Sunday, April 28

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

Scripture: John 15:1-8

Sermon: Cutting Back Yields More Fruit

Preaching: Rev. Will Zant (11AM)

and Caroline Enright (9AM)

While Sanctuary renovation work is underway, we moved our worship service to the Ecker Fellowship Hall on Sunday mornings. This week there will be services at 9AM and 11AM. Please join us for refreshments and fellowship immediately following our worship.

Haygood services are live streamed. Each Sunday you can view the 11AM service live on our YouTube channel by clicking here. The live stream will also be available from the Haygood website.

The nursery is available during services for children aged 6 weeks to 2 years. Parents will check-in for Children’s Church and nursery. For more information: Children's Ministries.

The General Conference of The United Methodist Church has begun in Charlotte. This conference is the legislative side of the UMC. I am hearing from delegates to the conference that the worship and gathering is hopeful. If you would like to follow along, the North Georgia Conference has provided some resources on their website. You can follow along via livestream. There will be plenty of beautiful worship and holy conferencing.

Graduation Sunday

Sunday, May 5

Join us for Graduation Sunday on May 5 when we recognize and celebrate our 2024 high school and college graduates.

Wesley Woods Mother's Day Offering

Sunday, May 12

The Wesley Woods Mother’s Day offering provides charitable financial assistance, pastoral care, and wellness programming for older adults living in Wesley Woods communities. Support is provided to residents in need of financial assistance to remain in their Wesley Woods homes. A robust wellness program includes fitness classes and on-site nurses to enhance the well-being of residents, enabling them to live independently for longer. Wesley Woods chaplains provide ministry through personal visits, pastoral support, Bible study, and worship. On Sunday, May 12, you can help create hope and spread joy with a gift to Wesley Woods. 

New Member Sunday

Sunday, May 19

Are ready to join the church? We’d love to welcome you into membership of our congregation. You can join any Sunday. If you would like to join with others, we’ll have a New Member Sunday on May 19th. It’s the Sunday of Pentecost, the birthday of God’s church. It is the perfect day to join. We have several families lined up to join and there’s room for you. It’s also a great day for a baptism. If you’ve never been baptized and are ready to take that next faithful step in your discipleship, you can get baptized that day too. Pentecost was and is a day for the Holy Spirit to work in our lives. Contact Pastor Will at will@haygoodumc.org if you would like to join. 

The Matney Family

On Sunday, April 21, the Haygood congregation welcomed the Matney Family - Hugh, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Olivia. When we become professing members of a United Methodist congregation, we profess our faith in God, our desire to live as disciples of Jesus Christ, and our commitment to support the church through our prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness. We rejoice to recognize the Matneys as member's of Christ's holy church, and bid them welcome to our Haygood family.

Your gifts and sacrifice ensure we continue our mission to create disciples for Jesus Christ for the good of the world. Please consider giving online or by mailing a check.

UPCOMING EVENTS at HAYGOOD

Click here to check out our full list of Upcoming Events on the Haygood website.

Wednesday Night Supper

May 1 at 5:30PM

Ecker Fellowship Hall

Have a delicious dinner at Wednesday Night Supper on May 1. We will serve from 5:30-6:30PM. Click here to make your reservations for dinner. Please submit your reservation by 2PM on Tuesday, April 30.

Vacation Bible School

June 3-7 from 9AM-Noon

Haygood Gym

Click here to register your children for this fun-filled week. VBS is open to campers who are rising pre-K (4 years old) to rising 4th graders.  If you are a Haygood CDC/Hut family, our staff can pick them up and drop them off at their classrooms. Please indicate this on the registration form. 

Mission Camp

June 4-7 from 10AM-12:30PM

Haygood Parking Lot

If your child is a rising fifth or sixth grader, have them join us for mission camp on June 4th-7th. Mission camp will go from 10 AM-12:30 PM each day. We will be helping our church family and community members at Wesley Woods, and working on the church grounds. Click here to register so your child can experience being the hands and feet of Christ. 

VBS Volunteers Needed!

June 2 through June 7

Help make VBS 2024 a success by volunteering for a shift or two. Nursery care is available for volunteers' children (ages 6 weeks to 3 years). 

Dates of Shifts:

• Sunday, June 2 for Set-up 1pm-5pm 
• Monday-Friday 8:30-12:30
• Friday (take down) 12 pm-1pm

We also have shifts for check-in (8:30-9:15) only.

 Click here to volunteer at VBS 2024!

The Happy Camper Needs Volunteers!

Saturday, May 11

11AM-4PM

Hillside Community Craft Crawl

The Happy Camper will be on the road again on May 11 and we're looking for 6 volunteers. Each 2-hour shift needs 2 people to hand out popcorn, candy, lemonade, and water to an expected crowd of 200+ folks. Please contact Rev. Zant (will@haygoodumc.org) to sign-up.

To "witness" is to live our faith publicly, using our talents in ways that can be seen. As members of Haygood, we pledge to participate in its ministries through prayer, presence, gifts, service, and witness.

The sanctuary renovation began on Monday, April 1, and is expected to last through June. While work is underway, our worship service will be in the Ecker Fellowship Hall on Sunday mornings. Here is the current worship schedule:

• April 21 through May 19: services at 9AM and 11AM .
• May 26 (Memorial Day Weekend): service at 11AM only.
• June 2: service at 11AM only.
• June 9 (VBS Sunday): services at 9AM and 11AM.
• June 16 thru completion of the renovation: service at 11AM only.



During this time, the 11AM worship service will be live streamed each week.

The nursery will be available for all services.