Smith United Methodist Church

We are excited to welcome our new pastor, Tom Schwartz and his wife, Kim to SUMC. Everyone is invited to an Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 7pm. It will be a time to get together for visiting and fellowship.

Tom is a native of Frederick MD and grew up in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Kentucky and received a dgree in music education. He also holds a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore KY and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.

Tom spent 20 years serving five different churches in West Texas and New Mexico. His pastoral appointments ranged from a two-point charge on the prairie of Eastern New Mexico to a downtown church of 2,500 in Albuquerque. He also spend four years as a church music director in Lexington, KY. He has served as a faculty member, Administrator and Vice President of four different colleges.

Tom’s wife, Kim, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Roanoke-Chowan Community Health Center in Hertford, Bertie, Northampton and Gates counties. They have two children and three grandchildren.

We are looking forward to Tom and Kim’s ministry and we hope you will join us on Tuesday as well as his first service on Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 11:00 am.