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Participants met this week for Sit and Be Fit class that meets on Tuesdays at 2:00 pm in the Garden Room. Class will not meet next Tuesday, but wil resume on April 15.
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Holy Week and Easter at Parkway Hills
There are numerous ways to walk through Holy Week together. Take a look, mark your calendar, and join your church family as we make our way to Resurrection Morning.
Sunday, April 13: Palm Sunday Worship and Easter Egg Hunts
Our children will lead us in worship at 10:45 am. Parents, please have your kids in the worship center by 9:30 to practice. Immediately following worship, children 5th and under and their families are invited to a light lunch in the Garden room followed by the Egg Hunt and photos with the Easter Bunny. Bring your baskets and a jar of peanut butter for MadCAAP. Youth, we need your help to hide eggs! The youth egg hunt will be that evening from 5:30-7:30 pm.
Monday, April 14-Wednesday, April 16: Holy Week Worship and Lunch
We will gather with Anderson UMC and St. Luke UMC from noon to 1:00 pm at St. Luke. Meet at Parkway Hills at 11:30 to carpool. Worship at noon, followed by lunch at 12:30. Lunch can be taken to go. Rev. Dr. Stephen Cook will preach Monday, Rev. Dawn Douglas Flowers, Tuesday, and Rev. Bruce Case Wednesday.
Thursday, April 17: Maundy Thursday Service at 6:00 pm
We are doing things a little differently this year. We will journey through the Seven Last Words of Christ using music, scripture, prayer and candles. A nursery will be provided and we will livestream the service.
Friday, April 18: Good Friday Stations of the Cross
Good Friday is a good day to walk through the Stations of the Cross we have on our campus. Come walk the stations anytime from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. You will begin and end in the worship center where a guided reflection will be provided.
Aid with our Easter Flower Cross:
Drop off flowers in the worship center kitchen anytime between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm Friday, April 18 or no later than 10:00 am Saturday morning.
Help decorate the cross Saturday, April 19 at 9:00 am outside the worship center kitchen. Contact Chere Peel or Barbara Pepper for more info.
Easter Day Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 am
Nursery provided for both services. The 10:45 am service will be livestreamed.
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Easter Day is always a wonderful morning of worship and hope within the life of the church. It is a day we see new faces as well as faces we haven't seen in some time. We need your help to make Easter Day welcoming and hospitable for all. We will offer worship at 8:30 am and 10:45 am. If you are willing and able to be a greeter, usher, Honor/Memorial Candle lighter, or Communion server, click here and sign up. Signup only has Communion servers listed for the 8:30 am service, as we are hoping to have some of our college students aid with serving Communion during the 10:45 am service.
We do best what we do together!
--Dawn
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Easter CandlesOur annual honor/memorial fund for Easter candles supports the Youth Trip Scholarship Fund to aid our youth in covering the cost of the various trips and retreats throughout the year because money should never be the reason one of our youth cannot participate. To purchase your candle in honor or memory of a loved one click here. For each name remembered or honored, cost is $10. You can pay via check (mark "Easter Candle" in the memo), online, or via our Vanco mobile app (look for "Easter Candles"). Reservation forms are also available in the foyer of the Worship Center and in the Church Office. Deadline for reservation is Wednesday, April 16.
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The new district names of the Mississippi United Methodist Conference are the Northern Hills District, the Central District, the Capital River District, the Red Clay Hills District and the Gulf Pines District.
At the 2024 Called Session of the Mississippi Annual Conference in October, the annual conference received a report and recommendation from the Implementation District Realignment Team, also known as the IDRT, and voted on a reduction from seven to five districts.
Rev. Lynn Mote is the district superintendent of the Northern Hills District (yellow area), and Kristen Partin is the district’s administrative assistant. The Northern Hills District spans 21 counties of the most northern area of the conference.
Rev. Paulette Buford-James is the district superintendent of the Central District (blue area), and Pam Simmons is the district’s administrative assistant. The Central District stretches over 20 counties.
Rev. Lindsey Robinson is the district superintendent of the Capital River District (green area and Parkway Hills' district), and Rebecca Crosby is the district’s administrative assistant. Rev. Trey Harper will become the district superintendent July 1, 2025. The Capital River District includes 17 counties.
Rev. Johniel Henry Jr. is the district superintendent of the Red Clay Hills District (red area), and Rev. Trevor Gore is the district’s administrative assistant. The Red Clay Hills District spans 11 counties.
Rev. Dr. Larry Hilliard is the district superintendent of the Gulf Pines District (pink area), and Janet Donaldson is the district’s administrative assistant. The Gulf Pines District reaches across 13 counties.
For more information,contact the The Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church .
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We need your help! Join us in collecting plastic egg and candy donations. Eggs can be prefilled with candy. You can drop off your donations in the labeled bins in the worship center or the education building. Donations due by Sunday, April 6. Contact Pastor Haven if you would like to assist in filling eggs with candy.
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We hope you'll join us in volunteering for our Waves of Wonder VBS this summer! Click the link to sign up to volunteer. Our VBS in person volunteer meeting will be Sunday, June 1st following the worship service. A lite lunch will be provided. A background check will be required for all volunteers in children and youth ministries.
The youth volunteer VBS training will be set for Sunday, June 1st 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. If a youth is interested in volunteering, please complete the link and mark this date on your calendar to attend.
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| Join us for Sunday School! The children's ministry will continue hearing the many stories in the Bible as we journey through the Old and New Testaments. All ages begin in the Garden Room at 9:30 a.m. for gathering time and activities. Then the classes break into small groups based on grade levels to explore the Bible stories. To sign up to teach an individual class one Sunday, *click here or contact Haven to be added to a rotation.
New Dates!! Join us for VBS at Parkway Hills June 15-18. Children entering K5 - rising 6th grade are welcome to come and explore the Waves of Wonder at PHUMC.
We always need volunteers to aid with our kids ministry. For more information about any of our kids ministry events contact Pastor Haven.
*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.
--Haven
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Baccalaureate Sunday--May 4thSwing by the youth suite at 9:30 am May 4 to grab some food and wish our graduates well, then join us for worship at 10:45 as we recognize our seniors! Families of high school and college seniors, please reach out to Geoff by April 22 if somehow we missed contacting you so we can be sure to include your graduate.
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| Egg Hunts: Be sure to join us April 13, Palm Sunday. We'll help with the Kids Ministry egg hunt after morning worship, and have our own fun that evening at 5:30!
Summer Mission Trip: June 28-July 6. We are partnering with Appalachian Service Project! So far, we have 16 youth participating. Cost: $375 with a $100 discount for each additional sibling. $100 nonrefundable deposit was due March 23. Reach out to Pastor Dawn ASAP if you missed this deadline. Next $100 due April 27, and final payments due May 11. For more info, contact Pastor Dawn.
Adults, you make our ministry possible! Upcoming needs include two Engage volunteers for our last regular Engage this Sunday, April 6, and two volunteers for our youth egg hunt on April 13. Click to see our ongoing semester needs or contact Geoff for more info.
To stay connected to all youth events, get the Remind app and text @phumcy to 81010.
--Geoff
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PHUMC Grace Place Volunteers cheer on the participants and hand out water in the Race for Grace Place Saturday. More than $65,000 was raised for operating expenses for Grace Place.
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Pastor Haven runs in Race for Grace Place
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Some of the PHUMC Volunteers at Race for Grace Place
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| Meeting 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
Handbell practice at 9:00 am
Friday and Saturday:
Enneagram Retreat 5:45 to 8:00 pm Friday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Saturday
Sunday:
Small Groups at 9:30 am
Worship at 10:45 am
Choir practice at 5:30 pm
Youth Engage at 5:30-7:30 pm
Monday:
Quilters at Noon until 3:00 pm in the Garden Room
Tuesday:
Sit and Be Fit class will not meet this week.
Wednesday, April 9
Leadership Board at 6:20 pm in Garden Room
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| RECORD OF OUR
FAITHFULNESS
March Year-to-Date
Income: $159,811.32
Expenses: $152,810.95
March communion offering: $1,197.00
supports the Scouting programs at PHUMC.
April Communion offering supports disaster response in MS aiding in recovery work after the March 2025 storms.
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