and have two adult children. On Saturday, September 30, 2018, more than 230 men from across the Diocese gathered at St. Paul s Church in Summerville for the 3rd annual Men s Summit. Building upon the diocesan men s ministry three-year theme of Reclaiming Biblical Manhood, Bishop Lawrence addressed the topic of A Work To Do as Christian men. He spoke of an internal work, meaning the work of the Holy Spirit within us and surrendering our lives to that work for which we contribute nothing but ourselves. He also spoke of the work we are called to within the Church made up of our various church families. Finally, he encouraged the men to do the work which we have been called to do in the world the work of evangelizing. Bishop Lawrence encouraged the men of the diocese More than 230 men gathered for the thrid annual Men s Summit in September. to pursue more deeply what spiritual gifts have been given to them by God for we all have gifts of the Spirit, to be used for the glory of the Kingdom of Heaven! The three talks are available on the men s ministry section of the Diocesan website, Fripp Island Worshipping Community Continued from Page 1 We re not focused on attracting anyone. Instead, our focus is on impacting lives for Christ. Even if an individual chooses to never join us for worship on a Sunday morning, I believe we have been commissioned to reach every person on Fripp Island with the Good News of the Gospel. The Kingdom of God advancing one life at a time is of greater value to us than attracting seat-fillers on a Sunday morning. Are you taking members away from St. Helena s to serve this new worshipping community? One of the best ways to seek to live into Bishop Lawrence s vision of making biblical Anglicans for a global Age is to develop parishioners with more theological depth. As one means toward this end the Diocese of South Carolina is offering an eight week teaching course on the book of Ephesians every Sunday from January 20 to March 10. The class will be taught by Canon Theologian Kendall Harmon in Doar Hall at St. Paul s Church in Summerville from 6:30 p.m. 8 p.m. with a lecture presentation for the first hour, followed by a half an hour discussion on the presented With Canon Theologian Kendall Harmon A eight-week study offered by the Diocese of South Carolina beginning January 20, 2019 Kendall Harmon to Teach Eight-Week Diocesan Study on Ephesians material. For those only able to come for an hour there is a break provided for that purpose at 7:30; and there is also child care available. The class is co-sponsored by St Paul s, Summerville, and Saint Timothy s, Summerville/ Moncks Corner. The class will use the recommended resource of John Stott s Commentary on Ephesians titled God s New Society which is available in paperback. It is recommended that prospective attendees purchase their own book and bring it as well as their Bible to class. Participants are asked to register on the D0iocesan website, The class is listed on the Diocesan calendar. Register at Purchase a copy of God s New Society My greatest hope is: 1. every individual on Fripp Island is impacted by the Good News of the Gospel; and 2. our transformed lives would make an impact for the Kingdom well beyond Fripp Island, said the Rev. Todd Simonis. October. So no more services on the beach? For the first month we met at the Creek House, a screened-in shelter near the back of the Island; then we moved to the Beach Club. That s where we are now, but the location is fluid. Once the weather gets better we may move back to the beach so we can continue the outreach there. How many people are attending? Since re-starting the service, we re averaging over 100 people in worship. While that is less than what we had (with tourists) over the summer, we re still greatly encouraged. With Fripp Island having a year-round population of only 325, we re currently gathering more than one-third of the Island for worship each Sunday! Who are you hoping to attract? Members of St. Helena s who live on Fripp Island made up the majority of the original core team. However, now that we have established our new weekly worship schedule, our leadership team is largely comprised of individuals who were not previously connected to St. Helena s. What has surprised you about this experience? I have been amazed at the overall receptivity and excitement from the residents of Fripp Island. Within the first few weeks of meeting over the summer, we had a Baptism, blessed the renewal of marriage vows and led a memorial service. We have quickly been invited into the lives of individuals who are hungry for the Lord. What are your biggest hopes for this group? My greatest hope is: 1. every individual on Fripp Island is impacted by the Good News of the Gospel; and 2. our transformed lives would make an impact for the Kingdom well beyond Fripp Island. Also, one of my prayers is that this new expression of mission and worship would cause other churches to seek the Lord about how they might offer a worship service in a non-traditional venue. In any way that St. Helena s can help support an individual or church pursue a new missional venture like this, we would love to stand with them.

3 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 3 March Diocesan Workshops Focus on Loving Neighbors Pre-Convention Workshops Open to the Public On Friday, March 15, in conjunction with the diocesan convention, the Diocese will offer a series of workshops focused on Loving Our Neighbors. Each workshop will be offered twice, from 1-2:15 p.m. and again from 2:45-4 p.m. in the Ministry Center at Saint James Church on James Island. Seating for the workshops, which are open to all, is limited. Register at Meet Your Neighbors: Understanding Your Culture & Contextualizing for Mission & Church Planting with The Rev Canon Dr. Dan Alger Who is your neighbor? Where is your neighbor? What is your neighbor up to? How can you and your church reach your neighbor for Christ? In this workshop we ll discuss the skills needed to learn and take meaning from your local culture Alger and how to contextualize your church s work of mission and church planting to reach the people where they are. We will dive deep into the physical, relational, spiritual, and ideological aspects of your culture. Then we ll discuss a framework for developing a strategy to reach them that allows for both integrity to the Anglican tradition and effectiveness in mission. The Rev Canon Dr. Dan Alger is the Canon for Church Planting for the Anglican Church in North America. He has been active in the work of Anglican church planting as a planter, coach, overseer, and friend for over 18 years. He is the co-host of the Always Forward Podcast and author of numerous articles. His doctoral work was on organizing Anglican dioceses for the work of church planting. He is married to Karen and they have two boys: Eli and Silas. Representational Confession: A Tool for Healing Wounded Communities with The Rev. Dr. Russ Parker our literal neighbors. We will cover questions such as: How do you find time to do this? What if my neighbors are sketchy? Do my motives matter? What about us introverts? How do I talk about Jesus without seeming weird? And much more! (Learn more about Dave on Page one.) Mission INSITE Part 2; Won t You be My Neighbor? with the Revs. Gary Beson and Tyler Prescott As church communities, we are typically eager to love our neighbors but often unsure how to begin! Join us for a conversation discussing strategies for old churches attempting to engage new neighbors. Facilitated by the Revs. Beson Gary Beson and Tyler Prescott, the leadership from St. John s, Florence and St. John, John s Island will share how they are using Mission- Insite and personal relationships to be good neighbors in their communities. Strategies for reaching new and growing demographics will be discussed. Ample time for some practical Q and A will be provided. The Rev. Gary Beson is the Vicar of St. Timothy s, Cane Bay and is the go-to resource for church planting resources in our Diocese. Gary is married to Sue, and they have three grown children, and a new grandchild on the way. Prescott The Rev. Tyler Prescott serves as Associate to the Rector at St. Paul s, Summerville. He is married to Lanier and they have seven children. After reading The Turquoise Table Dr. Holly Jameson felt called to paint their oyster table in their backyard and begin praying about how they could welcome their neighbors. Daughters Blakely & Rease got in the act and actually did the painting. Learning to Love Our Neighbors Take Every Opportunity to Open your Life and Home to Others, Romans 12:13 We are all either senders or the sent, says the Rev. Greg Snyder, Rector of St. John s Parish on Johns Island. As our parish has been praying through the steps of planting a church on Johns Island, it became abundantly clear we could all use a reminder of how to be a good neighbor, whether we will go with our sister church plant or remain with our mother church thus began a year-long Sunday School class focused on loving their neighbors called, Hospitality: Love, welcome serve. Participants are studying The Turquoise Table by Kristin Schell; The Gospel comes with a house key-practicing radical ordinary hospitality by Rosaria Butterfield and Just Open the Door: How One Invitation Can Change a Generation by Jen Schmidt. Beth Snyder, who is facilitating the class with her husband, Greg said, We are excited to see, as the Jameson family has exhibited, that we have many opportunities to love our neighbor---god is asking us to be open to the places we are planted in order to show His love to those around us. The group is focusing on several questions: Who is my neighbor? How am I being called to serve him or her? What obstacles in my own life prevent me from serving? and How is God speaking to me through His word and through this author s testimony? How might you be called to love, welcome or serve your neighbor? Threaded throughout scripture are examples of people of faith taking ownership, without accusation, of the wounds of their communities and confessing them before God. The result has often been astounding moments when God has Parker restored such broken communities so that they flourish under God s grace once again. These people had discovered a tool for breaking through the gridlock that bound their communities. This tool is called Representational Confession and we will be exploring its dynamics and how to put them into practice for our churches and families and communities. The Rev. Dr. Russ Parker, an ordained priest in the Church of England, is the Director of 2Restore: Healing Church Wounds which offers a range of resources in order to help churches resolve and heal their legacies of unhealed stories and their issues and move forward in a renewed ability to flourish as God intends. Russ is a founding member of the Fellowship of Christ the Healer (UK and USA) which exists to resource leaders of residential healing and healthcare initiatives.russ is married to Roz and lives near Farnham, Surrey. Runyon Neighboring: Love Where You Live with Dave Runyon In this workshop we will dig deeper into the Art of Neighboring and discuss best practices and obstacles to connecting with Grey Pigeons in White Snow Does Your Church Stand Out in the Community? By The Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence, XIV Bishop of South Carolina The wind was bitterly cold one Pennsylvania day as I walked down to Jack s fish market to buy my lunch. I buttoned up my overcoat and tightened the scarf around my neck and ears. The newly fallen snow on the Kelly Park lawn made the dark grey pigeons almost attractive as they contrasted starkly with the whiteness. My mind paused a moment on the importance of contrasts for our perceptions. There was a time when I may have considered such aesthetic implications for hours, but as the young rector of a growing church with a young growing family in this depressed steel mill town in the heart of the rust belt, life offered little opportunity for such indulgence. I stopped by Dom s Shoe Repair to settle my account and as usual, there were several men seated around the shop talking about the state of the world and particularly the woes of downtown McKeesport. The subject soon changed from the mayor to Cox s Department Store (which was vacant) to the dilapidated old post office building next to my church, St. Stephen s. The scarf was still well up around my neck, hiding my clerical collar. I briefly thought of entering into the conversation but decided instead to listen. The city yah know bought the Post Office for $65,000 and all it s been is a white elephant. Never used it! That church, St. Stephen s, has bought it now. Oh, yeah? Yeah, they re tearing it down, but they ran into some trouble with asbestos in the building. Oh well, somebody needs to do something around here, it s an eyesore! On the discussion rolled I paid my account and went next door to H & H Fish Market to pick up my lunch. The fellow behind me in line said, You look familiar. He was a rough looking fellow I had met passingly one day on the sidewalk. He had recently heard about Redeemer Fellowship, a ministry my curate, Fr. Kevin Higgins, had started for street people on Sunday afternoons in our Church undercroft. Yeah he said, I m thinking about coming to the services. We d love to have you. You d be more than welcome! I said. As I walked back to the church, amazed at the accuracy of the townsfolk s knowledge of our parish activities, my mind retrieved a paragraph I had recently read from Kennon L. Calahan s book, Twelve Keys to an Effective Church. Churches that share effective missional outreach with one or more specific human hurts or hopes become legends on the community grapevine. They become in that community the church that helps people that helped John and Mary. It becomes a church that is more interested in helping than being helped. It becomes one of the distinctive churches in the community a church that gives itself away in effective missional service. During those years in the late 1980s St. Stephen s, McKeesport, became a congregation committed to not only rebuilding our parish, but even more to being a distinctive church in an economically devastated community working with others across social and racial boundaries to make a difference. These were tough years for me as a young rector in my mid to late 30s, yet so very Churches that share effective missional outreach with one or more specific human hurts or hopes become legends on the community grapevine. They become in that community, the church that helps people. Kennon L. Calahan fruitful. Now as I look back some 30 years removed there is much that has changed in society. Certainly South Carolina is a vastly different place from the Mon Valley in Western Pennsylvania after the collapse of the Continued on Page 14

4 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 4 Just released: Pass the Legacy: Seven Keys for Grandparents Making a Difference New Book Encourages Grandparents to Step into Role of Impacting Future Generations for Christ By Catherine Jacobs, St. Paul s Church, Summerville Writing a book was never a dream of mine. In fact, I was convinced it was not a possibility. I can scribble thank you notes, write Sunday school curriculum, and when pressed, author a page-long article on a heart-felt topic. Write a book? No, never. Not me. However, 14 years ago I became a grandmother, and my life changed forever. ( Nina they call me, all five of those gorgeous children!) After seeking the Lord in this new season of my life, I felt compelled to share with my fellow grandparents God s biblical purpose for this new role. Whenever possible, I explain the God-given calling to pass a legacy of faith to our children and grandchildren (Psalm 145:4). In a world riddled with global terrorism, school shootings, and gender confusion, it is critical for grandparents to partner with parents and intentionally share the gospel with their loved ones. Yet, it is challenging for baby boomers to navigate this new age-infiltrated world of the 21st century. Soon I was encouraged to write the message God had graciously given to me. A Roller Coaster Ride Daunted initially, I struggled in my newfound role of authorship. It became a bumpy adventure loaded with successes and failures. It was a bit of a roller coaster ride. This Fall I was honored when Harper Collins Christian Publishing House released my book, Pass the Legacy: 7 Keys for Grandparents Making a Difference. Pass the Legacy is a practical guide to help grandparents become vessels for the Lord. Formatted for small group study, the book presents seven basic keys to equip seniors in influencing the lives of their grandchildren and grown children. No longer are we to No longer are we to shuffle to the periphery of our families and churches. Instead, we are to step to the front and impact future generations in their relationships with the Lord. shuffle to the periphery of our families and churches. Instead, we are to step to the front and impact future generations in their relationships with the Lord. It is grandparenting that makes a difference. Never has there been a more important job to do. Never has the need been more urgent. What Others are Saying about Pass the Legacy by Cathy Jacobs The book you hold in your hands was written by a grandmother who truly gets it when she tells you, You can make a difference in your grandchild s life. Cathy Jacobs writes not only at a practical level but at soul level, and in so doing, she reminds us that our effectiveness as grandparents starts with the conditions of our own souls. The Seven Keys Cathy has developed for passing a legacy that matters need to be learned and put into practice by every grandparent who claims to be a follower of Christ. Pass the Legacy is a practical, powerful tool for grandparents who take their biblical roles seriously. Warning: If you don t take it seriously, don t read this book. Truth, conviction and transformation may lead to a changed heart. Cavin Harper, Founder and President Christian Grandparenting Network In Pass the Legacy Cathy Jacobs challenges her readers to defy culture s lies about the golden years and accept the fact God calls them to pass their spiritual legacies to future generations. She arms her readers with practical advice including praying fervently, healing broken relationships, and leaving a written legacy of love. For Christian grandparents who haven t considered the importance of their roles in the lives of their grandchildren, Pass the Legacy is an insightful and enjoyable read. Sherry Schumann, Co-Director of the Prayer Ministry for Christian Grandparenting Network, Director of Prayer Ministry for Legacy Coalition, author, speaker Cathy Jacobs is a champion for grandparents. She introduced our Diocese to this vital ministry. As a result, we ve seen many churches and individuals catch the biblical vision for being a godly parent and grandparent. I believe this book will encourage and equip grandparents to take seriously the opportunities and influence that the Lord has given them to reach the hearts of their children and grandchildren with the love of Christ. This book will be a great resource for ministry leaders, family ministries, parents and grandparents. Thank you, Cathy! May Pass the Legacy fuel revival and restoration of the family for God s glory. Peter Rothermel, Coordinator for the Department of Christian Faith Formation Diocese of South Carolina To learn more visit or Women s Retreat Does Not Disappoint Away from the Hustle and Bustle, Lawrence Focuses Women on the Lord s Prayer By Elizabeth Scott, St. Philip s Church, Charleston What does the word Retreat bring to mind? A get away? A break? A time for reflection? R & R? During a recent weekend, September 21-23, a group of Anglican women gathered at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center for such a time. The journey to St. Christopher itself is a drawing a drawing away from the hustle and bustle of schedules, the towns and city, the traffic (the traffic!). It is a drawing to a quiet, secluded tip of land at the end of an island lush with vegetation, trees, wildlife, mosquitoes and chiggers (bring your spray!) and merging of ocean and river where quiet buildings have settled in amidst this former wilderness. This very expanse of nature can easily draw you into the presence or at least an awareness of God Himself. As you enter the gates to this sanctuary, luxuriant with nature s JANET STODA The highlight of the retreat, though, was the three teaching sessions by Bishop Lawrence. He spoke on the Lord s Prayer. abundance and the sense of development and growth left behind, you can almost feel the weight fall away of whatever it took to get you there. There is a replacement of a calming sense of promise and renewal. The recent Diocesan Women s Retreat did not disappoint. JANET STODA Whether the choice was to stay overnight in available lodgings or commute from nearby locations, all registrants were able to fully participate in every aspect of the wellplanned and organized weekend. The retreat began with a welcoming greeting by the organizing committee, and we were treated to delicious meals, as always, by the St. Christopher kitchen staff. On Saturday afternoon we had the option to attend two lay witnesses, one on the power of forgiveness and the second on sharing your testimony. The organizers also provided a time of soaking prayer, meditation, and the laying-on of hands for healing and refreshment in the Lord. There was free time, as well, to explore the island, visit with friends, or have time to yourself. On Sunday we gathered for a service of Holy Eucharist in the chapel. The highlight of the retreat, though, was the three teaching sessions by Bishop Lawrence. He spoke on the Lord s Prayer, starting out by telling us this was going to be a journey from the head to the heart. One of the hopes he expressed was that we would move from saying it to praying it; that so often we fail to really pray and to really listen to and for God. He then proceeded to peel back the sections of the prayer, breaking them down and giving them new life to the hearers. On Saturday night, at his request, after his teaching on forgiveness, there was again time for prayer and the laying-on of hands. The Bishop is a most effective communicator and a compelling storyteller and speaker (in this writer s humble opinion), and he proved once again that there is no better material from which to reach hearts than the Scriptures themselves. It is no secret that we are blessed to have such a place as St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center. If you have been there, you already know this. If you have not, you have yet to discover it. Either way, when the next Diocesan Women s Retreat rolls around, do yourself a favor. Get a friend or a group of friends from church and head on out to the island. Your efforts will be rewarded. Praise and Glory Offerings for Kwashi Safe Haven and St. Alban s at the Citadel By Betty Schaffer, Chair of Praise and Glory Ministry, Anglican Women of the Diocese What exactly is Praise and Glory? It is a ministry selected by the women of the diocese at the annual meeting to remind us to both praise and thank God by making daily offerings to the Lord as we are reminded of the many blessings in our lives. The funds collected individually are then given corporately to a ministry chosen by the women of the diocese. We are so pleased to announce that offerings of $5, were collected for Dr. Gloria s project for the year The total offerings for will be shared between Safe Haven for Girls and St. Alban s ministry through Rev. Rob Sturdy. Every woman in our diocese is encouraged to join in this ministry. Simply find an empty jar, label it Praise and Glory, and place it Continued on Page 6

5 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 5 Nominating Committee Presents Slate of Candidates The Nominating Committee presents the following slate of candidates for prayerful consideration by the delegates to the 228th Diocesan Convention. The Committee was composed of clergy invited from every deanery, laity serving in the major ministries of the Diocese as well as members of the diocesan ministry staff. With the insights that breadth of experience in the Diocese brings, the Committee s goal is to submit candidates who will provide the strongest possible leadership for the Diocese at this time. Please keep all candidates, delegates and clergy in your prayers as we prepare for the future of our Diocese and for our annual Convention, March 15-16, Visit for photographs and brief biographies. Standing Committee Clergy: 2 needed for 3-year term The Rev. Shay Gaillard (St. Helena s, Beaufort) The Very Rev. Ron Greiser (Resurrection, Surfside Beach) The Rev. Greg Kronz (St. Luke s, Hilton Head) The Rev. Greg Smith (Trinity, Myrtle Beach) The Rev. Chris Warner (Holy Cross, Sullivan s Island) Laity: 2 needed for 3-year term Mrs. Judy Hood (Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant) Mrs. Susan McDonald (Trinity, Myrtle Beach) Mr. William McRee (St. John s, Florence) Mrs. Carol Morrison (Holy Trinity, Pinopolis) Diocesan Council Clergy: 2 needed for 3-year term The Rev. Mary Ellen Doran (St. David s / St. Paul s) The Rev. Brian McGreevy (St. Philip s, Charleston) The Rev. Sean Norris (Holy Cross, Sullivan s Island) The Rev. Ryan Street (St. Philip s, Charleston) Laity: 2 needed for 3-year term Mr. Todd Barnum (St. Paul s, Summerville) Ms. Wynne Boone (St. Timothy s, Cane Bay) Mrs. Lynelle Jensen (The Cross, Bluffton) Mr. Justin Johnson (St. John s, Johns Island) Mr. Walt Miller (St. John s, Johns Island) Mr. Dickie Miler (St. Paul s, Summerville) Diocesan Trustees Clergy: 1 needed for 6-year term The Rev. Andrew O Dell (St. Philip s, Charleston) Laity: 1 needed for 6-year term Mr. Robert Kilgo (St. Matthew s, Darlington) Ecclesiastical Court Clergy: 3 needed for 3-year term The Rev. David Booman (St. Michael s, Charleston) Kairos Outside to Hold First Lowcountry Weekend March By the Rev. Joyce Harder, Deacon, Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant Kairos Outside is a ministry that s deeply personal to me. Let me tell you why. My niece, Julie, my family, and I are now over six years into her 10-year prison sentence. She will be released the summer of Until that joyous day comes, we will continue to do the time with her. For me, this entails everything from visiting her four hours away to listening to her heartache and frustration and encouraging her through daily phone calls, to carrying out myriad administrative tasks such as banking and ordering Christmas presents online for her teen-aged children. In 2009, Julie was behind the wheel of a car in a tragic accident in which two women were killed. Their deaths shattered their families and community. Julie s family was also shattered. In the wake of the accident, I begged God to redeem this calamity, and He abundantly answered that prayer by introducing me to Kairos Outside and leading me to ordination to serve Him in this ministry as a Vocational Deacon. One of three programs of Kairos Prison Ministry International, Kairos Outside demonstrates God s grace and love through Christian support of women who have loved ones who are, or have been, incarcerated. Based on the Cursillo The Rev. Dan Farley (Good Shepherd, Charleston) The Rev. Marshall Huey (Old St. Andrew s, Charleston) Laity: 2 needed for 3-year term Mr. Framp Harper (St. Helena s, Beaufort) Mrs. Tami Neff (St. Timothy s, Cane Bay) Mr. Gene Scarborough (Holy Comforter, Sumter) Mr. Chip Sloan (Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant) ACNA Provincial Assembly Clergy: 9 needed for 1-year term The Very Rev. Craige Borrett (Christ-St. Paul s, Yonges Island) model, Kairos Outside centers around a special Weekend Retreat, where, in a safe environment among loving people, women interact with other women who are in similar situations and learn to form small support groups to give them strength for the challenges they face. The Weekend Retreat encompasses a series of talks by women sharing their life journey. Each Guest has the opportunity to review the talks in small table family groups. However, sharing in the small group is voluntary. The program is interspersed with music, prayer, fun activities, and general pampering. The Weekend is Christian in nature, although no religious affiliation is required to attend. Any adult female, 20 years-old or older, whose life has been impacted by the incarceration of relatives/friends, is eligible to attend a Kairos Outside Weekend. Formerly incarcerated women who did not have an opportunity to attend a Kairos Inside The Rev. Rags Coxe (Prince George, Georgetown) The Rev. Janet Echols (St. Matthew s, Ft. Motte) The Rev. Shay Gaillard (St. Helena s, Beaufort) The Rev. Cindy Larsen (Grace Parish, N. Myrtle Beach) The Rev. Bob Lawrence (St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center) The Rev. Canon Jim Lewis (Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant) The Rev. David Thurlow (Prince George, Winyah) The Rev. Ken Weldon (St. John s, Florence) Laity: 9 needed for 1-year term Mrs. Laura Bowman (Grace Parish, N. Myrtle Beach) Mr. John Benson (Prince George, Georgetown) Weekend while incarcerated may also attend. There is no cost to participate in this weekend. Having served on four of 15 Kairos Outside weekends in Upstate South Carolina, I can testify to the mighty, healing movement of the Holy Spirit among scores of women who have suffered alone for years in their sorrow. God, in His magnificent grace and exquisite Kairos timing, has extended His Kingdom by engineering the chartering of Kairos Outside You Can Help with Kairos Outside. Here s How: 1) Pledge to pray over Weekend #1. Your name will be placed on a strip of construction paper to be fashioned into a very long chain that will create a visual of the prayers of the saints for the Guests. 2) Color multiple copies of a special picture, hundreds of which will be displayed on walls in the Retreat Center to demonstrate to Guests the love and support of the Body of Christ. I can you a template to print and distribute to Children s and Youth Ministries, Life Groups, family members, and friends. They can be mailed to the address, right. 3) For women and men: Serve at the Retreat Center as a behind- the-scenes Angel during the hours of your choice over the course of the weekend. me for an application. 4) For women only: Serve on Team. Entails four Saturday Team meetings: Jan. 12, Feb. 2, Feb. 23, and Mar. 16. The Feb. 2 meeting will take place at Christ Church, while the other three will be at St. Matthew s, Ft. Motte. me for an application, which will entail signing a Statement of Faith in Jesus Christ. 5) Purchase meals for Guests. Each meal costs $10, and there are six meals over the weekend. A card is placed at each Guest s plate saying that Jason from Charleston purchased this meal for you. Make checks out to Kairos Outside SC and designate Meals for KO Lowcountry. Mail to the address below. 6) Make general tax-exempt monetary donations to Kairos SC, earmarked Kairos Outside Lowcountry. Mail to the address below. 7) Help raise tax-exempt donations within the community and beyond. (Businesses, foundations, etc.) Kairos Outside Lowcountry P.O. Box 2206 Mt. Pleasant, SC The Rev. Joyce Harder jharder@christch.org (843) Mr. Ned Collins (Holy Cross, Sullivan s Island) Mr. David Marten (Holy Comforter, Sumter) Mrs. Elizabeth Pennewill (Holy Cross, Sullivan s Island) Mrs. Henrietta Rivers (St. John s Chapel, Charleston) Mr. Alan Runyan (St. Helena s, Beaufort) Mr. Nelson Weaver (St. Timothy s Cane Bay) ALTANAKA BY PHOTOCASE Because of the stresses endured by loved ones and family members of those incarcerated, they end up doing time with the one in prison. A Kairos Outside Weekend provides a means for community and healing among women who have suffered alone for years in their sorrow. Lowcountry in 2017 and the planning of Kairos Outside Lowcountry Weekend #1 this spring! KO Lowcountry #1 will take place the weekend of March 29-31, 2019, at the Lutheran Coastal Retreat Center on the Isle of Palms. As a Vocational Deacon, I am charged with taking the needy to the Church and the Church to the needy. I am therefore inviting my Diocesan Family to come alongside me to, with God s help, ensure the success of KO Lowcountry Weekend #1. Moreover, I invite you to come together as a diocese to help build up Kairos Outside Lowcountry so it will be sustainable for years to come. Thousands of Lowcountry women suffer due to the incarceration of a loved one. The goal is to hold at least two Weekends per year, if not more, and to build a vibrant support system for these hurting women. See the box at left for ways to help. As a start-up, Kairos Outside Lowcountry Weekend #1 will cost $15,000. This includes lodging, food, sustainable supplies, and disposable supplies. After that, weekends should run around $10,000 - $12,000. To get involved, me at jharder@christch.org or call me at The King will reply, Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for Me. 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6 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 6 ALI: Strangers No More By the Very Rev. Dr. Peter Moore, Director, Anglican Leadership Institute The Anglican Leadership Institute, an outgrowth of the Mere Anglicanism Conference, presents the following free lecture open to the public. Take somebody out of a small village in rural Tanzania and ask him to share a room for three weeks with someone who s never been to Africa. Next, take someone who s a pharmacist in suburban Cairo and ask him to live three weeks cheek-by-jowl with a sophisticated community leader from Belfast, N. Ireland. Then take a youthful 35- year old Brazilian, less than one-year married whose wife is expecting a baby, and ask him to eat three meals a day next to a married lady with a college-aged daughter and a professorial husband from America s Deep South. And what do you have? It s not too far from humorous mayhem or at least a faint echo of the Tower of Babel after God changed everyone s language. The cultural and ethnic differences that exist when you bring total strangers together for a three-week think tank to explore issues of children in school, and all are quite intelligent, but most speak English with an accent that is uniquely different from our American mélange. Such is the challenge faced by the Anglican Leadership Institute, a new institution that was birthed here in Charleston, South Carolina, which is now entering its fourth year. Twice each year, for a full three weeks, 15 men and women arrive from the four corners of the earth to live together and work to break the culture barriers that would naturally keep them apart. None of them have ever met, many will never come this way again, and few have ever experienced the culture and customs that shaped their classmates. The only common factor is that they are all ordained Anglican priests. Some are bishops and others are relatively new to the ministry, but most fall somewhere between the 35 to 55 age range, are married, During ALI participants are exposed to biblically-based teachings from leaders all around the world who ve traveled to Charleston for this specific event. Above, India, Africa and America mix. How the Mighty Have Fallen. Who will lead us now? January 28, 2019 The Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston 6:30 p.m. Coffee & Dessert 7:00 p.m. Lecture Dr. Leighton Ford, President of Leighton Ford Ministries, international speaker to millions was listed in TIME Magazine as among the most influential preachers in America. Dr. Ford is author of the Award-winning Sandy: A Heart for God, the biography of his son who died during heart surgery. Please don t think each institute is all work and no play. We experience strangers becoming family, and we revel in the thought of the stories our new family members will tell upon returning home. Above, an all Anglican impromptu soccer game. poverty, freedom, persecution and faith well, that s one thing. But both pale in significance to the fact that only about half of them speak English as their native tongue. They may have learned English as and are open to learning about leadership in the modern world. You would think that the common link to the 75 million-member Anglican Communion would suffice as a bond but all you have to do is hear each of them say the Lord s Prayer in their own native languages at the same time and you understand. To visitors it may sound like gibberish, but to those of us gathered, perhaps more the language of angels than of men. So, how do they get here? Well, first of all, they ve been invited because of their well-earned, stellar reputation. Second, they are sponsored financially through the generosity of South Carolinians and a few others who pay everything, including their airfare. These men and women, soon to be over 110 in total from 27 countries, know through their own experience that leadership of something as diverse as a church (or a diocese) calls for more than a few years of theological studying. They know that building a team, confronting political and moral crises, and guiding a populace through the rapids of modern secularism requires wisdom, courage, and humility. Through the foresight of Bishop Mark Lawrence of South Carolina and a board of trustees that consists of women and men who are clergy and business leaders, the Anglican Continued on Page 7 Praise and Glory Offerings Continued from Page 4 somewhere you will see it often throughout your day. Whenever you are reminded of a blessing, drop some loose change into your jar. Many women choose to keep their Praise and Glory jar in a place where it can be seen throughout their day. At home, such places would be near the washing machine or maybe near the television. In the work place, keeping the jar near the telephone. The choice is up to you; keep it simple and do what works best for you. Then every time God reminds you of one of the many ways He is blessing your life, put a coin or two into your Praise and Glory jar. By doing so, you are joining the many women around our diocese who are also acknowledging and thanking our great God for all He is doing for us. To Him be all the Praise and Glory! The focus of this year s Praise and Glory giving is two-fold: Dr. Gloria Kwashi s Safe Haven for Girls and the Rev. Rob Sturdy s ministry at St. Alban s Chapel at the Citadel. Dr. Gloria Kwashi s Safe Haven for Girls ministry provides a safe place for at-risk girls to live while continuing their education in order to protect them from the danger of being beaten, raped or sold into sex slavery. St. Alban s Chapel provides a safe haven for Cadets and encourages them to grow in their faith through Christian teaching and activities, producing strong Christian leaders upon graduation. All women of the diocese are encouraged to participate. The suggested times for collections this year are April and November, though donations are accepted throughout the year. Once you have collected your offerings, convert them into a check made payable to DWM noting Praise and Gory in the memo line. Give your check to your leader or mail to: Diocese of South Carolina % Betty Schaffer 235 Country Club Lane Charleston, SC To receive new labels contact Betty Schaffer at betty.schaffer@ comcast.net or Before Winning the Argument Win the Audience Apologetics Conference Highlights Cultural Shifts By Jesse Perl, St. John s Church, Florence What are you apologizing for? is a question commonly asked in Christian circles whenever the topic of apologetics is brought up. Contrary to how it may sound, apologetics has nothing to do with seeking forgiveness. Rather, the name comes from the Greek apologia meaning a formal defense of an opinion, position, or action. One of the most common uses of this word is encountered in high school studying The Apology of Socrates by Plato. As the culture continues to discover new reasons that Christianity is no longer needed, Christians need to be prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet doing so with gentleness and respect (1 Tim 3:15b). On a crisp fall weekend, along with four men from the diocese, I had an opportunity to prepare to make a defense at the National Christian Apologetics Conference held in Charlotte, NC. Framed around the topic The God Who Is, seminars ranged from doctrines of Christianity to engaging with other faiths. The most profound sessions for me were the evening keynote and Q & A featuring Ravi Zacharias and Saturday morning s main session featuring Chip Ingram. Both talks mapped two streams of culture crucial not only for apologetics but effective evangelism in general. The first stream is how our culture has shifted from a Christian foundation to a secular or new paganistic foundation. From a practical perspective, this means that we are no longer preaching to the Jews as Peter does in Acts. The starting point for most young people no longer includes an understanding of the bible, so even knowledge of many bible stories we take for granted, like Noah s Ark, are completely unknown. Instead, we are like Paul in Acts 17 reasoning with the Areopa- gus. Before understanding the value of Christ s sacrifice, there must first be an understanding that what is good matters and doesn t change. Before knowing Christ as God has value, there must first be an understanding that who God is matters. An understanding of a God who creates and the nature of sin first needs to be outlined before a God who sacrifices for that sin matters. Culture no longer values truth as a virtue. Thus, the second stream involves a reconditioning of the order of evangelizing. Society ignores truth for the sake of feelings. Rather than trying to win the argument, we must first win the audience. Christianity is not only true because our hearts know it to be so; we can speak our truth because God first spoke His. God invites us on an adventure where a deeper understanding of His truth compels us to win hearts for reasons truer than our feelings. I am always reminded of the Chronicles of Narnia where Aslan talks with Susan and Lucy about a deeper law of love which the White Witch does not understand. We must once more remind the culture of this deeper law of love and invite them on this adventure which Christ recruits them for. We must once more seek to win the audience showing the beauty of God before the truth of it can take root in their hearts.

7 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 7 Grace Anglican Parish Moves into New, Larger Space Grace Anglican Parish began the Advent season in a new location after outgrowing the community center where they had been meeting. I give thanks that we have a new home for Grace Anglican Parish! said Vicar Cindy Larsen. We are so busy, but very glad to be moving into a larger space where we can worship freely, without renting by the hour for every purpose. Their new location is Highway 90 in Little River. One Sunday in November, after lunch, they held a painting party to prepare their sanctuary for use. We have signed the lease and the electricity and water are on. The sign company is preparing proofs and a quote for our new sign, said Larsen. Volunteers cleaned the space and shampooed the carpet in the parish hall and other rooms. Then, over the next 10 days, members painted and prepared the sanctuary for the installation of carpet. Once that was done they brought in the beautiful stone altar, pulpit, lectern, baptismal font, tabernacle, and other items out of storage to be set in their place of worship. May God be faithfully worshipped and glorified! said Larsen. May the Gospel be proclaimed and lived! May our new location be a launching pad for work in the Kingdom! Let us all give thanks to Almighty God for Grace Anglican Parish! Keep Grace Anglican in prayer as they begin this new season. There is so much to do, says Larsen, but we will get there quickly. We are excited, busy and joyful! Heeding the Call to Work for Prison Reform Our prison systems are broken. We ve got to make changes. By Joy Hunter, Editor The Rev. Chuck Pollak knows how to get things done. Before becoming a priest, he spent 27 years in the US Navy, serving, in his most celebrated post, as the Captain of a nuclear ballistic missile submarine. So when, following his retirement, and while serving as a prison chaplain, he noticed things weren t working as they should, he decided to work on reform. Our prison systems are broken, he says. We re wasting money and turning out people who are more angry and frustrated when they get out than they were when they went in. That s crazy. We ve got to make changes. Evidence of the broken system was clear when in April 2018 seven inmates died during a riot at Lee Correctional. The conditions in our prisons are getting worse, says Pollak. As a result we re seeing more disciplinary problems and more attacks like the riot in Lee. That episode was the most deadly prison riot in the United States in the last 25 years. We also had an inmate killed at Ridgeland about a year ago, said Pollak. And there was an incident at Kirkland in Columbia in April of 2017 when four inmates were killed by two other inmates, both mental patients. And there are many other killings and suicides as well. Do More Good Working for Reform Pollak began working in prisons, first as a volunteer with Kairos, and later as a member and then Vice Chair of their International Board of Directors. In 2007 he began working JOY HUNTER Burtt, reflecting on South Carolina s correctional institutions said, It s become completely inhumane. There s no call for that... It would have to get a whole lot better just to be horrible. as the Assistant Chaplain of the Ridgeland Correctional Institution and he retired from that position in June of While his time as a chaplain was fulfilling, and he saw his ministry making a difference in the lives of individual prisoners, he didn t think it was nearly enough. I came to believe I could do more good working for reform, he said. He knew he couldn t do it alone and so invited Stan Burtt (a former Warden at Lieber Correctional with 23 years of employment in corrections) and the Rev. Lloyd Roberts (the retired Chief of Chaplains for all of South Carolina with 17 years experience working for the Department of Corrections) to join him. When I called and asked if they d join me, they both said, Absolutely! says Pollak. Burtt, reflecting on South Carolina s correctional institutions said, It s become completely inhumane. There s no call for that. If you look at the staff/inmate ratios, violence has risen dramatically. It would have to get a whole lot better just to be horrible. Forming the South Carolina Prison Reform Alliance To be honest, legislators have very low knowledge about prisons, but they re the ones making the laws, said Burtt. It s not a hot button. People don t care. Prisoners are not just the least of these, they make lepers looked loved. They re the lepers of our society. To begin to address the issues the three men formed the South Carolina Prison Reform Alliance. The Alliance s mission is to: educate State political officials, civil servants, and the general public regarding conditions within the South Carolina Department of Corrections and to suggest recommendations for improvement within the Department and Continued on Page 9 ALI: Strangers No More Continued from Page 6 Leadership Institute (ALI) was created to further the education of these men and women. During ALI, the participants attend lectures on leadership, dig into case studies addressing situations like human trafficking and honor killings, and learn about the causes of poverty and what can be done about it. More importantly, they are exposed to biblically-based teachings from leaders all around the world who ve traveled to Charleston for this specific event: lawyers, bishops, theologians, local and international clergy, and laity who ve run major corporations all of whom have experienced the crucible of guiding their faith communities through difficult times. With the twin emphases of competence and character, these emerging leaders wrestle with how to uncover God s vision for their life and their ministries while immersed in a tight-knit community that eats, sleeps, prays, laughs, and learns together. Their personal stories are amazing. Take: Daniel, a bishop who was called back to South Sudan after his family emigrated to Australia and now copes with bombs being regularly dropped on his villages by next-door Sudan; Ben, a Nigerian bishop who had Fulani tribesmen steal all his cattle while he was away then fatally shoot his neighbor who stepped Bishop Ken Clarke, front left, leads participants from the September 2018 Institute on a hike by the shore of Martha s Vineyard. out into the dark to investigate the commotion; Yopi, who is trying to establish a theological seminary in his native Indonesia while concurrently working to provide emergency aid to the victims of a recent earthquake and tsunami; Emad, who struggles to keep his pharmacy in Egypt open and profitable so that in his spare time he can plant churches in his overwhelmingly Muslim country; Alison, a single woman of rare gifts who leads several congregations of Anglicans in Northern Ireland where Protestants and Catholics are too often taught to hate one another from childhood. The stories are legion. In fact, each participant has a heart-breaking background just beneath the surface even those who come from Western and relatively wealthy parts of the world. What often strikes me powerfully is the poverty that stalks those who come from developing countries. Despite it, they press forward with a relentless drive to share the Gospel. One bishop said that among his 125 clergy, only five have salaries. The others make do with hand-outs, the occasional donated live chicken, and vegetables grown in their back yards. Imagine! Behind these troubles and difficulties often lies some of the most mature faith I have ever encountered. These are men and women who love with all their hearts and who live by trusting a merciful God. They keep their eyes focused on Jesus who for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of God. The privilege of witnessing this twice a year is incalculable. Just to rub shoulders with men and women who live the Christian life amid incredible hardships but with smiles, warmth, laughter and joy, is incredible. When each institute is over, these strangers have become brothers and sisters, and the memory of their good-bye hugs lingers for months. My wife and I, as well as our volunteers, are honored to have met them. It s hard to calculate the impact of these comings-together, It s hard to calculate the impact of these comings-together, but it s the letters and s from participants that tell us we are on to something important. Above, New England meets South Sudan. but it s the letters and s from participants that tell us that we are on to something important. Correspondence about how ALI prepared them for their next job, caused them to offer leadership seminars of their own back home, rechanneled their energies into more productive work, or gave them a feeling for the worldwide body of Christians of which they are part are what convince us ALI is not just effective but vital. Consider: If doctors, academics, executives, and lawyers participate in continuing education to keep up with new thinking in their own spheres, how much more do those who lead faith communities of hundreds and thousands need the same? Please don t think each institute is all work and no play. It s hilarious to watch some eat oysters, learn to bowl, wash dishes, meet the Mayor of Charleston, or even take a polar plunge in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. Laughter is everywhere as is heart-felt prayer. We are experiencing strangers becoming family, and we revel in the thought of the stories our new family members will tell upon returning home. As soon as one ALI ends, the detailed planning for the next begins. With a goal of training 300 Anglican leaders over a 10-year period, we are almost one-third of the way there. Each participant who comes costs roughly $10,000 lovingly-donated dollars, but to hear or read their words of gratitude makes every dollar and every minute spent worthwhile. To know we are sending out into the world better equipped leaders men and women who ve been taught a new set of skills is thrilling. They are the modern-day apostles, and they leave better prepared to lead, teach, and mentor their flocks. Thanks for reading about this global adventure. You or I may never get to Brunei or Malawi or Australia, but people from these outposts can come here to learn. While here, they enrich our lives, encourage our churches, and share with us a wide-angled snapshot of the fellowship of the saints. Peter Moore, with his wife Sandra, an assistant, and many volunteers, run each Anglican Leadership Institute. Their goal is to have at least one South Carolina clergy leader participate in every institute. ALI is based in Mt. Pleasant and its website is: www. anglicanleadershipinstitute.com The January 2019 Session of ALI runs January 9-31.

8 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 8 The Six Styles of Evangelism Which Style Best Fits You? By Bill Oldland, Rector, St. Bartholomew s, Hartsville This article is adapted from a series of articles that ran in the newsletter of St. Bartholomew s. Last summer I attended a Diocesan evangelism workshop at Holy Comforter, Sumter. Some very interesting information was shared concerning evangelism. Using the book, Becoming a Contagious Christian by Bill Hybels, the workshop unpacked six approaches to evangelism. The six styles are: Direct, Intellectual, Testimonial, Relational, Invitational, and Service. Every single person has God-given gifts and abilities that fall into one or more of these six approaches. A church community will have all of the styles present. The members, using their gifts and working together, can become very effective at sharing the message of Christ in their community. I ll unpack the different approaches here. See which one best fits you. The Direct Approach: This approach is what we see in Acts 2 where Peter addresses the crowd on Pentecost. He boldly proclaims the Gospel to those who are present. It is very direct. Those who have this gift get straight to the point. They preach Christ and they seek a response. The issue isn t forced but the person with this approach directs the conversation to a discussion on faith. In Becoming a Contagious Christian, the direct approach is described as redirecting conversations to Christ. The Intellectual Approach: The biblical person who best exemplifies this approach is Paul. In Acts 17 Paul reasoned with philosophers and deep thinkers in Athens. Today this is practiced by apologists and other logical thinkers. The intellectual evangelist is challenged to have an excellent knowledge and understanding of the Gospel. Intellectual roadblocks can be a significant barrier to belief. These roadblocks can include questions and objections that cause doubts about the veracity of Christianity. However, this approach is becoming more important in today s world. Hybels says, This style of evangelism has become more and more important as our society has become increasingly secular. So many seekers need to hear the Gospel not only declared but also defined and defended. As it says in 1 Timothy 3:15, Be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. I know when we think of evangelism, we tend to see in our mind someone who uses the Direct approach. We might think of Billy Graham. It is true he is an example of that approach. We also might think of someone like C.S. Lewis when we read the description of the Intellectual approach. He, too, is a good example of that style. Perhaps one or both of the descriptions listed above have piqued your interest. It may be that you have some of those characteristics. However, we are not all gifted in those approaches and these two might not fit for you. Take heart! There are four more approaches for us to discover. Everyone has been gifted to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. I know one will describe your style. The Testimonial Approach: The most effective way to describe this approach is with one word: Storytelling. Storytelling has been an effective method of teaching since the beginning of humanity. This approach uses a very natural, conversational way to evangelize. It is sharing our story. Sharing personal stories of one s own walk with Christ often carries unique weight. They often do things that facts alone cannot provide. One of the best Biblical examples is the story of the blind man in John 9 healed by Jesus. When he was asked who healed him, he replied, Whether he is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I do know is that I was blind, but now I see. Many people might not respond to a challenge or an argument about faith. In fact when approached in those manners they might put up a wall. They might respond to something more personal to which they might relate. Our stories do not have to be dramatic or miraculous. In fact, it could be as simple as sharing that one changed from being a religious person who attended church regularly to one who now has a deeper relationship with Christ. The Relational Approach: This approach is exactly as the name describes. Some people s evangelistic abilities come from the natural ability to relate to people. This person loves being with others, and it is a wonderful way to share Christ. The story of the calling of Matthew in Luke 5:27-29 is a great biblical example of this approach. Jesus sees Levi in his tax collecting booth and calls him saying, Follow me. Levi (Matthew) follows him and invites a number of guests to his house for dinner that night with Jesus. This approach places a high value on building relationships. It requires a commitment of time because relationships take time and energy to build trust. There are all kinds of areas where this approach is effective: work, home, sports, hobbies and social and community activities. The friendships developed there are fertile places for evangelism. Perhaps one of these two approaches might be a better fit than the Direct or Intellectual. They were certainly a little more comfortable for me. We still have two more to go. The goal is for us to find the approach or approaches that speak to our soul and quicken our spirits to share God s love. The Invitational Approach: This approach is similar to the Relational approach. However, it is characterized predominantly by inviting people to church events such as services, retreats, bible studies, and other faith based activities. It is definitely Continued on Page 10 New Documentary Released: The Burnt Church: An Exploration of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease By Gary Brightwell, St. Jude s Church, Walterboro Pon Pon Chapel of Ease was one of three Anglican Chapels of Ease in St. Bartholomew s Parish, now Colleton County. The chapel, now owned by the Colleton County Historical and Preservation Society, is a ruin containing the front façade and an original (1750s) rear corner. The chapel has witnessed over 250 years of American history. The documentary looks at the history, preservation, and cultural heritage of Pon Pon Chapel and its surroundings. Before the American Revolution, the state church of South Carolina was the Church of England. Besides keeping parish registers, the church kept many records of a civil nature in their vestry books. The Vestry was as much a political body as a religious one. The wardens and commissioners were responsible for the roads, education, the poor and orphans, voting and collecting taxes in addition to their church duties. St. Bartholomew s Parish was created as an original parish with the Church Act of Before buildings could be constructed, the Yemassee Indian War of 1715 destroyed the parish and inhabitants returned to Charleston. Edmundsbury Chapel of Ease and Pon Pon Chapel of Ease were constructed in the 1720s, but no Parish Church was built. Pon Pon Chapel served the residents of the Jacksonborough. After the town of Walterborough was incorporated in 1821, more and more parishioners needed a church in Walterboro. Pon Pon Chapel had seen its last service and was succeeded by St. Jude s Church located in Walterborough (now Walterboro). The chapel site is located on Parker s Ferry Road, the busy stagecoach thoroughfare that connected Charleston and Savannah. In 1754, a brick chapel was erected to replace the earlier wooden structure. This brick chapel burned in ca.1801, causing Pon Pon Chapel to become subsequently known as the Burnt Church. The chapel was rebuilt between 1819 and 1822 and was in use until 1832 when it was again reduced to ruins. The façade of Pon Under the direction of filmmaker, George Buddy Wingard, The Burnt Church: An Exploration of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease, highlights the important history of and the beautiful remains of the Pon Pon Chapel and the urgent need for the ruins stabilization. Pon Chapel displays its central, rounded arched entrance flanked by rounded arched windows on either side, all constructed in a brickwork pattern of one stretcher alternating with two headers. The two round windows in the façade s upper level utilized the same brickwork pattern. The chapel s historical significance is due in part to Rev. John Wesley preaching two sermons here on April 24, 1737 and for its cemetery that contains the remains of Congressmen Aedanus Burke and O Brien Smith, in addition to numerous local leaders. The chapel was listed in the National Register January 5, Documentary Released Under the direction of filmmaker, George Buddy Wingard, The Burnt Church: An Exploration of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease, highlights the important history of and the beautiful remains of the Pon Pon Chapel and the urgent need for the ruins stabilization. In 2014, members of the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program (SRARP) conducted a Ground Penetrating Radar and Archaeological Survey of the 18th century chapel, the Pon Pon Chapel of Ease. The team began to realize just how important this lowcountry cultural and historic resource was, and the significance of its remains. The SRARP, the Colleton County Historical Society, Dr. Sarah Miller, and the University of South Carolina - Salkehatchie, collaborated on the documentary which discusses the Chapel s history, heritage tourism, and historic preservation. Walterboro s St Jude s Church and its history is important to the film for after the Pon Pon Chapel burned and was no longer in use, St. Jude s became the parish church in the area. Co-Senior Warden, Gary Hagood Brightwell of St. Jude s, was interviewed for the film to share the common roots of the two churches. The film is currently running on the Beaufort Government Channel. If you would like more information about the film, or would like to schedule a screening for your church, contact George Wingard at wingard@sc.edu or Sarah Miller at semiller@mailbox.sc.edu. All proceeds will go for the stabilization of the church façade.

9 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 9 Hurricane Relief Efforts Make Impact in Conway By The Rev. Jason Collins, Rector, St. Paul s Church, Conway Words cannot begin to express the gratitude that the people of St. Paul s, Conway and the greater-conway area have for the generosity that has been poured out upon us by churches, individuals, and organizations around the diocese since we experienced record-breaking flooding associated with Hurricane Before and after a mud-out. Florence. The man-power, supplies, and financial resources you have donated has been and continues to be a tremendous blessing to many. Here s one of many stories of blessing that your generosity facilitated. We went to mud-out a house that had been sitting untouched for several weeks after the flood. The owners had been (and remain) living in a hotel in Myrtle Beach because of the condition of the house. The Homeowner s Association in their neighborhood is very strict and debris from the house could not be placed in the yard, so a trash dumpster was required. The homeowner is a widow who is recovering from back and neck surgery who is also caring for a disabled son, so she did not have the money for a dumpster. For several weeks, we went about working on other houses in the neighborhood, but the Holy Spirit kept nudging us back to this house. When we received several financial donations from the Anglican Relief & Development Fund (ARDF) and from many of you, we decided to use the money to pay for a dumpster so work could be done on the house. By the time we were able to clean out the house, it had been six weeks since the hurricane and flood. Mold covered everything: furniture, flooring, walls, and personal belongings. But with a crew of volunteers from our church, St. Paul s, Conway, Holy Cross, Sullivans Island, and St. Philip s, Charleston, we were able to fill 1.5 dumpsters with damaged personal belongings and 1.5 dumpsters with construction debris. We were able to completely clean out the house in one day! On top of that, the homeowner was blessed beyond measure when a prayer team from our church and Christ-St. Paul s Church on Yonges Island, (which also included Archdeacon Mark Mukan from the Diocese of Jos of the Anglican Church of Nigeria) prayed for her and over her property. The owner was blessed and filled by the Holy Spirit with joy and encouragement. She exclaimed, I ve never been prayed for like that before! When this is all over, I m coming to your church! She was also blessed with supplies and food that were donated by other churches and/or purchased with the donated funds. While she was blessed, the blessing has been ours as we were able to witness the Lord Jesus provide for her and many others in this very difficult situation. This blessing was made possible in part through the financial support we received from donors around the Diocese of South Carolina and around the nation and world. For your support and theirs, we in Conway, remain ever grateful. The flood clean-up phase is now complete, but the reconstruction efforts in Conway have only just begun. This is going to be a long process. Many people are still displaced from their homes. Teams of folks who would like to assist in the build-back phase of the disaster recovery are still invited to come and help. Each team needs to have a team leader(s) with some construction experience. Stephen Haynsworth is the Disaster Preparedness and Relief Coordinator for the Diocese of South Carolina. Churches and individuals who would like to help should coordinate with Stephen. He can be reached at (843) or at haynsworthsa@hotmail.com. Again, thank you all for your prayers, your love, and your support. Builders, Electricians Needed in Conway By Stephen Haynsworth, Diocesan Disaster Preparedness and Relief Coordinator Since Hurricane Florence hit Conway, South Carolina, on September 18, the Diocese of South Carolina has mudded out five homes with over 10 parishes and 100 volunteers. This was a small start but something we can be proud of and build on. For the next phase, both our needs and approach will need to change. As we work to help homeowners rebuild, we are seeking licensed contractors, homebuilders and electricians who are willing to lead and guide teams as well as inspect the work once it s completed so the properties pass inspections. Currently, we are in need of licensed electricians who are willing to come and complete the electrical work on individual houses so an electrical permit can be obtained and the houses can get up to code. Once a property is up to code, we can send in unskilled work groups to install insulation and sheetrock. If you re a homebuilder or know of one who may be willing to lead a team, let us know. I will be coordinating the upcoming work. Team leaders and individuals hoping to serve can contact me at or haynsworthsa@gmail.com, and I ll work to get you into a team. ACNA Provincial Assembly, June Renewing Our Call to the Great Commission The Anglican Church in North America will hold their 5th Provincial Assembly, Renewing our call to the Great Commission, June 17-19, 2019 at Christ Church in Plano, TX. While the gathering will include a short business meeting for elected delegates, the Assembly is primarily a ministry conference. Everyone is welcome! We hope you and your congregation will consider attending as we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Anglican Church in North America! The whole event is open to registered attendees. Most attendees will start the conference with dinner on Monday followed by the Opening Eucharist. The business meeting on Monday afternoon (3-5pm) is open to all, though only the elected delegates from each diocese may vote. I hope to see you this summer as we renew our commitment to ministry together, said the Most Rev. Dr. Foley Beach, Archbishop of the ACNA. As a pastor, the centrality of discipleship has always been close to my heart. Jesus commissioned his followers to make disciples of all nations, and that same call has been placed upon every one of us in the Church. The Very Rev. Paul Donison, Rector of the host church said, In 2009 the Anglican Church in North America began with a service at Christ Church in Plano, Texas. The people of Christ Church are excited and honored to be hosting the 10-year anniversary at the Assembly this June. We hope you and members of your church family can come and be blessed by this Provincial gathering! Plenary Speakers In addition to Archbishop Beach, the plenary speakers include Laurent Mbanda, Archbishop and Primate of the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda; Ravi Zacharias, Founder & President of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries; Russell Moore, President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and James Bryan Smith, Director of the Christian Spiritual Formation Institute at Friends University. New Book of Common Prayer Released In celebration of the Anglican Church in North America s 10 Year Anniversary, the new Revised Catechism and the 2019 Book of Common Prayer will be released at Assembly. All attendees will receive special commemorative editions. Learn more: Renewal Conference June 23-28, Kanuga Conference Center The Rt. Rev. Mike Hill, Bishop of Bristol, will be the speaker for this year s Renewal Conference. Lisa and Mark Greenslit, from St. Paul s, Summerville, will be the coordinators. February 23 is the early registration deadline. Learn more at Working for Prison Reform Continued from Page 7 to also suggest changes in South Carolina law for the purposes of (1) improving public safety, (2) improving safety within the State prisons, and (3) affecting the thinking, attitudes and conduct of inmates in a manner that better prepares them to lead constructive lives while they are incarcerated and, most importantly, when they are released and return to society. What can be done? A few of the changes the Alliance would like to work towards are: 1) Combining Corrections Departments Currently there are two separate state agencies, the South Carolina Department of Corrections and the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services. Each is headed up by a Director who reports to the Governor. Pollak believes the departments should be combined to build a justice system that can help people transition from incarceration to productive lives outside of the prison system. We believe one organization should handle inmates from the time they are sentenced until the time they re released, says Pollak. What we currently have is very unusual. In most states those responsibilities are combined. 2) Creating Individualized Assessment and Incarceration Plans Though there is an assessment system in place, the Alliance believes it is not nearly enough. We believe there should be a thorough assessment of each inmate at the time of their incarceration, one that takes in their background, education and why they committed the crime, says Pollak. Then a plan can be developed that tells them what they need to do in order to get parole. Remember: several thousand inmates are released from our State prisons every year and they generally go back to our communities. If we haven t changed them, and changed their thinking, what have we accomplished? 3) Improving Volunteer Programs There are a lot of volunteers who want to be involved, says Pollak, but the Department of Corrections doesn t do a good job at getting and keeping them involved. Many lose interest because the Department doesn t support them. 4) Hiring Additional Corrections Officers According to the Department of Corrections, Corrections officers are paid from $32,000 - $36,000 per year. We need a lot more corrections officers and we need to pay them more, says Pollak. We lose 60% of our new corrections officers in the first year. Why? It s dangerous work and they re not paid enough. But the pay for the other staff is woefully inadequate as well. The maximum pay for a warden in a maximum security prison is about $80,000/year. You cannot expect to motivate top professionals for that kind of salary. Seeking Volunteers The South Carolina Prison Reform Alliance is looking for additional volunteers who would be interested in assisting them in this important project. There is much work that needs to be done, and we can use all kinds of people who want to know more and might be willing to help, says Pollak. Matthew 25 says we re to visit people in prison, but it isn t just to go in and say, Hello. It s to go in and help.

10 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 10 The Road to Clemson: A Young Church Plant Engages a University Campus By Dave Wright, Youth Ministry Coordinator, Diocese of South Carolina (This originally appeared in the Spring 2018 edition of The Apostle, the quarterly magazine of the ACNA.) We need a campus ministry that will be distinctly Anglican, connected to the local church, and that will build leadership for the future of Anglican Churches. Such was the thinking of The Rev. John Hall, lead planter of Christ The Redeemer Anglican Church in Clemson, SC, when considering how to reach the campus for Christ. Years ago John pastored the newly planted Clemson Presbyterian Church which began in partnership with RUF (Reformed University Fellowship) Ministries. In its first 15 years of ministry in Clemson, RUF produced nearly 300 church leaders (ordained and lay) and some 30 missionaries. The close bond between campus ministry and the local church was key to the successful pipeline of leadership that John saw firsthand. From his assistant clergy Luke Rasmussen, John learned of a gifted young man who was at the time studying at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. Luke had previously worked in Charleston with then youth minister Justin Hare and had a strong sense that Justin might be a perfect fit for starting an Anglican campus ministry. Upon calling this writer for a reference on Justin, John learned that RUF was not the only campus ministry committed to the values that he desired to see at Clemson. It was then that they first heard of a ministry called the Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO). Meet Justin Hare Upon graduation from Duke University, Justin entered the youth ministry apprenticeship program in the Diocese of South Carolina, during which he met his future wife, Molly. He then was hired as the youth minister at St. Michael s Church in historic Charleston where he served for several years. What started out as a good run in youth ministry, he says, quickly became something I felt the Lord was calling me into long-term. I loved sharing the Good News with students. Yet as a youth minister, Justin was concerned by the research of the Barna Group that 60 to 70 percent of youth active in church leave their faith in college. God soon began to nudge Justin toward further theological studies and SYDNEY HUSS Weekly CCO Clemson gatherings take place on Thursday nights at Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church. These offer time for worship, teaching and discussion groups. CCO Clemson was officially recognized and given full student organization status at Clemson in December! As a result, in the upcoming Spring semester CCO Clemson will be able to move our weekly gatherings from the off campus location to a campus location. a new ministry focus. During his seminary years he maintained close contact with Luke Rasmussen who moved from Charleston to Clemson to be part of a new church plant. Luke and I started dreaming about what an Anglican college ministry at Clemson could look like. As Anglicans, we worship through liturgy and have traditions other denominations do not. To be able to engage students on campus in their specific tradition is vital. Having done youth ministry in Charleston, I knew that Anglican students from all over America came to Clemson, but upon arrival they find there is no vibrant campus ministry in their tradition. Justin continued, Most campus ministries (including the one I attended in college) tend to emphasize the meetings where college students come together. Luke and I think this is important, but we also want to see students integrated into the full life of the church a ministry where students serve alongside older and younger members of the church on Sunday and throughout the week. We want to see students meeting with a mentor family for dinner or grabbing coffee with a member of the congregation during the week to study God s word together. The only way for these kinds of relationships to happen organically is to stress the centrality of the local church. Instead of starting an Anglican college ministry from scratch, it made sense to partner with the CCO whose core values are consistent with this vision. They provide training, support, an annual conference gathering and plenty of knowledge about reaching the college campus. Currently CCO - ACNA church partnerships include: Church of the Ascension (Pittsburgh, PA); Incarnation Church (State College, PA); Church of the New Garden Park (Greensboro, NC); Christ the Redeemer (Clemson, SC); and Church of the Apostles (Columbia, SC). Nicole Shirk, Executive Vice President for Campus Ministry at CCO and one of several Anglicans in leadership with the organization, says, We are eager to partner with many more ACNA churches in the future. It s been said, adds Justin, that if you want to know the culture 10 years from now, go to a college campus today. Unfortunately, most Christians making that visit won t be thrilled with what they see, but it s important to remember while college can be a time when students drift from the faith, it can also be a time for them to grow exponentially in it. The unique challenges of college ministry, I think, suit me quite well. I love helping students wade through the big questions of life by looking at the Scriptures with them. To learn more about or support ministry at Clemson contact Justin at jhare@ccojubilee. org. Other CCO campus ministries may be found at or campusministrylink.org. The Every Day Cross By Brenda Loyd Allred, Church of the Holy Cross, Sullivan s Island My mother and God always had a strong partnership. Mother would suggest how events should have taken a different path, and God always listened with love and, I am sure, a smile. If mother had been in charge, poor Moses would have made at least four trips down the mountain with commandment tablets. Mother always had a lot of Thou shall nots. Mother wore a plain silver cross that she called her everyday cross. Never worn on the outside for show but on the inside near her heart. She said it reminded her to thank God all through the day for his love and blessings. In her early eighties, mother left us and started down the path and through the dark frightening forest of dementia. She forgot so many people and memories that she once held dear but not her everyday cross. Once in awhile, for a reason only she understood, mother would take off her cross and hide it. She was outstanding at hiding things, and no matter how hard we searched, it was never found. We would replace the cross, mother s tears were dried over the lost one, and she continued deeper into that forest. We lost many crosses during those years. When mother died, I knew her everyday cross would go with her. To my surprise, I couldn t find it. We searched, but to no avail, so mother wore a new everyday cross on the inside near her heart, not outside for show. A few weeks later the retirement home called to let us know everything was packed and ready for us. They requested I check closets and drawers in that cold bare room where once such a vibrant lady lived. Everything appeared to be empty until I came to the bedside table. There in the drawer was mother s everyday cross and chain! Those around me gave me very logical reasons as to why it was there, but I feel that mother, having lost the spoken words of love, had somehow found a way to show her love to me. I wear our everyday cross the one she used to wear not on the outside for show, but on the inside near my heart to thank God all through the day for his love and blessings. Six Styles of Evangelism Continued from Page 8 one of the most natural and easiest ways new believers can reach out to others. It is particularly helpful to those who feel they don t have the right words. In fact, we do this same approach naturally in other venues. I am part of an exercise group and Bible study called F3. I had never heard about this national group before. Someone invited me to attend. I went, and I now find it to be an important part of my life. I would never have gone if I hadn t been invited. I owe a great deal of thanks to my friend, Mel Pennington, for inviting me. Bill Hybels, the author of Becoming a Contagious Christian says, There are many people who would take great strides in their spiritual journey if someone would go to the effort of strategically inviting them to a seeker-oriented church service or outreach event. It is all about extending the invitation. The Service Approach: This is another way to share our faith with people. If you are a person who naturally notices the needs of others, this might be the perfect way to share your faith. A person who prefers this approach enjoys sharing the love of Christ through deed over word. They find this approach to be easy because it is the way God made them. Actually service evangelism is at the heart of the Christian faith. Most of us have been made by God with gifts and talents that call us to be kind to others and assist those in need. At the same time, a service evangelist knows that it is not by our good deeds but by God s grace that we are truly saved. Now, we have reviewed all six approaches to evangelism. I am grateful for the members of the Diocesan Evangelism Commission for providing this information.it is obvious that God has given us the gifts and abilities to serve him in one or more of these evangelistic styles. We are called to identify them and use them in our community. If we will take the opportunity and use the gifts God has given us appropriately, we will see great things happen. The six approaches were shared by the Evangelism Committee of the Diocese. Many of the aspects originated with material written by Bill Hybels.

11 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 11 Art of Outreach Gathering with Mary Whyte in April April Event Brings Internationally Recognized Artist to St. Christopher By The Rev. Robert S. Lawrence, Executive Director, St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center A very special celebration is planned for Wednesday evening, April 17, 2019, that you will not want to miss. The Art of Outreach Gathering with Mary Whyte will happen at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center beginning at 6 p.m. in Susanna s House. Mary Whyte is an American watercolor artist receiving international recognition for her watercolor paintings of contemporary realism and portraiture. In 2016 the Portrait Society of America chose Mary Whyte as the recipient of the Society s Gold Medal. The Gold Medal is the highest honor awarded by the Portrait Society with past recipients including iconic artists such as Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, and Nelson Shanks. Mary has been awarded the South Mary Whyte is an American watercolor artist receiving international recognition. In 2016 the Portrait Society of America chose Mary Whyte as the recipient of the Society s Gold Medal. Past recipients include iconic artists such as Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, and Nelson Shanks. Carolina Arts Commission s prestigious Elizabeth O Neill Verner Award, the highest honor for an artist given by the state of South Carolina. She presents her watercolor paintings in museum exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. Her works exhibiting internationally include the China and Foreign Countries International Watercolour Summit at the Nanning Art Gallery Above, Mary Whyte painting Last of the Sunflowers. in Nanning, China, in which Mary was one of 10 watercolor artists of the world invited, and The World Watermedia Exposition in Thailand. St. Christopher is also blessed to have Mary Whyte serve as a member of the Board of Directors. For the Art of Outreach Gathering, Mary will be joined by Charleston s First Lady of Soul, singer Ann Caldwell, and some of the models that have graced Mary s paintings. The gathering is a benefit for the Barrier Island Outreach program of the Barrier Island Environmental Education ministry of St. Christopher. The Barrier Island Outreach program is one that takes educational opportunities to Title One schools on the Sea Islands that can least afford to participate in St. Christopher s programs. It is an unfortunate truth that many of the children who live in closest proximity to Seabrook Island and St. Christopher are those that are the most financially disadvantaged. Recognizing that reality, St. Christopher s Barrier Island Outreach program began. It is supported primarily through fundraising, and is limited only by the available resources. This gathering will follow a three-day watercolor workshop Mary Whyte is also offering as a fundraising event. This special gathering with Mary Whyte will offer live music, great food and beverages, incredible art and the opportunity to experience some of the environmental educational ministry that St. Christopher offers. The Naturalists of St. Christopher will be on hand to offer tours of our Herpetarium and Aquarium, as well as show guests the large room-sized mural painted by Mary in our Alligator Room. Some of the children that have benefitted from our outreach efforts will also be invited to attend, such that guests can hear firsthand the impact of our outreach. Plan to come and share in this special fundraising celebration at a cost of only $75 per person. An incredible experience of the Art of Outreach is guaranteed for all. Living Water: 2019 Camp St. Christopher Theme Justin Johnson, Director of Summer Camp, St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center What do you thirst for, and is there anything that can quench that thirst? That is exactly what we plan to ask the nearly 1,500 campers who will attend Camp Saint Christopher this summer. As we look at Jesus encounter with the woman at the well, we will share with our campers that the living water Jesus offers us is the only thing that can truly quench our thirst. In fact, this living water not only quenches our thirst, but also will become in us a spring of water welling up to eternal life! (John 4:14) Campers will learn about this incredible gift of living water in daily chapel time as the Chaplain for the week leads them through Chapter 4 of John s Gospel and in small group discussions led by our welltrained Summer Camp Staff. In addition to the time that campers will spend worshiping the Lord and learning scripture, they will also participate in an action-packed week of fun activities including sailing, kayaking, seining, rock-climbing, hiking, arts-and-crafts, and much more. Over the course of 12 camp sessions this summer, we will be welcoming campers who are currently in kindergarten to those who are in the 12th grade. Early registration will begin at 9 am on January 14 and run through 5 pm on January 25 for all members of qualifying churches and schools*. General registration will open at 9 am on January 31 for anyone wanting to come to camp. For more information about Camp Saint Christopher or to register for camp, please visit our website at www. stchristopher. org. W e a r e excited for another amazing summer of Christ s ministry at Camp Saint Christopher. Just as the woman in John s Gospel did following her encounter with Jesus, we invite you to come and see that you may no longer thirst but receive living water! *In order to register at the earlier date of January 14, the camper applying, their parents, or grandparents must be members (i.e. in regular, weekly attendance) of a parish or school of the Diocese of South Carolina, the Anglican Church of North America, or the Episcopal Church. Any applications received from non-members before January 31 will be rejected and a $30 administrative fee will apply. Staff, Interns, and Counselors Needed for Summer Camp Justin Johnson, Director of Summer Camp, St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center As we prepare for another amazing year of Summer Camp at St. Christopher, we are in search of 30+ college-aged staff members, eight post-highschool interns, and over 80 highschool-aged counselors who will be 16 years of age or older by the summer of We are looking for folks who love our Lord Jesus Christ, are actively living out their faith, have a passion for working with youth, and are willing to share their love of the Lord with the campers who will attend Camp Saint Christopher this summer. Our staff is a team of college-aged students who are hired to spend their entire summer living and working at St. Christopher. They will participate in a three-week training session (starting mid-may) and work all the way through to the final session of camp (ending in early August). Summer Camp interns volunteer to spend half of their summer living and working at camp. Along with helping our staff lead camp activities, worship, and teachings, our interns help to serve at camp by performing behind-the-scenes work that, if not done, would make camp impossible. This extra experience is perfect for individuals hoping to be on staff in the years to come. Finally, our counselors volunteer for a week at a time with the option of serving multiple sessions. Counselors help their assigned staff member with cabin and assist the staff during activity periods throughout the week. In order to qualify to be a counselor this summer, individuals must attend one of St. Christopher s two overnight counselor-training sessions (March & April 12-13). If you or someone you know would like to apply to work or volunteer at St. Christopher this summer, visit our website at www. stchristopher.org/summer-camp/ work-here/ to apply. St. Christopher has been blessed with so many great staff, interns, and counselors over its rich 80-year history. Come be a part of the legacy of sharing the redeeming love of Jesus with the campers who will attend Camp Saint Christopher this summer and build friendships and memories that will last a lifetime along the way.

12 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 12 Doran Rector of St. David s and St. Paul s Bishop Mark Lawrence instituted the Rev. Mary Ellen Doran as Rector of St. David s, Cheraw and St. Paul s, Bennettsville on November 7, 2018, at St. David s Church in Cheraw. Mary Ellen received her Masters of Divinity from Trinity School for Ministry in Prior to seminary, she served many years as a layperson at Saint James Church in Charleston and most recently as Assistant Pastor at Church People News MALLORY SMITH The Rev. Mary Ellen Doran, center, with, from left, Bishop Lawrence, Keith Doran and the Rev. Arthur Jenkins of Our Saviour on Johns Island. The Rev. Arthur Jenkins, Rector of Saint James, preached at the Spirit-filled service which celebrated the joining of the two parishes. The two churches collaborated throughout the service and during the reception following. Members of both parishes, including St. Paul s organist, St. David s pianists, and choir Rivers Ordained to the Priesthood It s all about the call. It s all about the message. It s all about the people. Those were words the Very Rev. John Burwell, Rector of Church of the Redeemer, Orangeburg, stressed in his sermon at the ordination to the priesthood of the Rev. Matthew Rivers, Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at St. John s Chapel in Charleston. It s not a job. You can t treat it like one, JOY HUNTER I m thankful to all who supported me and my wife in this journey, said Rivers following the ordination. said Burwell. It s a calling. He noted that though the ordination itself would be glorious, the ministry entails hard, often thankless work and clergy rarely see the result of their efforts. He encouraged Rivers, using words spoken to him personally by the late Bishop Terry Kelshaw, saying, Preach the Word the good news every Sunday and your church will grow. Continued on Page 13 Continued on Page 13 John Chaconas has joined the staff of St. Paul s Church, Summerville, as their Director of Communications. He looks forward to guiding the church s communication efforts as directed by the clergy and vestry while relying on God s will and much prayer. He came to St. Paul s from a Charleston dot-com start-up where he was a success manager working in digital advertising. John is married to Carol and they are blessed by their children and grandchildren. The Rev. Mike Clarkson, former rector of Church of Our Saviour, Johns Island, recently became the pastor/ teacher for All Saints Algarvre, a parish with congregations in Almancil and Lagoa, Portugal. Keep him, his wife Linda, and this new ministry in your prayers. The Church of England Newspaper ran a story about the institution. Rachel Hajek has accepted a call to serve as the Director of Children s Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Luke & St. Paul in Charleston. Before joining the Cathedral, Rachel worked as a Child Life Specialist for eight years at Le Bonheur Children s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee and two years at MUSC Children s Hospital in Charleston. Additionally, while her husband was in graduate school, Rachel had a brief stint as a preschool teacher. Rachel has been married for almost three years to her husband, Jeff, and they just became parents to their son, Tripp, in June. Rachel says, I m so excited to be the Director of Children s Ministry at the Cathedral! Our family has been very blessed by our church community since we moved to Charleston a little over two years ago and I am now thrilled to be a part of the growing ministry efforts of our church. The Rev. Tom Hendrickson retired from the Historic Church of The Epiphany in Eutawville this past August. In a letter to the Parish Hendrickson said, Every stage of life has its beginning and end, and I have reached my expiry date. As there is never a good time to leave such a wonderful group of people as this, it is with a heavy heart that I make this announcement. He still plans to be active in the Diocese of South Carolina and is available to serve in various ministries and as a supply priest. Tom and his wife, Terry, are both thankful for their seven years of service in the midst of the Body of Christ at Historic Epiphany. The Rev. Arthur Jenkins recently celebrated 20 years as Rector at Saint James Church on James Island. On Sunday September 9, during their Connections Sunday celebration, the congregation recognized him and gave him a humorous big check with love in the amount tendered and then surprised him with an actual financial gift as well. It is a blessing to have been part of a ministry for 20 years, said Jenkins. Now I get the gift of marrying people I baptized. Long tenured service in a church is really something! The Rev. Dr. John D. Jady Koch (pronounced Coke ) accepted a call to become the Associate Rector of Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant. Dr. Koch began his ministry there in early December. Jady, 41, is married to Liza and they have three children Tucker, John, and Carrington, ages 3, 2 and 4 months, respectively. Jady and Liza are both graduates of Washington and Lee University and did their seminary training at Trinity School for Ministry, where Jady now serves on the Board of Trustees (along with Bishop Lawrence). The Dr. comes from a ThD in Systematic Theology earned in Berlin, Germany. While in Europe, Jady served as a deacon and then assisting priest in Church of England parishes in Berlin and Vienna, Austria. The Koch s last six years have been spent at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Louisville, Kentucky, first as an assistant and then as Rector. His time there led him through various challenges and to the decision to step down from his ministry there and to leave the Episcopal Church. Please welcome him to Christ Church, the Diocese of SC, and the Anglican Church in North America. Jackie Miller celebrated a 30-year work anniversary at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center on September 2, having served on the Facilities Team there since In a note from St. Christopher, the Rev. Bob Lawrence, Executive Director, wrote, No doubt, if you ve spent any time here, you have been greeted with a warm and friendly smile by this amazing woman of God. To describe all that Jackie has done at and for our facilities and property would be impossible, but every inch of our hallowed ground has been blessed by Jackie s selfless work and joyful presence. A celebration was held in Jackie s honor. The Cathedral of St. Luke & St. Paul in Charleston welcomed Hunter Myers as their Director of Students in October. In a note to the Cathedral, Hunter wrote, in part, My life is marked by exceptional people walking with me and sharing the life of God along the way. I am passionate to equip the people of God to be the family of God. I love creating spaces and cultivating leaders among students, parents, and volunteers to live into the fullness of the life of the Church to the glory of God. The heart of God beats deeply for students and families, and I am humbled to take the lead on bringing that rhythm to the Cathedral and to the heart of Charleston. Hunter and his wife, Karina, met at Columbia International University. He has been serving in student ministry in Irmo, South Carolina. Shannon Reed recently accepted the call to serve as the Director of Children s Ministry at St. Paul s Church in Summerville. Prior to moving to Summerville, Shannon served as Preschool Minister, in various other roles of Children s ministry and as event coordinator at First Baptist Church of Mauldin for many years. Shannon is married to Collin and they are blessed with two children: Jackson,16 and Olivia, 13. When asked about her new role, she said: I m so excited for the future of the children and families at St. Paul s and I m so thankful God has brought our path as a family to serve with you! Beth Snyder, who serves as the Assistant to the Bishop and Event Coordinator for the Diocese, celebrated her 10- year anniversary of serving on the Bishop s staff this past September. In remarking on her service, Bishop Lawrence said, Beth has been a picture of hospitality, charm, and creativity as she has served so many within the diocese, along with being a great blessing to Allison and me in our ministry within the diocese and further afield. Beth is the wife of the Rev. Dr. Greg Snyder, Rector of St. John s Parish Church, Johns Island. They have two adult daughters, a son-in-law and one granddaughter who was born December 4. David Soutter, a member of St. Michael s Church, Charleston, recently joined the Board of Trustees of the Anglican Relief and Development Fund US. David and Linda, married for 46 years, have been members of St. Michael s since 1981, where David has served for three terms on the vestry, serving as both junior and senior warden, as well as on the Finance, Mission Outreach, as well as Buildings and Grounds Commissions. Active in Bible Studies and Life Groups for many years, David and Linda have also led eight missions to Burundi since David is now fully retired after 30 years as a banker and 11 years as a Development Officer of MUSC Heart and Vascular Center. He and Linda have two daughters, one son-in-law and three grandchildren. Rose Tisdale, a member of St. Paul s Church, Summerville, was commissioned as a missionary by the church on December 9 and left on December 27 to serve with Wycliffe as a high school science teacher at the Rainforest International School in Yaounde, Cameroon. She is excited and thankful for this opportunity to serve, helping care for and teach the children of Bible translators and other missionaries. Rose has experienced God s grace and power through His Word and desires for all to have access to the Scriptures in their heart language. To learn more or contact Rose visit wycliffe.org/partner/rosetisdale. Please keep the Rev. Tabitha Wang in your prayers. She recently returned from a trip to Mongolia where she was exploring the needs of the local church and community, assessing how YWAM can be of assistance; observing local youth and young adult ministries and looking for ways our Diocese can connect and build relationships with those in similar ministries; observing those involved in healing ministries and looking for ways of assisting; and meeting with the Chinese people in both their businesses and churches to explore ways of distributing the Jesus Film and an audiovisual Chinese Bible on SD cards.

13 Death of the Rev. Brian Gill Please keep the family and loved ones of the Rev. Brian Gill in your prayers. Brian died October 15, 2018 following a long battle with cancer. He was called to the clergy and ordained an Anglican Deacon on September 11, 2009; he then served at St. John s Parish Church on Johns Island. His heart and passion were in prison ministry, where he ministered to death row inmates and baptized seven of them. Brian collected hygiene supplies, snacks and food items for the death row inmates ensuring that their basic needs were met. Brian was born August 30, 1941, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, son of the late Frederick John Gill and Katherine Jackson Gill. Brian attended Wayne State University, studying mass communications. A gifted speaker, he traveled the country conducting and praise team members from both churches, led the music. The presenters, readers, Eucharist ministers and those who prepared the reception came from both churches as well. The Florence deanery was also well represented. I was honored that so many of the clergy from my deanery were able to come in support of our churches, said Doran. Ken Weldon, our dean, and others Burwell also encouraged Rivers to focus on the people. Quoting his grandmother, he said, They don t care what you know until they know you care. Love the people the Lord puts in your path, he said. Born and raised in Charleston, Rivers came to know Christ at the early age of 8. Under the discipleship of the Rev. Dallas Wilson, former rector of St. John s Chapel, he discerned a call to ordained ministry. Both Matthew and his wife, Henrietta, graduated from Trinity School for Ministry in Shortly afterward, Matthew was ordained to the transitional diaconate on May 29, He currently serves as the Vicar of St. John s Chapel, a seminars on labor relations working with the Union Free Movement. He was the former president of Master Printers of America, a branch of Printing Industries of America. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Marjorie W. Gill of Johns Island, SC; daughter, Margaret Kit Katherine Frank (Chris) of Leesburg, VA; son, Brian B.J. Jack Gill (Sally) of Grayslake, IL; four grandsons, Tyler, Christopher, Charlie and Henry. The funeral was held on October 27 at St. John s Parish Church, Johns Island. Haynsworth Named Diocesan Disaster Preparedness and Relief Coordinator Stephen Haynsworth, a member of St. John s Parish Church on Johns Island, has accepted a call from Bishop Mark Lawrence to serve as the Diocesan Disaster Preparedness and Relief Coordinator. Haynsworth, son of the late Bishop Ed Haynsworth, recently retired from BOSCH after having served for 25 years in their safety department where he oversaw their emergency response systems. Haynsworth and his wife, Cindy, have three daughters and one grandson. Haynsworth looks forward to working with Diocesan churches to improve their ability to prepare for and respond to disasters. I m hoping to provide resources which will make it easier for them to prepare for various disasters, he said. Most recently Haynsworth coordinated relief efforts in Conway following Hurricane Florence. See articles on page 9 about ongoing relief efforts in Conway. Builders and electricians are currently needed. Team leaders and individuals hoping to serve can contact Haynsworth at (843) or haynsworthsa@ gmail.com. Doran Institution Continued from Page 12 have helped me feel welcomed into this deanery, and I look forward to serving with them for years to come. Mary Ellen said she feels blessed God has called her to these churches. I am humbled and honored to serve with these congregations. Keith and I have been so warmly welcomed and look forward to what the Lord will do here in the future! Rivers Ordination Continued from Page 12 mission congregation on Charleston s eastside. I m thankful to all who have supported me and my wife in this journey, said Rivers, following the ordination. It is one that started with the commission of Isaiah 6:8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? on my life at the age of 8 years old and now with the response at the age of 51 years old Then I said, Here I am! Send me. Following the service, the joyous crowd feasted at a celebration hosted by the church. The sermon and an album of photos are available at Six Postulants Begin Studies to Become Vocational Deacons Six new postulants are beginning their two-year course of study to become vocational deacons. They are Claudia Carucci, Harry Easterling, Skip Reitmeier, William Riggs, Rachel Klara Spencer, and Nelson Weaver. Keep this group in your prayers as they begin their studies. Claudia Carucci, Parish Church of St. Helena, Beaufort Claudia Carucci, a member of the Parish Church of St. Helena, Beaufort, brings communion services to six nursing homes in the area and has helped lead several of these services since She became a Lay Eucharistic Minister/Visitor in 1990, serving at two small churches on Long Island, NY. Both churches were small and had only one priest, so there were always opportunities to offer help with hospital, nursing facility and home visits during those years. In addition, Carucci has served as a Stephen Minister/Leader since 2014 and she is also on the board of the Anglican Leadership Institute. A widow since 2013, she has two grown children. Harry Easterling, St. Paul s Church, Bennettsville Harry R. Easterling, Jr. is a member of St. Paul s Church in Bennettsville where he assists as a lay reader/chalice bearer. He has been very active with youth - teaching Sunday School, community swimming lessons, assisting with Girl Scouts and leading Boy and Venture Scouts, serving on mission trips and teaching the God and Country program. He has served on and supported several teams including the Marriage Conference, Faith Alive, Cursillo, and the Walk to Emmaus. He serves his community as an attorney where he uses his ministry to share the gospel, help people who are hurting and provide Biblical guidance. Harry is married to Renee Easterling and they have three adult children. He is a former US Army Captain and paratrooper. Skip Reitmeier, Church of the Holy Cross, Sullivan s Island Skip Reitmeier, his wife, Ellin, along with two of their children, their children s spouses and five grandchildren attend the Church of the Holy Cross at the Sullivan s Island campus. They found their church home and family about 12 years ago and couldn t be happier, says Skip. He has been in- volved in many ministry areas over the years including mission work in Honduras, however his primary area of interest relative to the Diaconate is that of pastoral care. He and Ellin both have a heart for the elderly, sick, needy, or disenfranchised, and they currently minister to several families within and outside of Holy Cross. Skip has a home repair business along with a woodshop where he builds cabinets and built-ins, and he is also working as a project superintendent for a local construction company. Skip and Ellin have been married for 42 years; have three children and six grandchildren with one on the way. Bill Riggs, St. Paul s Church, Summerville Bill Riggs, Sr. a member of St. Paul s Church in Summerville, has, for the past seven years, served in prison ministry primarily at Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, SC. His ministry has included Kairos, Kairos Journey, and Hope Through Literacy. For the past three years, Bill served as Chair of the Lieber Kairos Advisory Council and as Chair of the Lieber Volunteer Community. In this capacity, he worked to establish a teaching ministry incorporated as Hope Through Literacy under 501c3 Non-Profit Corporation statutes. Now for the first time Lieber inmates have an opportunity to receive a basic elementary education (K-8) in preparation for GED training by the state. Bill is the retired founder and president of W. R. Riggs & Associates, Inc. a South Carolina corporation offering engineering, design and consulting services since He is a graduate of Clemson University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and holds both baccalaureate and advanced degrees in engineering. Bill and his wife, Gail, have been married since They have three children and four grandchildren. Rachel Spencer, Church of the Holy Cross, Sullivan s Island, Daniel Island, I on Rachel Spencer is a member of Church of the Holy Cross (Sullivan s Island, Daniel Island, I On) where her husband, Trevor, is a priest. She previously was a member at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul. Her ministry is to help bridge people to the church amidst life s challenges: mental health issues, disability, addiction, losses, grief, transition, faith crises, and other marginalizing situations. She also works as an occupational therapist treating patients and managing a hand therapy clinic for an orthopedic surgical practice. She grew up in Minneapolis and is a graduate of Wheaton College and MUSC. She and Trevor live in West Ashley and have lots of godchildren and nieces Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 13 and nephews in Charleston and around the country, as well as a cat named Frenzy. Nelson Weaver, St. Timothy s, Cane Bay Nelson Weaver, a member of St. Timothy s of Cane Bay, ministers as a Chaplain for Whitesville Rural Fire Department, Berkeley County s largest Volunteer Fire Company, and as a Commissioned Chaplain for the Coastal Crisis C h a p l a i n c y (CCC) where he serves as liaison between CCC and the Chaplains of Joint Base Charleston. At St. Timothy s he serves as a Lay Eucharistic Minister and Lay Eucharist Visitor and was their Senior Warden. He is retired from Abbott Laboratories where he was responsible for Federal Government sales and served as Abbott s interface with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Military Healthcare System. He is also retired from the USAF as a Lieutenant Colonel. He held the aeronautical rating of navigator and flew KC-135A/Q Air Refueling Tankers and B-52G Bombers. In his last assignment, he served as Commander for a unit of the Air Force Intelligence Service. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Clemson University and a Master of Arts in Human Resources from Central Michigan University. He also completed an Executive Marketing Program at The Kellogg School of Northwestern University and he is a Graduate USAF Air War College. Nelson and his wife, Margaret, have been married 47 years. They have three daughters and seven grandchildren. Are you a Writer? Or do you Aspire to be One? Join Word Weavers Seven aspiring writers (including the photographer) gather at St. John s, John s Island, to launch the Charleston chapter of Word Weavers. Word Weavers International, Charleston Chapter, meets on the third Saturday of every month from 10:00 a.m. until noon, in Walton Hall at St. John s Parish Church, 3673 Maybank Hwy., Johns Island, SC. Word Weavers International is composed of Christian writing groups that provide positive feedback and support to new and experienced writers of any and all genres. Learn more about Word Weavers by visiting Interested in joining the Charleston chapter? Contact Bonnie Anderson at (843)

14 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 14 Prayer Minister Reaps Benefit as Church Becomes a House of Prayer By Patricia Smith, St. Paul s Church, Summerville Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. Eph. 6:18, RSV Often times as we walk into someone s home, there is an aroma that greets us. If we find it pleasant, it elevates our experience, the memory lingering long after the visit. Returning becomes more appealing. What was that? Our minds search for the source a diffuser, muffins baking, perfume, a cleaning product. We want to know. In 1997 the Lord gave our newly emerging prayer ministry at St. Paul s, Summerville, the vision for our church becoming a House of Prayer. We believed He wanted all our offerings of devotion and service to be bathed in prayer, with our prayers to be, as David says in Psalm 141:2, like incense wafting up to Him. Not only was it His vision for our church, but also to be the culture of our homes and our lives. With the support and encouragement of our rector at the time, the Rev. Mike Lumpkin, several of us took classes with Christian Healing Ministries, and we began to hold classes at our church. We started offering healing prayer during our Sunday morning worship services. We organized days of healing prayer, sessions for generational healing prayer, and added prayer ministry to our Alpha gatherings, women s events, and even began offering private prayer appointments. Our church and our homes took on an atmosphere, an aroma, of prayer. On September 27, 2018, I had my most recent episode of enjoying the fruit and the aroma of Prayer Ministry as a member of our house of prayer church. My husband and I began our Sunday morning habit of interceding for our clergy and the worship services. After praying, we headed over to the church campus and participated in a session of the Level 1 Christian Healing Ministry class. After class, we walked over for the worship service at 10:15 am. The last thing I remember saying was that I wanted to sit by my children and grandchildren during the service. After that, I m told, I leaned over three times and said to my husband I m feeling confused. He asked if I wanted to go home, and I replied, Oh no. He said, Well, we ll go for prayer ministry after communion. I said, Yes. My memory was gone! I was like the paralytic in Mark 2:1-2, brought to Jesus We started offering healing prayer during our Sunday morning worship services. We organized days of healing prayer, sessions for generational healing prayer, and added prayer ministry to our Alpha gatherings, women s events, and even began offering private prayer appointments. Our church and our homes took on an atmosphere, an aroma, of prayer by friends. While others were still receiving communion, I was ushered back to receive the laying on of hands by my husband and our prayer ministry teams serving that morning. After prayer, it was immediately discerned by a prayerful, believing doctor in the house that I was experiencing transient global amnesia. This, an extremely rare condition, generally lasts 24 to 48 hours. How very providential and gracious of the Lord to allow this to happen safely during the worship service. It still amazes me! Also, that my husband was immediately reassured this would pass. The doctor suggested I go to the hospital for further evaluation. My brain was loopy, stuck in the same rut for almost eight hours, praise God not 24, before clarity dawned. At the hospital, family members patiently took turns as I tested their endurance by repeatedly asking, Why am I here? What happened? How did I get this? Prayer ministers continued to pray for me that Sunday; clergy came to the emergency room and prayed; children and grandchildren silently soaked me in prayer at my bedside. As mental clarity became stronger, the love of God through their songs, prayers, thanksgivings, jokes and the much-needed giggling ministered to me, rising like incense to The Great Physician. God s grace and peace rested on me as I floated through those 24 hours at the hospital. The next morning before being discharged, I had to undergo a dreaded test. While in the MRI tube, tempted to be anxious and fretful, I thanked God for the grace to endure. Knowing I was being prayed for was a tremendous comfort. My heart drew up every scripture I could remember. With a sense of His presence, the dreaded 20 minutes passed like five. All was well, and I went home. We are forever grateful the Lord gave us the vision to become a house of prayer. We daily press into Him to hold onto that vision. A fog sets in from time to time, but He is always faithful to wake us, stir us and bring us back into focus. God Almighty, His love and goodness, is the source of that sweet-smelling aroma that fills His house as disciples pray. Upon reflection, though disconcerting, the episode was strangely pleasant. The memory of all the prayers and patience offered by friends and family gathered round is a sweet memory that lingers long after the episode. Resurrection s New Beginnings Meets Community Needs By Dolores Hess-Butler, Church of the Resurrection, Surfside Beach Grey Pigeons/White Snow Continued from Page 3 Take heart for God is the God of New Beginnings. New Beginnings at the Church of the Resurrection (COR), Surfside Beach, is a feeding program that started six years ago and has continued to grow and serve the community as part of COR s Serving the World areas of ministries. In 2017, the program served over 200 families each month and distributed over 145,000 pounds of food. Food insecurity and hunger are real problems right in our own backyard, says Larry Nowak, New Beginnings Director. Ninety percent of the people in need are everyone s neighbors. The New Beginnings ministry comes to life every third Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. as numerous volunteers transform the church s commons area into a mini grocery store complete with shopping carts and tables of food. As we are legally required to protect the privacy of the participating clients, security instructions are read aloud to all the volunteers, and then we start the day with prayer. The first table volunteer registrars make sure necessary eligibility criteria are met by those coming to grocery shop. Other tables have been set up, and volunteers have arranged groceries on them, sorted by categories: dry goods, produce, meats, dairy and bakery goods. Distribution guidelines are followed to better serve all in need. There are signs at each table indicating the item and number allotted to each shopper. Food is provided at no cost to those in need. The cost is assimilated in the church budget through the continued generosity of our church members. New Beginnings not only provides welcomed groceries but also offers other social assistance. Depending on volunteer availability, services such as haircuts may be offered. There is also a children s craft table with crafts and coloring projects. In December, to the delight of the children, Jolly Ole St. Nicholas pays a surprise visit and presents each child with a gift. Allowing the community to come together to break bread, volunteers serve lunch of hotdogs, chips and a soft drink to everyone in attendance. Volunteers work behind the scenes and are integral to the success of the New Beginnings program. We are grateful for their time, effort and ongoing dedication to this important ministry. Volunteers have come from our church, other churches and from the community at large, and have included Coastal Carolina University students and Socastee High School ROTC cadets. We thank all those who have contributed to this endeavor. If you are interested in becoming one of the many hands that make light work, contact program director Larry Nowak. Information is available at under the Ministries tab, click Serving the World, then select New Beginnings. New Beginnings is a treasured blessing and an encouraging reminder that God gives new hope. It provides food for the body and soul. To help stay strong spiritually, we all need a regular diet of God s word. Recall the words in Matthew 25:35-40, When I was hungry, you gave me something to eat; when I was thirsty, you gave me something to drink Whatever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto Me. Now enter into the home of My Father. steel industry. Clearly the opportunities and challenges offered by the booming growth in the lowcountry and the challenges that our congregations in rural communities and small towns here present quite a different environment. Yet despite these differences, this much remains the same Jesus Christ is Lord and he is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He promised to grow his Church. I still believe it to be true that whenever clergy and congregations become committed to him and his mission and to meet specific human hurts and hopes, they emerge as distinctive churches in the community. My prayer is that in this coming year it will become increasingly clear what hurts and hopes the Lord is calling each of our congregations to meet and therein create through his Holy Spirit the will, passion, and the spiritual gifts to do so. Until then, you might consider a truth: that just as grey pigeons on a winter s day stand out starkly on the white snow, so a church stands out more prominently in the community when it is doing effective mission. Effective mission not merely to its own parishioners but equally so to the hurts and hopes of others in the world around them.

15 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 15 Does God Have Your Total Trust and Dependence? By the Very Rev. John Burwell, Rector, Church of the Redeemer, Orangeburg (This article first appeared in the newsletter of the Church of the Redeemer, Orangeburg.) Do you know the biblical story about the widow s mite? In Mark chapter 12 we read that Jesus saw a widow put two small copper coins in the collection plate where many wealthy people had put in large amounts. Her donation was worth only a fraction of a penny, yet Jesus tells His disciples her pledge was greater than anything anyone had given that day. (Mark 12:44) Over the years I ve had people tell me they were not able to tithe; in fact, their pledge that year would have to be more like the widow s mite. When people say that, I tell them they might want to read the story before they make their pledge. The last verse of the story says this: She, out of her poverty, put in everything all she had to live on. (Mark 12:44) Yes, I want you to tithe; the bible says we are to pledge 10 percent. Believe me, I really don t think you want to give what the widow gave! Why did the widow give all she had to live on? More importantly, why did Jesus point it out to his disciples as something good and worthy of emulation? Let me answer with a question for you: how is your trust in God? How is your hope? How is your peace? Is it passing all understanding? I ask this because I am inclined to believe we tend to depend on too many other resources for our trust worldly resources. We say we trust in God, but I wonder. I wonder if we do. I don t think we do. It is so doggoned difficult for modern men and women to really put their faith and their confidence in God. We have so many other things we trust before Him too many other things. We ve got ourselves, our occupations, homes, friends, spouses, children, money... on and on it goes. It s hard to focus on that which is spiritual and eternal when you have dozens of other idols constantly clamoring for your attention. It is not that we don t want God in our lives; it s just that there are other people, other places and other things that we want as well. As long as things are basically going well for us, I believe we tend to treat faith in the Lord and our relationship with Him as some sort of extra added attraction nice to have but optional and at an extra cost. It is unfortunate, but quite frequently you and I have to reach the end of our human and worldly resources in order to really appreciate who God is and what He will do for us. We have to run out of our own ability and confidence before we can genuinely hope in God. We have to get to the bottom of the barrel. This is where the widow was. The neat part is, this is where God can always be found. God wants there to be nothing in our lives that is greater than He is. He wants first place. There is to be nothing and no one that we trust more than we trust Him. When we talk about stewardship, giving, and yes, especially when we talk about making a pledge for 2019, trust is what the bottom line is. Jesus holds the widow up as worthy of emulation because nothing stood in the way of her total dependence on God. This kind of trust and total dependence is exactly what the Lord your God wants from you and me. Remember the story of the rich young ruler? (Mark 10:17-31) Remember what Jesus says is the one thing He lacked? God is not asking you for everything you have. What He s asking is for you to give up whatever it is that keeps you from trusting Him. He wants first place in your life. Please consider increasing your pledge this year. If you are not tithing, instead of giving what you gave God in your pledge last year (and perhaps the year before that), please consider increasing your amount of faith. Think in terms of percentages instead of amounts. If last year you gave.02 percent of your income, ask God to give you the faith to increase this year s pledge to 2 percent of your income. Then fill out your card; send it in or drop it in the offering plate just as the widow did. If you are already giving 2 percent, ask God to let you give 4 percent. It s time to turn in your 2019 pledge. This year, increase your faith. Welcome to Babylon! By Dave Wright, Diocesan Youth Ministry Coordinator Our theme for fall youth events in the diocese was Welcome to Babylon. It was a wake up call to encourage and equip students to grow in their faith against all odds. Mondo for middle school youth groups focused mostly on key sections of the book of Daniel. Through that the Rev. Hunter Jordan communicated the importance of not buying into the lies of culture but to live into the truth of God. Regenerate for high school youth groups spent more time looking at 1 Peter 2 and the importance of living Godly lives in an increasingly secular world. The Rev Rob Sturdy challenged students to live differently in the light of the gospel. The Birdsongs led worship music at both events. Since (Regenerate) I have worked harder on putting Christ at the center of everything I do. From school work to (what I do) JANE WRIGHT Holy Cross Youth Minister Jonny Keys (center) talks to his youth group at Mondo. on the sports fields. I try to be more Christ-like everyday. a senior from Sumter, SC The birdsongs music was truly inspirational. Worship is one of the most impactful ways to feel the Holy Spirit, and the Birdsongs really convey Jesus love for us through their music. Growing up going to all the diocesan retreats, I know that they are some of my favorite moments in my Christian experience so far! I love every moment, watching others be impacted by the love of Jesus! a senior from Mount Pleasant, SC Shadows from Light Unapproachable AFM Releases Book Detailing Founding in Celebration of Ministry s 25th Anniversary JANE WRIGHT Andrew Cannell, youth minister at Christ St. Paul s, Yonges Island, teaches a seminar at Regenerate. By the Rev. Tad de Bordenave, Founder of Anglican Frontier Mission We are familiar with shadows and signs of God s work in many places in the world. The focus of this book, however, is on shadows overlooked or not recognized. These shadows come from the Gospel spreading to each and every ethnic group. Shadows of Light Unapproachable draws the mind s eye to behold the beauty of the searching love deep in the heart of Light Unapproachable. The book traces the origins, the people, and the continuing foundations of Anglican Frontier Missions at its 25th year. I open my chapter with this brief profile of AFM: The passion of AFM is the humbled and amazed awe before the slender glance we have of the love of God. The direction of our path is to those who do not yet know of this love. The ensuing chapters describe the way this missionary society has served God s vision. They cover the basic questions of who, where, and how. For the who, three chapters give transparent stories of ordinary people called into this ministry. One traces a couple s very surprising call to Nepal. Another describes the strategic efforts by a creative husband and wife to plant the first church in a remote population. A third gives the adventures of a couple carrying out pastoral care for the missionaries in very far flung areas. The where takes us to about a dozen countries and ethnic groups within them. The dominant religions in these are Buddhist, Communist, traditional religions, Hindu, and Islam. Missionaries recount their challenges, their persevering efforts, and the support of God directly and through his church. The how comes in two ways. First, we are given deep insights into the major religious forces of today. One who interacts with Muslims and teaches Islamics gives a clear analysis of Islam and Muslim goals. Two workers in India tell of their strategies among ethnic groups in highly resistant areas of that great country. We read of the remarkable missionary expansion of the Diocese of Singapore, initiated about the same time as AFM. The other section on how comes from three essays that uncover what are called the treasures of Anglicanism in the world of frontier mission. These chapters show the application of the plain essences of our tradition and the enormous advantages they bring to the world of church planting in frontier settings. These chapters will increase our appreciation for what may be familiar in our tradition but will become more valued in this new light. Chris Royer begins his Introduction with Yogi Berra s wisdom that if you don t know where you are going, you ll end up somewhere else. In fact, as Chris goes on to say, AFM follows a vision that is not our own. He states this clearly in his final chapter, titled Pressing Onward, where he concludes with the hope and the future of AFM: And so, AFM s vision remains unchanged from our founding days: to mobilize the church to pray for and send missionaries to the largest and least-evangelized people groups and geographical regions, that churches might be established among all the 16,833 ethnolinguistic nations on our planet. Before this became our vision, it was Christ s vision. And human history is marching forward toward the fulfillment of this vision: With your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth (Revelation 5:9-10, New International Version). Hallelujah! Amen. Shadows from Light Unapproachable is now available on Amazon.com. 25th Anniversary Celebration of Anglican Frontier Missions March 23, Richmond, VA Learn more about AFM at anglicanfrontiers.com

16 Jubilate Deo, Winter 2019, Page 16 Youth Collect Canned Goods for Tricounty By David Gilbert, St. Philip s Youth Minister On a cool fall Saturday morning, 17 youth, one fearless youth group leader, a rad dad, and one dog named Oliver met at the Horse Lot to embark on a mission: go out two-by-two and knock on doors to collect canned food for Tricounty Family Ministries, which is one of St. Philip s many awesome home missions. We were armed with flyers and smiles. The flyers contained all the facts about Tricounty Family Ministries and St. Philip s youth group, and the smiles contained the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The kids knocked on the doors of homes and hearts while they engaged in purposeful conversation with all our neighbors on the peninsula. Along the way they were greeted with warmth and generosity. They met several members of our parish and were invited into their homes while canned items were gathered. Whenever canned food bags got too heavy to carry, they radioed in to the fearless leader, dropped the bags at an intersection, Published by the Diocese of South Carolina (843) The Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence XIV Bishop, South Carolina Contributions for the next issue must reach the editor by April 5, Send articles to BOTH Editor and the Assistant Editor. Send photographs to the Editor only. Editor Joy Hunter 109 Arbor Road Summerville, SC jhunter@dioceseofsc.org (843) Assistant Editor The Rev. Canon Dr. Kendall S. Harmon P.O. Box 2810 Summerville, SC kendallsharmon@gmail.com (843) Subscription Questions/ Address Changes office@dioceseofsc.org (843) NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Charleston SC PERMIT NO. 330 Diocese of South Carolina P.O. Box Charleston, SC CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED DAVID GILBERT Whenever canned food bags got too heavy to carry, they radioed in to the fearless leader, dropped the bags at an intersection, and the blue Dodge Ram would swing by and load up the goods. and the blue Dodge Ram would swing by and load up the goods. An elderly man stopped and asked (in a warm English accent) what we were doing Christ Church Choir to Perform John Rutter s Magnificat, March 4, Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant On March 4 at 4 p.m. the Christ Church choir will present the concert performance of Rutter s Magnificat accompanied by the Southcoast orchestra. This will be the only performance of this work before the choir leaves for New York where, the following week, they will sing this powerful music with 200 other singers at Carnegie Hall. Participation in this concert was by invitation-only and required an audition and approval by the conductor, Dr. Jonathan Griffith. Learn more about the concert and the trip to New York here: 72nd Annual Plantation Tours March 29 & March 30, 2019 Prince George Winyah Parish Georgetown, SC Georgetown, South Carolina, founded in 1729, is located in the heart of an area which was once the epitome of genteel southern society prior to the Civil War. Dozens of elegant plantation homes and gardens left by these elite gentlemen surround the town along our five rivers, and many of the homes built by them along the city streets remain beautifully appointed. Every spring, the Women of Prince George Winyah Church host a Plantation and Town Home Tour. The dates of the 2019 event are Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30. Visitors are able to go inside elegant dwellings and take a step back in time. The Tour begins at the Church Parish Hall, where visitors pick up maps, brochures and bag lunches. At day s end, visitors are invited to the very popular Tea, hosted by the ladies of Prince George Winyah at the historic Winyah Indigo Society Hall. All monies raised are allocated to local mission work and to the preservation of our historic church buildings. Our success over the years has truly made a difference in the lives of the poor, the friendless and the needy in our community, which is our prayerful aim in this endeavor. Tickets are available by mail, in advance. Single-day tickets are $45 each and two-day and was amazed to see young people out serving the Lord on a Saturday morning. He was so moved that he donated $20 dollars to Tricounty. He is a Christian and was delighted to see the youth of this generation thinking of others! The youth, the fearless leader, the rad dad, and Oliver the dog had a morning they will never forget. Laughs, smiles, joy, hard work, and service to the Lord brought about a little change in this world. They collected several hundred pounds of food. The food pantry at Tricounty now had canned items, and the crew of volunteers working there were able to serve Thanksgiving meals and provide emergency groceries to those in need. Blessings flow and mercy pours out in abundance when the Church lives her role out in the day-to-day lives of the Body. tickets are $80. Advance ticket sales are underway from February 4 until March 15, Learn more at plantation-tours. GrandCamp, June St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center GrandCamp is a unique, grand faith adventure for grandparents and their grandchildren focused on leaving a faith-legacy for the next generations. Through purposeful activities that grandparents and grandchildren experience together, to discovering from God s Word what it means to walk in the truth, to building a treasure chest of life-changing memories all in an environment that invites having a pile of fun this will be a time for building memories that will last a lifetime! This year GrandCamp will be held June at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center. The theme is :The Great Adventure: Knowing and Following Jesus as the The Good Shepherd. Learn more and register by visiting grandcamp-2019/ Judge Dickson Continued from Page 1 little to no coherent guidance in this case and The Court s collective opinions give rise to great uncertainty in this matter of great importance. Tom Tisdale, counsel for TECSC and Mary Kostel, Counsel for TEC, presented their arguments which essentially repeated their prior assertions that the decision has been made, by the South Carolina Supreme Court, and all that was left was enforcement of the results. It was obvious that Judge Dickson had problems with the argument that it is clear what the Supreme Court decided. Addressing Mr. Tisdale, he asked, How many times have you seen a Supreme Court decision with five separate opinions? Mr. Tisdale acknowledged that it had never happened in the history of the court. When counsel for TEC continued to assert that the result was clear, the judge replied, Like through a glass darkly. In commenting on the present ruling he observed, Usually when I get something remitted it s clear what I m supposed to do. In this case, however, interpreting the Supreme Court ruling will entail trying to ferret out what they meant. In concluding he observed, I have to decide and whatever is decided will be appealed by one side or the other. The Judge indicated he would be sending follow up questions by for both sides. St. Luke s Collecting Wheelchairs for Inmates St. Luke s, Hilton Head, is seeking 25 wheelchairs for incapacitated inmates in the Helping Hands unit at Allendale Correctional Institute. These men suffer from a variety of age, neurological, injury and surgically-related conditions. The only way the men can receive a wheelchair is through their family or through donations. Inmates are not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare. If you have a wheelchair that is not being used, consider donating this tax deductible gift to the Character Restoration Initiative (a 501c3 organization) that supports such projects at Allendale. Contact Kent James at (757) or Tom Conner at (843) to learn more. Calendar Notes View full calendar at Jan , Early Reg. for Summer Camp, Pg 11 January 20, Harmon on Ephesians, Pg 2 January 21-23, Journey to Healing, Pg 14 January 28, Leighton Ford Lecture, Pg. 6 February 1-3, Jesus Weekend, Pg. 6 February 9, Eric Metaxas, St. Luke s, Pg. 16 February 20-24, Christian Men s Conf., Pg 2 March 4, Christ Church Concert, Pg. 16 March Diocesan Convention, Pg. 1, 3 March 15, The Art of Neighboring, Pg. 1 March 15, Diocesan Workshops, Pg. 3 March 29-31, Kairos Outside, Pg. 5 March 29-30, Plantation Tours, Pg. 16 April 17, The Art of Outreach, Pg. 11 June 17-19, ACNA Provincial Asembly, Pg. 9 June 17-21, GrandCamp, Pg 16 June 23-28, Renewal Conference, Pg. 9 September 26-29, New Wineskins 2019 Eric Metaxas Coming to St. Luke s in February Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But were afraid...) NY Times bestselling author and radio host Eric Metaxas will be leading a oneday conference on his book, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask) at St. Luke s, Hilton Head, Saturday, February 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Why would a loving God allow suffering? Does hell really exist? Join with others seeking answers to life s toughest questions at this special event. The day is for those who think they know nothing about God, and those who think they know all the answers. It will be entertaining, challenging and a chance to hear Eric s experiences asking the most important questions we can ask. The cost is $60 per person and includes lunch. Space will be limited and reservations are required. Learn more and purchase your tickets at