Keep Your Guitar in Tune
The Psalms tell us to “Sing a new Song”… to “play skillfully and shout with joy!” But even if you can’t play a musical instrument or sing anything on key, we are called to “sing” using all of the abilities that God gives us. Learn how to strengthen those abilities and to “keep them in tune” to be ready to serve and worship God.
Read MorePastor’s Ponderings: Halloween? Celebrate the Holy Spirit! (October 2025)
What is Halloween and how should Christians celebrate it? Pastor Mike took on this question in his cover article for the October 2025 issue of the PUMC church newsletter.
Read More2025 Trunk or Treat is Set to Celebrate (10/25/25)
Fall has arrived, and the change of season reminds us of God’s amazing creation and of His faithfulness. We want to celebrate! One of the ways we do that is with the annual Trunk or Treat. The 2025 Trunk or Treat will be held on 10/25.
Read MoreOld Cars Show New Life! (9/27/25)
On 9/27/25, PUMC hosted its “Second Annual Car Show”. It was a fun day of friends, food, and cars. But it was also a chance to explore our relationship with God. God knows all of us and wants all of us to know Him better.
Read MorePastor’s Ponderings: There’s New Work to Be Done (September 2025)
As we turn the page into a new season, it’s good to look back to the past successes, but it’s now time to envision new opportunities. Pastor Mike submitted these thoughts for the September 2025 issue of Steeple Notes.
Read More2025 Camp Meeting: A Summer’s Walk Through the Grove
The 2025 season of the Pitman Camp Meeting gave us a summer of Sunday evenings filled with worship with our neighbors, praise from a variety of musicians, and inspiration from nearby pastors. Take a summer’s stroll In the Garden; open this post to relive a week by week summary of each of this season’s 6 evenings.
Read MoreAll Hands and Paws on Deck- There’s a Need for Everybody!
God created a beautiful world: mountains, oceans, skies, stars, plants and animals (even people). Why did God create animals? Why did God create US??? Why am I here??? Here are some thoughts on this important question.
Read MorePastor’s Ponderings: What is Truth? (August 2025)
What is Truth? Is there anything that’s actually TRUE anymore???
In his cover article for the August 2025 edition of Steeple Notes, Pastor Mike shows us how Jesus is the Truth that we can always count on.
2025 Camp Meeting- a Summer of Praise and Worship (starts 7/13/25)
“A Summer of Praise and Worship…” The Pitman Camp Meeting will hold its 154th season of services in the Pitman Grove. As in recent years, the 2025 Camp Meeting will meet on Sunday evenings (7:30PM). Several area churches will take turns “hosting” the meetings and leading the worship. Open this post for a full schedule.
Read MorePastor’s Ponderings: Worship is a Living Sacrifice (June 2025)
Paul urged the Roman Christians to be a “Living Sacrifice”. What does that mean in our own time and culture? Pastor Mike looked at this topic in his June 2025 Steeple Notes article.
Read More2025 Vacation Bible School Heads North! (6/23/25)
The 2025 version of Vacation Bible School will be held during the week of June 23, 2025. During this week, we’ll discover our “True North”- where do we turn when we’re lost? Where do we need to be headed?
Read MorePUMC Ready to Host Spring Blood Drive (5/15/25)
Yep- “Another” Red Cross Blood Drive. People keep getting injured or sick, and the needs for blood are continuous, especially as we begin to enter the summer season. You can help fill that need (and maybe even save a life) by donating blood. The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at PUMC on 5/15/25. Open this post for details.
Read MorePastor’s Ponderings: Jesus- Problem Solver of the World! (May 2025)
Easter is now behind us, but we must keep our focus and continue to be “Easter People” as we move forward. “There are some things that we disagree about, but there is one thing that we should all agree upon as Christians, Jesus is Lord!”
Read MoreBands to Battle to Share Gospel in Mexico (5/3/25)
A “Battle of the Bands” evening will be held on 5/3/25 to support an upcoming trip to La Palmilla, Mexico. Our missions to La Palmilla have helped this growing church share the Gospel of Jesus’ love and salvation with this community in Mexico.
Read More2025 Easter Egg Hunt (4/19/25)
The 2025 Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday 4/19/25 between 11AM-1PM. Through the “how’d he do that?” wonder of a magic show and through the treasure of broken eggs, this will be a morning of discovering and praising our awesome God! And, we’ll have a lot of fun while doing it (and bring home a lot of “sweet treasures”)!
Read MorePastor’s Ponderings: God Keeps Rolling Up His Sleeves! (February 2025)
Instead of frantically asking, “God where are You?”, we can find peace and hope in the truth that “even when I don’t see it, you’re working” (as it says in the song “Waymaker”). God’s always there. The question is not, Jesus where are you but rather, Jesus let me find you! Jesus has not left us and is working through the Holy Spirit everyday.
Read MoreCatacomb Praise to Celebrate 200th Episode! (3/3/25)
During the pandemic in 2020, Pastor Mike was burdened by the fact that we couldn’t meet together for times of praise and worship, so he began to post videos of music and scripture. They were intended to reach us during our time away from the sanctuary, and he called them “Catacomb Praise.”
Over the years, 199 of these videos have now been posted! To celebrate the 200th video, it will be “taped before a live studio audience” in our sanctuary on 3/3/25, at 7PM.
Lenten Devotional 2025
Pre-Prayer for this year’s Lenten season by reading a daily devotional article written by local church members. Booklets of these articles will be distributed to churches, and electronic versions of the booklets are available on the PUMC website.
Read MoreNew Small Group to Study “Mere Christianity” (2/10/25)
What is faith? How can finite people even begin to understand the infinite God? This upcoming Small Group will study the book “Mere Christianity”, written by C.S. Lewis. Let’s get together and use our “thinking faith” to encourage each other’s walk with God.
Read MoreWeekly Prayer Guide
In 2025, Pastor Mike preached a sermon series on the “Disciplines” of our faith… the tools we can use to grow closer to God. One of those disciplines is Prayer. Each Sunday, a list of specific prayer areas is provided to every congregant attending the Sunday worship service. These concerns are posted in this page and updated each Sunday.
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