Parkwood United Methodist Church invites you to come worship with us!
Maundy Thursday Common Meal and Communion – March 28th at 6: 15 pm
Good Friday Vigil in the Sanctuary – March 29th from 12:00 – 3:00 pm
Good Friday Tenebrae Service – March 29th at 7:00 pm
Easter Sunrise Service – March 31st at 6:45 am
Easter Church Service – March 31st at 11:00 am
PUMC Youth will host an Easter Egg Hunt for the Community
Saturday, March 23rd at 10:00 am
All children ages 10 years and under are welcome to participate. Parental assistance is welcome and advised.
Donations: We are expecting a lot of children to come out to this great Parkwood Community event. Donations of plastic eggs and individually wrapped candies are greatly appreciated.
The Parkwood UMW met on February 28 in the Fellowship Hall at PUMC. President Susan Oglesby welcomed the twenty-one women attending. She opened our meeting with a prayer. As always, the members took a few minutes to share joys and to report on health concerns as well as improving conditions. Correspondence from our youth, the Methodist Home for Children, and Edna Walker was circulated. Minutes and treasurer’s reports from the January meeting were presented and accepted.
Natalie presented the Response moment using an article from a recent Response magazine. The article was about Albemarle County in Virginia. This county is the location of Charlottesville and is one of the wealthiest counties in Virginia. At the same time 21% of its resident live below the poverty level. There are United Methodist women and Methodist congregations at work trying to help feed and shelter their neighbors in need. Among the programs in place are shelters that rotate among the churches, a
back pack food program, and weekly distribution of groceries. The food box program began twenty-five years ago as a monthly distribution and has grown to weekly distribution. All the projects Natalie reported were started as UMW efforts to help their local community.
The program this month was the annual “Call to Prayer and Self Denial.” Pam Skidmore led the program on financial literacy. Included in the program were facts about today’s cost of living and the debt that quickly builds through use of credit cards, home mortgages, auto loans, and educational expenses.
We were reminded of John Wesley’s “earn all you can, save all you can, and give all you can.” The offering collected during the program will be forwarded as designated funds to support financial literacy training programs of the UMW.
During the business portion of our meeting, Jan presented an update on the reception/dinner policy for PUMW. Betty and Pam are also working on this committee. Members agreed to help with the coordination and preparation of upcoming receptions. The receptions are not fundraisers, but a reception ministry.
Plans were made for the Irish dinner to be served on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17 following the worship service. This will be a fundraiser to support PUMW projects this year. Our March meeting will be held on the third Thursday, March 21, because the fourth Thursday is Maundy Thursday. The meeting will be at 7:00 pm at PUMC.
The United Methodist Men’s meeting will be held on March 16th at 8:00 am. at Beneties Restaurant at Hwy 55 and Sedwick Road.
The UMM wish to thank you for making out two winter fundraising events at success. We donated $200.00 to Yo! Durham and $200.00 to the Pastors Discretionary fund. We look forward to seeing you at the Spring Flea Market on May 4th.
Starting on April 7th, all of our classes will be combined into one big group. We’ll gather in the fellowship hall to participate in the study, “The Way,” a six-week study by Adam Hamilton, and will begin promptly at 9:30 am, with refreshments served beforehand.
Together we will watch some wonderful videos of the Holy Lands as Adam Hamilton retraces the steps Jesus took in his ministry and then have break out groups to discuss some questions that pertain to the book, “The Way,” that we’ll all be reading. This is an all age’s event, too, as we have breakout sessions for children and youth, as well.
The Seekers class is continuing its study of 24 Hours That Changed the World by Adam Hamilton with videos from the Holy Land. This is an exciting study. Adam Hamilton’s writing is very insightful and thought provoking. It has received rave reviews. Please join us for this exciting study.
the Jacob class is exploring the book Luke on a verse by verse basis. As we continue in Luke; on March 3 we start with Jesus before Pilot. Before discussion begins, we will be seeing scenes from the movie “Passion of the Christ” that coincides with our study. Won’t you join us as we study Luke’s; Gospel in the New Testament and, in the future, the book of Acts.
All you need is your Bible. the Jacob class meets at 9:30 in room 1 Feel free to join us at anytime.
5123 Revere Road
Durham, NC 27713
Phone: 919-544-1078
Email: pumc@parkwoodumc.org'
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