You are invited on March 28th at 10 am to join us for our Easter Egg Hunt. There will be lots of eggs, lots of candy, and lots of games. This event is for all ages and kids will be divided by age to ensure that everyone, even our little ones, have an opportunity to bring home lots of eggs!
A New Year’s Eve Watchnjght Service will be held at Parkwood United Methodist Church on December 31st at 6:00 pm. We will begin with fellowship around the dinner table, prepared by Jan Schwarze and then we will transition into the sanctuary for worship at around 7:00 pm. This service exists for us to confess our shortcomings from the year before and renew our covenant with God and with the church for the coming year. Consider this opportunity to begin a new year with us in worship.
On The first Sunday in Advent the sanctuary is decorated during the Hanging of the Green ceremony. The lighting of the altar and Advent candles, hanging wreaths and garlands, placing holly and cedar branches and poinsettias, placing the Nativity and the meaning and lighting of the Chrismon tree are explained while members of the congregation perform the activities. The ceremony is followed with a communion service.
On the second Sunday we incorporate a Moravian Love Feast in our morning worship. A Love Feast is a service of song during which a simple meal of buns and coffee are served. The buns and coffee are carried in baskets and trays by “Dieners”, or servers, while the choir, congregation and other musicians sing and perform hymns and carols. This is a simple, devout service that has great significance in the Moravian church and has been adopted by churches of other denominations.
The third Sunday is our Choral Cantata Sunday, during which our choir performs.
On the fourth Sunday we celebrate the Festival of Lessons and Carols. In 1880 the parishoners and townspeople of Truro, England asked their Pastor, the Rev. G.H.S. Walpole, who later became Bishop of Edinburg, and his Bishop Edward White Benson, later to be the Archbishop of Canterbury, to develop a Christmas service in which the congregation and others could participate. Rev. Walpole and Bishop Benson revived a medieval liturgical custom of beginning the lesson with the fall of man and chose the rest of the readings to illustrate the story of redemption from the Old and the New Testaments.
The ceremony was adapted for use in the Chapel of Kings College in Cambridge, England in 1918. This adaptation, however, was designed to feature the Chapel Choir rather than involving participation by the congregation.
For our service we have chosen to use the original concept of congregational participation in the reading of the lessons and the singing of the hymns and carols.
Our Advent and Christmas celebration ends with a candlelight communion service on Christmas eve.
Our Christmas eve communion service begins at 7:00 PM.
Sunday, October 12 2014
11:00 am
Join us for a special worship service as we celebrate our history and look forward to the exciting future of PUMC!
We will have a Pot Luck Luncheon immediately following the worship service.
We will be starting a new study at Parkwood UMC this September on Adam Hamilton’s ‘Making a Sense of the Bible: Rediscovering the Power of Scripture Today.’ Mark your calendars:
Our Sunday time slot will be during the Sunday school hour (9:30-10:30) and will begin on September 7th. Our Wednesday time slot will be from 6:15-7:15 pm and will begin on September 10th. Like last time, feel free to bring some food with you if you’re rushing over from work. The study is 6 weeks long and will end on October 12th and October 15th respectively.
This will be a challenging study for us as we ask some tough questions about how we view scripture and the issues it presents. We’ll also discuss how scripture speaks to the tough issues of our day. Knowing that we have a diverse congregation with different views and interpretations, we’ll need to make covenant before our study begins to listen to and be respectful of each other’s thoughts as we discuss. Be prayerful of this as you prepare to sign up for the study.
If you’re interested in participating in this study, please sign up or let Pastor Nathan know by Sunday, August 24th. Books can be ordered and ready to deliver by August 31st.
Join us for a great evening of fellowship and fun at the Friday Night Movie
presented on the first Friday night of the month in the Parkwood UMC Fellowship Hall
Sept. Rear Window (1954) starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly
Oct. Pride of the Yankees (1942) starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright
Nov. The Mission (1986) starring Robert De Niro, Jeremey Irons
Dec. Remember the Night (1940) starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurry
You may purchase either a whole butt (each yields a little over 4 pounds on average) which will include the finishing sauce that I normally put on the pulled meat or by the pint (approximately 1 pound) which will already have the finishing sauce on it.
BBQ Sauce (not the same as the finishing sauce) may also be purchased by the pint.
Please have your orders in by Wednesday April 30th.
Please complete this form and give it to me or you can place it in my mail box at the church.
Orders can also be placed via email to Mike Dube.
Menu:
Fresh Garden Green Salad w/ Choice of Dressing
From an Old Family Recipe: Spaghetti w/ Sauce
An Assortment of Desserts
Reservation are suggested but walk-ins are welcome.
There is a sign up sheet in the hall.
Donations help fund youth projects
Sunday, February 2nd,
The United Methodist Men will provide their “Buzzard Breath” Chili for lunch to go along with entries provided by those brave enough to enter their recipe into the cook off competition.
Please join us for these special Advent services and events:
5123 Revere Road
Durham, NC 27713
Phone: 919-544-1078
Email: pumc@parkwoodumc.org'
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