McLaurin Heights United Methodist

N e w s l e t t e r

July 2016 The kindness of another friend?

Reaching out to someone else?

Taking an honest look at yourself?

Receiving God’s forgiveness?

Bible study?

Christian friendship?

The children at MHUMC have helped me

remember how amazing God’s love is and how

God desires that each of us keep growing in that

love from infinity and beyond! That is Good

News worth sharing!

In the hope and joy of Jesus,

Vicki

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Inspired to Worship

Called to Serve

United in Fellowship

Dear Friends,

It has thrilled me to be around the children of our

church and community during Sunday School,

Vacation Bible School and WOW Wednesdays this

June! As always, children teach me. Here are some

lessons that I’ve learned and re-learned from them:

Jesus loves me. This I know for the Bible

tells me so. Little ones to him belong. They

are weak, but he is strong.

God’s amazing love is worth catching.

God’s amazing love is contagious!

It is a joy to learn about Jesus.

To grow in my understanding about Jesus and

my relationship with Jesus, it helps to have

teachers who love Jesus and are willing to

give their time to teach me.

Each child is a unique creation of God,

wonderfully made.

It takes patience to be a Jesus learner and a

Jesus teacher.

As teachers, we plant seeds and sometimes we

DON’T see the harvest, but Jesus calls us to

keep planting.

As teachers, we plant seeds and sometimes we

DO see the harvest, and Jesus calls us to keep

planting.

When I feel safe and loved, I can learn more

easily.

I learn from the Bible stories, crafts, other

children and the way I see and hear adults and

youth act and speak.

It is good to be a part of a Christian

community.

No one is born as a mature Christian. All of us

are on a life-long learning and loving

adventure with God.

Our Christian walk is a life-long event. Each day God

invites us to grow in our love relationship with God.

He does not want our relationship with Jesus to stay

stuck, to stall out nor grow stale. Where and how

have you grown today in your relationship with Jesus?

Is God inviting you to grow through:

A wonder of nature?

A verse of scripture?

Worship?

Stacey Everett is our volunteer Children’s Ministry

Team Leader (CMT). You may contact Stacey by

calling or texting at 601-955-8282 or e-mail at

kitnfinn@yahoo.com.

Sunday School 9:45 Each Week

Toddlers and Twos: The nursery teaches our toddlers

and twos Bible stories using picture cards. In July they

will learn that The Holy Spirit helps me act in good

ways.

3 year old-3rd Grade: The children will learn about:

Love; Joy; Peace; Patience; and Kindness. These lessons

are from the Old and New Testament.

4th-6th Grade Bible Scholars Class: We are using the

Submerge lesson plans that offer a one-year Bible

survey by following the Christian Year. In July, we dive

deeper into Signs in John’s Gospel: Hospitality; Faith;

Compassion; Authentic Discipleship; and Empathy.

.Vacation Bible School (VBS)

"Remember that the Lord is great and awesome." —

Nehemiah 4:14b, CEB

Vacation Bible School 2016

Catch the Wave of God’s Amazing Love There was lots of God’s amazing love to catch at VBS

this year! Thirty-four children and almost fifty adult and

youth volunteers experienced and learned more about

the amazing love of Jesus during VBS. We thank all

who did their part in God’s VBS work this year. A

special thank you goes to Stacey Everett, VBS Director

and De’ Layton, VBS assistant director.

Children’s Wing Cleanup

On Sunday, July 31st at 2 pm, we will have a Children’s

Wing Cleanup.

WOW WEDNESDAYS

We want to continue the wave of spiritual nurture for

the children of our church and community this summer!

Each week we have Sunday School at 9:45 for children

of all ages. For four Wednesdays, June 22nd, 29th, and

July 6th and 13th, the Missions Committee is

coordinating our new WOW Wednesdays! Children ages

3—5th grade are invited to MHUMC from 6:00—7:30

those days for Bible Stories, music, a light supper, and

activities that will help build their relationship with Jesus

and one another. The format is be similar to VBS with a

1 1/2 hour time frame. If you can help with this

expanded outreach ministries, contact Bobbie Roe,

Missions Chair, at 601-939-6182 with your area of

interest and available dates. You may also write this info

on the pew registration pads. Invitations are available for

your use at entrances to the Sanctuary.

On June 22nd, 12 children came to WOW

Wednesday! It was a great night as we learned about

how much Jesus loves children.

On June 29th, 9 children (4 from the previous week

plus 5 new children) learned about Jesus feeding 5,000

people using a little boy’s lunch of 2 fish and 5 loaves of

bread. Please invite the children in your family and in

your neighborhood to be part of WOW Wednesdays.

A Place Where God Lives Through Nature

Camp Wesley Pines 2016

Summer Camp registration

continues. Go to

wesleypines.com. Click on

camps at the top of the page,

then click on the Bunk1Login

link at the bottom of this page to

begin the registration process.

Registration is due 2 weeks before the camp. Notify the

church office when you have registered your child.

MHUMC provides scholarships for campers at CWP.

The amount of the scholarship will depend on the number

of MHUMC children attending.

2016 CAMP DATES

Younger Elementary Camp For campers entering grades 1-3; without parent

Fee of $140; includes t-shirt

YE II: 7/6/16 - 7/8/16 (Wednesday-Friday)

Older Elementary Camp For campers entering grades 4-6; not over the age of 12

Fee of $300; includes t-shirt

OEIV: 7/25—7/29/16

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

YOUTH MINISTRY

Sunday School 9:45 Each Week

We meet each Sunday at 9:45 am for Bible study. Joey

Fontaine teaches from BL4Y: Bible Lessons For Youth.

Ignoring God’s Truth Within Us; We’re All Under Sin’s

Power; God Sets Things Right; Not Without Hope; and

Death Becomes Life are the lessons.

Wednesday and Sunday Nights

Come join us at 5:00 pm on Sunday nights and at 6:00

pm Wednesday nights for fun, learning and fellowship as

we grow closer to God.

MissionFest

Four MHUMC youth attended MissionFest this year.

Read on for their reflection on the experience: Our

favorite part of MissionFest was being able to help the

community of Jackson through service. We learned that

some people aren't as fortunate as others. We would go

back because it’s a good experience and we all had a fun

time. Thank you for helping us go to MissionFest.

Youth in Service at VBS

The youth volunteered as helpers during VBS, June

15th-19th. They worked in assembly, recreation, story

telling and crafts time, and assisted the class leaders.

They are also helping with WOW Wednesdays.

Summer Confirmation Classes

for Rising 7th and 8th Graders

Pastor Vicki and Trey Fontaine, youth director, will be

offering summer confirmation classes for rising 7th and

8th graders. We are trying a more intensive, shorter

summer schedule in hopes of reaching more of our

students. Contact Pastor Vicki at 601-624-8734

(text/call) or email her at pastormhumc@bellsouth.net.

Confirmation classes will be Monday-Wednesday, July

18th-20th, and July 25th-27th, from 1-4 pm. They will

be lead by Pastor Vicki. The confirmands will participate

in a youth retreat at Benny & Patsy Rogers cabin in Arm,

MS. This retreat will be led by Trey Fontaine, Youth

Director July 29th-31st. The Confirmation class will

serve communion Sunday, August 7th as part of their

confirmation learning. Confirmation Sunday will be July

17th.

Sunday School for Adults meets at 9:45 am.

Most classes use the Adult Bible Studies book. For the

next 3 months, we will study Towards a New Creation. In

July we will start a three part study on A World Gone

Wrong, and then start a unit on Life on God’s Terms, all

from Romans.

Pastor’s Wednesday Night Bible Study

The Pastor’s Wednesday Night Bible Study will resume

July 20th 6:00-7:00 pm in the Conference Room.

New Upper Room

Where the World Meets To Pray

The Upper Room daily devotional magazine offers short,

daily devotions that apply the message of scripture to the

challenges and opportunities of everyday life. The

July/August issue cover art is Zaccheus sitting on a tree

limb. The Prayer Workshop, located in the middle, is

titled Who Do You Say that I Am? Are our questions

today the same as questions asked thousands of years ago

by Jesus’ followers? The new editions are located on the

benches outside the sanctuary, in the wall rack in the

Sunday School area, and in the Narthex. You may also

receive it by email by signing up at upperroom.org.

What Happens to the Old Upper Rooms?

The UMW Wesleyanna Circle collects used Sunday

School literature and Upper Room Devotional books. Each

quarter, the material is taken to the Central MS

Correctional Facility where the Chaplain uses it with the

inmates. There are baskets in the adult Sunday School

hallway where the books can be left when you have

finished with them. This is a simple way to share God’s

word with those that may have no other way to read it.

Busy Fingers

Conversation and companionship can

help make handwork projects go faster.

Each Thursday at 9:30 am the Busy

Fingers group meets in the church

kitchen to work on projects like knitting

and crocheting. Bring your unfinished

projects and make progress on them as

you share in fellowship.

ADULT MINISTRY

Scouting Ministry

Troop 307 Boy Scouting News

June was a busy month for our Boy Scout Troop. There

were 11 boys and three leaders that attended Summer

camps and many advancements were made. We have

had quite a few advancements take place this month.

Timothy Pepper earned his Scout Badge.

Hunter Patrick Citizenship in the Nation Merit

Badge

The following is a list of all the merit badges completed

at Summer Camp.

Luke Banta Archery

Theron Bishop Electricity, Environmental Science,

and woodcarving

Hunter Braley Emergency preparedness, Soil and

Water conservation

Trent Cliburn Citizenship in the world, Emergency

Preparedness, and Shotgun

Colc Kelly Emergency preparedness, Geology,

and Swimming.

Cody Mitchell First aid, and Swimming

Hunter Patrick Fish and Wildlife Management, and

Fishing

Timothy Pepper Fishing

Nick Taylor Insect study

Timothy Wilson Citizenship in the World.

Additionally Trent Cliburn was chosen by the entire Boy

Scout Camp leader to be the MC of the closing

ceremonies. This is a real honor of Trent.

We still need two more people on the Scouting

committee. I have had several women step up and are

ready to help. Since some of these boys are in single

(mom) parent households, having some men on the

scout committee would be very good. It only will take

about 2 hours of time once every 4 to 5 weeks. Please

pray about this important role you could play in a boy’s

future. If you have any question please contact Darrell

Roe at 769-257-9584 or dsr3763@gmail.com.

EVANGELISM/HOSPITALITY

Be Active; Live Longer (BALL) Club

Watch the bulletin for information about the next trip.

United Methodist Men (UMM)

UMM Breakfast July 10th The UMM will have a breakfast

meeting July 10th at 7:30 am. All

men of the church are welcome. for

more information, contact Tim Newton, 601-832-4093 or

Bennie Rogers, 601-842-4744.

United Methodist Women (UMW)

The UMW will not meet in July.

They will meet August 16th.

Wesleyanna at 9:30 am in the Joy Classroom

Lamplighters at 6:00 pm in the Conference Room

Lamplighters News

The Lamplighters have finished their study of Plan B by

Pete Wilson. We really appreciate Virgie O’Dom spending

so much time and effort with this. We really enjoyed it.

Lamplighters made a $100 donation to VBS in honor of

Pastor Vicki, and we furnished sanctuary flowers in

appreciation of Margaret Lee’s devotion to our church

during her 8 years as the church custodian.

We will be taking our summer break in July and our next

meeting will be on August 16th. Even though we will take a

break, our circle and members will continue to be active in

ministries throughout the life of MHUMC. We have a great

group of ladies who enjoy meeting and doing things for our

church. Please consider joining us in August.

For more information contact Sissie Haynie at 601-937-1789

New Members

Lorraine Gross

Deborah Shedd

LIFE EVENTS

ADULT MINISTRY

Pirate Partners Recognition

The volunteers for the Pirate Partners in Literacy

were recognized at the Pearl School Board meeting on

May 9th. There were four volunteers from McLaurin

Heights UMC: Gloria Hennington, Irl Dean Rhodes,

Bobbie Roe, Pastor Vicki Landrum. Superintendent of

Education Dr. Margigno expressed his appreciation for

those who volunteered for the tutoring program. He

stated that the test scores for the students had just been

received and showed a significant gain over last year’s

scores. A certificate of appreciation was presented to

each volunteer.

The Partners in Literacy will start again in August.

Can you find an extra hour or two each week to

volunteer in a kindergarten class at Pearl Elementary

School? Or would you rather work with younger

children at the Pearl Early Childhood Education Center?

You can sign up for the day and time that best suits you.

The teacher will have the activities planned. Both ladies

and men make fine Pirate Partners. Do you hear your

name being called? Talk to Bobbie Roe (601-939-

6182), Gloria Hennington (601-496-1081), Irl Dean

Rhodes (601-946-3326) or Pastor Vicki (601-624-8734)

about volunteering in Pearl Elementary Schools, and

Leigh Pope (601-941-5184) about volunteering in the

Pearl Early Childhood Education Center.

VBS Collection for the Backpack Ministry

During VBS, our children collected money, and food,

for the Backpack Ministry. They gave $188.68 for this

ministry that sends food home for children in elementary

school who have limited food resources.

Food Pantry

Dollar Tree Food Drive

Our local Dollar Tree store took part in a food drive

through the Feed America program. Shoppers were

asked to donate canned items to this cause. Our Food

Pantry was selected to receive donations. Dollar Tree

gave 200 cans of food! Thank you, Dollar Tree!

Brandon First UMC Food Drive

The Tweenagers from Brandon First UMC collected

cans of food during their VBS food drive. They donated

200 cans to MHUMC Food Pantry.

MISSIONS

Please Join the Mission Team in Celebrating...

MERRY CHRISTMAS IN JULY!!!

Please join the Missions Committee in celebrating Christmas

in July as a fundraiser for the Methodist Children’s

Home! This will help support sponsorship of one of the

“Homes” at MCH in December. We have set our goal for

$2,500.00 and donations of any and all amounts will be

appreciated. Starting July 10th, we will “decorate” the

Christmas tree in the sanctuary with Christmas in July

ornaments representing each $10.00 of our combined

donations. The children will be involved by hanging the

ornaments on the tree each Sunday. Please help us by

LOADING the tree with ornaments! We will have a

Christmas Eve Ice Cream Party on July 24th (Christmas Eve)

to celebrate our Christmas in July! Don’t miss out on the fun

and yummy ice cream!!

Blessing to all, Jeanette Rochelle

Kroger Community Rewards Program

Have you re- registered your KROGER reward card?

Call 1-800-576-4377 , give your card #, the 5 digit church

code 20875. Remember you must use your card when you

checkout, not your phone number. The money we earn from

Kroger goes to support Mission projects.

WOW Wednesday

WOW!! A great kick off for the first "Wow Wednesday"

took place June 22 and will continue each Wednesday

evening from 6 to 7:30 through July 13. This is a program

planned as a follow up to Bible School for children. Twelve

children came to enjoy the food, Bible story time under the

blue tent, music with a lot of motion and some time to be

creative. There was a whole host of adult and youth

volunteers that helped make this program a great success.

Bring your children, their friends, grandchildren and

neighbors.

MISSIONS

Christmas Eve Ice Cream Party

On July 24th, we will have a Christmas Eve Ice Cream

Party. After the party, we will sing Christmas Carols in

July! Please contact Betty Wade at 601-906-3475 to

volunteer to bring home made/freezer ice cream.

Communion Sunday

Communion will be celebrated on July 3rd. The love

offering left at the altar rail will go to the Minister’s

Benevolence Fund, which assists people in our community

with emergency needs.

Are You Ready to Become a

Member of MHUMC?

Are you interested in talking with Pastor Vicki about

joining MHUMC? You may contact her at 601-624-8734

or (pastormhumc@bellsouth.net).

Summer Worship Music

The choir will take a break June 12th—July 17th so that

choir members may sit with their families during worship!

During this time, soloists or the VBS choir will provide

special music for worship.

More Casual Summer Dress

For most Sundays during the hot days of June—August, the

choir and Pastor Vicki will not wear robes. They will

return to the more formal robes in September.

Choir News

Choir practice resumes on July 10th at 6:30 pm. After a

well deserved summer break, we look forward to our choir

returning to the choir loft on Sunday July 17th and leading

us in worship at 10:55 am.

Meetings

Trustees 4:00 pm July 10th

Finance 4:30 pm July 17th

Nominations 4:00 pm July 24th

Trustees News

The Trustees worked on more plumbing in June, they

repaired the sink trap in the Nursery, and repaired a toilet

in the 3 years to 3rd grade classroom area.

The [people] in charge of the work were diligent, and the

work progressed under them. NIV 2 Chronicles 24:13

2016 Mississippi Annual Conference Report

Each year we as United Methodists come together to do

the business of our Annual Conference, but that is not all

the conference is about. This year we celebrated and

worshiped our Amazing God, we focused on the core

value, Generosity.

Bishop James Swanson opened the 2016 Session by

calling on the Laity and Clergy to live as people filled

with generosity! He reminded us that we are sent by our

generous God to be generous with ourselves and our

gifts.

The Mission offering again this year was the MS Africa

University Partnership. Our goal was to provide ten

endowed scholarships totaling $1,300,000 dollars, and at

the end of the session the total collected was $1,354,739,

exceeding our goal.

I am very proud to report that Pastor Vicki has been

reappointed to McLaurin Heights United Methodist

Church for another year. It is through her leadership that

our church was awarded the Glory Sightings Award for

2015-2016 for the East Jackson District. As Lay Leader it

is my prayer that we ALL keep looking for God's Glory

Sightings in our church and in our lives each day.

Alice Heard, Lay Leader

RESOURCE MINISTRIES FELLOWSHIP MINISTRY

WORSHIP

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

3 9:45 am Sun. School 10:55 am Worship No evening activities. HB Ray Rogers HB Margaret Gaines

4 The office will be closed for Independence Day. Boy Scouts will not meet. HB Barry Kirkpatrick HB Jimmy Scott

5 9-10 am Food Pantry

6 9-10 am Food Pantry 6:00 pm Youth Fellowship 6-7:30 pm WOW Wednesday

7 9-10 am Food Pantry 9:30 am Busy Fingers HB Todd Gangawere HB Scott Rhodes HB Wyatt Scott HB Shelby Nichols

1 HB Donna Gangawere HA Brett & Stacey Green

8 HB Amy Wigglesworth

2

9 HB Cindy Richardson HB Madi Temple HB Aly Weems

10 7:30 am UMM Breakfast 9:45 am Sun. School 10:55 am Worship 4:00 pm Trustees meeting 5:00 pm Youth Fellowship 6:00 pm Adult Worship &Study 6:30 pm Choir Practice resumes

11 6:30-8 pm Boy Scouts HB Charlie Berg HB Renate Burns HB Justin Powell HB Logan Polk

12 9-10 am Food Pantry HB Cindy Turnage HB Vicki Landrum HA Lee & Tera McDivitt III

13 9-10 am Food Pantry 6:00 pm Youth Fellowship 6-7:30 pm WOW Wednesday

14 9-10 am Food Pantry 9:30 am Busy Fingers HB Sheila Roper HB Cathy Greene

15

HB Ladene Miller HA Joe & Vicki Landrum

16 HB Beverly Jones HB Trenton Goff

17 9:45 am Sun. School 10:55 am Worship 4:30 pmFinance meeting 5:00 pm Youth Fellowship 6:00 pm Adult Worship &Study 6:30 pm Choir Practice

18 1-4 pm Confirmation Class 6:30-8 pm Boy Scouts HA Tim & Susan Newton HA Alexander & Margaret Lee

19 9-10 am Food Pantry United Methodist Women will not meet 1-4 pm Confirmation Class

20 9-10 am Food Pantry 1-4 pm Confirmation Class 6:00 pm Adult Bible Study Youth Fellowship HB Cyndy Berg HA Floyd & Virgie O’Dom

21 9-10 am Food Pantry 9:30 am Busy Fingers

22 HB Becky Fontaine

23 HA David & Susan Hooper

24 9:45 am Sun. School 10:55 am Worship 4:00 pm Nominations meeting 5:00 pm Youth Fellowship 6:00 pm Christmas Eve Ice Cream Party and Carols 6:30 pm Choir Practice HB Shirley Rogers HB Devlin Collum

25 1-4 pm Confirmation Class 6:30-8 pm Boy Scouts CWP Older Elementary Camp

26 9-10 am Food Pantry 1-4 pm Confirmation Class CWP Older Elementary Camp HA Anand & Sue Michael HA Danny & Louanne Pope

27 9-10 am Food Pantry 1-4 pm Confirmation Class CWP Older Elementary Camp 6:00 pm Adult Bible Study Youth Fellowship

28 9-10 am Food Pantry 9:30 am Busy Fingers CWP Older Elementary Camp

29 Youth Retreat at the Roger’s Cabin CWP Older Elementary Camp HB Andrew Pope HB Asher Lowry Hb Ramona Salers

30 Youth Retreat at the Roger’s Cabin

31 9:45 am Sun. School 10:55 am Worship 2:00 pm Children’s Wing Cleanup 5:00 pm Youth Fellowship 6:00 pm Adult Worship &Study 6:30 pm Choir Practice Youth Return from the Roger’s Cabin HB Maggie Hickman HB Lori Miller

Aug. 1 6:30-8 pm Boy Scouts HB Marie Braswell HB Charles Hillman

2 9-10 am Food Pantry

3 9-10 am Food Pantry 6:00 pm Adult Bible Study Youth Fellowship

4 9-10 am Food Pantry 9:30 am Busy Fingers HB Sue Elcan HB Lou O’Neal HB Sheila Vanderford

5 HB Lindsey Fontaine

6

HB Zoe Pinson HA Joey & Becky Fontaine

July 2016

Laity in Service

Liturgist: Sherry Wilson

Head Usher: Tim Newton

Children’s Church: Stacey Everett

Sanctuary Greeters: Ladies Bible Class

Communion Servers: Youth and Young Adults

Collection Counters: Joanie Layton, Mack Robinson

Lock up: Ed Hennington, Dorman Pinter

Unlock: Cindy Turnage

Sound Room: Hal Herrington, Joel Lucas, Austin Coley

Acolytes Nursery Workers

July 3 Destiny Williams Aliese Green

July 10 Will Weems Linda Harrison

July 17 Carson Weems

July 24 Aden Lowry

July 31 Destiny Williams Lori Smithhart

NON-PROFIT ORG

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

JACKSON, MS

PERMIT #405

McLaurin Heights United Methodist Church

325 Mary Ann Drive

Pearl, MS 39208

E-mail Addresses: Pastor: pastormhumc@bellsouth.net

Secretary: secmhumc@bellsouth.net

Fax No: 601-939-3692 Telephone No: 601-939-2163

website: mheightsumc.com

Vicki Watkins Landrum, Pastor Duncan Goff, Music Director Susan Hooper, Secretary Mynette Minshew, Organist

Trey Fontaine, Youth Director Patsy Rogers, Pianist

Sheila Roper, Nursery Sunday: 9:45 am Sunday School

10:55 am Morning Worship

5:00 pm UM Youth Fellowship 6:00 pm Evening Worship & Study

6:30 pm Choir Practice

Wednesday: 6:00 pm Adult Bible Study (resumes July 20th)

6:00 pm UM Youth Fellowship

6:00 pm WOW Wednesday (through July 13th)

Address Service Requested

VOL. 46 Issue No. 7 July 2016