JUNE/JULY 2021

A Word from Pastor Bryson…

I am going to recommend a wonderful Book to you; the bestselling Book of all time by a very wide margin.

There have been more copies printed than there are people alive today. There are poems, history, wars,

floods, miracles, laws and a guide to live by. This Book contains the greatest love story of all time, the

account of how much God loves you. And of course I am talking about the Bible.

Being followers of Jesus puts a strong call on our lives. We are called to be Disciples of our Lord Jesus. Being

a Disciple calls us to lead disciplined lives. These disciplines include: being present in the life of the Church, to

engaging in an active prayer life, sharing our gifts and talents to build the Kingdom. All baptized followers of

Jesus need to share our faith and be invitational inviting our neighbors to Church.

We all need to be disciplined in reading and studying our Bibles. We should read our Bibles daily.

Most all of us read. We read newspapers and magazines. We read novels and pamphlets. Some of us read

facebook, Instagram, blogs and all kinds of internet “stuff”. I read these things also. How many of us include

reading the Bible in our reading list?

If you do not know where to start, I offer suggestions. Begin by reading one Psalm per day and by reading

at least one chapter of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). Mark is the shortest. My favorite is

Luke. After reading a Gospel then read Acts (Luke and Acts are a two volume set). After reading a Gospel

and Acts read Genesis then Exodus. Then start incorporating Paul’s letters and more of the OT. There are

also recommendations for reading the Bible in a year which are easily found.

If you get stuck or become confused give me a call or email (bwilliams@umcsc.org). Don’t be distressed if

you are confused, the Bible is sometimes confusing for even the best scholars. A Study Bible helps and there

are many options. My favorite is The Harper Collins Study Bible, New Revised Standard Version. Read the

introductions for each of the books as you begin a new book. Rev. Terry Pfeiffer uses an Oxford Study Bible,

have him show it to you to see what the condition of your Bible should look like.

I challenge each of us to read our Bibles daily. Make reading and studying the Word of God a daily part of

your life. I believe reading the Bible is an essential part of the call of Christians.

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Save the Date for the Next Blood Drive

Thursday, July 30, 2021

12-6pm, CSUMC Fellowship Hall

45 Units of Blood were donated in April!!

Holy Land Trip

Join Pastor Bryson on a trip to the Holy Land. You are invited to join a trip to the Holy Land on

September 20-30, 2021. This is the rescheduled trip from 2020. Anyone interested in attending see Pastor

Bryson for more details. REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JUNE 15TH!!!!

HELP of Beaufort Food Pantry

HELP of Beaufort is in need of many items for their food

pantry such as peanut butter & jelly, boxed dry cereal,

boxed macaroni & cheese, canned meats, soups &

vegetables, flour, grits, rice, mayonnaise, sugar,

vegetable oil, pasta sauce, & bottled water. They also

need laundry detergent. These items can be dropped

off at the Church Office.

Snacks Needed for Beaufort Nursing and Rehab

(BayView Manor)

Items requested for residents: granola bars, individual

fruit cups, cereal bars, raisins, crackers or any other

individually bagged snacks such as Cheez-its or

Goldfish. Please drop off at the Church Office.

Thank you!!

Sunday School Notice

On March 7 we returned to in-person Sunday School. If

your class is not comfortable meeting, you can continue

as you have been. The decision is up to each class.

Please call the Church Office with any questions or

concerns.

Technology Needs

If you are interested in working with the video/sound

system and helping to stream services, please call the

Church Office. We also have needs working with the

website and social media. Contact the Church Office for

more information.

Retired Hymnals

We have replaced many of the Hymnals in the

Sanctuary. If anyone is interested in having one of these

older hymnals for at-home worship, please call the

Church Office or stop by and pick one up. Thank you!

Night Owls Book Club

Date: June 16, 2021

Book: Driftwood Unmasked by Gibbes McDowell

Date: July 21, 2021

Book: The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese

The Night Owls Book Club meets via zoom on the third

Wednesday of each month at 4:00pm.

If you are interested in being a part of this group, please

email the church at csumc@islc.net and include your

name, telephone number and email address. Upon

receipt of this information you will be added to the list

for the Book Club. An email containing the zoom link

will be sent out the day before the scheduled meeting.

United Methodist Men

Monday, June 14, 2021

Monday, July 12, 2021

6:15pm

Fellowship Hall

Annual Church Bazaar

October 16, 2021

8am-2pm

Asbury Hills Family Camp

Enjoy a weekend with your family at Asbury Hills

United Methodist Camp in Cleveland, SC. A weekend

filled with games, swimming, hiking, climbing and

worship enable you to grow closer to God and your

family. The dates are July 16 - 18, 2021. The cost is

$190 for adults; $90 ages 7 - 17; 6 and under free. If

you have any questions, please call the church office.

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JUNE

Hazel Rose 1

Andrew Forbes 2

Kyle Mangano 2

David Gisch 2

Jan Bowers 2

Brad Smith 3

Kathy Wiles 4

Cindy Smith 5

Ernie Wilson 5

Beth Birkhead 6

Jamie Martin 6

Dora Sauls 7

Lynn Stratton 7

Wes Campbell 7

K. Leigh Campbell 8

Nancy Anderson 8

Zoe Klauck 8

Curtis Smith 8

Everette Feight 9

Mary Koth 9

Hoyt Graham 9

Isabella Steele 9

Sam Henry 10

Pat Kohn 10

Harriet Luce 10

Lara Nickle 11

Rebecca Fisher 12

Andrew West 12

Samuel Mehrer 12

Norma Cooler 13

George Lawrence 13

John Henry Adams 13

Wendy Shumate 14

Peg Neighbors 14

Jeff Holliday 15

Charles Lawson 16

Walker DuRant 17

Camdon Russom 17

Nancy Farley 18

Bud Martin 18

Molly Henry 19

Michelle Crites 20

Tristan Burch 20

John Martin 20

Lee Sutcliffe 20

Loretta Flint 20

Jackie Black 21

Vicki Stoble 21

Charlie Berry 22

Dylan Llanas 22

Sharon Burris 25

Samantha Farley 25

Grable Page 25

Ellison Smith 25

Martha Ala 25

Charlie McLeod 26

Charlotte Fisher 27

Ru Clampitt 28

Shawn Sproatt 28

Lisa Pope 28

James Duke 29

Wesley TenEyck 29

Elsie White 30

JoAnne Hardyman 30

JULY

Jan Leipold 1

Carletha Benning 1

Skeet Von Harten 1

Isis Edelen 1

Kelly Feight 2

Alice Howard 4

Rebecca Long 4

John Sutcliffe 6

Gary Ayers 6

John Baggette 6

Andrew Williams 6

Jill Bolin 8

Jim Gray 8

Bill Strader 8

Brent Goodman 9

Michael Wood 9

Russell Beer 10

Carolyn Matthews 10

Lisa TenEyck 11

Tom Lewis 11

Tim Pearce 11

Noah Pate 13

Sharon Seigler 13

Bradley Fabian 16

James Bundy 17

Brittney Russom 17

Michael Rhodes 18

Daniel Griffin 18

Ian Klauck 18

Sally Fordham 19

Jerry Lewis 19

Bennett Morris 19

Mary TenEyck 19

Becky Pingree 19

Beth O'Neal 20

Lynda Bransford 20

Vernon Robinson 21

Lily Nappier 21

Marti De Butts 22

Jessica Rhodes 23

Phillip Hooper 24

Cindy Weir 24

Jodi Belflower 25

David Wyant 25

Tyler Shelton 26

Jouji Hayashi 27

Shelby Appleby 28

Becky Covington 29

Jean McCoy 30

Linda Ferrell 30

Camden Kushnereit 31

Colt Kushnereit 31

Chris Goodman 31

Barbara Thompson 31

Lad Howell 31

Mike DeVore 31

Barbara Thompson 31

Youth News

UMYF, Grades 6-12

Youth Sunday School Classes

6th - 12th grades, Room 308, 9:30am

UMYF

June 6, 6:00pm, Regular UMYF with dinner.

June 13, 7:30am, Church on the beach.

June 20, No Youth, Fathers Day

June 27, 11:30am, help set up for VBS right after church

June 28 - July 2, Help with VBS

July 4, No Youth, 4th of July

July 11, 6:00pm, Regular UMYF with dinner

July 18, 6:00pm, feed Youth dinner and take them down

to the Teen Dance at the Water Festival.

July 25, 6:00pm, Regular UMYF with dinner.

Please call or email Lynn Stratton if you have any

questions or concerns.

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Children’s Corner

Children's Sunday School Class

K – 5th grade - Room 300, 9:30am

Vacation Bible School

June 28-July 2, 2021

9am-12noon

Theme: Knights of North Castle

Lots of fun, faith-filled activities as we discover

“being strong in the Lord and in the strength of his

power”. Ephesians 6:10.

Registration forms available at the entrances to the

Sanctuary, in the Church Office and on the website.

Volunteers Needed!!!

Contact Melinda Ackerman if you can help or need

more information.

BIRTHDAYS

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Prayer Shawl Ministry

The Prayer Shawl Ministry is celebrating our 7th

Anniversary. On June 17, 2014, our first shawl was

given. Since that time 518 shawls have been given or

mailed to church members and their family and friends.

Over 50 women have knitted, crocheted, woven or

sewn shawls for those who grieve, those that are ill

and for those who celebrate baptism and weddings and

members that reach their 90th birthday. Many people

have prayed over each shawl.

We added prayer squares and prayer hearts to our

ministry. We give these to those members who have a

shawl but need to know we are still thinking of them.

We also have beautiful bags that have been decorated

by men, women and children for each shawl. A prayer is

added to each bag.

The Missions Committee would like to thank the many

of you who have helped make this ministry a success. A

special thanks to Cindy Keener who has kept all these

records.

We would welcome any new members. We can always

use more prayers, ideas, shawls, hearts and squares. If

you have questions contact Margey Pfeiffer or Cindy

Keener.

Epworth Children's Home

One of the big newer initiatives of Epworth is placing

children in Foster Homes. Epworth is training and

certifying Foster Families. Currently Epworth has

in Columbia, Greenville and Charleston. The team

from Charleston is now screening and certifying

families in Beaufort. There is an urgent need for

placements in the Beaufort area. Epworth is asking if

the membership of CSUMC would place signs in their

yards to help get the word out. Signs are available in

the Fellowship Hall. If anyone is interested in finding

out more about becoming a Foster Family, please call

the Charleston office at 843-670-4733.

Connect with us!

We invite you to worship on-line or in-person

(8:30 & 10:30) on Sundays!! The service is

posted on Facebook and available on our

website Facebook scroll at

www.carteretstumc.org.

Visit us on Facebook!

facebook.com/csumcbeaufort

Check in with us

TODAY on Facebook!!

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Follow our Youth on Facebook!!

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Follow our Children on Facebook!!

Carteret Street UMC Children’s Activities

Annual Conference

The 2021 Session of the South Carolina Annual

Conference of the United Methodist Church will be held

on June 6-7, 2021 virtually.

Congratulations to Our Graduates

High School Graduates

Ellie Ashmore

Beaufort High School

Attending: Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Katie Ashmore

Beaufort High School

Attending: Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

Court Martin

Beaufort High School

Attending: Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Ralph Stone

Beaufort High School

Attending: Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Noah Nappier

Beaufort High School

Attending: Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

Brian Gollihugh

Kadena High School, Okinawa, Japan

Kyla Gollihugh

Kubasaki High School, Okinawa, Japan

College Graduates

Claire Martin

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Madison Morgan

Troy University, Troy, AL

Hope Chandler Gray

Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Julia Stewart Trask

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

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Do You Read the Advocate?

The South Carolina United Methodist Advocate is the monthly print newspaper focusing on the United Methodist

church and its people throughout South Carolina. Delivered to your mailbox as a hard copy, and also available

online, the award-winning Advocate was founded in 1837 and is the oldest newspaper in Methodism. It is a

newspaper ministry with a prayer-driven mission to inform and connect South Carolina Methodists by reporting

news, engaging readers, providing a forum for dialogue and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is independent but

receives funding from the South Carolina Conference of the UMC and other sources, including subscriptions, ads and

donations. It also operates a successful Christian book publishing arm.

You can subscribe at www.advocatesc.org/subscribe, or by calling803-786-9486 ext. 335, or by mailing a check to

Advocate, 4908 Colonial Dr., Columbia, SC 29203. Cost is $15/year print and $8/year online only. Learn more:

www.advocatesc.org.

Church Office Information

As we move forward from Covid the Church Office Hours are 9:00am to 3:00pm Monday thru Thursday and

9:00am to 1:00pm on Fridays. We will return to 9-5, M-Th and 9-1, Fri, when the new school term begins in

August.

Worship Masking Protocol

Currently we are mask-optional in our worship services. We are roping off a portion of our Sanctuary for social-

distancing seating. The remainder of the pews are all open to sit. If anyone is more comfortable wearing a mask,

please continue to do so. If anyone would like to socially distance please sit in the roped-off section.

Worship

We will continue to offer on-line worship. We will also continue with two services at 8:30am and 10:30am for now.

With Thanks

Our family wishes to thank our Carteret St. UMC family for all the prayers, calls, cards and meals provided to us fol-

lowing Ray’s death. We are truly blessed by and are grateful for all of your expressions of sympathy.

The family of Ray James

Thank you to our church family for all the cards, calls, prayers and food during the passing of Kathrine. We

appreciate everyone and your thoughtfulness during this time.

The family of Kathrine Jacobson

Would You or Someone You Know Like a Job Introducing Teen Moms to Jesus?

YoungLives Beaufort is currently looking for a YoungLives Coordinator! This would be a paid position 20 hours a

week doing direct ministry with Teen Moms, and working with the Young Life staff to recruit and train volunteer

mentors for the teen moms. You would also work with the YoungLives Committee & volunteers, to run the ministry

and grow YoungLives community support. For more information, contact by email andrewlancasteryl@gmail.com.

(If between dates May 25- and June 20 please email aliholroyde@gmail.com as Andrew will be out of town for

work assignment and have limited availability).

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Carteret Street United Methodist Church Carteret & North Streets 408 Carteret Street Beaufort, SC 29902 Telephone: (843) 524-3841 Fax: (843) 524-1699 csumc@islc.net www.carteretstumc.org RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Rev. Bryson Williams, Jr., Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Rebecca Bruff, Part-time Pastoral Assistant

In Our Thoughts and Prayers

Home Sarah Caldwell, Buddy Clark, Connie and Hugh Folk, Barbara Garrison, Hoyt Graham,

Frank Hamilton, Jim Hicks, Ed Howle, Charlotte James, Christine Jones, Forrest Jones, Becky Lapp,

May Lepionka, Marilyn MacKinnon, Lori Mangano, Sandy Manuilow, Hilda McMillan, Linda Oliva, Bill Strader,

Elsie White

Beaufort Nursing and Rehab R ob B l ack

Methodist Oaks Martha Smith

Ribaut Senior Village Hazel Rose, Joan Suda

Sprenger Health Care Jackie Black,

Betty Haigh, Gayle Holliday

Wesley Commons, Greenwood Betty Elk ins

Church Staff

ELLEN FABIAN, Secretary ROBERT BLANTON, JR., Director of Music M inistry

RICHARD ZURAKOWSKI, Caril lon Choir Director LINDA FERRELL, Business Manager

MICHAEL COLE, Organist TINA ASHMORE, Nursery Supervisor

MELINDA ACKERMAN, Director of Children’s Ministries LYNN STRATTON, Coordinator of Youth Ministries

KAREN ROBERTS, Coordinator of Food Ministries JOHN PERRY, Custodian

REV. DR. REBECCA BRUFF, Part-time Pastoral Assistant REV. BRYSON WILLIAMS, JR., Pastor

Connection Deadline Please submit information for the August 2021 Carteret Connection to the church office by July 16th.

Stewardship Report as of April 18, 2021 Budget Needs Y-T-D $ 182,122.08 Received Y-T-D $ 176,296.27

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