ST. DAVID'S, OF CHERAW, TO RETURN TO EPISCOPAL CHURCH

The present occupants of St. David's Church, in Cheraw SC, have announced that their last service there will be on this coming Sunday, July 31, 2022. Starting on August 7, 2022, the clergyman of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, the Rev. Jason Varnadore, will lead his followers to hold services at Wesley United Methodist Church, 309 Greene Street, Cheraw. Find an announcement about this HERE . 

Presumably, the Episcopal worshiping group of Cheraw will move into St. David's property upon the departure of the non-Episcopal occupants. I will relay details on this as I receive them. [AFTER NOTE. I have received official word that Episcopal services in St. David's will begin on August 7, 2022.]

Find the Facebook page of the Cheraw Episcopal worshiping group HERE . This group goes back years. Arguably, its mainstay has been Janet Clark, whom everyone admires. She was recently given the House of Deputies Medal in the General Convention, well deserved. After nearly a decade in the wilderness, Clark, and her band of faithful churchpeople can now return home. They kept the faith; they fought the good fight and now its time to go home and rebuild.

So far, three of the seven parishes that the SC supreme court ordered to be returned to the Episcopal Church have announced plans to restore the properties to the Episcopal diocese:  St. John's, of Johns Island; Christ Church, of Mt. Pleasant; and St. David's, of Cheraw. One has actually made the transfer, St. John's. This leaves four which, to my knowledge, have not publicly announced plans for transition:  

---St. Bartholomew's, Hartsville

---St. Matthew's, Ft. Motte

---Holy Trinity, Charleston

---St. James, James Island, Charleston

Meanwhile, we are still awaiting the presumably final decision of the SC Supreme Court on the seven other parishes still under consideration. The court has already ruled TWICE that these seven belong to the Episcopal Church, but then, given the inscrutable fluctuations of this court, this does not necessarily mean anything.