Your Trinity South Sudan Ministry is hard at work preparing for the mission trips in the dry season in South Sudan. We need your help by planning ahead for our Special Offering for South Sudan. Please mark your church's calendar for this special offering on February 28, 2016. We have three trips planned and need you prayers, your financial support, and some volunteers.
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LAST CHANCE
HIGH SCHOOL RETREAT
Nov. 13-15, 2015
There are still a few spaces left for the High School Retreat, Nov. 13-15, 2015 at White Oak. If you are interested, call Kevin Cartee at 803-917-7540.
and the Center for Liflong Learning at CTS will odffer, Grounded: Exploring the Sense of the Sacred in Us and the World, January 19-21, 2016.
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Volume 11
November 06, 2015
Called Meeting Scheduled for November 15th
Saluda PC (USA)
A called meeting of Trinity Presbytery is scheduled for November 15, 2015, 3 p.m. at Saluda Presbyterian Church, Saluda, SC. Registration begins at 2 p.m.
Commissioners' handbooks have been sent to ministers and clerks of session.
Trinity Presbytery
Welcomes New Stated Clerk
The Rev. Dr. David A. Torrey was elected Part-time Stated Clerk of Trinity Presbytery at the October 27th called meeting.
David is no stranger to Trinity Presbytery. He is both a teaching elder in good standing and has served in a variety of leadership capacities for the past 14-years. Read more...
Division of Mission News
A Letter from Prison
I walked out of my office today here at the Broad River Correctional Institution Chapel and I felt the need to report something interesting. Trinity Presbytery's newest Prison Ministry recruit, Dr. Adrian Bird, read more...
Newest Member of Trinity Presbytery
Rev. Chris Scott
The Rev. Chris Scott was welcomed into the Presbytery as a Member-at-Large at the October 27th Stated Meeting of Presbytery. Chris will serve as Parish Associate for our Eastminster Church in Columbia. We welcome Chris, his wife Kathy, and their two children to the Trinity Presbytery family.
Flood Recovery Efforts Continue
Recovery efforts for victims of the October 2015 flood in South Carolina continues. Though a lot of the cleanup has been done and specific needs identified, there is much work ahead to restore, rebuild or relocate the families and individuals affected by the flood waters.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) reminds us of three ways we can stand in the gap: GIVE, ACT, PRAY. Continue reading...
Union Presbyterian Seminary
2016 Congregational Leadership Awards
Is your congregation or a congregation in your presbytery doing innovative ministry? Union Presbyterian Seminary offers eight Congregational Leadership Awards annually. Since 1991, 117 churches in 29 states have received these awards. Each of the eight awards carries a $1,000 prize to support the congregation in its ministry. Read more...
News from Union Theological Seminary
Rodger Nishioka Appointed to Leadership
for Theology of Joy and the Good Life Project
Columbia Theological Seminary's Rodger Nishioka, Benton Family Associate Professor of Christian Education, has been appointed to the Joy and Adolescent Faith and Flourishing (JAFF) Advisory Board of the Theology of Joy and the Good Life project based at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. Read more...
