This article was featured in the July 2022 edition of The Baptist Courier. I spent my summers at my Meamaw and Granddaddy’s house in Mississippi. They had a garden that felt like the size of a city block. Watermelon, squash, tomatoes, butterbeans, black eyed peas, okra, carrots, and corn grew in abundance in their backyard. The
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Children’s Response Team volunteers Jolla Powell of Hemingway and Donna Horton of Conway traveled to Southeast Asia this summer to assist with child care at a gathering for Special Workers with The Company*. These meetings always prove to be a highlight for the families, allowing them to come together for much-needed fellowship and refreshment. Since
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This form can be used to nominate a deserving Disaster Relief volunteer for one of the four annual DR awards to be presented at the Fall DR Training. A description of the awards is included in the download.
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South Carolina Baptists have a team in Romania serving in the refugee crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. The team of six arrived in Romania on May 29. They are stationed at the Ukrainian border, where they are sharing the love of Jesus as they greet the refugees, provide water and snacks, and hear
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The South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief deployed units to both Louisiana and Pennsylvania after Hurricane Ida made landfall in the fall of 2021. The Laurens Baptist Association sent a team to Horsham, Pennsylvania. While the team worked on an extensive mudout job, the chaplain on duty was able to speak with the elderly homeowners. After
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South Carolina is among numerous state conventions partnering with Send Relief to provide aid to Ukrainian refugees by sending mission teams to serve in eastern Europe. An SCBC team will serve May 28-June 11 in the town of Suceava (soo-CHAH-vuh), Romania, on the Ukraine border. Tasks of the team may include: Greeting and offering water,
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A team from South Carolina is scheduled to serve in Romania at the end of May, assisting in the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. Six people will make up the South Carolina team. The team leader is Wil Bradham, a member of Georgetown First Baptist. Wil is the Director of Missions for
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SC Baptist Disaster Relief has responded to two tornado outbreaks recently in our state. Both were small, localized responses. Both gave volunteers in different parts of the state the opportunity to serve the Lord by meeting needs of homeowners. Pickens County Two confirmed tornadoes caused damage in Pickens County on Wednesday night, March 23. The
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After Hurricane Ida’s devastation hit Louisiana in August of 2021, an SCBC Disaster Relief Chainsaw Unit from Shandon Baptist Church moved in to assist. As the unit shared the Gospel with homeowners impacted by the hurricane, one couple made life-transforming decisions. The husband, a local deputy sheriff, accepted Christ as Savior, and his wife, a
