announcement
Kicking off our 2024 Stewardship Campaign: SPLASH Love Around!
During the month of October, we will be raising money for 2024 via our Stewardship Campaign. This year’s theme is: SPLASH Love Around! We need $160,000 in pledges to meet our 2024 budget and we are asking you to prayerfully consider how you can contribute to the pool that makes all our work possible. This money will go towards funding vital parts of the church such as staff salaries, children’s programming, and more. It will also help to fund ongoing…
Welcoming Rose Craig Tyler, Director of Music Ministry!
This Sunday, September 3, we welcome our new Director of Music Ministry, Rose Craig Tyler! Rose will be planning music for worship, directing the choir, and providing accompaniment on the piano and the organ. We are so excited to welcome Rose to PPUMC and look forward to her music ministry! Rose Craig Tyler (she/her) is a current master’s student at the University of Minnesota studying wind band conducting. Prior to beginning her masters, Rose taught middle school band for five…
Announcing the 2023-2024 season of the Community Concert Series!
Join us as we kick off the 2023-2024 season of the Prospect Park UMC Community Concert Series with Pad the Road! “‘Pad the Road with Me’ is an old Scottish ballad involving coming together and spending time walking or ‘padding’ the road together creating a little craic. We perform Celtic music from around the Irish Sea (Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales) and other folk music. Vocalists and multi-instrumentalists Alex Aavang (whistle, pipes), Danielle Hantla (fiddle, spoons), and Justin O’Carrick (guitar, hammered…
Pratt Parking Lot Unavailable Jun 16 – Sep 3
From June 16th – September 3rd, the parking lot at Pratt Elementary School will be unavailable due to construction. During this time, please park on the streets around the church, carpool or use public transportation. We ask that parking near the church doors be reserved for those with health conditions or impairments that make it difficult to walk a long distance. You are also invited to join us via Zoom as another alternative since parking will be limited. Please contact…
New Rooted Series: Our Beliefs as UMC
This Sunday, May 7 we will begin a new series for Rooted: Spiritual Formation (formerly known as Adult Education). This series, happening from May through June will be discussing “Our Beliefs as UMC.” We will be covering topics such as sin, the Wesleyan concept of grace, and liberal vs. conservative theology. Rooted happens every Sunday 10 minutes after worship, both in-person and online. For more information, check out the Rooted page here:
Parking Update for April 2, 2023
The streets have been plowed around the church so street parking should be available, but the Pratt parking lot has not been plowed and the driveway is blocked with snow. Please park on the street if you’re planning to attend in person today. Happy Sunday!
MN FoodShare Month: Supporting Glendale Food Shelf
Minnesota FoodShare Month is happening now through April 9. For the month of March, we will be taking donations for longtime community partner Glendale Food Shelf. Visitors to the food shelf continue to increase and the demand for fresh produce, healthy proteins, culturally familiar options and nutritious staples grows simultaneously. If you would like to donate food items in addition to your monetary support, below are some items that the food shelf could really use extra help with sourcing: Canned…
Building Closed February 22-23
Due to the winter storm in progress, PPUMC is closed on Wednesday, February 22 and Thursday, February 23. The 6pm Ash Wednesday Service has been moved to Zoom only. Please use the regular Sunday worship Zoom link to access the Ash Wednesday service. Thursday PPUMC choir rehearsal is cancelled. Thank you for understanding. Stay safe in the storm.
PPUMC Welcomes Dr. Marcus Simmons as Minister of Music
PPUMC is delighted to welcome DR. MARCUS SIMMONS as the new Minister of Music! Dr. Marcus is a conductor, voice teacher, worship coach, and Emmy-winner. Dr. Simmons taught at Indiana State University in Terre Heute, Indiana, was founding Conductor and Artistic Director of the Hoosier Community Chorus, and Music Program Director at 1525 The Warehouse in Bloomington, IN. His choirs have performed across the United States, the Caribbean, and in Europe. Dr. Simmons is frequently asked to bring his expertise…