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| Welcome Grow Serve Celebrate
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| 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 the next 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
Sunday, April 26: Serve Joyfully; Scripture: Psalm 100, 1 Peter 4:8-11
Sunday, May 3: Lead Courageously (fitting for our Baccalaureate Sunday!) Scripture: Joshua 1:5-9, Ephesians 6:10-18
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| Thank you, thank you, thank you church for all the ways you are present to and for our youth. We had a great time Sunday sharing table at our annual Youth Cookout Fundraiser. After subtracting costs for the burgers, we raised $1,713.01! Your gifts make a difference throughout the year for the mission and ministry of our youth program. Not only did we have a great fellowship lunch Sunday, but another big thank you to our Sunday Morning Small Groups, our choir, our youth families, and individual church members who have sponsored our youth Sunday evening meals throughout the year. Thank you to Shawn Flowers and Matthew Kirk who have been taking the lead Sunday mornings during Sunday School while we continue the search for a new youth director. Thank you to Branden and Renee Henry and Matthew and Molly Kirk for hosting youth nights at their home. Thank you to Bech Evans for sharing your gift of art with our youth, and thank you to Jessica Snyder and Maggie King for showing up to volunteer whenever needed. Thank you to all our youth parents who have helped plan and implement various aspects of our youth program this year. I know there are names I have missed, but please know your help and love of our youth is appreciated and noticed. We do best the things we do together!
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Big House Books
Service opportunity, Sunday, April 19 after worship. Go to Big House Books,133 Millsaps Ave., Jackson MS 39202, or carpool from PHUMC, noon to 2:00 pm (no lunch provided). We will take the large stack of donated books from our church, and help pack books. Contact Mary Lee Reed.
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Race for Grace Place
All were winners: the runners, the walkers, the volunteers, and especially Grace Place on Saturday, downtown Jackson.
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Worship on the Lawn
What a beautiful day for Worship!
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It is almost time again to celebrate our graduates! 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, if you didn't receive an email from the church office with needed info to plan for this day, please let Linda know, and make plans to join our youth for a Baccalaureate Brunch in the youth room at 9:30 that morning. Parents of college graduates, please let the church office know if your child will be finishing up so we can be sure to include them in the big day. 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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Summer Mission Experience - July 5-11, 2026
Calling youth and adults to take part in this summer mission experience with Mountain T.O.P. in Coalmont, Tennessee. While this will serve as our youth summer trip, this is a mission opportunity for adults as well. Our teams will be serving in homes around the Mountain T.O.P. camp doing home repair that individuals and families may not otherwise be able to accomplish. The work accomplished during this week truly can be a
game-changer for the individuals served. Stay tuned for more information about the trip, but to learn more about Mountain T.O.P. visit www.mountain-top.org.
Cost per youth is $300. Nonrefundable deposit of $50 was due a couple of weeks ago, but individuals may still sign up as long as there is room at the camp. Let Pastor Dawn know if you wish to attend.
Next Payment due dates: $100 due April 30
$100 due May 31
Final payment of $50 due June 30
You can pay via the app or by clicking here.
*The church traditionally covers adult chaperones, but if you would like to attend as an adult chaperone and cover your part, the cost is $420.
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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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Saturday, April 18: Service Opportunity with Methodist Children's Home. Meet at PHUMC at 8:00 am to carpool. Pick up at PHUMC at noon. Let Pastor Dawn know if you can attend.
Sunday, April 19: Engage 5:30-7:30 pm
Sunday, April 26: Change of plans! We will just meet at Parkway Hills from 5:30 to 7:30 for our normal Engage.
Sunday, May 3: Baccalaureate Brunch and Worship. Parents of high school seniors, you should have received an email from Linda with information needed. If you did not, let Linda know. We need help to make our Brunch a success. Click here to see how you can help. After our morning of celebratio, 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; $50 nonrefundable deposit was due last week. 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. Next 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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On Sunday PHUMC Kids planted zinnia seeds under the supervision of the Lady with the Purple Hair (Chere Peel) and "Mrs. Jennifer" Heath.
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PHUMC Youth cooked and served lunch at their fundraiser after Worship on the Lawn Sunday. These guys are supervising.
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Everyone enjoyed the grilled hamburger lunch and time to fellowship following Worship on the Lawn.
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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
Saturday:
Service Opportunity with Methodist Children's Home. Meet at PHUMC at 8:00 am to carpool. Pick up at PHUMC at noon.
Sunday:
Small Groups at 9:30 am; Worship at 10:45; leave after worship to carpool to Big House Books, noon to 2:00 pm
Choir practice at 5:30 pm; Youth 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 $896.00 to date, supports Miracle Sunday.
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