Text Box: Greater Things John 14:12 March 13, 2007 Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church 4809 Bell Hill Road, Bessemer, AL 35022 Fax: (205) 428-6135 Office: 428-4056 Parsonage: 425-5388 FLC: 428-4920 e-mail: Pleasant Hill4809@aol.com Bobby Scales, Minister e-mail:RobtScales@aol.com Cell Phone: 746-4547 Monica Hararger, Student Minister e-mail: PHImpactyouth@aol.com Web Page Address: www.ph-umc.com

Text Box: ASP Pancake Breakfast In conjunction with the youth yard sale, the ASP Team will be having a pancake breakfast Saturday morning, April 21st. Come eat and shop! Donation accepted at the door to help raise money for our mission trip this summer.


Text Box: Mother-Daughter Luncheon Tickets are on sale now for our Mother-Daughter Luncheon to be held Saturday, May 12th in the Family Life Center. As a reminder all United Methodist Women are to be sure to see Opal Shotts to obtain their tickets and start selling as soon as possible. This way you will have access to purchase tickets from any United Methodist Woman or call Opal Shotts . The church office will also have tickets available. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and children ages 3-10 are $5.00, children under age 3 are free with a paying adult. Remember buy soon and buy often!!! Let’s work hard to make this a BIG success!! Opal Shotts

Text Box: Normal Sunday Evening Schedule 5:00-6:00 PM- Media Library Open 5:00-7:00 PM Children’s Activities 5:00 PM- Impact (Jr., Sr. High Youth)

Text Box: SPECIAL SERVICES: April 1, Palm Sunday..............One Worship Service at 11:00 a.m. The Choir Easter Musical April 6, Good Friday.............Worship in the Sanctuary at 7:00 p.m. April 8, Easter Sunday...........Sunrise Service....6:00 a.m. in front of the old building Breakfast prepared by the men following sunrise Regular Worship Services 8:45 & 11:00 a.m Sunday School................10:00 a.m. NO EVENING ACTIVITIES
Text Box: Living Stones Jan and Steve Cochran Jan was born in Tampa, Florida and has one sister and one brother. Her family moved to Bessemer when she was a junior in high school. Steve was born in Bessemer and has three brothers and one sister. He attended the Bessemer Schools and was at Jess Lanier High School when he met Jan. They both were beginning their junior year. They met thru the introduction of Steve’s cousin and begin dating. They both worked during high school and bought their first home in Greenwood after graduation, and married the following May. Steve has worked at Buffalo Rock/Pepsi Cola for 30 years this past August. Jan will be celebrating her 30 years with BellSouth (AT&T) this June. Steve’s family attended Westside Baptist Church in Bessemer when he was growing up. Jan became a member after they began dating. They were married and had two children, a daughter (Maleah) and a son (Brent) raising them in the Baptist tradition. It has only been in the last eight years they left Westside and became members of Morgan United Methodist and then recently Pleasant Hill. They were looking for a spiritual church closer to home and a strong children’s program. They found both at Pleasant Hill. Their daughter Maleah, has a six year old daughter, Kylie. Kylie attends church every Sunday with them. She is a wonderful child who has stolen the hearts of many of us at Pleasant Hill. Kylie likes everyone she has met at Pleasant Hill, but formed a special bond with Mr. Julian. When he was attending the same early service, she always came to where he was sitting to give him a big hug. She also remembered him with little gifts she made. They both seemed to have a love for “special rocks” and they would share them with each other. Steve and Jan’s son, Brent, was in the Army and served in South Korea for two years. He is now out and living at home. He is currently employed with Prestige Paint. Brent spends his free time riding his ATV, Dirt Bike and fishing with friends (unless Kylie has other plans for him). The family enjoys any activity that involves water. Steve’s parents have a place on the river where they have spent many weekends. Or mention the beach and everyone can be packed and in the car within five minutes. Every year they spend their vacation at the beach with Jan’s family and any others that tag along. Steve has served as an usher at the early service. He and Jan are in the Praise and Outreach Sunday School Class. They stay pretty busy with their jobs and their family which includes Baron (Miniature Pincher) and Charmin (a special needs Kitten). Steve and Jan both have a warm, friendly personality and we are glad to have the Cochran Family as Living Stones at Pleasant Hill. -Jean Baswell

Text Box: INVITATION As a part of Holy Week observance, you are invited to attend a unique exhibit at Discovery United Methodist Church April 4 and 5, 2007 9am-8pm daily Stations of the Cross Combining ancient tradition with modern imagination as local artists interpret the last twenty-four hours of the life of Christ Set aside at least one hour for this time of personal prayer and reflection in preparation for EasterSunday.

Text Box: Easter Egg Hunt! Saturday, March 31st, 2:00pm at Brackner Park Everyone is invited to join us for games, egg hunt, crafts, face painting and lots of fellowship and fun! Bring your lawnchair and enjoy the day. Kids, don't forget to bring your Easter basket and be watching for a special visitor to show up. Sunday, April 1 is Palm Sunday. The children will be meeting in the room outside the sanctuary at 10:45am to prepare for the palm processional. They will remain in the worship service with parents to enjoy our choir's Easter musical. There will be no Kid's club on April 1st or April 8 (Easter). Tonya Koll


Text Box: There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. “Is there anything breakable in here.” asked the postal clerk. “Only the Ten Commandments, “ answered the lady.

Text Box: Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank you for coming to the 1st Annual “Evening Under the Stars”. I have heard from many of you how much you enjoyed the food, the fellowship, and especially the entertainment. Thanks to Bill Jeffries and the Joe Giatinna Orchestra, to Laura Jean McGhee for the wonderful food, to the Youth and Monica for their fine service, to Tonya Koll for taking care of the children, and to all of the volunteers from the Chancel Choir & Bell Choir for the many hours of planning, implementing, and cleaning. Our goal was to raise about $1,000 for the Music Department. We raised about three times that amount. Thank You, Pleasant Hill UMC Family Let’s do again next year. Alan “Because He Lives” The Chancel Choir will be presenting this Easter Musical this coming Sunday, April 1 at the 11 am service. We will only have one service this Sunday, so come early as we are expecting a large attendance.

Text Box: 2nd Annual Men’s Bake-Off The Appalachia Service Project Team (ASP Team) will be hosting a Men’s Bake-Off on April 15, 2007. Lunch will be served following both Sunday Services for a donation to help raise money for our mission trip this summer. The ASP Team will be serving Spaghetti, Tossed Salad, Bread and Drinks. For dessert, you are encouraged to stay for the Auction of the Men’s ‘Home-Made’ Desserts! Men, if you have a competitive spirit (AND WE KNOW YOU DO), start getting your best Dessert recipe ready! There’s bragging rights in knowing that you are the best cook in the church……or best “MAN” Cook!!!. The categories will be Cakes, Pies, Brownies and Desserts That Don’t Fit Anywhere Else. They will be judged on Best in Class, Most Creative and Can’t Believe You Actually Brought This to Church. The auction of all dessert entries will begin at 1pm. Men (there’s no age limit), if you think you are the best, and want to show everyone that you can do what no one thinks you can, contact Andrew Peebles to enter this all important competition So, if you like to eat Spaghetti, spend time with your family & friends, have a competitive spirit AND have a sweet tooth, come support the ASP Team and help raise money for our mission trip this summer.

Text Box: Youth News We are kicking off a new program for our youth group called Servant Sundays. I am excited about this because it is completely student led and driven. The first Sunday of every month we will go out to eat after church. After lunch we come back and take part in a service project that has been planned by the youth. After we are done working the youth have planned a worship service that revolves around what we did that day. Isn’t that great!!! Our kick off Sunday will be this Sunday, April 1st. We will be picking up trash along Bell Hill Road. Please encourage your student to join us on this project. I am trying to fill up spots on our summer trips. Please make note of our Middle School Mission trip June 8-10th. The cost is $50 and we will be going to Tennessee to do construction work. Before our return we will be rafting the Ocoee River. We are also going to the Beach June 22-25. The cost will be $75 for that trip. Our Senior High mission trip is July 8-13 and we have filled all of our slots. If you are interested is either of these trips please contact me as soon as you can. Please remember our yard sale April 21st. This will be a big day for our church because there will also be a car wash and pancake breakfast being help by ASP. Please take time for some spring cleaning around your home and donate your treasures to this event. If you need help getting them to the church, please contact me. Monica Harbarger

Text Box: To the Congregation of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church I would like to take a minute to thank each and everyone of you for your thoughts and prayers for Peyton and our family. As I’m sure most of you know Peyton had a tumor the size of a baseball in her pelvis. We were told there was a slight chance it could be benign, but most likely it would have some malignancy and we would have to do chemo. Well miracles do happen because her tumor came back completely benign and had no maligrant cells. PRAISE THE LORD! We still have a couple more tests to make sure there are no more cancer cells, so I ask that you keep praying for Peyton. Pray these tests come back negative. God has definately been on our side and blessed us with a miracle. The power of prayer is an amazing thing. Thank you all for your support. If you would like to stay up to date on Peyton’s condition you can check out her story at: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/PeytonSheheane Please sign the guestbook at the website so we know you visited. Love, Shan, Tara & Peyton Sheheane

 

Text Box: Fountain of Love Offering Since 1961, The Fountain Of Love has met the needs of more than 5,000 residents in the care of Methodist Homes for the Aging - by supplementing their diminishing incomes and affording the dignity to remain in place and providing a well deserved sense of peace and well-being. The Methodist Homes Corporation serves God’s Older Children in 14 Senior Care Residences (Fair Haven being one) throughout Alabama and Northwest Florida. Each year more and more residents request financial assistance. We, the Pleasant Hill Church Family, have an opportunity to help keep the Fountain Of Love Flowing. I ask that you pray for the mission work done by this organization and about making a gift during this Lent Season. What a blessing you will be to these residents by your contribution to help continue this amazing mission work. You may place your check in the offering plate any time through Sunday, April 29. We will send a check to the Fountain of Love for our total church gift in May. Please mark in the "For Line" of your check that is for the Fountain of Love. Checks should be made payable to Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church (PHUMC). Praising God for your support of all our mission work, Delbra Rivers

Text Box: The Media Library is open Sundays 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m and Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. If there are no evening activities at the church on Sunday or Wednesday, the library will be closed.