Ash Wednesday Service

Ash Wednesday Service: Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00pm. There will be no evening programs or Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner in observance of the beginning of Lent.

Shrove Pancake Supper

Shrove Pancake Supper: Tuesday, March 8 from 5:30pm-6:30pm. Pastor Dave and his faithful helpers will prepare a traditional Tuesday night Shrove pancake supper. Johnny Knapp and his jazz trio will provide entertainment for the evening and the Seekers Sunday School Class will be trading cookies for non-perishable food items for The Pantry. If you are planning a 40-day fast for Lent, this may be your last and best chance to eat well before Easter! The supper is free!

Starting Point Classes

Starting Point - Sundays at 9:30am in Modular Room A-6

This four-week orientation class is offered six times per year for those

considering membership at HMUMC. It’s also designed to teach

and help you explore ways to grow deeper in your faith and make

some new friends. Our next session begins March 6. Visit www.

hmumc.org to register for this class or one of the upcoming 2011

classes. Click ‘I’m New to HMUMC’ and click ‘Starting Point’.

United Methodist Men's Meeting

United Methodist Men’s Meeting

Attention all HMUMC men: Our regularly scheduled monthly

meeting is Monday, February 21 at 7:00pm, and every 3rd Monday

in the Great Room. Come to make some new friends as you enjoy

a great dinner, warm fellowship, and a relevant message – It

won’t cost you a penny, so make plans to join us!

Grief Share - New Day and Times

If you’ve lost a spouse, child, family member or friend, you’ve

probably found there are not many people who understand the

deep hurt you feel as a result of their death. Find weekly support

to help you face these challenges and move forward with your life

and join Warren and Barbara Goss Sundays at 5:30pm in Modular

Room A-1. Visit our website for more information or contact

Harvey Mann at harvey.mann@hmumc.org.

Decision For Christ - Confirmation Classes

Decision For Christ (Confirmation Classes)

If you are a youth from 6th-12th grade and have not previously

taken Confirmation/DC Classes, you are invited to participate

in this six-week program in The Shed from 4:00pm-5:30pm

beginning this Sunday, February 13 through Sunday, March 20. DC

Sunday is March 27. To sign-up, email our Director of Student

Ministries, Paul Knight at paul.knight@hmumc.org

"Wait No More: Finding Families for Georgia's Waiting Kids."

The Georgia Department of Family and Children’s Services, partnered with Focus on the Family ministries, is sponsoring a wonderful and challenging session from 10am to 2pm on Feb. 26th at Victory World Church, 5905 Brook Hollow Pkwy, Norcross, GA.   It is called “Wait No More: Finding Families for Georgia’s Waiting Kids.”  There are thousands of children in the foster care system in Georgia, but most people do not know that 1,500 of these children are ready and waiting today to be adopted.  State adoption is a very different matter from private adoption; for one thing, the state picks up the lion’s share of the costs involved.  Please publicize this event to your congregations and encourage them to visit the website to register or for more information http://www.icareaboutorphans.org/Georgia.aspx

 

God has made it clear that we are to take special care of the orphaned, and here are hundreds of children in our midst who do not know what it means to have a family; many will age out of the foster care system and will never know.  Surely the 14,000 churches in our state can make a difference in that number!