Tomorrow is our final Student Outreach for the school year! It time for our annual “School’s out for the summer!” party on the lawn outside. We’ve got a huge inflatable obstacle course coming, we’ll have the volleyball net up, and we’ll be grillin’ and chillin’!
The big inflatable will be here by 5:30, and we’ll fire up the grill for hot dogs about 6 pm. Bring out your friends and join us as we celebrate the end of another great year.
VBS Training
If you plan to help with Vacation Bible School this summer, please be sure to attend the Youth Training meeting from 5:30-6 pm this Wednesday in the Youth Hall.
Burgers for Biloxi
Don’t forget about our big fundraiser this Sunday for our upcoming mission trip this summer. “Burgers for Biloxi” will be Memorial Day Sunday, May 26th, immediately following the 11 am service.
Join us for a picnic in the courtyard or the Fellowship Hall for freshly grilled hamburgers and hotdogs, chips and coleslaw. The cost will be just $8 for adults and children over 5, and $5 for the little ones 5 and under. A family meal ticket will be $22. Desserts will be extra.
All proceeds will go toward the Senior High Mission Trip June 14-22, where our Senior High youth will help build homes for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Summertime
Plans are well underway for a full summer of opportunities for service, fun and hanging out with your friends. The calendars are in the mail as we speak!
It is not too late for Senior High Mission trip. If you or someone you know is interested in the trip, please let Peg know ASAP!
Sunday School
Youth start gathering for Sunday school about 9:45 am. Classes begin at 10:15, immediately following the P3 service. The Nicholas family is in charge of breakfast this week, May 26.
Our regular classes continue through May 26. There will no class on June 2 because of Senior Sunday, and we’ll start Sunday School at the Movies on Sunday, June 9.
The Senior High Youth are holding a fundraiser for their upcoming mission trip this summer. “Burgers for Biloxi” will be on Memorial Day Sunday, May 26th, immediately following the 11 am service.
Join us for a picnic in the courtyard or the Fellowship Hall for freshly grilled hamburgers and hotdogs, chips and coleslaw. The cost will be just $8 for adults and children over 5, and $5 for the little ones 5 and under. A family meal ticket will be $22. Desserts will be extra.
All proceeds will go toward the Senior High Mission Trip June 14-22, where our youth will help build homes for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
New Member Class: All you ever wanted to know about being a United Methodist
Did you grow up in a different faith tradition or no faith tradition? Do you want to join and become a part of Plymouth Park UMC but you're just reluctant to go down front on a Sunday morning? This class is tailor made for you.
Dr. Bill La Barr will teach, lead discussion and answer all of your questions on Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Attend this class and become a member of PPUMC at the conclusion.
A reminder that the $50 deposit for Senior High Mission Trip to Biloxi was due this past Sunday. Please get your deposit in ASAP so we can have an accurate head count. I visited Biloxi this past week-end. Things are shaping up to be one of the best mission trips ever! We have limited housing space this year. Get your deposit in to reserve your spot.
Class of 2013!
We're going to have a short planning meeting concerned Mission Trip immediately following Student Outreach this Wednesday, April 24, 2013. If you can attend, that would be lovely. If not, we will meet several other times, so you may still be involved in the planning. We will be out before 9:00 PM.
(FYI, parents! Given the choice to meet on Sunday afternoons following the 11:00 AM worship, or Wednesday nights after SO, your students choose Wednesday nights.)
Lunch for Senior High Family Group #3
This Sunday, April 28, 2013, is the day for your lunch date at long last! As a reward for winning the Canned Food Drive, I am taking your group out for lunch. We'll meet in the Youth Hall right after the 11:00 AM service.
Student Outreach
We're in the final week of our series called "Treasure Seekers" in Student Outreach. Built around short parables Jesus taught about two men who found treasures and sold everything they had to acquire these valuable things, this series is designed to help us discover the rich value of having a personal relationship with God.
Our culture encourages young people -- and adults -- to pursue popularity, fame, wealth, and success. But chasing these things instead of pursuing God ultimately will not satisfy our deepest needs. We've been having some fun with the Indiana Jones movies all month as we search for true riches. More than a few of us have also been having fun with the Indiana Jones hat and the bullwhip. No injuries, yet...
Sunday School
Youth start gathering for Sunday school about 9:45 AM. Classes begin at 10:15 AM, immediately following the P3 service. The Massey Family is in charge of breakfast this week, April 28, 2013.
Confirmation This Week
Confirmation Class will meet this Sunday as usual at 5:00 PM. The Ball/Schaepe family will be providing supper. Just two Sunday night classes left before the Lock-in May 10-11, 2013 and Confirmation Sunday on May 12, 2013!
Stock Sale
The letters have been mailed, the checks are coming in, and next week we begin phone calls. If you have not yet signed up for a shift working the Stock Sale, make sure you do that this week. Each youth attending the Senior High Mission Trip is required to work the Stock Sale and the Burger cookout. Failure to do so will cost you an additional $50 per fundraiser.
Free to a good home!
We have a portable basketball goal in excellent shape that is looking for a good home. It currently being stored outside but needs to go away. It is free to whoever can cart it off. See Peg for more information.
This is a big week in the life of our church. This Thursday night is the Maundy Thursday service led by our Senior High Youth. Branson Horsman will be delivering the message. The Good Friday service is led by the Sanctuary choir. Both services begin at 7 pm.
This Sunday is Easter! Come dressed in your Easter finery and celebrate the risen Lord at church. Hope to see you all here!
Student Outreach
This is the final week in our “Girl Talk/Guy Talk” series. God in His uniquely creative way, made men and women beautifully and differently. It will not come as a surprise to anyone that physically we are created differently. But our physical body isn’t the only difference between girls and guys. This truth is important to accept so that we can make decisions based on a mutual understanding that guys and girls are coming from completely different frames of reference. Even our culture has recognized the unique differences and targets specific messages toward their differences.
We’ve been dividing into same gender small groups all this month.
Maundy Thursday participants
We will do a quick run-through of the Maundy Thursday service on Wednesday night immediately following Student Outreach. This will give everyone the opportunity to rehearse their part.
On Thursday evening, you need to be here by 6:30. The attire for the service is dress up – girls in dress pants or skirts, guys in dress pants, shirt and dress shoes (if possible).
Sunday School
This is Easter Sunday! Sunday School starts immediately following the P3 worship service, approximately 10:15 am. Youth and teachers begin gathering at 9:45 for a light breakfast, provided by a different family each week.
The Horseman family is in charge of breakfast this week.
NO Confirmation this week
We will take the night off from Confirmation so you may spend time with your families.
Great Days of Service
The Senior High, along with 8th graders, will be working at Great Days of Service on Saturday, April 13. We will be at the home of Albert Aleman, James’s dad to replace and paint fascia boards and siding. Plan now to strap on your tool belt and join us. The sign-up sheet is on the board in the Youth Hall.
The young ladies of the Youth Group are inviting all the little girls of PPUMC to a sleepover on Friday, March 1 in the Youth Hall. If you have a little girl in kindergarten through 5th grade that is planning on coming and have not already contacted Peg Hartung, please contact her at peg@ppumc.org, or 972-255-4185 x 208.
It is time for the third Annual Big Girl/Little Girl Sleepover! The young ladies of the Youth Group are inviting all the little girls of PPUMC to a sleepover on Friday, March 1 in the Youth Hall. Each little girl will be paired up with a “big” girl; we’ll make crafts, play games, do our make-up and fingernails and have lots of fun. This is an exciting event for all the girls of our church – big and little!
We’ll gather in the Youth Hall on Friday night, March 1 at 7 pm until Saturday at 8 am. The girls will need to bring their sleeping bags and pillows.
If you have a little girl in kindergarten through 5th grade, contact Peg for more information at peg@ppumc.org, or 972-255-4185 x 208. Big girls will need to sign up in the Youth Hall.
A note from your pastor; This Sunday is Youth Sunday, the time we devote to allowing our youth to lead worship. Some of you might take this as an opportunity to not attend worship. Let me put into context what youth Sunday means.
We have youth from 11 different school districts in our program. They represent seven different private schools, eighteen different high schools, twelve different middle schools, and home schooling. That is an incredible number of students from different institutions that come together in our youth program. Realize that with social media, today’s young adults do not have to have “face to face” time to be connected. That they participate in Wednesday night programming and Sunday morning Sunday school and worship is a statement of their commitment to our church. They are, in a very real sense, the church of tomorrow. And, they are very much worthy of your support.
In addition, know this. I have looked over the sermon, and I can tell you that you will not only enjoy what you hear, you will be amazed and impressed at its depth. I’m looking forward to worship this Sunday. I hope you are, too.
Would you like to go skiing over spring break? We still have 3 openings for our Spring Break Ski Trip March 10-15 to Crested Butte, Colorado. The cost is $500 for youth and college students ages 11-25 and $450 for adults.
The cost includes transportation, 3 day of rental and lift tickets, breakfast and dinner at the condo and a t shirt. You provide your meals on the road, lunch on the mountain plus lessons or optional upgrades.
This is a great trip for any age skier or snowboarder! Please contact Peg at for more information.
We’ve still got a few spots open for Youth Sunday (mostly 8:30 service). If you would like to participate in Youth Sunday (and you know you doJ), please call or email Peg.
This is a really big deal for our Youth Group and the congregation. We ask – and receive – a lot of financial support from the member of the church. This is our opportunity to give back by leading them in worship.
Very important!!!!! Rehearsal for Youth Sunday is Saturday, February 16 from 10-12 am at the church. We will do a complete run through of all 3 services. Please make plans to be there. Our new shirts will be available at that time. The uniform for Youth Sunday will be a Youth Sunday shirts and jeans.
If you can not be at rehearsal because of a work conflict, please tell Peg beforehand.
Ash Wednesday Service
There no dinner, Youth Choir, Children activities or Student Outreach this week. It is Ash Wednesday. Please join u in the Sanctuary at 6 pm for the Ash Wednesday Service and Imposition of the Ashes, followed by a light “Break-the-Fast” meal in the Fellowship Hall.
Sunday school
There will be no Sunday School classes this Sunday because of Youth Sunday. However, all youth are invited to gather in the Youth Hall during the Sunday School hour, before or after the worship services. There will be food available.
The Dinou and Garcia/Becerra families are in charge of breakfast this week, February 17.
Confirmation 2013
The Confirmation Class will meet this week February 17 at 12:30 pm for a pizza lunch before we travel to the Bishop’s Rally in Flower Mound.
There is no evening class this week.
Big Girl/Little Girl Sleepover
It is time for the third Annual Big Girl/Little Girl Sleepover! The young ladies of the Youth Group are inviting all the little girls of PPUMC to a sleepover on Friday, March 1 in the Youth Hall. Each little girl will be paired up with a “big” girl; we’ll make crafts, play games, do our make-up and fingernails and have lots of fun. This is an exciting event for all the girls of our church – big and little!
We’ll gather in the Youth Hall on Friday night, March 1 at 7 pm until Saturday at 8 am. The girls will need to bring their sleeping bags and pillows.
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Did you grow up in a different faith tradition or no faith tradition? Do you want to join and become a part of Plymouth Park UMC but you're just reluctant to go down front on a Sunday morning? This class is tailor made for you.
A note from your pastor; This Sunday is Youth Sunday, the time we devote to allowing our youth to lead worship. Some of you might take this as an opportunity to not attend worship. Let me put into context what youth Sunday means.
Would you like to go skiing over spring break? We still have 3 openings for our Spring Break Ski Trip March 10-15 to Crested Butte, Colorado. The cost is $500 for youth and college students ages 11-25 and $450 for adults.
