News from the Mission Field

August 2025

Holy City

Contact Lynn Rogers for more information 843-442-1604

Hog Dog Ministry

Are you looking for a local mission opportunity? The Hot Dog Ministry is a great way for individuals and families to serve together. Middle school and older students along with adults can help serve a meal, usually a fried chicken supper, to folks in need of a hot meal. The suppers are served at Morris Street Baptist Church on a Tuesday evening at 5 p.m. The next time to serve is Tuesday, August 26. There will be another opportunity to serve this November 4.

To volunteer to help, please contact Pat Jennings at Bellinger.56@att.net.

Charleston Classic School

Please bring school supplies for Charleston Classical School on Sunday, August 24. A collection box will be by the lemonade stand.

Hurting Coast

Contact Sherrie Driver for more information 770-354-6471

Rise Church in Portland, Maine 



St. Michaelites Mike and Shelley Walker, George Thompson, Dan Polon and son, Adam Polon, along with former member Tyson Nettles, had an extremely fulfilling and productive mission trip to RISE Church in July. They participated in leading an ALPHA-based VBS for three nights for youth. They also participated in citywide prayer walks, team building activities and much more. We look forward to a report to the parish on Mission Sunday in November. RISE Church regularly posts on Instagram and it’s an informative way to stay current with their message of spreading the gospel. 

Follow Rise Church at https://www.instagram.com/riseportland/

New Wineskins

Greensboro, North Carolina



New Wineskins director, Jenny Noyes has asked the Revs. Kate and Sean Norris of Dandelion to play very active roles in the upcoming “Hope for the Nations” Conference this Sept. 17-20. Their combined artistic and musical talents will be on full display in sharing and teaching the Gospel.

Please follow Kate and Sean on their ministry site as well as on Instagram through the following links:

https://www.dandelionministries.org/

https://www.instagram.com/dandelionministries/

It’s not too late to sign up for New Wineskins’ triennial mission conference. Registration for the 2025 triennial Mission Conference at Ridgecrest is now open, click the button below to register.

REZ Church

Washington, D.C.

Please continue to lift REZ Church (Church of the Resurrection), the Rev. Dan Claire and their young congregation up in prayer. Many of their congregants work on Capitol Hill in D.C. and have been directly affected by the many changes in the political climate. Please pray that they will stay focused on Jesus Christ in their day-to-day lives. Below are the ministry and Instagram links so you can directly follow them and give your support:

https://www.rezchurch.org/

https://www.instagram.com/rezchurchdc/

ADNE (Anglican Diocese in New England) 

Amesbury, Massachusetts

Bishop Andrew Williams is the leader of our partner diocese, the ADNE. Two other of our Hurting Coast Mission Partners, RISE Church of Portland, Me. and Dandelion Ministries of Long Island, N.Y. are active members of the ADNE. 

Click the link to learn more about our partner diocese and how they’re reawakening New England with the Good News. Below is also the Instagram link to their posts. Please follow them, receive updates and give them your support.

https://adne.org/

https://www.instagram.com/anglicansne/

Join the 5th Annual Reawakening Conference of the Anglican Diocese in New England as they explore their 2025 Theme:

The Power of the Promise — Unbreakable Hope for a Divided and Broken World

October 17-18, 2025 | Grace Chapel

59 Worthen Road, Lexington, Ma. 00242

Hungering World

Contact Park Dougherty for more information 843-860-3950

God’s Grace for All Nations (GGFAN) Kenya

A new organization, the Advancement Council, has just been established to support GGFAN (God’s Grace for All Nations.) It’s a small, United States-based, group of people with deep interests and knowledge of Kenya and GGFAN. Recently, St. Michaelite Susan Waring accepted an invitation to the group. She has been on mission to Kenya and has regularly participated in conference calls with the pastors who serve in a strategic part of this East African nation.

Lamb Institute - Honduras

The LAMB Institute, a multi-faceted ministry located in Tegucigalpa, Honduras is growing. God continues to expand LAMB’s influence and ability to care for, educate, protect, and empower those suffering extreme poverty, abuse, and exploitation in Honduras. This year alone LAMB saw God 1) expand the daycare from ten to 30 children, providing a safe place for single mothers to leave their children while they search for work; 2) increase JOY Christian Academy from 81 to 124 students, offering a hope and a future through bilingual education; and 3) grow the inner-city school from 250 to 305 students, creating a faith-based alternative to a life of gangs and drugs.

More and more children and families are experiencing the love of Christ through LAMB’s commitment to follow the Lamb wherever He goes. Thank you, St. Michael’s for joining us in this great work to share the love of Jesus to the least of these in our Hungering World. Scan the QR code to hear a compelling story on the impact LAMB has had in the life of a Daniel Island native and learn more about how you may get involved.

Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders (SAMS)

St. Michaelite, Anne S., will be giving a MAP talk called “Language and Culture Learning in a Nutshell’ at the New Wineskins Conference. Please pray for her as she prepares and gives the talk. If you’ll be at the conference, you’re invited to attend the talk on Thursday, September 18th from 1:30-2:15 in Johnson Springs A&C. You’re also invited to the SAMS reception and dinner beginning at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 17 in Johnson Springs, Level 2.

Hyer Family - Cebu City, Philippines

On August 8, the Living Water project, led by Billy Hyer and Pastor Wilson, was dedicated and launched for the Gilutongan Island community, it will provide fresh water from the mainland via a boat paid for with contributions in memory of Rachel’s father. The labor and supplies used so far were provided by contributions from Wisconsin Lutheran High School. Further information is available at www.friendsnet.org/hyers

Pastor Wilson, the Rev. Bill Hyer, Billy Hyer, Rachel Hyer and members of Pastor Wilson’s congregation at Living Water ribbon cutting.

Global Impact Conference

Contact Mary Mac and Cooper Wilson for more information 803-968-3360

We are pleased with the progress being made on the 2026 GIC. We are thrilled to report that the Rev. Dan Wolfe from Rise Church in Maine will be our final speaker for the Conference. As you know, St. Michael’s sent a mission team to Maine earlier this summer. They had a memorable time in that beautiful part of the country spreading the good news of Jesus Christ along with the Rev. Wolfe and his team.

Also, we are working hand and glove with the Mission Task Force to identify mission partners from the Holy City, the Hurting Coast and the Hungering World to attend the GIC this year and spend quality time with our Church sharing updates on their various ministries. We are really excited to make this happen!

If you have any questions/suggestions/ideas, please do not hesitate to reach out. My cell phone is (803) 968-3360.

Best,

Mary Mac and Cooper Wilson

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