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Sunday, April 19 and Sunday, April 26 we had some technical difficulties with our live stream. We apologize and hope to have everything back to normal this Sunday. You can find a link to the recorded worship for each Sunday below.
In May 2025, the bishops of the United Methodist Church released a vision statement designed to help the church live into the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world:
The United Methodist Church forms disciples of Jesus Christ who, empowered by the Holy Spirit, love boldly, serve joyfully, and lead courageously in local communities and worldwide connections.
They built this statement around the themes of loving, serving, and leading. The invitation comes, however, not simply through the words, but in the way they are described. We are not just called to love, but to love boldly. We don’t just hear a call to serve, but to serve joyfully. And we aren’t seeking those who will just lead, but those who will lead courageously. The adverbs add a spark to the statement. For three weeks in worship, we join other United Methodists around the globe reflecting on what it means to love boldly, serve joyfully, and lead courageously. The hope is that with some reflection and attention, we can be inspired to embrace an adverbial faith.
Sunday, April 19: Love Boldly; Scripture: Mark 12:28-34, Lev. 19:9-18, John 13:34-35. Watch the service here.
Sunday, April 26: Serve Joyfully; Scripture: Psalm 100, 1 Peter 4:8-11.Watch the service here.
Sunday, May 3: Lead Courageously (fitting for our Baccalaureate Sunday!) Scripture: Joshua 1:5-9, Matthew 28:16-20
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Information to include your graduate is due today!
Please join us Sunday, May 3 for Baccalaureate Sunday as we recognize our high school and college graduates at our 10:45 service. Parents of high school graduates, make plans to join our youth for a Baccalaureate Brunch in the youth room at 9:30 that morning. Church family, stop by the youth room during the Sunday School hour (9:30 to 10:30) to wish our high school graduates well. If you would like to aid with food for our brunch, click here. We do best the things we do together!
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Women's Ministry Brunch
Join our Parkway Hills United Methodist Church Women's Ministry for brunch Saturday, May 16 at 10 am at Beagle Bagle in Madison. RSVP to Christine Morrison so she will be able to reserve adequate space for us.
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Note from Methodist Children's Homes of Mississippi: PHUMC Youth, thank you so much for your kindness and for spending your Saturday morning with us for Campus Beautification Day!
Methodist Children’s Homes of Mississippi is home to many of our state’s most vulnerable children. Each year, more than 3,500 children in Mississippi live in foster care or group homes, and the most complex and critical cases are often placed at MCH. By the time a child finds refuge with us, he or she has often experienced multiple placements—an average of 20 moves.
Your time and effort to help us memorialize children who have aged out of foster care without 'forever' families, especially those who have died too soon, means more than words can express. This garden will remind us that they are not forgotten.
Please continue to pray with us as the Lord entrusts us with children seeking hope and healing in Christ. If you feel called to go a step further, I would love to invite you to sponsor a child’s participation in spiritual life activities for just $5 a month: Donate Now — Methodist Children's Homes of Mississippi. You can also sign up to volunteer during June's Healing Arts Camp: MCH Volunteer Application.
Thank you again for making our Beautification Day a success!
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| Save the Date: Vacation Bible School Sunday, June 14 - Wednesday, June 17; 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Children entering Kindergarten through rising 5th graders are invited to join us for Snowball Mountain Challenge where our kids will learn about God as the source of our strength. This is a great time to invite a friend. We will close out VBS with Pizza at Liberty Park Party Wednesday, June 17 at 5:30.
Adults, we need your help to make VBS a success. Contact Jennifer to be on our planning team.
We always need volunteers to aid with our kids' ministry. For more information about any of our kids' ministry events contact Jennifer.
*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.
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Sunday, May 17: Sunday Night Bridge; 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Our 5th and 6th graders are invited to a night of food, fellowship, faith development, and fun. Let Jennifer know if you can attend so we can adequately prepare.
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Sunday, May 3: Baccalaureate Brunch and Worship. We need help to make our Brunch a success. Click here to see how you can help. After our morning of celebration, join back together 5:30 to 7:30 for another Art Night!
Sunday, May 10: No Engage
Sunday, May 17: Engage 5:30-7:30
July 5-11: Summer Mission Experience with Mountain T.O.P. Cost $300; Next deposit of $100 due tomorrow, April 30. Individuals may still sign up as long as there is space at the camp. Let Pastor Dawn know if your plans change and you wish to attend. Payments:$100 due April 30, $100 due May 31, Final payment of $50 due June 30. As always, don't let money be the reason you don't go! (Thanks to our Youth Trip Scholarship Fund we are able to cover some of the cost for every youth bringing it down to $300.)
Want to get involved with our youth? Click here to see available dates to provide food and/or be a volunteer for one of our upcoming events.
*All volunteers must submit a background check before volunteering with children and youth.
To stay connected to all youth events,
get the Remind app and text @phumcy to 81010.
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| 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
Handbells 9:00 am
Sunday:
Small Groups at 9:30 am; Baccalaureate Brunch at 9:30 am; Baccalaureate Worship at 10:45
Choir practice at 5:30 pm; Youth Art Night 5:30 to 7:30.
Monday:
Quilters meet from noon until 3:00 pm in Garden Room
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Miracle Sunday is a global, connectional effort to create an endowment for theological education outside the US in Africa, Europe, and the Philippines with the goal of endowing 500 scholarships in perpetuity ensuring that courageous, well-prepared leaders can serve in some of the most challenging missional communities around the world.
Did you know that fewer than 5% of pastors outside the US hold a master’s degree in theology, compared to more than 71% within the US? Or that the US has 13 United Methodist approved seminaries while outside the US, there are 20. Further, the US has 1.2 billion dollars already in endowments and Ministerial Education Funds within these US seminaries. This is a gap we must and can address. Churches participating in Miracle Sunday will provide the funds to educate, equip, and empower pastors, create peace builders around the globe, raise up leaders who will do kingdom work in the midst of world wide politics. This is a sharing of resources to support those called, support the growth of the Christian church, and develop leaders together because no one person can do it alone. Thank you for giving generously.
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| RECORD OF OUR
FAITHFULNESS
Year to date for March:
Income: $177,855.55*
Expenses: $120,527.16
*Income includes $19,490.00 designated for Building Projects.
April Communion Offering $1,567.00 to date, supports Miracle Sunday.
A gift has been made to the Youth Ministry in memory of Zachary Spell.
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