Pastors Ponderings: Who is St. Patrick?
Pastor Jim submitted the following on 3/17/17… Greetings Friends: A very Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all! Below is a brief yet informative article about Patrick and this day. I cannot take credit for it other than I received it from Christian History Institute, of whom I am a member. I hope you are blessed by this humble offering about a wonderful Saint of the Christian Church. Pastor Jim We all Know St. Partick’s Day… but what about St. Patrick Himself??? ON THE SEVENTEENTH of March, people around the world...
read moreWhat is UMCOR Day? (3/26/17)
There’s an earthquake… there’s a drought…. there’s a Tsunami… there’s an epidemic… What do we do when terrible things happen to people? Do we just sit by and say “Oh, that’s such a shame.” Or do we actually do something to relieve the suffering? UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) may sound like the name of some stuffy committee. But it truly is the driving force of our church’s response to suffering anywhere in the world. On Sunday March 26 we will...
read moreGod’s Love Story (2/12/17)
Valentine’s Day! Love!!! What is Love? More importantly, what is God’s Love? In this sermon Pastor Jim took a look at the book of Hosea to see a demonstration of what God’s love looks like.
God is crazy in love with you. Will you return that love? Will you accept Him into your heart? He wants to forgive you and begin a relationship with you right now. What does this story in Hosea teach us about that love?
Everybody is a Player on God’s Super Team (2/5/17)
Super Bowl Sunday… Things were a little different in church on this particular sabbath. Pastor Jim wasn’t wearing his usual clergy robe. Instead he was trying to look like Jerry Rice with his red 49’ers jersey. The service listed in the bulletin looked a bit strange too: things like “The Huddle Up”, “A Time Out”, and the “Coin Toss” marked the schedule. We were surrounded by object lessons, and Pastor Jim’s sermon put them to use, turning a “secular” event like the...
read moreNew Church Picture Directory is on the Way! (3/14/17)
Mother’s Day is coming…what better gift than a beautiful family portrait! LifeTouch will be taking portrait pictures to include in our next Picture Directory on March 14 & 15, 21 & 22 and April 11 & 12 from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. (APPOINTMENT REQUIRED) in the Gathering room (2nd floor). Please use the button below to schedule your appointment now. Your appointment will take approximately one hour. NO purchase of the photos are necessary but please do have them taken to be included in the directory. The photo included in...
read moreSoup ‘n Salad Lunch Looks for Spring! (3/5/17)
Spring will come soon!!! After the 11:00 AM service we’ll be treated to a Soup (and beverage) lunch. Everyone is invited. We will provide the soup and beverages, but we hope that you will bring your favorite salad or dessert (as a “covered dish”). If you don’t bring any salad or desert, you’re welcome anyway! Share Soup and Shared Ministries… There will be a freewill offering for Shared Ministries. What is Shared Ministries? The United Methodist Church is...
read morePUMC Using Daffodils to Fight Cancer! (3/19/17)
Spring is arriving! And one of the first tastes of the new season is the emergence of those yellow flowers through the soil. Daffodils! They’re beautiful, they are harbingers of warmer weather, and- they can be used to fight one of the deadliest diseases afflicting mankind; Cancer. We’re selling mini pots of daffodils to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The daffodil pots are being sold for $10 each. A nice round number. But note that we’re able to purchase these flowers for only $2.40. So $7.60 will be...
read moreLenten Devotional for 2017
Members from four local churches have come together to produce a Daily Devotional for this year’s Lenten season. The booklets were published in hardcopy form and distributed within the participating churches, but electronic copies of the devotions are presented here. If you want a printed copy, visit or contact one of the participating churches: Evangelical UMC (Clarksboro) Zion Community Church (Clarksboro) Trinity United Methodist Church (Mullica Hill) and Pitman United Methodist Church Additional contributions were also written by...
read moreThere’s No “I” in “LOVE”!
The signboard said… THERE’S NO “I” IN “LOVE”! OK…. maybe a little corny and trite. Maybe a bit too much along the lines of the classic message that says “WHAT’S MISSING IN CH CH?” (if you need the answer… “U R” missing…). But, can love be truly selfless? Don’t you have to love yourself before you can love others? And don’t you have to think of yourself before you can love yourself??? A husband and wife once had to testify about...
read moreDinner and Concert to Benefit La Palmilla Mission (2/11/17)
February 11 isn’t quite Valentine’s Day, but it’s a great opportunity for having a night out at something resembling a “dinner theater.” The “dinner” will be a covered dish dinner, and the “theater” will be a concert by our own Lee Whitaker (with some help from our Praise Team). Here are the details: Date: Saturday February 11 Time: 5:00 PM dinner, 6:30 PM concert Place: NOT PUMC!- it’s at the Indian Mills UMC The Indian...
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