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Welcome Grow Serve Celebrate
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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.
Sunday, March 24: Palm/Passion Sunday
Our children will aid with worship, and we will hear the liturgy of the palms and the passion. The children's ministry egg hunt (4th and under) will immediately follow worship. We will gather in the Garden for lunch, followed by an egg hunt and special treat. Bridge kids and youth are welcome to hide eggs and assist younger children. Click here to aid with lunch.
Mon, March 25 - Wed, March 27: Lunch Worship noon to 1:00 pm. We will join with Anderson UMC and St. Luke UMC at St. Luke for worship and lunch. Monday's preacher: Rev. Dr. Stephen Cook, and Anderson's choir will sing. Tuesday's preacher: Rev. Dawn Douglas Flowers. Wednesday: Rev. Bruce Case. Worship begins at noon, and lunch will be served at 12:30 and can be taken to go. Meet at Parkway Hills at 11:30 am to carpool to St. Luke.
Maundy Thursday, March 28
Meal at 6:00 pm in the worship center, followed by a time of worship together. We are intentionally including some family friendly elements, so we hope to see you there. Nursery available by request. Please let us know by Monday, March 25 if you will need the nursery.
Good Friday, March 29
We will head to Galloway UMC to enjoy a Good Friday concert using music to invite us into reflection on the seven last words of Christ. To carpool, meet at PHUMC at 5:15 pm or join us at Galloway UMC. The concert begins at 6:00 pm, and a nursery is provided.
Easter Flower Cross
Drop off flowers in the worship center kitchen between 9 am - 5 pm Friday, March 29, or no later than 10 am Saturday morning to help create our Easter flower cross. If you would like to help decorate the flower cross, join the team at 9:00 am Saturday morning outside the worship center kitchen. See Rebecca Olack, Barbara Pepper, or Chere Peel for more info.
Easter Worship at 8:00 am and 10:45 am
The 10:45 am service will be livestreamed and will feature the choir.
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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 need your help to make Easter Day welcoming and hospitable for all. We will offer worship at 8:00 am and 10:45 am. If you are willing and able to be a greeter, usher, or Communion server, click here and sign up. Signup only has Communion servers listed for the 8:00 am service, as we are hoping to have some of our college students aid with serving Communion during the 10:45 am service.
We do best what we do together!
--Dawn
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This week is Spring Break, so we will not have Wednesday Re:treat or build Beds for Kids. We will see you on Wednesday, March 20, for our last Re:treat of the semester:Trivia night for one and all! Reserve your place here by noon Monday.
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| Their Light Still Shines!
This year our annual honor/memorial Easter candles will aid us in establishing a Youth Trip Scholarship Fund to aid our youth in covering the cost of the various trips and retreats throughout the year. 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 Wednesday, March 27.
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Donations due by next Wednesday, March 20.
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Sunday, April 7 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 the youth summer trip to Waco. Tickets are $12 and include burger, beans, chips, drink and dessert. To aid with prepration, please purchase a ticket by April 4 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 our youth after worship each Sunday. *Service will not be livestreamed
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Grace Place Clothing Closet Update:
Thank you to everyone who has donated clothes to Grace Place using the designated box/clothes rack outside of the church office. We would love your help if you have the following items to donate as the stock is almost completely gone on the following:
Men’s khaki or casual pants
Men’s jeans
Men’s tennis shoes
They do not need men’s dress pants, suits, short or long sleeve shirts, or women’s clothing right now, and do not distribute any children’s clothes.
Contact me if you have questions. Thanks so much!!
Susan Branson
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| Kids are currently practicing Palm Sunday music in Sunday School starting at 9:30 am.
Children's Sunday School begins in the Garden at 9:30 am. Ages 3 years old - 4th grade welcome. During the season of Lent, we are learning about the importance of the word "Remember," as we dive into the stories of Jesus during Holy Week leading up to Easter. We will need PreK, K and 1st Grade teachers this Sunday. To volunteer* click this link.
*All volunteers must submit a background check before volunteering with children and youth.
To stay connected to all KidMin events, get the Remind app and text @phumcc to 81010.
—Haven
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| Engage out to eat: See you at Applebee's at 5:30 pm this Sunday to regather from spring break!
Glowing Easter Egg Hunt: our glowing Easter egg hunt is back for 2024! Join us March 22 at PHUMC from 7:30-9pm. Snacks and drinks will be available.
254 in 2024: We're trading the 601 for the 254 and heading to Waco, TX, June 22-27 to serve and learn at Mission Waco, a Christian nonprofit committed to serving our neighbors in the best ways possible. Total cost is $300 with the next $100 due April 17. You can pay via the Vanco App or by clicking here. Final $100 due May 22. The initial $100 deposit was due March 1, but see Geoff if you still want to join us or if funding is a concern; we never want money to be why someone misses out!
Adults, come serve with our teens and see how God is moving in our youth ministry! Follow this link for a list of our upcoming volunteer needs, including Engage Sunday nights, Wednesday nights, and special events. Our soonest needs: Joining us for Engage going out to eat on March 17 and our youth Easter egg hunt on March 22.
To stay connected to all youth events, get the Remind app and text @phumcy to 81010.
—Geoff
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Youth and "Trolls" work together building beds at Wednesday night Re:treat in Parkway Hills basement. Over the years hundreds of beds have been built for our Beds for Kids Ministry, providing beds for children who have no beds. Click on arrow on photo to watch a short video showing our ministry abuzz!
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| PHUMC Kids learned about "fruits of the spirit" in their Wednesday night Re:treat activities. Bridge students helped guide the kids.
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Last Wednesday morning our PHUMC Homeless Ministry volunteers left our parking lot at 7:00 am to carpool to Grace Place at Galloway UMC, downtown Jackson. There they served about a hundred individuals.
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| Meeting This Week:
Tonight: Leadership Board meeting at 6:20 in the Garden Room
No Re:treat or Bed Building tonight. Enjoy your spring break!
Thursday: Men's Group at 7:30 am. Join them in the Garden Room
or via Zoom **New Meeting ID: 823 5246 2635
New Password: 142295
Handbell practice 9:00 am
Saturday: Women's Zoom Lunch
Meeting ID: 848 7196 9988 (note new meeting ID number)
Password: PHUMCLADY
Women of ALL ages are always welcome!
Sunday: Small Groups at 9:30 am
Worship 10:45 am
Choir practice and Youth Engage at 5:30 pm
Monday: Quilters from noon to 3:00 in Garden Room.
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March Communion Offering, $1,001.00 to date, supports UMCOR,
the humanitarian relief and development arm of The United Methodist Church. United Methodist Committee on Relief – UMCOR – assists United Methodists and churches to aid persons in need across the globe. UMCOR comes
alongside those who suffer from natural or human-caused disasters – famine, hurricane, war, flood, fire or other events—to alleviate suffering and serve as a source of help and hope for the vulnerable. UMCOR provides relief,
response and long-term recovery grants when events overwhelm a community’s ability to recover on their own and also provides technical support and training for partners to address emerging and ongoing issues related to disaster relief, recovery, and long-term health and development.
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RECORD OF OUR FAITHFULNESS
Year-to-Date, February 2024
Income: $104,093.58
Expenses: $83,086.50
*Year-to-date PHUMC has paid $300.00 of District and $1,000.00 of Conference Apportioned Mission Shares coming from individual designated gifts.
March Communion Offering to date: $1,001.00, supports UMCOR.
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