Young Marrieds, save the date! On Friday, August 18, from 6:00-7:30 p.m., we will have a Young Marrieds Fellowship at the church. If you are 35 years old or younger, and have been married for 10 years or less, you're invited. More details will be coming soon. If you would like to help serve our young married couples that evening through childcare or dinner preparation, please let Pastor Caleb know.
Missions Monday: Roger & Abi Lowther - MTW Japan
POPC Supports Roger & Abi Lowther, MTW Japan. Roger is the director of faith and art, and Abi is the director of worship music at Grace City Church in Tokyo, an organization connecting people to each other, the church, and God through the arts. They have four sons: Aiden, Eastin, Coen, and Kaizen. Please keep the Lowthers in your prayers!
Missions Monday: The Little Lighthouse
POPC supports The Little Lighthouse.
The Little Light House is a tuition-free Developmental Center that for over three decades has been making a difference in the lives of hundreds of children with special needs. The students are served by certified occupational and physical therapists, and trained volunteers. Please keep this wonderful ministry in your prayers! To learn more, visit their website.
Staff Highlight: Caleb Cangelosi, Associate Pastor at POPC
Where did you grow up? I grew up in Baton Rouge, LA. I was actually born in a hospital in Zachary, LA, because the Baton Rouge hospitals were not yet allowing fathers in the delivery room in 1976, and my father wanted to be in the room with my mother. But from birth through college, I lived just miles away from the LSU campus.
What are some of your hobbies? I enjoy reading, LSU sports, chess, 3D printing, woodworking, kayaking, hiking, and waterfalls.
Fun fact about yourself: I played the trombone from 4th grade through my freshman year in college. And I love white grapefruit juice, drinking it nearly every morning.
Upcoming Youth Events
- July 5: Movie Night
- July 8: Boys sports day– Ultimate 10-12:30
- July 9: Vittles
- July 10-15: High School RYM
- July 16: Vittles
- July 19: Open Gym and Study on Adoption & Social Media
- July 20: Summer Shazam lunch and bowling
- July 22: Boys sports day– Soccer 10-12:30
- July 23: Vittles
- July 26: Open Gym and Study on Justification & Social Media
- July 28: Mega Shenanigans
- July 30: Vittles
Senior High RYM
Please be in prayer for our 44 senior high youth and chaperones as they travel to Panama City July 10-15 for a week long retreat. Pray that their hearts will be open to receive God’s Word as they hear it preached in large group evening sessions by Jon Von Trapp and in small group electives each day.
Men, join us for Men's Choir tonight!
All men are invited to join us on Wednesdays in July from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the choir room in the Education Building No. 138. Young men from second grade and up are encouraged to attend. This is a great service for dads and sons to do together! Music skill is not a requirement. If you have a speaking voice and a heart of love for Jesus, all other skills can be learned. We will sing a variety of music – a hymn, an ancient text by Thomas á Kempis, a Psalm setting and a gospel song. Come and join your brothers in Christ as we learn songs together and as we seek to encourage the body of Christ to give themselves away in worship. Please contact Margaret Sprow with questions – margaret@pearorchard.org.
Save the Date - Ladies' Annual Luncheon
Save the date!
Ladies, college age and up, are invited to lunch in the gym immediately following the second service on August 20. Please join us for fellowship, food, and a time to hear about opportunities for spiritual growth and ways to serve our church body and the community.
Missions Monday: Lantern Medical Clinic
POPC Supports Lantern Medical Clinic. Lantern Medical Clinic is located in Pearl, MS. It is an after hours medical clinic that seeks to glorify Christ by providing medical care to qualified working, uninsured individuals and families. Please keep this wonderful ministry in your prayers! To learn more, visit their website.
VBS snacks for volunteers & teachers
We need fruit, vegetables trays, finger sandwiches, chips and dip, breakfast casseroles, and sweets for our VBS volunteers. There are a few ways to sign up: click here, sign-up sheets on the Sunday School clipboards or contact Maggie Ingram (601-942-4516) or Leslie Cunningham (601-672-2900). Thank you!
The Toy Exchange consignment sale is coming up!
JUNE 30, 2017
The Toy Exchange, a consignment sale for gently used toys and baby equipment will be July 24-28 in the Multipurpose Building. This is an excellent way to clean out things your children have outgrown and buy like new things at great prices. Grandparents come shop for "extra" items to keep at your home. Encourage your children to clean out items they no longer use and earn some money. Visit our sale site or contact Mary Lou, marylou@pearorchard.org. for more information. We need many hands to help with the sale, so please consider volunteering a few hours during that week. More details to come later
July is Men's Choir month!
July is Men's Choir month! Beginning Wednesday night, July 5, all men (rising 2nd grade and up) are invited to join us for one or all of these rehearsals on July 5, 12, and 19 from 6:30-7:30 in the Choir Room (138) in the Ed. Bldg. The Men's Choir will sing each Sunday following their Wednesday rehearsal. Come and enjoy fellowship and music-making with your brothers in Christ. Questions? Please contact Margaret Sprow, 941.8506, margaret@pearorchard.org.
Officer Nominations
June 26, 2017
Please prayerfully consider your nominations of men for the office of Elder or Deacon according to the Biblical qualifications given in I Timothy 3 and Titus 1. Nomination forms are available on the counter of the information display in the foyer. Nominations may be placed in the offering plate, Pastor Carl’s box, given to a pastor or mailed to the church. No nominations will be accepted beyond evening worship of July 30 for any reason. Nomination forms are two-sided: the elders on one side and the deacons on the other.
Neighborhood Outreach starts tomorrow!
POPC will host a Neighborhood Outreach Week beginning tomorrow, June 26 and will go through Friday, June 30. The purpose of this week is for our members to get to know our neighbors by hosting two outreaches: a Neighborhood Outreach and Kids Bible Club, June 26-29, from 6:00–7:30 p.m., at Friendship Park, and a Balloon Glow Picnic at our church on Friday, June 30, beginning at 5:30 p.m. and ending with fireworks! These family oriented events give our church body the opportunity to show hospitality to our community. Please contact Cheryl Reese at cherylreese4christ@gmail.com for information about the Kids Bible Club at Friendship Park; contact Wendy Herring for information about the Balloon Glow at leeandwendy@hotmail.com. To sign up to help at Friendship Park, or the Balloon Glow Picnic, please click here.
More items & volunteers needed for Neighborhood Outreach week
JUNE 24, 2017
There are still several slots available for food and volunteer needs for our neighborhood outreach that begins Monday! We need mini water bottles and pre-packaged snacks for our 4 evenings at Friendship Park (sign up here) and watermelon and desserts are needed for the Balloon Glow (sign up here). Please deliver the items to Tammie Haynes's office. We also need more people to come to our fellowship at Friendship Park to greet our neighbors and hand out flyers (sign up here) Thank you so much! This is a wonderful opportunity to reach out to our community.
Youth Girls Bible Study starting Monday
Abbey McRoberts will be leading a Girls Bible study on Mondays from 1-3 p.m. at her home during the summer beginning June 5. They will go through Lysa Terkeurst's book Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely. They will be learning how to incorporate what God says about us in His Word while in the midst of identity struggles. The book will help guide them to embrace God-honoring ways to process hurt. Junior and senior high girls are invited to attend. If you have any questions, contact Abbey at amcroberts@ccs.ms.
Prayer walk opportunities in June
There will be an opportunity to attend a prayer walk for all ages through the neighborhoods around POPC on June 7, 14, and 21. We will meet in the parking lot near the sanctuary at 5:30 p.m. Contact Daphne Clark for more information at 601-982-3743.
Mission First VBS
On June 12-15, a group from POPC will once again be going to Mission First (which now includes Neighborhood Christian Center) to host a Vacation Bible School. The VBS will offer Bible lessons, crafts, music, and recreation, as well as opportunities to build lasting relationships with the children and staff and volunteers at Mission First. VBS will be from 12 noon -3:00 p.m. each day. If you are interested in being a part of this team, donating money for snacks, or have any questions, please contact Susan McCullouch (susanbmcc@gmail.com, 601-201-2346) or Frances
Wilson (flcwilson4@gmail.com, 601-720-8002).
ChildX Anti-Trafficking Unit Outreach and Hotline Group Training hosted by Moses Basket & Palmer Home
Moses Basket & Palmer Home are hosting a ChildX Anti-Trafficking Unit Outreach and Hotline Group Training. This event will prepare to immediately commence outreach operations to reach women and teens currently being trafficked in Mississippi. We hope you will join us and receive your certification to engage this critical mission in the process of rescuing the oppressed here in our beloved State of Mississippi!
WHO
ChildX Madison Anit-Trafficking Unit (ATU) – ALL, regardless of denomination, who are interested in working on the frontlines in the fight against trafficking in Mississippi
WHAT
ChildX Anti Trafficking Unit Outreach and Hotline Training
*Human Trafficking 101
*Faith Based Organization Module
*ChildX Outreach Training Module
*ChildX Hotline Training Module
*ChildX Extraction and Transport Overview Module
WHEN
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 6:00pm to 8:00pm
WHERE
Pear Orchard Church (In the Gym)
750 South Pear Orchard Road
Ridgeland, MS
WHY
To prepare the Madison ChildX Outreach and Hotline Team to immediately engage outreach and hotline operations in Mississippi. The objective is to reach as many trafficking victims as possible, and lead as many possible out of “the life” throughout the state
HOW
ChildX VP of Rescue, Robert Farris and Director of Rescue Paul Neier will be presenting this in depth “basic training” to prepare our Madison Team to “get in the fight” immediately
If you are interested please contact Paul Neier at pneier@palmerhome.org
Neighborhood Outreach Opportunities
POPC will host a Neighborhood Outreach Week June 26-30. The purpose of this week is for our members to get to know our neighbors by hosting two outreaches: a Neighborhood Outreach and Kids Bible Club, June 26-29, from 6:00–7:30 pm, at Friendship Park, and a Balloon Glow Picnic at our church on Friday, June 30, beginning at 5:30 pm and ending with fireworks! These family oriented events give our church body the opportunity to show hospitality to our community. To sign up to help at Friendship Park and/or the Balloon Glow Picnic, click here. Please contact Cheryl Reese at cherylreese4christ@gmail.com for information about the Kids Bible Club at Friendship Park; contact Wendy Herring for information about the Balloon Glow at leeandwendy@hotmail.com.