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April 16, 2025

We need your help to make Easter worship welcoming and hospitable for all. Easter Day is always a wonderful morning of worship and hope within the life of the church. It is a day we see new faces as well as faces we haven't seen in some time. We will offer worship at 8:30 am and 10:45 am and we still need ushers and candle lighters for the 8:30 service and a greeter and ushers for 10:45. Click here and sign up today.

We do best what we do together!
--Dawn

Easter Candles Deadline Today

Our annual honor/memorial fund for Easter candles supports the Youth Trip Scholarship Fund to aid our youth in covering the cost of the various trips and retreats throughout the year because money should never be the reason one of our youth cannot participate. To purchase your candle in honor or memory of a loved one click here. For each name remembered or honored, cost is $10. You can pay via check (mark "Easter Candle" in the memo), online, or via our Vanco mobile app (look for "Easter Candles"). Reservation forms are also available in the foyer of the Worship Center and in the Church Office. Deadline for reservation is today Wednesday, April 16.

Holy Week and Easter at Parkway Hills
There are numerous ways to walk through Holy Week together. Take a look, mark your calendar, and join your church family as we make our way to Resurrection Morning.

Thursday, April 17: Maundy Thursday Service at 6:00 pm
We are doing things a little differently this year. We will journey through the Seven Last Words of Christ using music, scripture, prayer and candles. A nursery will be provided, and we will livestream the service.

Friday, April 18: Good Friday Stations of the Cross
Good Friday is a good day to walk through the Stations of the Cross we have on our campus. Come walk the stations anytime from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. You will begin and end in the worship center where a guided reflection will be provided.

Aid with our Easter Flower Cross:
Drop off flowers in the worship center kitchen anytime between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm Friday, April 18 or no later than 10:00 am Saturday morning.
Help decorate the cross Saturday, April 19 at 9:00 am outside the worship center kitchen. Contact Chere Peel or Barbara Pepper for more info.

Easter Day Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 am
Nursery provided for both services. The 10:45 am service will be livestreamed.

Sunday, April 27 we will continue to celebrate Easter with worship on the lawn and a Youth Cookout Lunch Fundraiser!
Bring a chair and join us at 10:45 am to enjoy worship outside on our beautiful campus then stick around for a meal together inside the worship center to support our youth ministry. Tickets are $12 and include burger, beans, chips, drink, and dessert. To aid with preparation, please purchase a ticket by April 23 so we can be ready for a great day at the table together. Tickets can be purchased through the Vanco mobile app, via this link, or from one of our youth after worship each Sunday. April 27 service will not be livestreamed.

Baccalaureate Sunday--May 4th

Swing by the youth suite at 9:30 am May 4 to grab some food and wish our graduates well, then join us for worship at 10:45 as we recognize our seniors! Families of high school and college seniors, please reach out to Geoff by April 22 if somehow we missed contacting you so we can be sure to include your graduate.

College Care Packages
College finals are looming, which means it's care package season! Use this form to register yourself or your student by Wednesday, April 23.

Parkway Hills donated 30 bags of soil to East Flora Elementary School's garden. Thank you for your gifts to make this possible! East Flora will host a volunteer day at the school on May 3rd from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. If you would like to volunteer, click the link to sign up.

Join us for Sunday School! The children's ministry will continue hearing the many stories in the Bible as we journey through the Old and New Testaments. All ages begin in the Garden Room at 9:30 a.m. for gathering time and activities. Then the classes break into small groups based on grade levels to explore the Bible stories. To sign up to teach an individual class one Sunday, *click here or contact Haven to be added to a rotation.

New Dates!! Join us for VBS at Parkway Hills June 15-18. Children entering K5 - rising 6th grade are welcome to come and explore the Waves of Wonder at PHUMC.

We always need volunteers to aid with our kids ministry. For more information about any of our kids ministry events contact Pastor Haven.

*All volunteers must submit a background check before volunteering with children and youth.

To stay connected to all KID MIN events, get the Remind app and text @phumcc to 81010.

--Haven

No Engage this week: Have a blessed and happy Easter weekend!

Youth families, it's time for our spring cookout lunch fundraiser! We need chip/dessert donations as well as volunteers on April 26 and 27. To sign up you and your student to help, use this link.

Summer Mission Trip: June 28-July 6. We are partnering with Appalachian Service Project! So far, we have 16 youth participating. Cost: $375 with a $100 discount for each additional sibling. $100 nonrefundable deposit was due March 23. Reach out to Pastor Dawn ASAP if you missed this deadline. Next $100 due April 27, and final payments due May 11. For more info, contact Pastor Dawn.

Adults, you make our ministry possible! Upcoming needs include two Engage volunteers for our post fundraiser celebration on April 27. Click to see our ongoing semester needs or contact Geoff for more info.

To stay connected to all youth events, get the Remind app and text @phumcy to 81010.
--Geoff

Hiding and hunting Easter eggs, enjoying lunch together, meeting the Easter Bunny, swinging and relaxing on the campus of PHUMC, all made for a fun Palm Sunday afternoon.

Our most recent count of collected peanut butter for MadCAAP totaled 194 jars!

Thank you for giving and serving in this way.

Abigail Pickle addressed the congregation as Pilate during Palm Sunday worship.

Meeting This Week

Thursday:

Men's Group at 7:30 am. Join them in the Garden Room
or via Zoom
**Meeting ID: 823 5246 2635
Password: 142295

Handbell practice at 9:00 am

Maundy Thursday service 6:00 pm

Friday:

Stations of the Cross; walk anytime 8:00 am to 6:00 pm;
begin and end in Worship Center.

Friday and Saturday:

Aid with our Easter Flower Cross:
Drop off flowers in the worship center kitchen anytime between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm Friday, April 18 or no later than 10:00 am Saturday morning.
Help decorate the cross Saturday, April 19 at 9:00 am outside the worship center kitchen.

Sunday:

Small Groups at 9:30 am

Easter Sunday Worship at 8:30 and 10:45 am

Monday:

Office closed

Tuesday:

Sit and Be Fit 2:00 pm in the Garden Room

RECORD OF OUR
FAITHFULNESS

March Year-to-Date

Income: $159,811.32
Expenses: $152,810.95

April Communion offering, $695.00 to date, supports disaster response in Mississippi aiding in recovery work after the March 2025 storms.

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