Journey With Us Toward Lent
Let's line the halls on the way to the SOUPER BOWL!
January 31 and February 7
The Missions Committee, the Children's Ministries,
and the Wesleyan Academe are joining together to collect
enough food for Irving Cares to line the hallways at
PPUMC in support of the Youth Ministries' annual SOUPER
BOWL CELEBRATION.
Please bring you donations of canned fruit, vegetables
and meats, breakfast foods, dried pea and beans, pasta,
instant potatoes, peanut butter and other non-perishable
food items to the Ministries Center the next two weeks.
The Youth will also be passing Soup Pots around on
Souper Bowl Sunday the 7th for monetary donations to
feed the hungry.
Lenten Devotional-A New Way
Do you have a story or a lesson to share? Now is the
time to start writing. We will approach the Lenten Devotional
Guide in a new way this year. Instead of committing
to write a devotional related to a specific scripture,
you will be asked to submit one or more devotionals
related to a scripture of your own choosing. Each devotional
should be no more than 500 words long. All submissions
are due to Rev. Dana
Norton by February 11 at 5:00 p.m. If you would
prefer a
scripture suggestion before writing your devotional,
Rev. Norton will be pleased to assist you. Sign up on
Sunday morning and make a commitment to share a part
of your life with your church family this Lenten Season.
Mother/Daughter Tea Party
You are cordially invited to a mother/daughter (grandmother/granddaughter,
aunt/niece) tea party on Saturday, the 20th of February
from 1-3pm in Fellowship Hall at Plymouth Park UMC.
All ages are welcome but it is best suited for girls
ages 3-9 years old. Please RSVP to Cori Bell at 972-255-4185
ext 205.
United Methodist Church responding with aid to Haiti
United Methodist Communications is working to provide
timely and relevant information about how The United
Methodist Church is responding to the tragic earthquake
in Haiti and how United Methodists can support these
efforts. United Methodists have had a long-standing
relationship
with Haiti through the Methodist Church of Haiti.
The United
Methodist News Service posted an initial story soon
following the tragedy and will have ongoing coverage
about United Methodist mission teams that are in Haiti,
response efforts by the United Methodist Committee on
Relief, and what local churches are doing to provide
aid. Stay tuned to http://www.umc.org/
for more information.
If you would like to give to this support for relief
efforts, please mark your checks in the memo line with
"Haiti Emergency relief efforts" or. 100%
of gifts to UMCOR through the Advance support the designated
project.
Youth Mission Project to assemble UMCOR Health Kits
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) has
requested churches to organize health kits to support
Haiti following the earthquake.
Health kits provide basic necessities to people who
have been forced to leave their homes because of natural
disaster.
Health kits contain the following items. There will
be boxes available at both entrances of the sanctuary
and in the Ministry Center for your contributions. The
Middle School Youth will assemble the kits on Saturday.
February 13th. If you would rather have the
Youth shop for you, please mark your checks or cash
for UMCOR Health Kits, and place your contribution in
the collection plate or deliver to Peg or the Church
Office.
1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x
27")
1 washcloth
1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards
or toe nail clippers)
1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper,
no child-size brushes)
6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
1 gallon plastic bag
Music Ministry Helpers Still Needed
As you contemplate your Lenten journey this year,
PPUMC would like to offer an opportunity of service
benefitting your church's music ministry. The PPUMC
Music Library (containing well over 1,000 anthems and
50 large works) is currently undergoing a major organizational
overhaul, and help is needed to complete the project.
Tasks include filing, cataloging, dusting, and organizing
shelves, taking approximately 3-5 hours a week through
spring. If this is a opportunity for which you would
like to volunteer, please contact Jason at Jason@ppumc.org
or 972-255-4185 if you are interested. Your help would
be very much appreciated!
LENTEN PRAYER MINISTRY KICK-OFF TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16
6 P.M. in the Prayer Chapel
Join us for the 2nd annual Lenten Prayer Time sponsored
by the Prayer Ministry. We will be meeting each Tuesday
during Lent for an hour of quiet prayer and reflection
time. The season of Lent is 40 days (not counting Sundays)
beginning with Ash Wednesday and concluding at sunrise
on Easter morning. As Rev. Dana Norton stated in last
year's Devotional Guide, some prefer to think about
"taking on" something rather than "giving
up" something during the season of Lent. We could
ask that you consider "giving up" one hour
of time and "taking on" the discipline of
a weekly prayer time together.
Even if your schedule doesn't allow for a weekly time,
come join us for the first meeting as we specifically
pray for the people of Haiti as well as our own people
in special need of prayer and join together for communion.
Call Ina Stevens at 972-313-0490 if you have a special
need or prayer concern to add to our list.
During Holy Week we will again sign up for a Prayer
Vigil as we each walk the way of the cross.
Make plans for the PPUMC Ladies retreat for February
26-27
It's time for our annual Ladies' Retreat! This year's
retreat will be Friday, February 26th and Saturday,
February 27th at the Embassy Suites in Irving. Their
program is "Spirituality and Sensesitivity"
presented by Rev. Dr. Joan LaBarr, Rev. Dana Norton
and Rev. Martha Jacobson. Registration information will
be available in the Ministry Center beginning Sunday,
January 17th.
Spiritual Ministries Institute announces Spring 2010
"SPIRITUALITY FOR A BUSY WORLD" series beginning
February 23, 2010
The first of three Spring programs for our "Spirituality
for a Busy World" series will be held on Tuesday,
February 23, 2010.
Rev. Brian Hardesty-Crouch will present Feeling Satisfied.
Often our culture leaves us feeling that what we "do"
and what we "have" are not enough, even in
our spiritual lives. Brian will offer us insights and
prayer that lead toward true satisfaction. Brian is
an ordained Methodist elder and spiritual director and
the President of Holy Moments. The program will be held
at 10 am - 12 noon at Midway Hills Christian Church,
11001 Midway Road, Dallas, TX, and also in the evening
7:00-9:00 PM at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 5100
W. Plano Pkwy in Plano. The Fee is $15/person and $20/twosome
for advance registration; $20 and $30 at the door. Group
Rates for 5 or more are available starting at $40. Contact
Spiritual Ministries Institute at spirmininst@yahoo.com
or call 214-934-3217.
Please see the attached flyer for further information
on this program as well as those to be held on March
23 and April 20, both Tuesdays. A registration form
is provided.
We look forward to seeing you! The Spiritual Ministries
Team
PPUMC Cornerstone Garden offers gift opportunity
Searching for a special gift? Have you been considering
ordering a brick in celebration, honor or in memory
of an event or person? If so now is a perfect time to
do so. There is a binder in the area outside the church
offices that contains the order forms.
Once you have filled out the form just submit the
form and payment ($125.00 a brick) to Linda Warren and
your brick will be added to the next group that is ordered.
The designs are varied and add to the special feeling
for each brick in the garden. Please come join us and
add your gift to our garden.
The 2009-2010 Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Program
There is an insert with the new bar code for the 2009-2010
Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Program available in the
Church Office. Please consider registering your Kroger
Plus Card to direct a portion of your grocery bill to
Plymouth Park United Methodist Church. If you registered
last year, you will need to re-register with this new
bar code. Thank you for your support of PPUMC!
Search for the Church
What if PPUMC earned a penny every time you searched
the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every
purchase you made online went to support our ministries?
Well, now it can!
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine
that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny
per search, to the charities its users designate. Use
it just as you would any search engine, get quality
search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add
up! Also, GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall
which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your
favorite cause!
Just go to www.goodsearch.com
and be sure to enter Plymouth Park United Methodist
Church as the charity you want to support. It takes
just a few seconds to make Goodsearch your default search
engine on your home, work and school computer...and
just like that PPUMC will benefit from every trip you
make on the worldwide web.
It is easy and hassle-free. And, be sure to spread the
word!
Plymouth Park E-Store
Visit the Plymouth Park E-Store to purchase clothing
and assorted other merchandise with our church name
and logo after establishing your own Lands' End account.
Merchandise will be mailed directly to your home so
there's no delay for processing in the church office.
To begin purchasing your own PPUMC merchandise today,
click here.
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