The 80-year-old man crawls halfway into the green trash bin, feet barely touching the ground. He rummages through discarded bags. Not hearing the familiar jingle of tin and aluminum cans, Dave Joslin pulls his head out and motions for his dog to move on. “I never intended to be a bag lady,” the retired postal
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“In 2015, I was praying, and the Lord broke my heart for my neighbors,” Jarrian Wilson said. In 2019, Wilson took on a position as a Church Planting Resident with Riverside Community Church in Columbia, South Carolina, to prepare to plant City of Refuge Church in Columbia. Wilson said he wanted to see people called
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Heart4Schools is an SCBaptist ministry that serves teachers and students in various communities. Nancy Kalutz, a member of First Baptist Camden, has been working with Heart4Schools through her church since her retirement in 2017. Kalutz’s church partners with a an alternative school in their community. With her experience as a teacher in the district, she
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For the last 15 years, Low Country Community Church in Murrells Inlet has hosted a free Thanksgiving meal for their community. Project N.O.A.H., as the event is better known, stands for No One Alone on the Holiday. It began in the home of Steve Fairchild, Senior Pastor of the church, when he hosted a meal
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For the past eight years, Lucas Avenue Baptist Church has been actively involved in providing Good News Clubs at Ford Elementary. However, it was only last year that they truly felt their partnership with the school deepened when they started serving as Reading Buddies. This new program has allowed them to make a significant difference
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Ridge Baptist Church is located in Summerville, SC. There are 42,000 people residing within a 2.5 mile radius of the church with an estimated 10,000+ increase within the next 10 years. Pastor of 34 years Bobby Eubanks called friend, Johnny Rumbough, Executive Director of the Lexington Baptist Association, to inquire about how to retire well. “We
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Kenny Moore, the pastor of Davidson Street Baptist in Clinton, SC has been serving teachers and students through Heart4Schools for many years. His church has partnered with two schools and has been actively involved in providing necessary support to the students and teachers. They have done everything from providing backpacks to building relationships with principals.
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A lifetime Florida resident, Jose Sanchez says he was “blessed to be helped with the removal of wet tile and drywall” after the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian impacted him on a personal level. Although his house was built per flood regulations in Florida, he says “this has turned out to be about five feet
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Pastor Dan Fogle of Rosemary Baptist Church in Williston, South Carolina led a Chainsaw Unit from the Barnwell Bamberg Baptist Association to Arcadia, Florida after the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian. Teams worked on tarping roofs and moving and cutting up debris left in the storm’s wake. “We’re doing this to honor our Lord and
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Brett Gandy, a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Hartsville, South Carolina, has been serving teachers and students through Heart4Schools, an SCBaptist ministry, since 2016. The church started Reading Buddies programs in two schools, and the initiative was an instant hit. “Just to see a smile on the kid’s face, it just melts your heart,”
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