Vacation Bible School 2013
July 22 - July 26
9 am-12 noon
PPUMC Children's Ministries invites all children to step right up at EVERYWHERE FUN FAIR: WHERE GOD'S WORLD COMES TOGETHER Vacation Bible School. Explore and experience God's welcoming love at VBS! The fun begins July 22 and ends July 26 from 9 am-12 noon each day.
The adventures include interactive Bible fun and great music, super science, cool crafts, hands-on mission work, global games and more. Be a part of all the excitement at EVERYWHERE FUN FAIR.
Wesleyan Academe is now accepting admissions for the next school year 2013-2014 on February 15. Located here at Plymouth Park United Methodist Church, Wesleyan Academe currently enrolls 108 students ages 18 months to age 6. Now in its 50th year, Wesleyan Academe has a long tradition of offering students a full or half day school to meet the demands of working or non-working parents.
Come in to visit our school to watch our experienced and professional teachers work with the children. Or you may visit the school website at wesleyanacademe.org for more information or to email the school staff.
Bring your favorite children in their favorite costumes to Trunk or Treat on Sunday, October 28 from 4pm-5:30pm.
We will have lots of fun things to do like face painting, inflatables, and balloon animals. This year it will all be outdoors in the east parking lot so be sure to dress accordingly.
Activities begin at 4pm with Trunk or Treat starting at 5:00pm. If you don’t have children or grandchildren, you can still participate in Trunk or Treat by bringing your decorated car and handing out candy to all the little cowboys and ballerinas. It is lots of fun for all ages so make plans now to be here!
Congregational Preview: August 1 - 6:00 pm. Public Sale: August 2&3 8 am - 6 pm; August 4 8am - 3 pm.
Please consider giving Missions a couple of hours of your time and helping sort, store, display, price and sell our goods.
Remember, the garage sale is the primary source of Missions' funding for the year.
We're going Christmas Caroling this week, December 14, during Student Outreach. We'll split into groups and walk around the neighborhood behind the church. We will have pre-assigned routes and each group will hit 3 or 4 houses.
We'll wrap up the evening with refreshments back here at the church.
The forecast for Wednesday is a 50% chance of thunderstorms. Needless to say, if it is raining or the temperatures are in the 40's, we won’t be caroling. My experience is that the kids won't be dressed warmly enough, and they've all got too much going on at school to be sick!
In the case of inclement weather, we'll stay at the church and play "reindeer" games.
Sunday School
This Sunday is already the 4th Sunday in Advent. Our waiting for the Christ Child will soon be over! Please take a moment to slow down and enjoy the season with your children.
Sunday School Breakfast
The Ward family will be providing breakfast this week, December 18.
Confirmation
Confirmation 2012 will kick off on Sunday, January 29th. The class will meet on Sunday afternoons for 12 weeks from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm and include a meal, a lesson taught by Dr. LaBarr, discussion time and an active learning game. Each of the young people will be paired up with an adult mentor to share the experience with them.
Confirmation at Plymouth Park UMC is open to all youth in grades 6, 7, and 8. As young persons reach the age of accountability, they are ready to take more responsibility for their faith. Confirmation is a call to discipleship, a call to claim the name Christian for themselves. Our goal is to provide a process and structure for this to occur.
Confirmation Sunday is May 13, 2012.
If you have a youth in middle school who has not yet gone through Confirmation Class, please encourage to join us as we prepare a new group of young people to make the decision to become an adult in the United Methodist Church.
Older Youth Confirmation
Not all our youth are cradle Methodists who attend PPUMC with their parents. Many of our students begin attending PPUMC at the invitation of a friend. Many have stayed to make this their church home, often bringing parents and younger siblings with them.
We currently have a number of students who don't fit the criteria for our "traditional" Confirmation Class. To bring them fully into the church, we will be holding an Older Youth Confirmation Class for high school youth during the Sunday School hour for four weeks—Feb 5, 12, 26 and March 4. Confirmation Sunday for this class will be on March 25.
Both of these classes require your Youth to be pre-registered. You can download the forms from the Youth home page or please see me for more details.
The Plymouth Park garage sale is open the the public and all people in the following communities in and around Irving, TX: Grand Prairie, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, Grand Prairie, Farmers Branch, Highland Park, University Park, Las Colinas, Valley Ranch, Coppell, Carrollton, Grapevine, Keller and Southlake!
Weekly Thursday night work sessions have begun for the PPUMC Missions Team garage sale. These are busy but fun evenings - while a team is out picking up donated items, volunteers at the church are busy sorting items dropped off during the week and storing them for the sale. They need all the help that they can get. If you are available on Thursday evenings, please consider donating a few hours, as the Missions Team needs you. Starting on July 25, there will be work nights every night. Day time work sessions start on July 30. Please consider volunteering some of your time. More Garage Sale information included below.
Missions Garage Sale August 3-6
The Missions Team has been busy for several months picking up your discarded treasures and storing them off-site, but now it is time to step up the pace. There are many opportunities for you to join in and help this make this another record-setting year.
Please mark you calendar with these important dates and opportunities to help:
Each Sunday morning there is curbside drop off service for your discarded treasures. Look for the bins outside the Activity Room on the east parking lot.
Monday - Thursday you may drop off items in the Activity Room during office hours. Please place items in the designated drop-off zone only.
Each Thursday (6:00 p.m.) weekly Thursday night work sessions begin.
These are busy but fun evenings - while a team is out picking up donated items, volunteers at the church are busy sorting items dropped off during the week and storing them for the sale.
Your support of and help with this massive undertaking is greatly appreciated and is vital to its success. Remember, Missions is not a line-item in the United Methodist Church budget. The annual garage sale is our church's primary funding source for missions activities throughout the year.
To schedule pick-up of donated items or volunteer, please call Diane at 214-636-7326. If you can't schedule ahead of time, drop-in workers are always welcome and appreciated!
Congregational Preview
Wednesday, August 3 - Brisket and Chicken dinner at 6:00 pm. Adult meal - $6, Children meal - $3, Family meal - $25. Congregational Sale starts at 7:00 pm. Adult shopping charge - $8 and Children $1. Combo tickets available.
Public Garage Sale Times
Public Garage Sale times are: Thursday, August 4, and Friday, August 5, from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm and Saturday, August 6, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
The Missions Team has been busy for several months picking up your discarded treasures and storing them off-site, but now it is time to step up the pace. There are many opportunities for you to join in and help this make this another record-setting year.
Please mark you calendar with these important dates and opportunities to help:
Saturday - June 25 - (8:00 a.m.) We will be unloading two fully-packed 10x20 storage stalls and moving their contents to the Activity Room. As the guys are moving the stuff, ladies working at the church will be sorting and consolidating the items for on-site storage in the Activity Room.
Sunday - June 26 - Sunday morning curbside drop off service begins for your discarded treasures. Look for the bins outside the Activity Room on the east parking lot.
Monday June 27 - Begin dropping off items in the Activity Room during office hours. Please place items in the designated drop-off zone only.
Thursday June 30 - (6:00 p.m.) weekly Thursday night work sessions begin.
These are busy but fun evenings - while a team is out picking up donated items, volunteers at the church are busy sorting items dropped off during the week and storing them for the sale.
Your support of and help with this massive undertaking is greatly appreciated and is vital to its success. Remember, Missions is not a line-item in the United Methodist Church budget. The annual garage sale is our church's primary funding source for missions activities throughout the year.
To schedule pick-up of donated items or volunteer, please call Diane at 214-636-7326. If you can't schedule ahead of time, drop-in workers are always welcome and appreciated!
Plymouth Park UMC invites all children to get cookin' at Shake It up Café: Where Kids Carry Out God's Recipe Vacation Bible School. Explore and experience recipes for living out God's Word. The fun begins June 20 and ends June 24 from 9am-12pm.
The recipe at our café includes heaping helpings of Bible fun and
special servings of creative crafts, hands-on mission work, food
science, and great music. To be a part of all the excitement at Shake
It up Café: Where Kids Carry Out God's Recipe contact Cori Bell at
972-255-4185 x205 or cori@ppumc.org.
To register for VBS please print and fill out the Registation Form and turn it into Cori Bell or the Church Office.
If you are a youth who would like to sign-up to help with VBS please fill out the Youth Helper Registation Form and turn it into Cori Bell or the Church Office.
Plymouth Park UMC VBS - Serving the Dallas Metroplex including the Mid Cities, Irving, Hurst, Bedford, Euless, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Grapevine, Keller and Southlake!
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We serve all people in the following communities in and around Irving, TX: Grand Prairie, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, Farmers Branch, Highland Park, University Park, Las Colinas, Valley Ranch, Coppell, Carrollton, Grapevine, Keller and Southlake!
Wesleyan Academe
Bring your favorite children in their favorite costumes to Trunk or Treat on Sunday, October 28 from 4pm-5:30pm. 
We're going Christmas Caroling this week, December 14, during Student Outreach. We'll split into groups and walk around the neighborhood behind the church. We will have pre-assigned routes and each group will hit 3 or 4 houses.
Sunday School
Sunday School Breakfast
Confirmation 2012 will kick off on Sunday, January 29th. The class will meet on Sunday afternoons for 12 weeks from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm and include a meal, a lesson taught by Dr. LaBarr, discussion time and an active learning game. Each of the young people will be paired up with an adult mentor to share the experience with them.
Plymouth Park UMC Vactation Bible School
