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Yearly Archives: 2016

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How Many Tears Does It Take to Decorate a Christmas Tree?

How many tears does it take to decorate a Christmas tree? There are tears of joy for love for friends for family There are tears of grief for lost loved ones for dreams deferred...

Read more December 11, 2016 at 6:27 pm Beth

Housing Issues in the City of Greenville

City of Greenville: Balancing Prosperity and Housing Affordability in Greenville Inclusionary development has not been embraced, so parts of the City…remain poor and disconnected from the city’s new vibrancy. As recent as 2000, Greenville...

Read more November 8, 2016 at 4:20 pm Beth

Finding, Getting, and Keeping Donors

As I think about what I have learned from my years working for a nonprofit and as an advocate for people who live in poverty, it boils down to three things I learned from...

Read more September 30, 2016 at 6:25 pm Beth

A Labor Day Exercise

Purpose: We rarely realize how dependent we are on all kinds of people. This exercise helps us see that our lives are enriched by many other people in ways we often do not think...

Read more September 5, 2016 at 11:05 am Beth

A Different Kind of Mission Trip

A Different Kind of Mission Trip  Church groups plan mission trips for their members. They do backyard Bible schools, build buildings, paint, work in soup kitchens and any number of other activities. The participants...

Read more August 8, 2016 at 1:37 pm Beth

Sobering Facts 2016

  The 2016 federal poverty level for a family of 4 in South Carolina is $24,300 and is $11,880 for one individual. The area median income in 2014 is $45,238 (SC) and $44,783 (Greenville-Mauldin-Easley)....

Read more July 29, 2016 at 10:17 am Beth

Coincidence or God working anonymously?

Coincidence or God working anonymously? Several weeks ago, we had to put our rescued black lab, Moses, down. Actually we did not rescue him. He came up to my husband, Jim,  while he was...

Read more June 13, 2016 at 5:51 pm Beth

Good News / Bad News

As I ride around downtown Greenville, I admit that I’m happy that I live in such a vibrant community. Seeing the sidewalk restaurants and the groups of people walking to museums, theaters, events in...

Read more May 16, 2016 at 7:19 pm Beth

Compassion Retreat

Have you ever thought deeply about compassion? It is a word I use a lot. In fact my mission statement says that I work to enlarge understanding in order to decrease judgment and increase...

Read more May 12, 2016 at 1:32 pm Beth

Not the Usual Group

When I facilitate the poverty simulation, participants are usually people who have resources who want to learn a bit about what it feels like to live in poverty. They willingly submit themselves to a...

Read more April 22, 2016 at 10:47 am Beth

Prophetic Ministry: Not me…or Me

“The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us.” — From  Walter Brueggemann, The Prophetic  Imagination...

Read more April 6, 2016 at 11:03 am Beth

Self Sufficiency Hourly Wage in Greenville SC

According to the Self Sufficiency Standard, the hourly wage for one adult with one preschooler in Greenville, SC, is $15.67. This breaks down to $750 rent, $567 childcare, $362 food, $271 transportation, $405 healthcare,...

Read more February 10, 2016 at 2:47 pm Beth

New Study on Financial Self-Sufficiency for South Carolina Familie

New Study on Financial Self-Sufficiency for South Carolina Families Columbia, SC (January 19, 2016) – A new report takes a realistic look at how much is actually needed to support a family in South...

Read more February 9, 2016 at 11:20 am Beth

Resource for Congregations’ Missions Programs

When I was at a meeting with ministers, one of them asked me how a congregation decided what service ministries to support financially and what ministries for them to create or be involved with. ...

Read more February 3, 2016 at 11:22 am Beth

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Transitional Minister at Eastminster Presbyterian

I can surely testify that God works in mysterious ways. Back in late August/early September when I learned that I may be asked to become the Bridge Transitional minister at Eastminster Presbyterian Church...

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Servant Leadership

I heard a fascinating interview with someone whose name I did not catch as he talked about analyzing marketing materials for political candidates.  He said that in this age of technological media, candidates’...

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Beth Lindsay Templeton

As a community activist, author, minister, consultant and teacher, Beth Templeton hosts a variety of workshops to help remove our "blinders" when addressing persistent poverty in our society.

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