by Megan Hopkins | Mar 2, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Uncategorized
Mrs. Elizabeth, one of our teachers at Pittman Park Education Center, died tragically in an automobile accident this past Saturday. After hearing the news, I was shocked and quickly began to scramble to figure out how to care for our Education Center staff and...
by Megan Hopkins | May 25, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Home Page, Uncategorized
This Sunday, during worship, we will celebrate Pentecost. Pentecost is the day we remember the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Jesus’ disciples in Jerusalem and the birth of the church. Peter and 120 others, filled with the Holy Spirit, spilled into the crowded...
by Megan Hopkins | Mar 9, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Home Page, Uncategorized
Each week I close my Pastor’s Corner with the following: God bless, Jonathan Smith For Jesus. For People. For Community. Friends, I want you to know that this closing, or a valediction, has been an intentional choice of mine. In a world that is filled with people who...
by Megan Hopkins | Mar 16, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Home Page, Uncategorized
I believe that having rituals to mark time is an essential practice in our lives. The season of Lent invites us to mark time by fasting and prayer. Advent invites us to mark time by lighting the candles on the Advent wreath. These rituals that help us mark time don’t...
by Megan Hopkins | May 12, 2022 | E-Newsletter, History, Uncategorized
We all know Pittman Park’s colored, art glass cathedral windows are a pretty feature of the building, but few know they were featured in a Statesboro Herald article in 1979. The article ran in the November 29 edition and told how the church added extra...
by Megan Hopkins | Nov 29, 2022 | E-Newsletter, Uncategorized
Anita Wiggins and her husband Robert have been members at Pittman Park since 1967. You may see them in the traditional service at 11 or in the Fellowship Sunday School Class. Anita also attends the New Morning Circle UMW group at Pittman Park. If the Wiggins name...