Five days into their journey through the Holy Land, Paul reads a passage from 1 Samuel which recounts the story of David fleeing King Saul to an osasis known as En Gedi. Paul was reading scripture to the group as they stood at this rare fresh water spring along the western shore of the Dead Sea called …
Literally hours before the January 18 deadline for churches to submit their conference apportionments for the 2011 year, FUMC’s Finance Committee conferred via telephone to approve a ‘last minute’ payment to fulfill 100% of First United’s conference apportionment for the prior year. The action by the committee was not unanimous and is not without adverse consequences …
Last June, Kay bought a small four year-old rescue dog named Trudy. She had been found as a stray on the streets of Spartanburg and was on the list at the pound to be put down. But Carolina Poodle Rescue snatched her and put her up for adoption. She had an odd hitch in her …
Saturday night at First Methodist was a teen’s dream: All the food you could possibly eat, games and activities that changed every hour, and no curfew…in fact, the adults were encouraging you not to go to bed but to stay up all night. Youth Director Brandon Buchanan and a few courageous adult chaperones spent the …
