Holy Week Continues

Good Friday Tenebrae Service with full choir

April 3 at 6pm

Easter Services on April 5

Sunrise Service - 7am (outdoor chapel)

Traditional Worship - 8:15 & 11am

Contemporary Worship - 9:40am

Easter Monday

April 6 OFFICE CLOSED

Cross of Flowers

You're invited to bring fresh flowers on Easter Sunday to help decorate the cross as a beautiful symbol of new life and resurrection. Just bring your blooms and place them on the cross before the service begins! Flowers will be provided for anyone without. 

Join Us for Easter Worship

The past handful of weeks we have focused our attention on things that we should say “No” to this Lent. Join us this Easter Sunday and invite your friends, family, neighbors, and even some strangers to say “Yes” to new life on Easter morning.

Contemporary Playlist

1. Praise by Elevation Worship
2. Way Maker by Leeland
3. What a Beautiful Name by Hillsong Worship
4. Graves Into Gardens by Brandon Lake

Christian Encounters New Study

The Christian Encounter Sunday School class will begin a new 5-week study on Easter. Christine Caine’s “Unexpected.” The class meets at 9:30 in Room 114-C. If you are unable to attend in person there is a Zoom link available. For more information, contact Lisa & John Bennett.

Howard Thurman Study

Prophet. Poet. Priest. Mystic. Spiritualist. These are just a handful of words to describe the late Howard Thurman. Despite Thurman’s tremendous contributions to the civil rights movement of the 20th century, he remains an unknown figure to many. This lack of knowing of Thurman and his legacy is due in part to his being the behind-the-scenes figure who promoted a deep spiritual life paired with a physical life that prioritized non-violence. To make Thurman and his work more known, Pastor Jabe will be leading an hour-long class on Mondays at noon, April 20 through May 18.

If interested in participating, please sign-up by emailing Pastor Jabe. It is also asked that you purchase Thurman’s Meditations of the Heart. It can be bought on Amazon at this link.

Family Promise Volunteers

Family Promise is the nation’s foremost organization addressing the crisis of family homelessness. Every few months, we at PUMC have the opportunity to support our local Family Promise in Aberdeen with dinners and overnight volunteers. Our next opportunities are April 27 and 28 and July 13 and 14. Click the link below to volunteer.

Apostles Build 2026

Each year PUMC works alongside Habitat for Humanity, future homeowners, and fellow Christians on a house project called the Apostles Build. PUMC is committed to providing volunteers for 3 days: April 23, 24 and 25. No construction experience is required. To participate you must register through their website link. Click the big blue VOLUNTEER button and set up or login to your account and select the day(s) you would like to volunteer.

Feed the Hunger Food Packing

Join us for our annual Feed the Hunger Food Packing Event on Sunday, May 17 during the Sunday school hours from 9:30-10:30 or 10:45-11:45. Friends and visitors welcome! 20,000 meals to pack. This is a free event open to all ages. No experience needed—just come ready to serve. (And yes… you’ll get to wear a hairnet!)

Miracle Sunday

PUMC will be joining 30,000 other United Methodist congregations in participating in Miracle Sunday on May 17, 2026. The aim of Miracle Sunday is to receive an impactful offering across our Methodist connection to educate and equip a new generation of church leadership across the globe with a focus on the areas of our world such as Africa, Europe, and the Philippines, in which the funding for such training is sparse.

To learn more, click here

Questions can be directed to Pastor Jabe.

Night of Worship

PUMC's Praise Team presents another Night of Worship on Thursday, May 28 at 6:30pm. Doors open at 6pm for a reception of finger foods and other goodies. Nursery care is available. Our 9:40 Praise Team will lead us in an extended time of singing and reflection as a means of connecting with God and one another with the theme, Ignited in Love.

GriefShare: Loss of a Spouse

A one-time 2 hour “Loss of Spouse” GriefShare seminar will be held on Thursday, May 7 from 5:30-7:30p.m. in Reeves Hall Room 5 at Southern Pines UMC.

This is a seminar for people grieving the death of a spouse. The seminar features a video with practical and encouraging advice from counselors, pastors, and widowed men and women, followed by a small group sharing time. You’ll learn what to expect in the days ahead, how to handle the loneliness, what to do with your spouse’s

belongings, and how to find the strength to go on. Everyone who attends receives a booklet with over 30 short readings on how to live with grief and eventually rebuild your life. This one time seminar is free.

If you have questions or plan to attend, please contact Bill or Doris Russell at 910-690-5234 or 910-690-1511.

GriefShare Summer Session

A complete 13 week session of GriefShare will meet at Southern Pines UMC on Thursdays, 5:30-7:30pm from June 4- August 27. This session is for the loss of any human loved one— spouse, child, parents, siblings, other relative, close friend, etc. This 13 week session includes a 30 minute video of insights from grief recovery experts, group discussion, and a personal participants guide for $20. You will meet others who understand what you’re going through. You will receive comfort and support, and you will learn practical tips for navigating your grief.

Please contact Bill or Doris Russell ( 910-690-5234 or 910-690-1511 for questions or to register.