January 12, 2022

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Covid Safety Update

The Omicron variant is causing extraordinarily high numbers of Covid cases within our community and across the state. As we wait for this new surge to subside the Leadership at Parkway Hills and members who work in healthcare strongly encourage you to wear a mask while gathering in crowds, including at Parkway Hills UMC, regardless of your vaccination status. Additionally, preschool and elementary-aged children who are able should wear masks as well. The current recommendation for a mask to be the most effective is N-95, KN-95, or surgical masks. Social distancing and handwashing are still effective ways to reduce transmission.

If you have not been vaccinated, or have not received the booster, you are encouraged to speak with your doctor about the Covid-19 vaccination, for yourself and your children.

Thank you for doing everything you can to help keep everyone safe and healthy and for aiding in the support of our healthcare workers.

Sincerely,

Bob Abney, Susan Clark, Charles Guess, Mark McLain, Lindsey Norris, Chere Peel, Marc Rolph, Anne Yates

Christine Morrison: Lay Leader

John Yeager: Trustee chair

Jimmy Giles: SPRC chair

Drew Pruett: Leadership Team chair

Parkway Hills Staff

Click this link to view the UMMC press conference from January 11:

https://www.facebook.com/ummcnews/videos/795467208097240

Serving at Grace Place

Joe Williams, playing piano, and Hunter Henderson, pouring coffee, are two of the volunteers last week who served the homeless at Grace Place. PHUMC volunteers go on the first and third Wednesday mornings of each month to Galloway UMC's Grace Place.

New every morning is your love, great God of light,
and all day long you are working for good in our world. Stir up in us a desire to serve you,
to live peacefully with our neighbors and all your creation, and to devote each day to your Son,
our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

Reminder: Sunday School has resumed! Join a group @ 9:30 am
The New Year is a great time to find a small group to accompany and support you in life
and to aid you in your spiritual journey.

Adult Sunday School Classes:
Discovery: Room 108 Education Bldg. (Charles Guess, mdguesschar@aol.com)
Fellowship: Room 202 Education Bldg. (Wayne Johnson, kwjsr1942@gmail.com)
Grace: Room 203 Education Bldg./Zoom (Harry Gilmer, skye77@me.com)
Open Doors: Room 201 Education Bldg. (Brandon Jones, brandoncurriejones@gmail.com)
Renew: Parlor, Education Bldg. (Dawn Flowers, dawn@parkwayhillsumc.org)

Adult Small Groups:
Men’s Group: Thursdays 7:30 am in Garden Room/Zoom (Ron Allison, rfajpa39@gmail.com)
Women’s Zoom Brunch: 10:00 Saturdays (Monique Henderson, moniqueconsults@aol.com)
Quilters: Mondays 12:00-3:00, Garden Room (Cheryl Blacklidge, cblacklidge@hotmail.com)
Yarners: 2nd Saturday, every other month (Shelley Powers, shelleypowers@gmail.com)
Theology on Tap: 4th Tuesday of each month (office, info@parkwayhillsumc.org)

Engage nights for 2022 have started, and we need your help. Click the link below to sign up to provide a meal and/or to be our female adult volunteer.
Let this year be the year YOU connect with Parkway Hills Youth!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F44A9A82FA64-youth

Please be in prayer for our youth and volunteers who head to their Winter Retreat this weekend at Camp Wesley Pines. See the January Youth Newsletter for packing lists and forms.

ReStore, a part of Habitat for Humanity, Mississippi Capital Area

had their grand opening yesterday!

WHAT IS A RESTORE?

The purpose of a ReStore is to resell donated construction and household-related items which are primarily donated by businesses, companies, and individuals. In turn, those items are sold to the public in a retail situation and the profit supports Habitat's work. This will be a new revenue stream to continue Habitat's mission of providing safe, decent, affordable housing to the families we serve.

615 Stonewall Street, Jackson, MS 39213

Sales throughout the store on new and gently used furniture, building supplies and more

**Mask Required**

For more information, go to HABITATMCA.ORG/RESTORE or call 769-209-5100.

Meeting This Week:

Men's Morning Group meets every Thursday morning at 7:30 am.
Join them tomorrow, January 13th, at PHUMC in The Garden Multipurpose Room,
or via Zoom.
** PLEASE NOTE: there is a new meeting ID and Password! **
New Meeting ID: 823 5246 2635
New Password: 142295

Parkway Hills Women meet via Zoom every Saturday morning at 10 am.
Meeting ID: 328 170 485
Password: PHUMCLADY
Women of ALL ages are always welcome!

Prayer Quilt Ministry meets every Monday from Noon to 3:00.

Join us in the Garden Multipurpose Room to create comforting quilts for children in distress.

Our January Communion Offering supports
Sunday Fund
for Methodist Senior Services
This benevolence fund was created to meet the financial burdens of elders who live on one of our twelve MSS campuses across Mississippi. These are elders who have outlived their resources and can no longer afford the cost of housing or care. No matter how much someone plans and saves, sometimes those plans are dramatically altered by unexpected events which produce overwhelming financial and emotional obstacles.

To learn more about the Sunday Fund, watch this video.

RECORD OF OUR FAITHFULNESS

2021 Year Total Financial Overview

Income: $753,650.42

(Income amount includes $68,292.50 CARES Act/PPP Grant.

Expenses: $749,027.48

Stewardship Goal: "Debt-Free in '23"

Mortgage Principal Balance: $196,128.32

(Only 12 remaining payments!)

January's Communion Offering supports Sunday Fund, Methodist Senior Services: $305.00

A gift has been received for the Homeless Ministry in honor of Juliet Huam

To donate to Communion offering, text $any amount followed by the word Communion to 601-509-4735.

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