Inman United Methodist Church - Informer July 2021
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www.inmanumcsc.org
email:
Inman United Methodist Church
iumc@inmanumc.org
864.472.6123
27 Bishop Street
Inman, SC 29349
Informer July 2021
May 2017
Rev. Miriam Mick
From the Pastor
Hey Everybody!
Here is what we know: It is just not natural to break
up with someone we have been in loving relationship
with, and enter, the very next day into a committed
relationship with a new person. We make fun of the
Bachelor and Bachelorette for doing that. We have
learned about the emotional turmoil of the end of
relationship - how it complicates the beginning of
another. We don’t want to rebound too quickly…
and yet, that is exactly what the Lord, through the
United Methodist Church, is asking of us.
While Inman UMC walks through the loss of those
you know and love - not just Ed, but his entire family.
I will be coming alongside you in your journey and
walking with you through it. The familiar has become unfamiliar, and that will be true for me as
well as for you. Let us grant each other grace and patience while we make this transition.
That being said, I am SO looking forward to living my life with you in Inman. I am grateful for the
wonderful home you are providing for me and my two three-year-old dogs, Hogan and Wilson. I
thank you for the new fencing which will allow for their safety while I am out and about. My
daughter Amanda, her husband Jack, and children Ella Jane (4) and Oliver (2) are 29 minutes away
in Spartanburg. My daughter Jen, her husband, John, and children Allison (12) and Ethan (10) are
35 miles away in Simpsonville. I am thrilled about living so close to my family here.
My work as a church pastor began in 2014 with a first appointment serving two churches in Tim-
monsville, SC, in the Florence District. Before that, I was an ordained deacon, serving in the world
as a hospice chaplain for 23 years. I also have been appointed as Spiritual Director located in the
Rock Hill District during my hospice years. Spiritual Directors do not direct anything, but point to
and explore where God is in the events of our lives. If the hairs on our head are numbered, then
we are assured that the Holy is intimately involved in the details of our lives and that there is pur-
pose and meaning in all we go through.
God is in our coming together as church and pastor. We can trust that and can be curious about
just what God has in mind for our journey together. We know from Jeremiah 29:11 that God’s
plans for us are for peace and not disaster, and to give us a future filled with hope! Thanks be to
God!
Pastor Miriam
Welcome to Pastor Miriam Inman Seniors Getting Back in the Swing
By the time you are reading this, Pastor Miriam The Inman Seniors gathered on June 4 for the first
Mick will be settling into the parsonage, looking time in 14 months. About 30 folks were in attend-
around her churches, and starting to get to know ance. They will not meet in July, but they are hoping
folks and how things are usually done around here. for a good crowd on August 6 at 5:30 p.m.
Her first service will be on July 4. And remember,
our service will begin at 11:15, allowing time for Below: Rev. Bart Sistare brought us a thought-
her to get to us after her 10:00 a.m. service at provoking message, a little humor and some nice
Aldersgate. Sunday School here will still meet at music on the between Sunday, June 27.
10:00 a.m., giving us a little more time for coffee and
visiting and still leave time for a lively lesson.
Let’s welcome Pastor Miriam with open doors and
open minds, but most of all, with open hearts.
Sympathy
William Fred Nation, 88, of 24 Bishop Street,
Inman, SC, passed away Monday, June 7, 2021, at the
Regional Hospice Home in Spartanburg. When Fred
retired from Norfolk-Southern Railroad, he and his
wife Sue Gowan Nation returned to their hometown
of Inman and to Inman UMC. Our heartfelt sympathy
goes out to Sue and her family and friends.
Memorials
For: Fred Nation
From: Dave and Dee Bolinger (Food Pantry)
Wayne Culp
David and Judy Hutcherson June Offerings
Robert W. Reeve Monthly Budget Needs $13,674
Anthony Rovinsky, Marvina and Michael Regular Offering (general budget) 9,465
George Scott (Food Pantry) Short for June 4,209
Ann and Wade White Designated Offerings
Food Pantry 820
For: Clyde P. Owens (Amelia's Uncle) MYF (Youth) 581
From: Steve and Amelia Smith Shiloh 150
For: Judy McKelvey (Tommy McDowell's Sister) Thank you for supporting Inman UMC. Your gifts
From: Bill and Brenda Verdell not only help to pay salaries and building mainte-
Dave and Dee Bolinger (Food Pantry) nance and expenses, but also support our programs
MB Ulmer and Lewanna Caldwell and missions. We can’t be church without you.
Updated Address Informer Staff
Rosemary Taylor Editor: Vicki McCartha,
1882 Clairmont Rd vmccartha@gmail.com
#243 Attendance, Offerings and Calendar:
Decatur, GA 30033 compiled by Sandra Bragg
Advisor: Bill McCartha
Left: Our SPRC Chair, Cathy Stokes, and her helpers, have been busy with the transition of pastors, saying farewell to Pastor Ed and preparing to welcome Pastor Miriam. Cathy made these posters to adorn the gym and the sanctuary on “Ed-ification” weekend. Below left: Carnac the Magnificent (Bill McCartha) and his sidekick, Ed McMahon (Steve Smith). An example of Carnac’s amazing insight: Answer— ”Bald Eagle”; Question— “What bird does Ed most re- semble when delivering the benediction?” Below: We couldn’t let him go without a little fanfare. And so we came … to hear his words of wisdom, to roast and tease, to hug, and cry, and wish them well.
Inman United Methodist Church
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Michael Walters
No Inman Seniors
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Narcotics
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Independance Beth Fulton 10 – 11:30
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8 – 10 Food Pantry 10 – 12
Day 10 – 11:30 Narcotics
10:00 Adult Sunday Line Dance Anonymous
7:00 Choir Practice
School
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(online & onsite) Office Closed 6:30 – 8:30
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Marcie Anderson Don White 10 – 11:30 10 – 12
J. E. Riddle 10 – 11:30 Line Dance Narcotics
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11:15 Worship
(online & onsite)
6 – 7 Zumba 6:30 – 8:30 6 – 7 Zumba
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10:00 Adult Sunday Melodie Williams John Stokes Renee DeAngelo Kelly Kinsland Betty Riddle Mike Bell
School 10 – 11:30
11:15 Worship 10 – 11:30 8 – 10 Food Pantry Line Dance 10 – 12
(online & onsite) Line Dance Narcotics
7:00 Choir Practice Anonymous
6 – 7 Zumba 6:30 – 8:30 6 – 7 Zumba
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10:00 Adult Sunday 10 – 11:30 McGinnis Jeanne Alverson 10 – 12
School Line Dance 10 – 11:30 Narcotics
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(online & onsite)
7:00 Choir Practice
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