Text Box: Greater Things John 14:12 February 12, 2008 Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church 4809 Bell Hill Road, Bessemer, AL 35022 Fax: (205) 428-6135 Office: 428-4056 Parsonage: 936-9540 FLC: 428-4920 e-mail: Pleasant Hill4809@aol.com Alan Head, Pastor Monica Harbarger, Student Minister e-mail: PHImpactyouth@aol.com Web Page Address: www.ph-umc.com


Text Box: Helping Hands Missions Helping Hands Missions is an outreach program to provide service opportunity in our local communities. Our goal for the week of March 10 – 15 will be to have at least 100 people involved in Missions. You will be offered the opportunity to get involved in many different ways. The following is a list of areas and the times that are available for you to volunteer: Prayer -Begin praying for this event now and continue through March 15 Prepare Breakfast -Saturday March 15 6 AM to 8 AM Prepare and Distribute Lunches for Workers -Saturday March 15 9 AM to 12 AM Prepare Meal for Supper -Saturday March 15 3 PM to 5 PM Urban Ministries – Community Kitchen Monday March 10 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM This project requires 4 to 6 people to help serve a hot meal. Urban Ministries – Food Panty Tuesday March 11 9 AM to 11 AM Urban Ministries – Food Panty Wednesday March 12 9 AM to 11 AM Urban Ministries – Food Panty Thursday March 13 9 AM to 11 AM Urban Ministries – Food Panty Friday March 14 9 AM to 11 AM This project requires 2 people each day. These volunteers will help replenish the Food Pantry by collecting items per the suggested list and then take the food boxes to Urban Ministries for distribution. The following is the basic box that will feed one person for 5 days: 5 cans corn,5 cans beans,5 cans potatoes,3 cans carrots,3 boxes macaroni and cheese,1 box of cookies/crackers,5 cans of meat (tuna, salmon, ham, etc.),5 cans of soup,5 cans of fruit,2 boxes of cornbread,1 box of cereal,1 bag of flour,4 packs of coffee,1 jar of peanut butter,1 jar of jelly Urban Ministries – Children’s Program Monday March 10 3 PM to 6 PM Urban Ministries – Children’s Program Tuesday March 11 3 PM to 6 PM Urban Ministries – Children’s Program Wednesday March 12 3 PM to 6 PM Urban Ministries – Children’s Program Thursday March 13 3 PM to 6 PM Urban Ministries – Children’s Program Friday March 14 3 PM to 6 PM This project works with 4th-8th grade students from Hemphill Elementary School and other area schools in a program of tutoring, homework help, cultural enrichment, and character development. Urban Ministries – Exterior House Painting -Adults March 15 8 AM to 4 PM Urban Ministries – Exterior House Painting -Youth March 15 8 AM to 4 PM Urban Ministries’ signature program does exterior house painting for low-income elderly and disabled persons in our area. The Youth will paint one home and the adults will paint one home. Each home will have a maximum of 15 people. Pleasant Hill- Repairs and Grounds Maintenance Saturday March 15 8 AM to 4 PM This project will help with some of the items that need to be repaired at our own church facility. This may include painting, pulling weeds, mulching, etc. Pleasant Hill- Children’s Mission Project Saturday March 15 8 AM to 4 PM Tonya will be working with the children who sign up to help with missions. The children will have their own mission project and Tonya will need some help. Pleasant Hill Shut-ins -Visitation Monday March 10 Anytime Pleasant Hill Shut-ins -Visitation Tuesday March 11 Anytime Pleasant Hill Shut-ins -Visitation Wednesday March 12 Anytime Pleasant Hill Shut-ins -Visitation Thursday March 13 Anytime Pleasant Hill Shut-ins -Visitation Friday March 14 Anytime Every shut-in will be visited and a care package may be given. Pleasant Hill Shut-ins –Home Repairs Saturday March 15 8 AM to 4 PM Home repairs will be made available for our shut-ins that need assistance. Pay- You may make contributions to help offset the cost of this Mission Project. This event will end March 15th with a meal and time of fellowship and sharing of the experiences that you have had during this week of Helping Hands. Please call John Fillebaum, Alan Head or the church office to sign up or complete the forms that will be available in the Narthex and Church Office. .



Text Box: Young Adult “Meet & Greet” Brunch Sunday, March 2 10:00 am Family Life Center We would like to welcome our young adults, those 35 (or so) and younger, couples and singles, members and visitors. To offer a time for you to get to know each other better, we will be serving Brunch just for you during the Sunday School hour. Nursery and Sunday School classes will be available for children who normally attend and for visitors. (Visitors may keep children with them if that makes the children more comfortable.) Please make a reservation at church or call the church office. (428-4056) The important thing is that you come


Text Box: Kid’s Club In Kid's Club each Sunday night, 5-7p, we are involved in Jerusalem Marketplace Holyland Adventure. Through synagogue school, dramas, tribal time, crafts, games, and songs, we are learning about authentic Bible times culture and Jesus' walk to the cross. Kid's Club is for age 4 through 5th grade. 3-year olds are welcome to come with an accompanying adult. On Wednesday nights, we are continuing our Discovery Club Adventures with God series, where the kid's earn Bible & Skill Awards in the form of patches. (This is similar to an Awana program.) Our 3 & 4 year old children's church (11:00am service) is growing. Children are ready for this group if they turn three by Sept. 1. If their birthday is after Sept. 1, they should remain in the nursery until promotion Sunday in August. This helps keep the 3 & 4-year old group manageable and age-appropriate for the activities planned for them. Once a child begins Kindergarten, they will be in the K-5 - 3rd grade children's church. We, the children's ministry staff, want to be sensitive to each family's needs, so we do realize there may be exceptions. Please don't hesitate to come to me (Tonya Koll) with any of your concerns. Thanks to those who have responded to the need for cabinets/shelves for my office/storage room! I really love this church family that is always willing to help when and where needed! Tonya Koll


Text Box: Attenion all Youth!!!!! This Friday, February 15th, you need to be at church at 6p.m. ready to wait tables for the "Evening Under the Stars" event. Please wear kacki bottoms and a white top. Also, this Saturday, February 16th, we are paying up on the 4 hours of labor bought at our auction. Please be at the church at 8a.m. with a rake and/or leaf blower. Also, along with our mission trips this summer, we are going on a short retreat June 26-28 to the Okoee river. The cost is $75 and will include rafting, tubing, and high and low ropes course along with meals while we are there. Please let me know if you are interested in going. Monica Harbarger


Text Box: Methodist Men United Methodist Men meet February 19 at 7:00 P.M.


Text Box: Change for Change Pleasant Hill will be partnering with Happy Feet International from now until the end of March to collect spare change. This is a simple way to help share the gospel throughout the world by giving pocket change you will never even miss. There will be containers set up in the FLC, gathering area of the sanctuary, and Impact Cafe. Empty your pockets when you pass one!!!


Text Box: ROCK - A THON The annual Roak-A- Thon will be held on February 23 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at Central Park United Methodist Church. Those from our church who have volunteered to rock are Frances Howard, Delbra Rivers and Houston Carter. Please help by making a monetary donation to one of these three people.


Text Box: Scrapbooking Workshop There will be a scrapbooking workshop on Friday, February 22, from 5:00 to 11:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. The cost is $10.00, which includes your dinner and special goodies. For anyone in need of a babysitter, there will be childcare for an extra fee of $5.00 per child. For all those who are interested, please call Christie Peebles to register. Come join us for food, fun, and fellowship!


Text Box: On February 10 Brylee and Brodee Burnette completed acolyte training. Please congratulate them when you see them and look forward to seeing them serve in this important role in the near future.


Text Box: Hurricane Katrina Mission Trip February 2008 I want to thank those that went on this trip for their work and putting up with me and my sometimes demanding schedule. Be sure and thank the following for volunteering: Jack Perez, Ernette Calhoun, Matt Rockfold, Lynn Griffin, Troy Burnett, Alan Head, Judy Fillebaum and Garry Hewitt. We left the church Thursday and drove to Heritage UMC in D’Iberville, Ms. where we settled in to a great dormitory that was build by the Indiana UMC conference. Friday morning began with finding out our job assignment for the weekend. God works in such wonderful ways in matching our teams with the persons that need our help. We originally were told we would be hanging sheetrock, laying floor tile and laying ceramic tile but that did not work out. The next person they tried to match us up to did not work out and we finally where assigned to hang sheetrock for Ms. Helena. What a blessing it was for us to help such a wonderful lady. She had already been through the trails of rebuilding once with Hurricane Camille in 1969 and now she has to deal with rebuilding again after Hurricane Katrina. She presently is living in a MEMA trailer next to her home that she is rebuilding and looks forward to time when she can move back into her house. Our team was able to get her one step closer to this goal by hanging the last of the sheetrock. We managed to hang approximately 40 sheets of sheetrock so I can tell you that we all have sore arms and legs from all the work. Special thanks goes out to Ms. Judy and Ms. Ernette who mudded those holes on Friday and on Saturday they volunteered to clean the dormitory and cooked a wonderful lunch for us. The next trip is scheduled to leave PHUMC Thursday, April 17th at approximately 4 PM and again will be to Heritage UMC in D’Iberville, Ms. We will work Friday, April 18th and Saturday, April 19th. We will return the night of Saturday, April 19th. I have listed painting as our main skill so all the ladies that have asked for that special trip, this may be the one for you. Contact John Fillebaum to sign up or for more information. email jfillebaum@jwrinc.com


Text Box: M & M NEWS WOW! We have a total of 30 people signed up, and reservations have been made at the Chocolate Biscuit Tea Room and The Barber Motor Sports Museum. We will gather at the church at 10:15 a.m. on February 21st and pull out no later than 10:30 a.m.. Please get your $26.00 per person to me by Friday February. 15th. Thanks, Barbara Clinton P. S. This includes your lunch and the museum.