June 2024 Newsletter (Page 2)

June 2024 Newsletter (Page 2)

Farewell to Reverend Kendell L. Healy

We would like to thank Pastor Healy for his service and outstanding leadership at St. John. He has been a blessing to our church, and we thank God for sending him to us.

The musical talents that he and Evelyn shared with the congregation were true gifts to us during his tenure and were deeply valued by all. We are grateful for the work he did to prepare for Sunday sermons that were filled with God’s word, often using sermons to teach us things we did not know.

Pastor Kendell Healy’s last Sunday will be June 16, 2024.

Please plan to wish Kendell and Evelyn well and let them know how much you appreciate their service to Graniteville.

We love you Pastor Kendell Healy and we pray for God to continue to bless you.

Sincerely,
St. John Graniteville SC


On Sunday, June 9th Pastor Healy will be commissioned as a Provisional Elder at Annual Conference. A goal he has worked hard to achieve. A bible will be presented to him from St. John/Warrenville during the service. There will be a time that people attending will be asked to stand in recognition and support our Pastor. It is a very uplifting service with special music and speakers. If possible, please plan to attend.

Service starts at 7:00 p.m. Location: Greenville Convention Center 1 Exposition Dr., Greenville, SC 29607


The month of June is a busy, and a transitioning time, in the United Methodist Church. Pastor Healy’s last Sunday will be June 16th. He will be attending Annual Conference on June 9th and we will welcome Dr. John Newell to the Pulpit.
Sunday, June 23rd Pastor Healy will take off some much needed time before his new charge and we welcome David Salter, our organist and Conference Co-Director, South Carolina Conference Lay Servant Ministries to the pulpit.
We will welcome our new pastor, the Reverend John Williams III, on the last Sunday, June 30th.

June 2ndPastor Kendell Healy
June 9thPastor Dr. John Newell
June 16thPastor Kendell Healy
June 23rdLay Speaker David Salter
June 30thPastor John Williams, III

The Rev. John M. Williams, III

The Rev. John Williams, III first Sunday will be June 30th. He will plan to start moving in the Parsonage June 27th.

Rev. John Williams, III was born in Seneca, SC on January 22, 1965. He is the son of the late Rev. John M Williams, Jr. and Virginia Culler Williams. He is married to Susan. He has two grown children and a daughter that finished high school this year and will be attending Lander University in the fall.

Rev. Williams received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Winthrop University and his Master of Divinity from Duke University Divinity School. He began his ministry in 1989 and was ordained a Full Elder in the South Carolina Conference of the UMC in 1995.

He comes to us from Fair Lawn United Methodist Church in Columbia SC.

Let us show our love as we welcome Rev. Williams to St. John on
June 30th.