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Tag: Sion Presbyterian Church

  • Serving The Servants

    Photos: Martha Ladd

    WINNSBORO – While Salkehatchie volunteers spend this week making home repairs and doing small projects for Fairfield County residents in need, members from churches throughout the county take turns preparing food and serving the volunteers, who reside in Fairfield Central High School for the week.

    On Monday, representatives from St. John’s Episcopal, Sion Presbyterian and Salem Presbyterian churches fed Salkehatchie workers. Pictured above, Lily and Roman Hawkins, youth from St. John’s, serve chili. At right, Sion Presbyterian member Austin Costenbader plates hotdogs.

  • Sion Presbyterian welcomes new pastor

    WINNSBORO – Rebekah Carpenter will be installed as the new pastor of Sion Presbyterian Church in Winnsboro on Sunday, March 11 at 4 p.m. Before coming to Winnsboro, Carpenter worked with corporations, colleges, schools, churches and non-profits for over twenty years as a leadership and organizational development specialist.

    Carpenter earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Mars Hill College, where she majored in music and theatre. Rebekah holds a Master’s Degree in Psychology and Organizational Development from the University of West GA in Carrollton GA. She graduated in May of 2017 with a Master of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA, and was ordained on Feb. 18, 2018 at Carrollton Presbyterian Church in Carrollton, GA.