Lift up our Senior Pastor in your prayers!
This week, Rev. Dawn Douglas Flowers is attending the annual preaching conference, "Festival of Homiletics". This is a time for ministers to come together for fellowship and encouragement, and to be inspired by God’s Word proclaimed by some of the nation’s finest preachers and teachers. Let's pray for all participants to renew, refresh and recharge their spirits!

The faculty and staff of East Flora Elementary School could not have been more surprised or delighted to see the room full of desserts you provided for them last Friday. (It was a pretty spectacular display - thank you, Allison Jordan for coordinating this effort.) I attended the EFES Awards Day Program Monday morning - and all were still buzzing about being able to choose their own treat to share with their families. Dr. Robinson allowed me to be first on the awards program so I could leave, but when I saw all the excited students at East Flora - I could not pull myself away. After awarding an e-reader to the stunned and very thrilled student who earned the top score in the accelerated reading competition - I stayed for all the other awards. Many teachers took the opportunity to thank PHUMC for its involvement when it was their turn at the microphone. Parents came up to me afterward to report what the visit to our church meant to their children. In fact, we are still receiving thank-you notes from the classes; one class wrote, "coming to your church was the best field trip ever!" The principal is quick to credit the prayers and support from Parkway Hills for their rise from an "F" school to a "C" school. (Maybe this year they will move up to a "B"? We've supplied books, back packs of food, school supplies, and clothing, as well as sending teacher encouragement, volunteer readers to classrooms, and implementing a quarterly preschool program to help with Kindergarten readiness.) As I told them on Monday, nurturing them, nurtures us!  Please re-commit with me as we continue partnering with this neighborhood school until it receives an "A"!   Shalom, 
--Rev. Philip Messner

Summer is almost here and we are super excited about all the plans at Parkway Hills!  Mark these dates if they apply to you:

  Sunday June 3rd: Youth vs. Parent Volleyball Showdown - 6 to 8 pm @ Liberty Park - Shawn, Dawn and Abby Jo will bring food and snacks, and we invite all youth and their parents to join us for some friendly competition!

  Friday, June 8th @ 5:30: Davis wants to get to know you! Backyard party @ the Parsonage for rising 4th through 6th graders. Join the Flowers family for food and water fun at 147 Sumac Drive!

  Sunday, June 10th: Join Dawn and her family at the MS Braves game @ 5:00 pm. Group rate available if you RSVP by May 27th; or just show up the day of the game and purchase tickets at the gate.

  Saturday, June 16th: Women of the church, join Dawn for Habitat for Humanity Women Build. Work slots are from 7:45-noon, 1 – 4, or all day (7:45 – 4). Please sign up by June 3rd. We have 5 confirmed workers and we need 10!  Info about work to be done sent out closer to date.

--Bill Flynn