Beckie has been the church and financial secretary since 2015. Before serving in this capacity she served at the Adair United Methodist Church and did volunteer financial work for the Chouteau United Methodist Church as well.
Beckie is married to her husband, Ron, and has a daughter and son-in-law in the Kansas City area. They have two grandchildren, Roland and Raleigh.
She enjoys horse showing and running. She also loves the outdoors and spends as much time as possible outside. She considers herself very lucky to get to work for the church and serve God and her church family.
Pastor Dylan Ward has been serving Inola United Methodist Church since November 2018.
He is an ordained elder in the UMC, having been ordained in May 2019. He has been in professional ministry since 2013.
Pastor Dylan is married to his college sweetheart, Lauren, and together they welcomed their first children in 2021: twins! Sawyer and Charlee were born in June 2021.
Pastor Dylan enjoys watching college football, golfing, woodworking, and fishing. Well, at least he did before the twins came along.
Before coming to Inola, he served the communities of Woodall, Braggs, Adair, and Foyil.
Sierra Thompson is currently a Senior attending Rogers State University and obtaining her Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health Sciences: Pre-Physical Therapy.
She plans on pursuing a career in Pediatric Physical Therapy in the near future.
She loves to travel and spend time with her family and friends.
She has been involved in taking care of children for 5 years now and loves getting to help them and watch them grow.