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 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Friends, As many of you heard on Sunday, our Pittman Park staff is growing! In June, we will welcome Rev. Stephanie Smith back to Pittman Park! Stephanie will serve as our Family Ministry Pastor and help us become a church for the whole family. I am thankful for...
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 | Apr 13, 2023 | Adults, E-Newsletter, TV & ProPresenter
Connect with Pittman Park women each month through one of our circle groups. You’ll grow in faith as you share with others. New Morning Women’s Circle We’d love to have you join us in our ministry to the church, the community and specifically to...
by Megan Hopkins | Apr 6, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Home Page, Uncategorized
Easter is the most important day of the Christian year. It’s the day we celebrate that God has defeated sin and death through the power of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. It’s the day we gather together to experience new life and new hope in Jesus and I can’t...
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 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 | Mar 15, 2023 | Adults, Sign Up & Events, TV & ProPresenter, Uncategorized
A brief communion service is held in Pittman Park’s chapel on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. All are welcome to receive. NOTE: WEDNESDAY COMMUNION PAUSED UNTIL JAN. 14 United Methodists understand the table of Holy Communion as Christ’s table. The table is open to anyone...
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 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...
