Church guide

Calling all adults 55+! Mark your calendars! Our Senior Adult Vacation Bible School, "For the Bible Tells Me So," will be held Monday, August 12-Wednesday, August 14, from 9 a.m.-noon. Rev. Eddie Rester will be our guest speaker, and Ed Walker and Tim Wise will serve as our worship leaders. Our mission emphasis for the week will be Edwards Street Fellowship Center. It's going to be another great year of Senior Adult VBS! Watch for registration info coming soon!

Remember - ONLY ONE SERVICE this Sunday, May 5, at 10 a.m. in Founders Hall! There will be no Sunday School this week. Come worship with us as we celebrate our high school seniors. We also encourage you to write a card or note to each senior to show your support. The seniors will have baskets to receive the notes. The seniors are: Nellie Arrington, Ben Buffington, A.C. Bynum, Jackson Ford, Sam Manning, Emmie Perkins, Olivia Pitts, Lauren Powe, John Milner Price, Gannon Priebe, Jacob Russell, Quinn Sellers, Kathryn Slaughter and Don Ross Ward.

All Mississippi United Methodists are invited to participate in the 2019 Day of Mission THIS SATURDAY, May 4. The Hattiesburg District is encouraged to serve at the USM Wesley Foundation or at Edwards Street Fellowship Center Thrift Store. Learn more and sign up below! https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/2769471/false?fbclid=IwAR2UkQI5KHEY-4wLj5Ieh2iQPD6qaUpuxvT1C29WXLP4C56h0KXOT4HbDzU#/invitation

To honor our mothers and all the special women in our lives, we want to show support of Domestic Abuse Family Shelter and celebrate the important work the shelter does for women in our community. We will hold a supply drive for the shelter on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 12. Please bring donations of laundry detergent, paper towels and toilet paper with you to church on Mother's Day. Thank you for helping this important organization!

This Sunday's communion offering will support the Sunday Fund to assist senior adults living on Methodist Senior Services campuses, such as Wesley Manor Retirement Community. Without Sunday Fund assistance, there are men and women who could no longer maintain their residency. One hundred percent of the money donated to the Sunday Fund is used to support elders who have outlived their resources and must ask for help. We encourage you to please give generously, so we can turn worry into joy and turn concern into peace for the elders God calls us all to serve. Thank you!

A String and a Prayer beading group will hold jewelry sales this Sunday, May 5, and Sunday, May 12. As a “thank you” to Parkway Heights for helping sustain the group’s support of missions, everything will be priced HALF OFF! These sales are just in time for your Mother’s Day shopping! Remember, there is only one service at 10 a.m. on May 5, so please plan to shop before or after the service as there will be no sales during the service.

Our Women's Ministry held another terrific spiritual formation retreat last weekend.

Parents' Night Out is THIS FRIDAY, May 3! Parents, please sign up your kids by noon tomorrow, Wednesday, May 1. Cost for the pizza option is $5. https://parkwayheights.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/260/responses/new

It's almost May! Can you believe it?! Our May newsletter is online now! Check it out! http://www.parkwayheights.org/home/latest-newsletter

Don't wait too late! TODAY is the deadline to order your tickets for this Sunday's Team5:1 Senior Sunday BBQ! Adult plates are $15, and child hot dog plates are $8, with a family maximum cost of $40. Adult plates will include BBQ chicken, sausage, beans, potato salad, cookie and drink. Child plates include a hot dog, chips, cookie and a drink. Order now! https://parkwayheights.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/255/responses/new We will be eating outside, so please plan to bring your own table, chairs or blanket. We will provide a tent, table and chairs for our senior adults and our high school seniors and their families. It's going to be a great day!

You are not too late to contribute to our Christmas-Easter Fund. We are still accepting donations! Each week our church receives numerous requests for assistance from our community. Our neighbors are often struggling to put food on the table, purchase medications and even keep a roof over their heads. Unfortunately, we cannot always help. We use our best judgment to assist those we can, often in small but meaningful ways. Our Christmas-Easter Fund is how we provide our community assistance. This offering also provides the only funds to support emerging, new ministry efforts throughout the year. You can give online here: http://www.parkwayheights.org/give and select "Easter Offering" as your designation. Thank you for your generosity as we continue to serve those in need in our community!

Registration is now open for Roar, this summer’s Vacation Bible School! Come and join us on an epic African adventure Monday, June 10-Thursday, June 13. At Roar, our kids will explore God’s goodness and celebrate a ferocious faith that powers them through this wild life! Children age four (by Sept. 1) through rising sixth graders are invited to participate, and rising seventh through twelfth graders are needed to help lead. Adult volunteers are still needed too! Email [email protected] if you can help. Child participant registration: https://parkwayheights.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/258/responses/new Youth volunteers registration: https://parkwayheights.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/258/responses/new

Have you marked your calendars for Sunday, May 5? Remember, we'll have ONE combined service at 10 a.m. in honor of our Team5:1 High School Senior Sunday. After the service, we will enjoy a churchwide BBQ picnic as a youth fundraiser. Buy your tickets on Sunday morning or online now! https://parkwayheights.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/255/responses/new Adult plates are $15, and child hot dog plates are $8, with a family max of $40. We will be eating outside, so please plan to bring your own table, chairs or blanket. We will provide a tent, table and chairs for our senior adults and our high school seniors and their families. We encourage our congregation to write cards or notes to our graduating seniors and bring them on May 5. They will each have a basket to receive the notes. Our seniors are Nellie Arrington, Ben Buffington, A.C. Bynum, Jackson Ford, Sam Manning, Emmie Perkins, Olivia Pitts, Lauren Powe, John Milner Price, Gannon Priebe, Jacob Russell, Quinn Sellers, Kathryn Slaughter and Don Ross Ward.

Mississippi United Methodists are rallying to participate in the 2019 Day of Mission on Saturday, May 4. The Hattiesburg District is encouraged to serve at the USM Wesley Foundation or at Edwards Street Fellowship Center Thrift Store. Learn more and sign up below! https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/2769471/false?fbclid=IwAR0k0Cbu1O3nkKrTrdL_bULXZ-T0BmFEJKVC4cKF03Rpa8yrydbERhVB9pM#/invitation

Alleluia! He is Risen! We celebrated our victory through our Lord Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday! Here are a few pictures from our Easter brunch.

Morning Has Broken Morning has broken, but this morning is different. The birds are singing tunes of joy in the trees surrounding the graves. The flower buds are bursting in colors vibrant around each stone. We've come to visit the grave of a friend, but "He is not here." The Sun is rising in the East; the shadowed grays turn bright! The Son is risen in our Hearts; darkness and death end in defeat. Now we understand what Christ said, what God did. Now we can proclaim, CHRIST IS RISEN! HALLELUJAH! by the Rev. Nathan Decker

Hallelujah! He is Risen! Celebrate Easter with us tomorrow - Sunday, April 21 - at either 8:30 or 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome! We will also enjoy an Easter brunch at 9:30 a.m. in the Atrium. Sunday School classes will still be taking place.

Saturday, April 20: Read John 19:38-42. Spend five minutes in sheer silence. Just be still.

Parkway Heights members reflect on our church history

If you missed our big birthday party last night, here is the slideshow that played during dinner. Recognize any faces?

LAST CHANCE in our 6 Sunday Challenge! We need you this Sunday, Nov. 18! If we have 220 people at our 8:30 a.m. service this week, then the children will get to pie Bruce in the face during our brunch that morning. Check out this video for some inspiration, and be sure to watch until the very end. ;-)

Let’s finish our 6 Sunday Challenge strong! We can do it, but we need you (and you and you) to attend this Sunday! See you in worship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. And text that friend you haven’t seen in awhile and invite him or her too!

Have you heard about our 6 Sunday Challenge? If we can reach an average attendance of 400+, Bruce will let the children of our church "pie" him in the face on Nov. 18. Please make your best efforts to be in worship this Sunday! And text that friend you haven't seen in awhile. Invite others! See you at 8:30 or 11 a.m. for worship and 9:45 for Sunday School.

Have you heard about our "6 Sunday Challenge"? We are challenging everyone at Parkway Heights to make their best efforts to attend worship on the next six Sundays. Our goal is to average attendance of over 400 each week! If we can do it, Bruce will let the children of our church "pie" him in the face on Sunday, Nov. 18! We can do it! See you Sunday at 8:30 or 11 a.m.!

This Sunday, Oct. 7, we will join with churches around the world to celebrate World Communion Sunday with communion and a special offering. Our offering will support UMCOR - United Methodist Committee On Relief and its work to provide relief following natural disasters. One hundred percent of donations to UMCOR go to disaster relief efforts. No administrative fees are taken. Hope to see you Sunday at 8:30 or 11 a.m. as we celebrate World Communion Sunday together.

County Fair Fun - Thanks to @David 'slick' Sellers for letting us dunk him!

Special thanks to the Hattiesburg Fire Department Rescue 1 C Shift for helping us get our dunk tank filled! Hope you’re coming to dunk Bruce tonight at the Parkway Heights County Fair! Starts at 5:00 pm!

Did you miss last Sunday? Then come on back to Parkway Heights this week! We want to invite you to come have a treat and take a seat!