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From Paradise E-News - November 14, 2014 
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Change the World Day
We invite you to join us for one short worship service at 9 am this Sunday, November 16 for PVUMC's Change the World Day. Come at 8:30 am to register for a service project, and join a group serving on campus or off. Let's be God's love in action. 

Pastor's Message

Dear Friends, 


 

This Sunday, we will change the world. We will share our love of God as we roll up our sleeves and do some hands-on work in the communities around our church. Our corner of God's world will be blessed and changed by the caring help we bring to many nonprofits and ministries that touch thousands of lives. 


 


 


 

Click here to read Pastor Dave Summers' entire message>>
Looking Ahead: November 16, 2014
We invite you to download the latest weekly Looking Ahead that includes information to keep you up-to-date on everything happening at PVUMC. It also includes interactive links directing you to more information about upcoming events and programs, as well as email links to people you can connect with for more information or to get plugged into our many ministries.

The intercessory prayer list is also included here, so you can pray about your church family and friends.

We're looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, which will be different from usual. We will have just ONE service at 9 am. We will NOT have an 8 am, 9:30 or 11:15 am service. Instead, we will be having a day of service that begins with registration at 8:30 am and a service of blessing at 9 am in the sanctuary.

When you arrive, stop at the registration area in front of the Sanctuary, on the patio. Families are encouraged to serve together, but we will have Childcare for our youngest members, age 6 weeks-age 4, in our Childcare Center in the G building. Click here to download your Looking Ahead that includes the order of worship and logistics for the day

Change the World THIS Sunday - November 16

On November 16, PVUMC invites you to join us for a day of service in lieu of worship. We will have a time of blessing and prayer before we go out into the world (or stay on campus) to work, showing God's love in action.


 


 

 

Here's a snapshot of the morning:

  • 8:30 a.m.: Arrive on campus to pick up your Change the World Day T-shirt and check-in.
  • 9:00 a.m.: Join us in the Sanctuary for a short Service of Blessing.
  • 9:30 a.m.: Depart for your selected service venue, such as UMOM. Some projects will be on campus, including snack & pack and homeless care bags.
  • 10:00 a.m.-12 noon: Work on- or off-campus.
  • 12:30 p.m.: Celebration and BBQ

The online sign-up has closed, but you are still welcome to join us. There is room for all who want to serve either on campus or off. You just may not get a T-shirt. If you have a little one, age 4 or younger, and would like childcare, please call 602-840-8360, ext 134 to reserve a spot for your child. Childcare is only available for on-campus projects.

 

Click here to see the project offerings and choose where you (and your family) want to serve.

 

Click here to learn more about Change the World Sunday>>

 

Worship at ONE service on Sunday - 9 am

This Sunday, we will have just one short service of blessing at 9 am in the Sanctuary. This is a change from our regular Sunday schedule. Register for your morning of service at 8:30 am then join us in the Sanctuary. Whether you are serving on campus or off, please join us.

 

Our worship bulletins are published online at our website. Next week, we invite you to come to our 11:15 am worship celebration, designed to be "bulletin free," and use the screens to follow worship in the Chapel. To see this Sunday's full order of worship, download the Looking Ahead, which includes the order of worship for this Sunday at 9 am.   We celebrate communion at all services on the first Sunday of every month, and usually every week at 11:15 am.

 

If you have access to a computer, tablet or smart phone, you can go to our website to view our events calendar, get more details about programs, and subscribe to the weekly Paradise E-News to see what's happening at PVUMC every week. We also publish back issues of the E-News, Looking Ahead, bulletins and Desert Scroll, our bimonthly newsletter. The October/November issue is available online, and in the kiosks on campus. You can also download the .pdf here.
 
 



SUNDAY SCHOOL
We will NOT offer our regular Sunday School program this Sunday, November 16 and enourage you to serve together as a family on Change the World Day. Our Childcare Center will be open for children age 6 weeks through age 4, but space is limited. Please call 602-840-8360, ext 134 to reserve a spot for your child at least 48 hours in advance. Next week, we'll have our regular Sunday School for age 2-6th grade at 9:30 am.  Mini-Singers and Children's Choir rehearse after Sunday School. Please check the church calendar online for times and rooms.

  

PRESCHOOL ZOOLIGHTS

Click on this link to sign up to help at the PVUMC Preschool Zoolights fundraiser on November 16, 5:30-8 pm at The Phoenix Zoo. Preschool parents and youth are invited to donate cookies and help at the event, and all are welcome to buy tickets to this special event that features holiday crafts, cookies and Santa -- one day before Zoolights actually opens to the public! See the sign up form for open volunteer slots and look for a ticket table on Sunday morning.  The PVUMC Preschool appreciates your support.

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CHRISTMAS CONCERT

The PVUMC Community Concert Series 2014-2015 hosts the third concert in the series in less than a month, on Sundday, December 7 at 6 pm in the Sanctuary. This concert features our own children's, youth and adult choirs and ensembles. Come early for a good seat. A free-will offering will be taken at the event and a dessert reception follows in the Fellowship Center.

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SERENDIPITIES 

PVUMC's campus gift store offers a wide variety of spirit-filled gifts, and in November, the shop is open extended hours for Shop & Share, when you have a chance to support some individual missions near and dear to us. This Wednesday, help support Audrey's Angels.

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MEMORIAL SERVICE OF LIGHT

Remember your loved ones this holiday season with a special worship service. You may reserve a candle for someone, and join us as we light these candles during the Memorial Service of Light on Sunday, November 23 at 6 pm in the Chapel. Sunday, November 16 is the last day to reserve a candle.

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SUPPORT CHOIR MUSIC

PVUMC members Jim and Debbie Badge are hosting two more evenings of fun, fellowship, and entertainment this month to help raise money for the Chancel Choir Section Leader Scholarship Fund. 

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NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION

Interested in joining PVUMC? Become a member of our congregation by attending our next new member orientation on Wednesday, November 19, at 6:30 pm in G2, the library. After the orientation, you will be invited to join the congregation on Sunday, November 23RSVP to the church office at 602-840-8360.  

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COMMUNITY FEAST

Join us every Wednesday evening for a dinner buffet, catered by UMOM Helpings Cafe, Market and Catering. Suggested donations: $7.50/adult; $3/children under 12. Pay as you are able. UMOM's barista and customer service training program helps those at UMOM move from homelessness to wholeness.

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LEADERS ASSEMBLY

join Valley Interfaith Project (VIP) and Church and Society Ministry Team members on Tuesday, November 18 for a Leaders Assembly. It will be our first meeting with newly elected state officials and key legislators as we seek to ratify VIP's 2015 Human Development Agenda.

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PARADISE PERK OPEN

The Paradise Perk is open on Sundays, 9 am-1 pm. We invite you to stop by for some of the best smoothies, iced tea and coffee in town. What's even better is that all proceeds benefit Youth Ministry and Missions. 

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FMSC MONTHLY PACKING

Every month, we offer packing events at the Feed My Starving Children Tempe warehouse. To find out more, or to register, click "Read More" below. Show God's Love in Action at FMSC.

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ON THE FIRST TUESDAY

Join us on December 2 for our next On the First Tuesday when PVUMC member and Chris LaMont, the event's regular emcee and moderator, is our guest speaker. Chris was featured in our October-November 2014 Desert Scroll newsletter on page 3, Passion Found.

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BIBLICAL GARDEN

Help the Garden grow through your TLC and through your financial gifts. Become a friend or patron, or buy a brick in memory or in honor of a loved one. Help your children understand the importance of being good stewards of God's creation. 

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