PUMC to Host Blood Drive (1/27/17)
On the afternoon of Friday January 27, our Fellowship Hall will be the site of a Red Cross Blood Drive. Give blood? Why??? Due to various causes, the blood supply is currently dangerously low. This isn’t about the blood supply across the country, or across the state, or even across the region. This is about the blood supply in our area hospitals! On Friday January 27 (from 2:00 – 7:00 PM), PUMC will do their part so you can do your part. If you’re able, consider making an important donation. The process consists of the...
read morePUMC Set to Collect Cans of Soup on Super Bowl Sunday (2/5/17)
Even if you don’t live in Atlanta or Foxboro, Sunday February 5 is going to be a big (“Super”) day. Even if you’re not a football fan, a lot of good things (er- “super” things) are happening on this day. Here’s the count down: 1: We’ll hold two worship services (9:30 and 11:00… the “normal schedule”). 2: We’ll observe our annual “Dress Down Sunday” Wear your favorite sports jersey. 3: There won’t be an offering! Instead, it will be the...
read moreWinter ’17 Small Groups begin Huddling! (1/23/17)
During the Fall we introduced a successful run of new small groups. Besides the learning and studying that comes from being part of a Small Group, you also make some new friends, deepen existing relationships, and surround eachother in prayer. True Christian Fellowship. Some of these groups are continuing, and others are being newly formed. But all are open and welcoming new members. As we move from the Christmas season towards Lent, now is a good time to check out the schedule of Small Groups that are meeting this winter. Sunday...
read moreDoublin’ Down with Job!
When someone we love dies, do we really loose them??? You’re probably familiar with the story of Job; He’s a rich landowner who lived sometime around the time of Abram. There’s this strange conversation in heaven, and the next thing you know he’s lost all of his possessions and his children. But some of the fine print details that we tend to skip over in a passage like this need to be noticed. Here’s what it says in Job 1:1-2… There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a...
read moreThe True Star of Christmas (1/8/17)
In last year’s sermon series on Epiphany (entitled “Three Men and a Baby”), Pastor Jim focused on the Wise Men and the Gifts. In this year’s Epiphany sermon, he focused on the star. What was the star? Was it a natural occurrence or something else? What does it mean for us today? During the sermon, Pastor Jim referenced back to last year’s series, so links to each of the three sermons are presented below: Three Men and a Baby… The first part of last year’s sermon focused on the gift of Gold:...
read moreSouper Bowl is Heating Up for the Super Bowl! (2/5/17)
The play-offs are here, and the Super Bowl is right around the corner. The Mary Circle is having its annual Soup Sale. We are offering chicken noodle and vegetable beef for $8 a quart. You can drop off your order with money to the church office or to any member of the Mary Circle either during the week or after Sunday worship services in January. Make checks payable to PITMAN UMW. You can pick up your container(s) of piping hot soup after either service on February 5. Souper Bowl Soup Order Name...
read moreBeing Renewed Day by Day
Does life have you down? Do all of the details and to do lists bulge into an insurmountable burden; a burden that weighs you down so much that you can’t move on? A burden so heavy that you don’t even want to out of bed in the morning? But God promises us that He is always with us. His strength is always available. Like the manna provided to the Israelites on a day by day basis, God is there every morning to help you carry that burden for that day. And He’ll be there tomorrow for the next day’s journey. But...
read moreBLAST Getting Ready to Advance! (1/13/17)
Our Youth Group (BLAST) is ready to take off into their Midwinter Advance. What’s the Midwinter Advance? First of all, it is probably more commonly known as a “retreat,” but we always want to look forward so we’ve latched on to the now cliche term “Advance” instead of “Retreat.” The Advance will be held at America’s Keswick in Whiting, NJ during the weekend of January 13-15. In preparation for this weekend, our youth have been raising money to offset the cost (November’s Krispy...
read moreEntering a Jughandle, Rotary, or Roundabout (12/6/16)
As we approach Christmas, Pastor Jim has been preaching a series entitled “An Advent Road Trip.” This was the 2nd part in that series. Is Christmas just a destination? Buy the gifts, wrap the gifts, take down the tree and move on? Is there something we can take from Christmas; not only from Christmas Day but from the journey to Christmas? The following recording is from the 11:00 service. Click on the play button, then scroll down to follow along… Our scripture readings were from Isaiah 64:1-9 and Luke 1:39:56. Open...
read moreThe 12 Days of Christmas Decoded!
We’re all familiar with the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” But other than a silly party song where a quartet of friends gets make fools of themselves by squawking like “Calling Birds” (whatever they are), is there any spiritual significance in this song’s lyrics? There are many versions of the origin and meaning of this song, but a spiritual application to each “gift” mentioned in this song can be made. Back when this song was written, teaching “religion” to kids was made...
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