November 1, 2023

Welcome Grow Serve Celebrate

Tonight, Nov. 1: Join us at 5:45 pm for All Saints Brinner (breakfast for dinner). Youth will cook and serve before joining you for Table Talk as we celebrate the importance of church family across ages. Pay what you can; all proceeds go to the youth ministry. Our youth can't wait to serve and fellowship with you tonight!

Sunday, November 5 we will gather in worship to remember and celebrate all the saints who have gone before. We will light a candle as we lift the names of those within our church family who have died within the past year. As we come forward for communion, everyone will have a chance to light a candle and say a prayer of thanks for those they have loved and lost. It is always a very special service as we give space to lean into the hope we have in our story of faith. We hope to see you there.

Bring your cans of cranberry sauce to help MadCAAP fill their 700 Thanksgiving boxes. As in the past, our November Communion Offering will help fill MadCAAP's Thanksgiving boxes for those in our community who are living with hunger. Bins are available in the foyers of the Worship Center and the Education Building to collect your cranberry sauce cans. We have committed to providing 1400 cans. Bring cans or monetary donations by November 14.

One of our goals this year as a church family was to be a presence in our community. We would like to thank everyone who helped with the Parkway Hills Scarecrow Festival booth. It was a fun night and we even had some visitors to our Trick or Treat Trail thanks to our presence at the Scarecrow Festival. The other event discussed was the Madison Christmas Parade. No firm plans have been made. We know this is a very busy season and that the parade is early, so we ask that you help us decide what, if anything, we plan to do as a church family as part of the city's festivities December 2nd. Click here and take a moment to answer a few questions to help us decide. Thank you! We do best what we do together!

Heads up Youth! There will be a day of service on Nov. 11. Let's get out there and show some love to our community.

One of the neighbors in our community came to the office at Parkway Hills today seeking help with a refrigerator. Their refrigerator quit working and they do not have the means to buy a new one. If you know of anyone with an extra refrigerator or think you can help, call the church office.

Mark the date and join us for a church family Thanksgiving fellowship meal Sunday, November 19 at 6 pm. The church will provide the turkey and dressing. You bring one (or two!) sides and/or dessert to share. We will also need a few hands after Worship on the 19th to aid us with table setup. This is always a great time of fellowship and good food and we hope to see you there.

Joe Williams. Juliet Huam, John Reed, and Jerry Sandlin, members of the PHUMC Homeless Ministry, recently attended the Grace Place Appreciation Dinner. You, too, can be a volunteer for our Homeless Ministry. We leave the parking lot of PHUMC at 7:00 am to carpool to downtown Jackson at Gallaway UMC's Grace Place on the first and third Wednesday of every month. Contact Juliet Huam for more information.

Did you know that we have a Church Directory App? It's free!

Instant Church Directory is a helpful tool for our staff, members and visitors alikel! You may be a friend, visitor, or member, and still be listed in our Directory. Call or email Linda in the church office, give her your email, name, address and phone number, plus an emailed photo, and she will set you up. Then go to the App Store, download the free Instant Church Directory, and enter the email you gave to Linda. Call church office 601-856-2733 or email Linda if you need any help with this.

Need a Parkway Hills

T-shirt?

Call the church office and request one or more. We only need 10 more requests to make a new order. Cost is $20 with a portion going to support the mission and ministry of PHUMC.

Mark your calendar: Sunday, November 5, 3:00 pm, Joint Charge Conference for the East and West Jackson Districts at St. Mark’s UMC, Brandon.

Music Practice: Our children have begun practicing on Sundays at 9:30 am for the Christmas Worship Service. Children can be dropped off in the Garden Room for practice. Children in Pre K3 - 1st grade will practice singing a song, while children in grades 2nd - 4th grade will practice handbells. Our Christmas Worship Service will be held Sunday, Dec. 3 at 10:45 am.

Sunday School Volunteers: We are in need of Sunday School teachers this Sunday as we finish up our unit on Faith stories of the Old Testament. There are three Sunday School classes from PreK - 4th grade; click here to sign up to teach. We need volunteers for our 1st grade and 2nd - 4th grade classes. All volunteers must have a background check before volunteering in Children's Ministry.

Nov. 12: Pack your picnic lunch and join us for the Church Family Picnic at Liberty Park immediately following the worship service. All are welcome to join. For questions or to RSVP contact Haven.

Update your child's contact form today: Click the link to complete your child's contact form. This form is for all participants in the Children's and Bridge Ministries.

We want to hear from you! If you are a parent or a committed volunteer in our Children's and Bridge Ministries, we would love your feedback. Our hope is that we continue to grow in our ministries with creative and new ideas. Please share your feedback with us today by clicking the link and sharing your ideas.
--Haven

Dr. Marsha Peoples, Principal of East Flora Elementary School, helps unload the candy that PHUMC donated for their Fall Festival.

Pastor Haven helps with face painting at the East Flora Elementary School Fall Festival.

-Join us for dinner and Bible study at Engage this Sunday, 5:30-7:30 pm.

-Our Fall Day of Service will be packing food boxes at the MS Food Network on Nov 11. Meet at church at 8:30am and bring money for lunch. Please let Geoff know you're coming by Nov 8.

-Adults, you have a role to play in what God's doing in our Youth ministry! To help with Engage on Sunday nights, sign up here. To volunteer with other fall semester events, sign up here.

--Geoff

At Wednesday Re:treat, we worked on Beds for Kids and had fun with games. Tonight is our the last Fall Re:treat for 2023.

Dinner and games at our Wednesday Re:treat

Meeting This Week:
Tonight:
Re:Treat at 5:45 pm.
Thursday:
-Men's Morning Group at 7:30 am.
Join them in the Garden Room or via Zoom **New Meeting ID: 823 5246 2635
New Password: 142295
Saturday:
-Parkway Hills Women
meet via Zoom every Saturday morning at 10 am.
Meeting ID: 848 7196 9988 (note new meeting ID number)
Password: PHUMCLADY
Women of ALL ages are always welcome!
Sunday:
-Sunday School at 9:30 am.
-Fellowship time in Worship Center 10:30 am. Worship at 10:45 am.

-Charge Conference at St. Marks UMC in Brandon at 3:00 pm.
-Choir Practice at 5:30 pm.
-Engage at 5:30 pm.
Monday:
-Quilters Noon to 3:00 pm.

RECORD OF OUR FAITHFULNESS

Year to Date, September 2023

Income: $385,595.68

Expenses: $392,718.82

*Year to date PHUMC has paid 19% of District ($1,200.00) 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.

October Communion Offering, to date $1,007.00, supports JSU Wesley Student Foundation.

Gifts have been received for the Prayer Quilt Ministry in memory of Ann Weissenborn.

A gift has been received for the Homeless Ministry in memory of Jeana Taylor.

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