Summer camps at both Camp Buc and Camp Fellowship come to an end this week. All reports are that it has been a good summer and that campers have enjoyed all of the activities that were offered. Pictured you will see Yonnie Murphy, Camp Fellowship co-director, watching as campers gather on the shore of Lake Greenwood for worship. In the picture below other campers are sailing the Hobie 16. Bill Lancaster spent several days with the counselors teaching and working with them as they took campers out on the sailboats. Camp Buc registrar reports that there were a total of 333 children who attended Camp Buc this year with 23 of these attending the new traveling camps that were held in local churches. The total for Camp Fellowship was 214 with 36 of these campers attending the traveling camps.

The ladies pictured in the photo (l to r) Esther King, Sandra Beckham, Rita Lang, and Jane Frost, recently attended the PW Churchwide Gathering in Louisville, KY. They attended four days of business meetings, worship experiences, classes, and other events with some 3,600 women from all over the world. The women attending brought with them 7,210 pairs of shoes and 35,000 pairs of socks for needy children in KY and gave an offering of over $60,000 during the worship service on Sunday. Important decisions made at the Gathering will be communicated to the local PWs in the coming months.

Regretfully, Sara Payne, member of Westminster Greenville Church who also attended the Gathering, was taken ill on the second day and remains in Jewish Hospital in Louisville. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and we are grateful for the attention she is receiving from PW in Louisville while she is so far from home. Sara underwent surgery this Thursday and is doing better although she is still in ICU and is still listed as critical. The doctors are encouraged by the progress she is making. Cards may be sent to Sara at Jewish Hospital, ICU, 200 Abraham Flexner Way, Louisville, KY 40202.

The last two preachers for the Summer Worship Series at Montreat Conference Center are: July 30 - The Rev. Bob Dunham from Chapel Hill, NC and August 6 - The Rev. Tom Are from Kansas City, KS. Also on August 6, the choir from Second Church in Spartanburg will be singing at the morning worship service.

Did you know that Foothills Presbytery is decorating the office on Woodruff Road with pictures of churches in the presbytery? We feel very fortunate to already have framed pictures of Bethel, First Greenville, Limestone, Nazareth, and Townville. We have decorative plates from Covenant, Pelzer, Second, and Williamston. If you have a framed picture of your church (any size, color or black/white) and would like to donate it to the presbytery office, we would be very happy to use it in the office.

Westminster Church in Westminster has some pew cushions that they would like to give to any church that would like to have them. If you are interested, all you have to do is contact George Harper at 864- 647-2993 or 864-647-7055.

Good Hope Presbyterian Church in Iva will be hosting Rev. Fahed Abu-Akel (former General Assembly moderator) on August 20. He will preach at the Sunday morning service and will also lead a 3-hour workshop on the Middle East situation. Times will be announced soon.

This week's highlighted Teacher and Leader Training workshop is: "Science and Religion" taught by Dr. Scott Berry, Professor of Physics at Limestone College. Take a look at how science and religion interface and examine questions each ask about the scientific and faith issues. Remember - The Training Event is August 26 at First Greenville.

Hello & Goodbye - We want to welcome new minister David Carlson & his wife Yuri to Westminster Greenville Church and Dr. David Renwick and his wife Currie to First Spartanburg Church. David Carlson started his duties last week and David Renwick will officially begin in Spartanburg on August 1. We look forward to working with and getting to know both of them. Goodbye to Tom Groome, pastor of Covenant Church in Spartanburg, and Kyle Allen, pastor of First Greer Church. Tom has ended his relationship with Covenant and taken a call to First Presbyterian Church in Tupelo, MS. Kyle will be leaving Greer in September to take a call to Cary Presbyterian Church in Cary, NC. We wish them both God's Blessings in their new positions.

Dubuque Theological Seminary is now offering online M.Div. classes. For students at non-Presbyterian seminaries, classes on Presbyterian Polity, Worship in the Reformed Tradition, and Presbyterian History and Confessions are available. For those in lay ministry, Introduction to Old Testament is offered. Fall classes start Sept. 5 with an application deadline of Aug. 11. Information about online M.Div courses is available at the link below. If you have questions you may call 563-589-3101 or email udtsonline@dbq.edu.