Church News – January 4, 2017
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net The Kingsmen in Concert The concert will be held Friday January 6 at 7 p.m. at Temple Free Will Baptist Church, 1660 North Governor Williams Highway. Admission is free but a love offering will be received. 31st Annual MLK, Jr. Memorial Celebration The 31st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Celebration will be held on Monday, January 16th at 12 o’clock noon at...
South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation Presents Photographer Cecil Williams
The South Carolina African Heritage Foundation will present Cecil Williams, author, artist, photographer, inventor, former JET magazine photographer, for a two-day residency and public event January 9-10, 2017. Williams will present a one-day residency at Lamar High School on January 9 and Mayo High School on January 10. There will be a public presentation at Black Creek Arts Council on Monday, January 9 at 6:00 pm. There will be a...
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From S.C. to Mozambique, with love
George and Sandra Chace of Darlington share their many tales of living for a month to two months at time in African provinces, an area known as the “bush” far from towns and cities. With their ministry Sight for Mozambique, the couple partners with other missionaries, sharing the gift of sight, water, and women’s hygiene and sewing ministries.
St. David’s Academy: On this day in history from the Darlington County Historical Commission, St. David’s Academy organized December 13, 1777
By Brian Gandy Director of Darlington County Historical Commission In 1777, a group of prosperous planters of the area formed the St. David’s Society to promote the cause of education. The historical marker placed at the location on Main Street in Society Hill reads: The St. David´s Society, organized in 1777 and chartered in 1778, built the first public academy in St. David´s Parish 3/4 mile northeast in 1786. Alexander McIntosh,...
Wildlife and wild places in S.C. will benefit from Duke Energy grants
Thirteen organizations will benefit from more than $350,000 in 2016 environmental grants, including local Pee Dee Landtrust The Duke Energy Foundation is investing more than $350,000 in 13 South Carolina environmental nonprofit organizations. The grants will fund environmental projects, wildlife conservation efforts and environmental educational programs across the Duke Energy service territory in the state. “We are dedicated to...