January 3, 2024

Welcome Grow Serve Celebrate

Welcome to new member Nancy Lockhart!

Please welcome Nancy to our PHUMC family. She joined us Sunday, January 31. Nancy, we look forward to serving God with you in this new year. We're delighted you're here!

January Communion Offering

In English, the phrase Becas con Bendiciones means “Scholarships with Blessings.”

This month, your Communion gifts will supply scholarships for impoverished Honduran students.Though public school in Honduras is technically "free" to attend, there are uniform requirements, shoes, sports clothing for P.E. classes, matriculation fees, maintenance fees, and basic school supplies which put formal education out of the reach of many children. In January 2006 PHUMC's Wednesday night children's program studied United Methodist missions in Honduras, learning a little Spanish, sampling some Honduran foods, and discovering that kids in Honduras got only four or five years of schooling because their parents couldn't afford to pay for uniforms, school supplies, and fees. So our kids jumped in to help.They began collecting change at home and at church, made announcements to the congregation, decorated collection boxes for Wednesday night supper tables, and quickly raised $300 for "Scholarships with blessings" to help kids in Honduras stay in school longer. Since that beginning in 2006, Parkway Hills has sponsored dozens of Honduran children. We receive thank-you letters and pictures from our sponsored kids every year.They are so grateful for our support!
Last year we provided 17 scholarships!
Your gift of $120 provides 100% of the school-related needs for a child in this program. Learn more by clicking here. Thank you for giving generously.

Parkway Hills Family: You have come through again!

We had more than enough volunteers to help wash the unclaimed coats collected by Jan Brister. Thank you!
When they are all laundered, we will deliver them to the clothes closet at East Flora Elementary School and the Hispanic Ministry of FUMC of Morton. Many children will be warm this winter because of your willingness to serve!

PHUMC Beds for Kids Ministry delivered two beds to deserving children yesterday. We are making a difference. Beds for Kids will not be meeting tonight, but get ready, there are big things happening in our Beds for Kids Ministry!

Children's Sunday School resumes this Sunday in the Garden at 9:30 a.m. Ages 3 years old - 4th grade are welcome to attend as we continue working through our Celebrate Wonder Curriculum. We begin with a gathering time activity in the garden and an introduction to the lesson. Then the children will break off into age leveled classes to further explore the lesson. This month's theme is "Include." We will explore stories of Jesus's baptism and the calling of the disciples to learn about how welcoming and inviting God's love is for all. To volunteer click
the link .
All volunteers must submit a background check before volunteering with children and youth.

Our Bridge Sunday School class including 5th and 6th graders will resume this Sunday at 9:30 in the Bridge room located upstairs in the Worship Center. --Haven

Start the New Year fully ENGAGED!
Youth gatherings will resume this Sunday,
January 7th at 5:30 pm when we will gather around the fire pit to share dinner and say goodbye to the Christmas season.
See you then!

--Geoff

Make a commitment to get to know one another better in the New Year. The Women's Ministry will gather Thursday, January 11 at 6:00 pm at Bulldog Burger
879 Lake Harbour Drive, Ridgeland.
We invite you to bring a book (does not need to be new!) to participate in a book exchange. Attendees will also have their name entered to win a gift card from Lemuria. Hope to see you there!

Meeting This Week:
Thursday: Men's Group at 7:30 am in Garden.
(No Handbell practice until January 11.)
Saturday: Women Zoom at 10:00 am-you are welcome to join us!
Sunday: Small Groups resume at 9:30 am
(All except the Renew Class which resumes January 14.)
Worship moves back to 10:45 am
Meet at 4:30 to help take down Christmas decorations and then go out to dinner.
Engage Youth Ministry resumes at 5:30 pm
Choir Practice resumes at 5:30 pm

Monday: Quilters from noon to 3:00 in Garden Room.

RECORD OF OUR FAITHFULNESS

Year to Date, November 2023

Income: $473,325.03

Expenses: $484,125.48

*Year to date PHUMC has paid 23% of District ($1,400.00) and 41% of Conference Apportioned Mission Shares ($28,788.85) coming from individual designated gifts, August communion offering, and designated funds we received from the Employee Retention Tax Credit.

December Communion Offering, $1,393.00 to date, supports “Little Light of Mine," a ministry of Mississippi Methodist Children’s Homes.

Christmas Eve Communion Offering, $1,595.00, supports PHUMC Good Samaritan Fund, providing Kroger cards for those in need in our community.

A gift has been received in honor of Wesley Kate Heath.

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