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Welcome Grow Serve Celebrate
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Pop-up Book Club Wednesday, October 18 at 6:20 pm following our evening meal. As we reflect on the wisdom of Scripture, you're invited to get a copy and read Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality by Richard Rohr, and join us for a discussion Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 6:20 following our Re:treat meal. Things Hidden is available on Amazon.
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Upcoming events:
Tonight, Wednesday, October 11: No Wednesday night meal. Leadership Board will meet in the Garden Room at 6:20.
Sunday, October 15: Children’s Ministry Parent meeting after worship and trip to Moseley Meadows Pumpkin Patch. Lunch provided.
Wednesday, October 18: Spaghetti Meal at 5:45 followed by activities at 6:20. Adults: Things Hidden by Richard Rohr book club in the Worship Center or Beds for Kids building in the basement. Youth: Homework Night. Bridge: Work on Beds for Kids. Kids: Science Night.
Thursday, October 19, 5:00 to 8:00 pm: Scarecrow Festival at Liberty Park. Leadership at Parkway Hills set two goals as part of our next faithful steps as church. One, tell our story. Two, be a presence in our community. Our first community event is the Scarecrow Festival. We will have an axe-throwing booth (it’s foam!), candy, and Parkway Hills info. We need volunteers to put on their Parkway Hills t-shirt and work an hour slot. Sign up to volunteer here.
Sunday, October 22, 10:45 am: Worship on the Lawn. Bring a chair, sunglasses, and maybe an umbrella to aid with the sun, and join us on our beautiful campus to enjoy worship in creation. This would be a great Sunday to invite a friend. We will not livestream this service.
Sunday, October 22, 5:00 to 7:00 pm: Trick or Treat Trail and Chili Cook-off. Our evening will look a little bit different this year. The Trick or Treat Trail will begin at 5:00 with games and candy led by our Youth and Bridge students. Meal begins at 6:00. Bring a chair, come as you are (or in costume!), and enjoy an evening of fellowship and fun.
Wednesday, October 25: The plan is a fire pit night at 5:45 pm, but we need lots of rain for that to happen. Stay tuned!
Sunday, November 5, 3:00 pm: Joint Charge Conference for the East and West Jackson Districts at St. Mark’s UMC, Brandon.
*We need candy for the Scarecrow Festival and the Trick or Treat Trail.
Bins are located in the foyer of both buildings.
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Didn’t get a Parkway Hills t-shirt? Call the church office and request one. If we get 20 requests, we can do a new order. Cost is $20 with a portion going to support the mission and ministry of PHUMC.
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This year's event is part two of last year’s Summit on Evangelism.
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Dr. Phil Maynard, the keynote speaker and author of best-selling book, Shift 2.0, will share the next step after evangelism of making disciples. As United Methodists, our faith and history represent a lifestyle of building relationships and changing lives. Discipleship, or making and training disciples, affirms and supports a transformative way of life for Christians.
This year's event takes place Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Crossgates United Methodist Church in Brandon. The Summit is a forum to connect our witness with our work as we make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
The one-day summit will begin at 8:00 a.m. and conclude at 4:30 p.m. The cost is $75 for clergy (with .8 CEUs available for clergy who register and attend) and $25 for laity. Click here for more information and to register.
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Our Trick or Treat Trail is Sunday, Oct. 22 from 5 - 7 pm. All ages are welcome to attend. Starting at 5 pm, children will travel the trail for activities, games and treats. At 6 pm, we will have our chili cookoff provided by our staff. Come try different chili recipes and vote on the best one. The winner will be announced at the end of the night, with the prize money designated for the winner's charity pick. Former cook-off winners: Joe Williams for Webster Animal Shelter and David White for Mississippi Methodist Children's Home. Bring a chair. For more information, contact Haven.
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We are in need of donations for our annual Trick or Treat Trail on October 22. Please drop off candy donations in the foyers of the worship center or the education building. If you have questions about candy, please contact Haven.
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This fall’s 2023 T.W. Lewis Lecture Series at Galloway UMC in Jackson, Mississippi, on "Jesus and a Just Society" will be "A Gospel Response: Access to Healthcare." As people of faith, we will look at the compelling reasons it should matter to us, that all Mississippians have access to good healthcare and hospitals. Jesus was quite insistent in his love command, telling us we’re to love our neighbors as ourselves. Though we will speak to it, our direct focus will not be on the legislative issue of Medicaid Expansion. Ours is a larger issue, a kingdom of God issue; an issue we believe matters to the God who made us. So, how then do we think about access to good healthcare for all of our people in Mississippi?
Instead of just one keynote speaker, Galloway UMC has arranged for several Mississippians who’re already working in this arena. Here are the presenters: Rev. Dr. Chuck Poole, Rev. Dr. Jason Coker, Dr. Sandra Melvin, Mr. Von Gordon, Dr. Dan Jones, and Dr. Michelle Owens.
For more information on Galloway UMC's website, click here.
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Check out our October Calendar of Events for the Children's Ministry We'd love to see you on Wednesday nights for our Re:treats along with a few special off-campus events.
Oct. 15: Join us for lunch and a brief parent meeting after worship this coming Sunday. We will review a few upcoming events and scheduling items. Lunch will be provided for all. Following lunch, we will head to Moseley Meadows for a day at the Pumpkin Patch. Children's tickets are $15, and adult tickets are $10. Children 2 and under are free at the patch. To RSVP, email Haven.
Sunday School Volunteers Sunday, Oct. 1 we started our new Sunday School unit and dove into the 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 all classes. All volunteers must have a background check before volunteering in Children's Ministry.
--Haven
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The weather was perfect for the PHUMC fall retreat at Roosevelt State Park this past Sunday and Monday.
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-Engage is back this Sunday night, 5:30-7:30pm!
-The next youth homework night is October 18 after Wednesday dinner.
-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
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Wednesday Re:treat program on "Addiction and the Wisdom of Counseling."
Dr. Branden Henry spoke with PHUMC Wednesday Re:treat participants last week about addiction and counseling. Branden discussed his personal and professional journey through counseling and how it can lead to freedom and wholeness. He recommended several reference books on the subject.
Dr. Henry is a licensed marriage and family and therapist. Visit his website here.
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PHUMC Kids have collected 137 jars of peanut butter so far in their campaign to gather 500 jars for MadCAAP.
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Kids helped prepare blankets for the Beds for Kids ministry on Mission Night last Wednesday evening after Re:treat meal.
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| Meeting This Week:
Tonight:
6:20 Leadership Board Meeting in the Garden Room
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
-Handbell practice 9:00 am.
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.
Youth Engage 5:30-7:30
-Choir practice 5:30 pm.
Monday:
-Quilters Noon to 3:00 pm.
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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 $937.00, supports JSU Wesley Student Foundation.
Gifts have been received for the Homeless Ministry in memory of Jeana Taylor.
A gift has been received for the Prayer Quilt MInistry in memory of Ann Weissenborn.
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