A Choice 2 M8K Crisis Pregnancy Care Center will have an open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday in Florence.

Seniors lined up across the parking lot, around the building corner and down Elm Street at Lighthouse Ministries Friday morning for a chance at a bag of food.  The parking lot at the ministries was full of both cars and people by 7:30 a.m. – an hour and a half before the event was slated to start.

The S.C. Supreme Court has given ownership of historic church property in Pawleys Island to the Anglican Mission of America, a group that split from the Episcopal church over the appointment of a gay bishop and same-sex marriage. The S.C. Supreme Court ruled that the 50-acre campus of All Saints Church, just off Kings River Road, does not belong to the Episcopal Church.

A chicken bog benefit for Carl D. Lee Jr. sponsored by the Cooks for Christ will be Thursday at the West Florence Fire Station.

Juliette Wilson has returned from a mission trip to Uganda with her desire to see Desire fulfilled.

Bubba McCutcheon knew a “cloud was a coming up” Thursday, so he turned off his TV and all his other electronic equipment to concentrate on a book. But there was no way to prepare for the earth-shattering clap that came when a bolt of lightning took dead aim at a pine tree in McCutcheon’s back yard where he’d mounted a wooden cross.

Three years ago, Kathy Baxley of the Free Medical Clinic was getting three calls a month from someone looking for an abortion.

Street Reach Ministries has announced that Debbie Cranford will serve as the group’s interim executive director.

The Sixth Annual Hartsville Family Fireworks Festival is scheduled for tonight on the campus of Emmanuel Baptist Church at the intersection of U.S. 15 North and the U.S. 15 Bypass.

After a fire destroyed most of two buildings at Garden City Baptist Church early Sunday morning, its congregation is temporarily calling a new church home.

Bennettsville police are investigating a fire at church Tuesday morning as an arson case.

This week, more than 100 youngsters and adults from eight local churches and one Arkansas church have come together through LifeChangers to work on and repair seven homes in the city of Florence.

Lighthouse Ministries recognized its volunteers for their services during its annual Illumination Luncheon on Tuesday at Carolinas Hospital System’s Floyd Conference Center.

The Youth of the Transfiguration of Our Savior Greek Orthodox Church in Florence are sponsoring a lunch break food drive to benefit Harvest Hope Food Bank.

During times of a financial meltdown, political upheaval and turmoil, one thing remains unshakable and that is the “Kingdom of God.” That is the message that will ring loud and clear during this year’s Christian Covenant Fellowship of Ministries (CCFM) Conference, which begins Wednesday and ends June 20, and will be at the Florence Civic Center.