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Prayer Ministry

The Prayer Ministry Team maintains the  prayer ministry of our church which includes the Prayer Wall, prayer emphasis and prayer meetings.

If you are interested in being part of our Prayer Wall, please call Bill Cothran or the church at 472-9069.

Check the bulletin board located in the hall behind the sanctuary for names and addresses of family members and friends who are serving in the military.  Please pray daily for the following family and friends of our church serving in the Armed Forces:

 

Austin Smith - Fort Lewis, WA   Blaine Bodie - Kodiak, Alaska
Brian Moon - APO AE 09370    Teddy Chalgren - Crofton, Maryland
Bryan Benstead - England   Ben Godfrey - Lakewood, WA
Grant Blackwell - Ripon, WI   Cory Windstead -
Patrick Steadman - Columbus, GA   Blake Ballenger - Kailua, Hawaii
Chris Farmer - Mayport Naval Base   Sam Brower -
Andrew Waters - Inman, SC   Robert Robbins - APO AE 09310
Dusten Jones - Kandahar, Afghanistan    


If you have a family member or friend that is not on this list, please call the church office at 472-9069, ext. 1.


Care / Outreach Ministry Teams

This ministry is a practical ministry of the church that focuses on the interconnectedness of the mind, body, and spirit. A goal of this ministry is to provide a forum for assisting families and groups of people to manage the gifts God has given each of us and to become good stewards of our health and well being.

There are many opportunities for people to serve within this ministry:

  • Cheerios (Cheer – Inman – Outreach) visitation group – This dedicated group of individuals meets on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month to address the needs of the folks visited the prior two week. Open to anyone who is interested in home visitation to our infirmed church and community members

  • Health Screening – any health professional who would like to assist with blood pressure screenings or other health screenings.

  • Transportation/Errand Running/Shopping - anyone who has a little extra time to provide transportation or run errands for those in need.

  • Health Ministry Team – opportunity for anyone interested to serve on this team which assists in directing the health ministry of our church

  • Respite Care – anyone who would like to sit with someone in need while their caregiver “takes a break.”

  • Benevolence Team –  helping the needy of the community with power, water and medicine costs.

  • Home Repair Team – open to anyone who is able to help with minor home repairs

  • Counseling Team – open to anyone who has professional experience in the area of counseling

  • Blood Drives – open to anyone who would like to help coordinate quarterly blood drives

  • Nursing Home Ministry Team – to provide meaningful worship services each Sunday morning to residents of Inman Healthcare, Golden Age and Camp Care. We also have one "Sing Along with Eddie" program monthly at Magnolia Manor.

  • Lord's Supper Team – prepares the elements to be served during the congregational observance of the Lord's Supper

  • Inman Harvest Day Team – reaching out to the community during the annual Harvest Day in September

  • Events Team – to help plan, setup, and decorate for special events and church wide events as well as provide assistance when needed with our kitchen, food and arrangements for other events using the Fellowship Hall and Family Life Center

  • Building and Grounds Team – to maintain the building and grounds for security, safety and in a manner that honors God

  • Audio/Visual Team – to provide quality audio and visual elements to create worship services that will glorify God

  • United Way Team – to secure products that can be used to helppeople in our church and community in need

  • Worship Welcome Team – to welcome guests and members in the atrium before the worship service and assist those who may need directions

  • Sunday School Welcome Team – to greet everyone with a smile as they arrive for Sunday School and make them feel welcome.

  • Library Team – to enlarge and enhance the existing library collection with educational, inspirational and current literary and audio visual media and to make it available to the entire church population.

  • Food Pantry Team – to gather nonperishable food items and organize them in our church food pantry. The food pantry exists to provide food to give to people in our community that might otherwise go hungry.

  • Visitation and New Member Team – to to show our guests that we appreciate their visit to our church and welcome new members into the membership at Inman First Baptist Church. We also help them find ways to get involved in the ministries of the church.

  • Security Team – to ensure a safe and secure environment for members and guests of Inman First Baptist as they attend events on our campus.

 

Operation Christmas Child

Operation Christmas Child is an on going ministry of our church.  Every year we wrap and fill shoeboxes for needy children and deliver to the Samaritan Purse pick-up site. The boxes are wrapped and ready for you to start filling them up.  

 

Nursing Home Ministry

Did you know that every Sunday we minister to people at three of our nursing homes?  Come join us at Golden Age, Inman Healthcare and Camp Care as we lead these wonderful people in worship and bible study.  If interested in using your spiritual gifts through this ministry, please call Eddie Whitaker.

 

Back Packs of Hope
  • Our back pack program is designed to meet the needs of hungry children at times when other resources are not available, such as weekends and school vacation.

  • Back packs are packed with bags of food that children take home on weekends.

  • Food is child-friendly, nonperishable, easily consumed and vitamin fortified.

  • Back packs are discreetly packed for children to take home on the last day before the weekend or holiday vacation.

  • There are more than 110 America's Second Harvest network members operating back pack programs in 39 states and Washington, D.C.

  • Nationally, members distribute as many as 35,000 back packs each week.

  • This program is the fastest growing National Program within the second harvest network. Within the last year, the program has experienced close to 100 percent growth.

  • According to the USDA, an estimated 12.6 million children lived in food insecure households in 2006. (USDA/ERS, household Food Security in the United States: 2006)

 

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