by Megan Hopkins | May 4, 2023 | Home Page, Uncategorized
One of my favorite conversations in the prophetic book of Ezekiel is found in Ezekiel 1-3. There God appears to Ezekiel and commissions him to carry a message to the people of Israel. God places a scroll before him filled with God’s message to God’s people. Then God...
by Megan Hopkins | Apr 25, 2023 | Home Page, Uncategorized
Friends, I am pleased to announce that with this email, we are officially launching the “Our Hope is Built” Campaign for Pittman Park. For more than 66 years, Pittman Park United Methodist Church has been a place where hope is built. Hope that has guided...
by Megan Hopkins | Apr 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
As I sit in my office, just a few days after Easter, I’m still struck by how amazing our worship was, how incredible it felt to have so many gathered to celebrate the redeeming love of God expressed to us through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ....
by Megan Hopkins | Mar 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Throughout Lent, I have been reminded of the importance and centrality of prayer in our walk with Christ. Prayer connects us to God through Jesus Christ and changes us as we find intimacy and peace with God through prayer. Prayer does change us. And not just us,...
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 Pittman Park | Feb 10, 2023 | Home Page, Things to Consider
Communication is important. Our Let’s Talk blog page is a source to help us stay informed and up-to-date as we have conversations about our church, our denomination, and the future. The page incudes links at the bottom with information from the United Methodist...
by Megan Hopkins | Jul 6, 2022 | History
PHOTO CAPTION: On April 27, 1958, approximately 300 people gathered at the Southeastern edge of Statesboro to break ground on Pittman Park Methodist Church’s new church building. Pictured is Rev. Houston turning the first shovelful of Earth. Just behind and to the...
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 | Jul 22, 2022 | History
A memory from Charlie Williams (Charter Member) The first Sunday, when the new members of Pittman Park gathered to worship, there were no offering plates. Someone went into the back and grabbed two boxes of Ritz Crackers and used those as the offering plates. I worked...
