TUESDAY, APRIL 23RD – FRIDAY, MAY 3RD, THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH – Please be in prayer for this very important gathering of the UMC to be held in Charlotte, NC.

FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH – TINA AND PASTOR VICKIE WILL BE OUT OF THE OFFICE TODAY. They will be working on Thursday, April 25th during normal office hours. Please have any items for the bulletin into the office by Wednesday, the 24th.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH, 10:00 AM – EMMAUS REUNION GROUP MEETING

SUNDAY, APRIL 28th, 12:00 PM – CHURCHWIDE FELLOWSHIP GATHERING AND LUNCH – Jim and Sue Cheek have invited the church to their home, weather permitting for lunch and boat rides. Please bring a finger food to share.

TODAY, SUNDAY, APRIL 21ST – SUNDAY, May 5th – PARK AVENUE WILL BE COLLECTING food donations during General Conference. The donations will be given to One Body: Nourishing NC (formally Loaves & Fishes) in the Charlotte metro area. We are focusing on the priority needs that are: canned items of meat (tuna, chicken, salmon) , fruit (no sugar added or in juice) and vegetables (no salt added or low sodium) , pasta (canned or dry boxed) and whole grain cereal. Pastor Vickie will deliver our donations and the deadline is Sunday,May 5th.

SARAH MELLNIK WILL BE SERVING AS OUR PRAYER CHAIN COORDINATOR – You may contact her by phone at 704-754-0844 by text, or email smellnik99@aol.com 

PARK AVENUE WILL BE COLLECTING ladies personal items each month for the Maidens and Matrons Boutique ministry at Freedom Christian Center in Mooresville. This will be an ongoing outreach ministry of the church. We will be collecting NEW Bras, Panties (any size) and feminine hygiene products. Please have your items at the church by the 2nd Sunday so they can be delivered to Freedom Christian Center before the 3rd Saturday shopping day.

OPEN FOR IN-PERSON WORSHIP. We ask that you follow CDC guideline. The CDC has announced that mask are not required for indoor worship but ask that you wash your hands or use hand sanitizer. For yours and everyone's safety please be cautious- if you do not feel well stay home and join us online via Facebook.

HEARING IMPAIRED - We are excited to announce that we are adding in a headset option for the hearing impaired for our in-person worship. We currently have 6 direct wireless over-the-ear set. Additionally, we will have 2 lines open for your personal Bluetooth headsets. We hope this will help share the love of Jesus to more people at a volume anyone can hear