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Paradise Valley United Methodist Church
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Church Membership
If you're interested in learning more about what it means to be a member of our church, please come to the New Member Orientation after the 11 am Ignite service this
Sunday, March 11. We'll meet in the church library, G2, at 12:15 pm. Learn more about the United Methodist Church, our beliefs, and how membership at PVUMC makes you a stakeholder. You'll be invited to join the following Sunday.
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Pastor's Message
Dear Friend in Faith,
Detours are part of life. They are seldom fun. When we get caught in a detour, we can’t help but think of getting behind in our schedule. Or sometimes we get lost since detour signs are not always clear. Usually we’re in a hurry and none of us really plans for a detour to happen, so there is some frustration. Our plans are set and we know where we want to be. I think of life’s detours that catch us off guard. Maybe our career goals get derailed in some way. Our hopes for love and relationships don’t unfold as we most desire. Perhaps our plans for our family end up getting sidetracked or there is difficulty for a child or a spouse that requires much love, attention and changes our focus in life....
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Donate NOW to Youth Auction and BUY Tickets for the Dinner
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On
March 25,
the youth will hold their Youth Mission Dinner and Auction, a yearly fundraising event, and they need your help to make it a success. Youth will be selling tickets this Sunday and are soliciting donations of gift cards, travel packages, themed baskets from ministry teams, tickets to sporting events or concerts/plays and more for their silent and live auction. Donation letters and forms are available in the office and on the website.
Or download them here:
The 2018 Senior High Mission Trip to Houston, TX,
July 22-27, 2018
, will assist with hurricane relief, which has been ongoing after Hurricane Harvey smashed into the coast of Texas in August 2017.
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Prayer Walk Saturday and Lenten Experiences/Worship at PVUMC
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One way is through the practice of prayer.
On Saturday, March 10, at 10 am, join other prayer warriors at
Canaan in the Desert, to walk the Stations of the Cross. Learning and Living Ministry Team Member Polly Wintergalen will guide us through this prayer garden run by the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary and located at 9849 N 40th St, Phoenix, AZ 85028 (south of Shea). If you are on social media, take a selfie or other photo and share your experience with your network of friends and family on Facebook or Instagram. Tag your post with the hashtags #pvumc #lent and #prayergarden. Check in or add a geo tag if you’d like.
The Learning and Living Ministry Team offers several Sunday morning experiences on the patio after worship too. This
Sunday, March 11, look for a table with candles. You're invited to light a candle and say a prayer. You’re invited to walk the labyrinth too.
Read More about the other experiences on the website.
Ignite at 11 am is an alternative, contemporary and bulletin-free service in the chapel.
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Community Concert: Jácome Flamenco presents TABLAO - March 16
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Friday, March 16, 2018
, 7 pm in the Sanctuary, Jácome Flamenco presents TABLAO, an electrifying and powerful show featuring two world-renowned flamenco dancers, a singer and guitarist. TABLAO brings the intimacy and intensity of this captivating Andalucian art form directly to you so you'll feel as if you're in Sevilla, Spain. TABLAO is the best of traditional flamenco with brilliant modern elements.
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Mission Team to Guatemala
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Keep the medical mission team to Guatemala in your prayers this week,
March 10-18. Thank you to everyone who donated supplies and funds to the team. Your generous gifts helped pay for the teams’ in-country medical supplies and medicines used in the rural clinics and for the school supplies and children’s vacation bible school curriculum. The team also received more than 500 donated pairs of eyeglasses. Mission team member Peggy Howard said they packed approximately 27 boxes of supplies, including medical kits for the rural clinics and eyeglasses. “It’s more than we’ve ever had before,” she said. Thank you for being God’s love in action.
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Paradise Perk/Youth Mission Dinner and Auction
Our on-site coffee shop, the
Paradise Perk, is open Sundays, 9 am-1 pm. A 16-oz cup of fresh-brewed coffee from the self-serve cart only costs $2. The Perk also offers a wide variety of espresso drinks, smoothies, teas, and soda. All proceeds support youth missions and make the life-changing trips we offer affordable for our church families and students. If you can help in the Perk, please contact
Shannon Curkendoll, our volunteer manager. She can provide training to youth and adults. Mark your calendar for the Grand Reopening of the Perk on
Sunday, April 15. More details will be coming soon!
Serendipities
The church gift shop,
Serendipities, is open Sunday mornings, 9-11:30 am, and on Wednesdays, 9 am-12 noon. Purchases support local missions. A special Easter sale to support the PVUMC Preschool will be
March 21-22, 9 am-1:30 pm.
NOTE:
Childcare is availa
ble with a 48-hour reservation for all our
events and classes on campus. Call 602.840.8360, ext 134.
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