New Bible study starting in March
Just for Women Ministries is starting their spring Bible study: Prayer. The Darlington study will start Monday, March 27 at First Baptist Church on South Main Street. The Florence study will start Tuesday, March 28 at First Presbyterian Church. Topics will include prayer and the Holy Spirit, Abraham’s Prayer and prayer’s delay. In Darlington, two sessions are available on Mondays, one at noon and one at 7 p.m. In Florence, two...
Scholarship pageants currently taking applications
The Miss Darlington and Miss Darlington Teen Scholarship Pageants, preliminaries to Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen, are currently accepting applications for the event to be held on May 21, 2017. Miss contestants must be between the ages of 17 (rising senior for the 2017-2018 school year) to 24 (must not be 25 by December 31, 2018) and have established residency in South Carolina for six months, never been married or...
Compassion and mercy is the heart of God
For those who have visited a nursing home or a medical care facility, you know what I mean when I refer to these places as difficult and uncomfortable.
DCSD students’ artwork accepted into ArtFields Jr. art competition
More than two dozen Darlington County School District (DCSD) students will compete in a juried ArtFields Jr. competition after their artwork was accepted from among 500-plus entries. ArtFields Jr. opened the competition to students in grades 1 through 12 statewide this year for the first time, and a review panel selected the competition artwork. Marisa Johnson, DCSD’s arts and innovative programs coordinator, praised the district’s...
Carolina’s Kids Inc. now accepting book donations
Carolina’s Kids has announced a new program, The Bookshelf. Thanks to the Darlington Co Education Sorority who came up with the idea and also got it started with a donation of all levels of books. A huge and heartfelt thank you to Dave Rosevere, Lawrence Hope, Dick Porter and Jay Davis who built the beautiful bookshelves to hold our donated books. What is The Bookshelf? It is a library of gently used and new books available for the...
Church News – March 22, 2017
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net Women’s Conference Kingdom Living Temple Church will hold a Women’s Conference March 24-26. The theme is ‘Wonder Woman’. Friday will begin 7 p.m. at Kingdom Living with eleven different speakers. Saturday’s event will take place at Poynor Adult Education Center, 301 S. Dargan Street in Florence. A workshop and training will last from 8 a.m. to noon. A guest speaker...