Inman United Methodist Church
This site has moved.
formerly known as
Liberty Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, South
located in Fayette County, Georgia
Building on our Heritage
Building
for our Future
151 Hill's Bridge Road, Fayetteville, Georgia 30215 770-461-2123
FAX line 770-461-2135
Pastor: Rev. Doug Burrell -- RDBurrell@aol.com
Church historian: S. J. Overstreet
(maintains this web site)--InmanGA@aol.com
(There is now a completed educational/family facility next to the sanctuary. Just be patient and I'll eventually get a new picture on the Web!--SJO)
CHURCH HISTORY ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you would like to get the Inman Informer newsletter by snail-mail, contact the church office and get "on the list."
Sheaves.mid --Bringing In The Sheaves click to play
When Mr. B. J. Pearce was the Sunday School Superintendent--in the early 1900s--he would begin the Sunday School assembly with the singing of the same hymn every Sunday--Bringing In The Sheaves. (report from Sara B. Overstreet and Lennie Proux)
KidLink Preschool at 9AM on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays. Contact church office for details and registration.
SUNDAYS Worship 8:45AM and 11AM, Sunday School 10AM
Sunday Evenings Choirs, Children, and Youth activities. Check with church office for details.
Mondays at 7PM, First Place.
Wednesdays. Dinner 5:30PM, Chancel Choir Rehearsal 7PM. Wonderful Wednesday supper in Fellowship Hall. Reservations church office 770-461-2123. Check with church office for dinner schedule.
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For a complete listing of church activities, have your name and address put on the Inman Informer newsletter list by contacting the church office.
LINKS TO CHURCH HISTORY
For a brief history of Fayette County, GA (reproduced here by permission of County Historian, Carolyn Cary) go to Fayette County History
If you would like to read a brief account of the church history, go to Church History
If you would like a description of the community of Inman in the 1920s, go to family.callaway.html
If you would like to see a photo of the children at Inman School in 1904, go to 1904school.html
If you would like to learn more about Inman/Liberty Chapel families, go to Family Articles
If you would like to review some early church records, go to Church Records
If you would like to review some 1840 Federal Census records, go to http://members.aol.com/AckertGA/census.1840.html
To view the 1863 Joe Brown Census for Fayette County, GA, go to census.1863.html
To view the Fayette County Historical Society web site, click on www.HistoryFayetteCoGa.org
HONOR YOUR ANCESTOR:
Our church is growing along with Fayette County. We have a new educational building going up right now! If you would like to contribute to the building program in memory of your Inman ancestor, please contact the Building Fund chair at wkscurry@aol.com. Or, you can send a check with a letter giving your name and the name of your ancestor to the church office at
Inman United Methodist Church, 151 Hill's Bridge Road, Fayetteville, GA 30215
MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE A RETURN ADDRESS AND MARK YOUR CHECK TO THE BUILDING FUND.
Inman Farm Heritage Days
Weekend festival next scheduled for Sept. 14, 15, 16, 2001. The project is now a year-round effort with authentic and replicated buildings in progress. If you would like to help with the annual weekend festival and/or with the ongoing building projects, contact founder Rick Minter at InmanFarm@aol.com and www.inmanfarm.com. For more details, see the web site at Inman Farm Heritage Days .
For an article about this church/community that appeared in Jan. 1999 in the WESLEYAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, see Dr. David Campbell's telling about this community at Holy Ground .
Read an article describing the breaking of ground for the new educational facility at ../AckertGA/groundbreaking.html
Publications With Inman Connections
BOOKS WITH INMAN CONNECTION
(in order of publication date)
1--If you would like to order a copy of THE DORMAN-MARSHBOURNE LETTERS: WITH BRIEF ACCOUNTS OF THE 10TH AND 53RD GEORGIA REGIMENTS CSA (by John Lynch, who has written the Dorman family article for our church history) that includes some of the 1500 Confederate soldiers from Fayette Co., GA with many from the Inman area. Order from the author directly at Down South Publishing Co.--120 Padgett Rd.--Senoia GA 30276 at a cost of $19.95 + $2 shipping + GA residents add sales tax 7%.
2--To see and/or order Bruce Jordan's book DEATH UNEXPECTED, go to http://www.bjordan.com/index.html . The main page is about the book that this veteran in the Sheriff's Department has written about 100 years of murders in Fayette County, GA. In 2000 Mr. Jordon published another book about famous/infamous Georgia murders--MURDER IN THE PEACH STATE
3--Local son Walter Reeves is a Master Gardener and stars on GPTV and The Discovery Channel showing off his expertise as The Georgia Gardener. See Walter's 1997 and 2001 books and his videos on line at www.walterreeves.com
4--GOD AND POSITIVE CHRISTIANITY by Christian Clinical Psychologists Bernard C. Murdoch, PhD with Sandra C. Lewis, PhD. 1998. Fore(In)Sight Foundation, Macon GA. By mail $24.20 (includes tax and postage), with proceeds to the non-profit foundation. Paperback. S. J. Overstreet (church historian) is on the Board of the Fore(In)Sight Foundation. See the foundation web site at www.foreinsight.org
5--SOME THINGS I WISH WE WOULDN'T FORGET (AND OTHERS I WISH WE COULD) by Jim Minter. 1998. Midtown Publishing Corp, Atlanta. Order book on line at http://www.thecpaforlawyers.com/jimminter or the Fayette Book Shop will handle order with a call to them at 770-461-5907. Jim Minter is a member of Inman UMC and semi-retired editor of the Atlanta Journal/Constitution. "Finally the book the South has waited for. The hilarities and tragedies of life as seen through newspaper columns and writings of a true Southern traditionalist."
See one of the articles about Climbing the Family Tree at ../AckertGA/jm3-4-1999.html
Article on memories of Inman Methodist Church see ../AckertGA/jm3-11-1999.html
6--SEVEN FROM HEAVEN: THE MIRACLE OF THE McCAUGHEY SEPTUPLETS, by Kenny & Bobbi McCaughey with (the real writers) Gregg & Deborah Lewis. 1998. Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville. $22.99 plus tax. Hardback. Debi Lewis is a direct descendent of Inman pioneers Joseph S. Chambers (see article at family.chambers.html ) and Rev. Bogan Mask (see article at Mask). Debi is on line and you can probably order autographed copy through her (adding in postage) at debilewis@aol.com .
My, my--aren't we talented!!
Other Interesting Links
For LDS genealogical research go to www.familysearch.org
For further genealogical website used by church historian go to www.familytreemaker.com
For the USGedWeb project in Georgia (includes this county as well as surrounding counties), go to http://www.rootsweb.com
To link with Cindi's List of genealogical resources for Georgia, go to http://www.cindislist.com
For other Fayette County Georgia information, go to http://www.admin.co.fayette.ga.us/index.htm
For other Fayette County Georgia information, go to http://www.fayette-county.com/
For a Fayette County United Methodist minister's spouse with a history/genealogy/church history/cemetery home page, go to http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/9347/index.html
To view the entire text of Sadie Burdett Chambers' 1950 book CHAMBERS FAMILY RECORD go to Sadie Chambers Burdett's book - 1950
updated 4-20-2001
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