2024 Easter Egg Hunt (3/30/24)
PUMC is throwing a party! All neighbors (near and far) are invited to the annual Easter Egg Hunt! It will be held on our south Lawn on Saturday March 30. The hunt starts at 11:00 AM!
Read MoreLeaders to Get in Step with the Master Teacher (10/14/23)
As parents and as people of God’s Church, our greatest call is to nurture our children and youth so that they can grow into a living relationship with our Creator. PUMC is hosting a workshop which will provide teachers with tools that will help them guide our children.
Read MoreSweet Treasures Planned for 2023 Easter Egg Hunt (4/8/23)
PUMC will hold our 14th Annual Easter Egg Hunt on the day before Easter: Saturday April 8. Thousands of plastic eggs are being filled with all sorts of sweet goodies and they’ll be scattered on our lawn. Starting at 11AM everyone will have a chance to collect the eggs (while celebrating the treasure of God’s Love).
Read MoreEaster Egg Hunt Reveals God’s Love! (4/16/22)
Over 300 of our neighbors attended this year’s Easter Egg Hunt as we resumed our “normal” in person gathering. As we watched our kids search for colored eggs and treasures hidden within, we were reminded that God is inviting us to search for a deeper relationship with Him and for the treasure of a life that’s filled with purpose, assurance and eternal joy.
Read MoreDrive-Thru Hunts for Easter Eggs! (4/3/21)
Yes- despite the pandemic, we ARE having an Easter Egg Hunt this year! Open this post to see how we’re conducting our “drive-thru Easter Egg Hunt,” and dig deeper to see what we’re really searching for during this Easter.
Read MoreOnline Sunday School Video Archive
Every Sunday morning, we post a Sunday School Lesson for kids on Facebook. In addition to Facebook, the messages are embedded into posts on our website so you can see them all in one place. This post is our “archive”; as more posts were added to our main page, it got slower and slower. So the older messages were moved to this page.
Read MoreZoom into a Small Group!
During the pandemic, we can’t have face to face meetings in our building. But, our small groups continue to meet. Some meet in homes (using “social distancing”), but others are meeting online (using Zoom and Facebook). This post describes how to take part in these online groups.
Read MoreSunday School Goes Online! (4/26/20)
During the 2020 pandemic, Sunday School classes have gone “Virtual”! This post presents Facebook feeds of the the lessons. If it’s Sunday morning, check out our Sunday School. It it’s some other time, watch a recording. You don’t need a Facebook account to join in.
Read MoreCeiling Tile Art- An Overdue Look
Back in 2010, our Sunday School took on the project of painting the ceiling tiles in our 2nd floor hallway. Have you ever noticed these tiles as you walk down the hallway? Take a closer look; you just might see yourself in the story that they are telling.
Read MorePUMC Preparing 11th Annual Easter Egg Hunt! (4/11/20)
Our 11th annual Easter Egg Hunt is in the works, and it will be held on Saturday April 11, 2020. It will be a great morning of food, fun, and Eggs!
Read MoreTrunk or Treat is Sweet Inside and Outside! (10/26/19)
Our 2019l Trunk or Treat was an awesome evening. Over 800 neighbors joined the party at PUMC, enjoying costumes, trunks, games, and lots of candy!
Read MoreVBS Demonstrates that God is Good! (6/24/19)
Our 2019 Vacation Bible School taught us that when life is unfair, scary, sad, changing… or even good- God is always Good! We see His presence in all of our circumstances.
Read MoreTenth Annual Easter Egg Hunt is a Smash! (4/20/19)
The misty drizzle cleared up, and we were able to celebrate our 10th annual Easter Egg Hunt without a hitch. About 400 of our neighbors came out as we celebrated family. Hot dogs, Magic by Ed, and- of course- Easter Eggs made the day a huge success.
Read MoreTrunks Open Wide for a Big Treat! (10/27/18)
Over 600 people came out on a rainy night to enjoy our annual Trunk or Treat. Even though the rain drove us indoors, there were plenty of decorations, games, food, and family memories.
Read MoreSheep Surprise Pastor Jim! (10-14-18)
It was Laity Sunday- Pastor Jim was supposed to have the day off. There were no baptisms, no communion, no tasks that could only be done by an elder. And so, Pastor Jim joined the congregation as lay people led the music, prayers, and gave the sermon. But there was one small wrinkle to this Laity Sunday; it was being held during October, which is Pastor Appreciation Month. And so our Christian Education Team took advantage of the situation and surprised our supposedly pew-bound pastor. ...
Read MoreChalk Art Puts God into Our Walk (8/26/18)
Children from our Sunday School decorated the sidewalks outside of our church. With colorful chalk, they illustrated the Bible verses they’ve been learning.
God has decorated our lives too. Do we share that “decoration” in the places where we walk?
Sunday School to Kick Off Season with a Luau! (9/16/18)
Fall has arrived. That means cooler weather, back to school, and- a new season of our Sunday School. We’re planning to get the ’18-’19 year cooking by holding a Rally Day Luau on Sunday, September 16 from 9:30 -10:30 AM. Join us for moving-up grade levels and kicking off the year. There will be games, a waterslide (bring your bathing suit!!), and a bounce house.
Read More3rd and 4th Graders Learn to Be Jesus’ Hands and Feet (1/17/16)
The Third and Fourth graders in our Sunday School are practicing to be the “Hands” and “Feet” of Jesus by making a chain recording their good deeds. We’re hoping that by the end of the year, our chain will reach around the room! Standing in the Gap As we saw in a recent sermon, Ezekiel 22:30-31 uses the image of someone “Standing in the Gap” between God’s love and humanity’s sinfulness. God is calling us to be “priests”;...
Read MoreGrowth Chart for Fifth Graders… And Adults!
GROWTH… When our kids are young we frequently buy or make a “growth chart” that we hang on the bedroom wall. At significant events we mark the height of our child and marvel at the wonder of growth. How quickly they grow and get taller and taller! A poster was recently spotted on an easel in our 5th grade Sunday School Room: It says “GROWTH.” How can we grow in Christ? What would you tell a 5th grader? What would you tell an adult? Here’s some useful...
Read MoreBreakfast & Trunk or Treat: AM for Mexico and PM for Pitman! (10/24/15)
Saturday October 24 was really an all day affair in our Fellowship Hall and Parking Lot! In the morning we held a Breakfast Buffet and Yard Sale to raise funds to support our friends’ church in La Palmilla Mexico. In the evening we just threw a party and had some fun by inviting the community to our annual “Trunk or Treat” night. Here are the details… AM- Breakfast Buffet and Yard Sale The breakfast buffet was organized by our United Methodist Men’s...
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