Plainfield UMC’s men, young men, and guests gather at the church on the third Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m. for food and fellowship.
We meet in Clayton Hall/Worship Annex. Bring an empty stomach, a friend, and your Bible! Be ready to be nourished through delicious food and the word of God! Hope to see you there!
Check our pumc.org or the pumc.org kiosk by the blue wall in the main lobby for more information.
August 15, 2021
Family Promise’s Belonging Group talked a few months ago about how to help people of color feel like they belong in Hendricks County. The group decided the best way for that to happen would be to experience Family Promise! Taste of Family Promise is our first attempt to extend the love, acceptance, empathy, and kindness of Family Promise to others in our community where everyone belongs!
Join us August 15 on the front lawn of the Plainfield Friends Church, 105 S. East St. Plainfield, IN 46168, from 2:00 – 5:00 pm for a free picnic. There will be bounce houses, food, face painting, raffles, giveaways and more!
This event is coordinated by our Family Promise Belonging Group and sponsored through the Hendricks County Community Foundation grant.
 | Thomas Hancock Graduated from Avon High School. Will attend Ball State in the Fall. Favorite PUMC Youth memories – lots of mission trips. |
 | Brock Kinnamon Graduating Summa Cum Laude from Plainfield High School. Will attend DePauw University, major in Biology and swim competitively. Favorite PUMC memories are attending church camp as a camper and then as a More Than Conquerors band member. |
 | Brayden Larkey Graduated from Brownsburg High School with an Academic Honors Diploma. Will attend Indiana University in the Fall. Favorite PUMC Youth memories: lots of Mission Trips. |
 | Zander Morris Graduated with Academic Excellence from Avon High School. Will attend IUPUI in the Honors College in the fall. Favorite PUMC Youth memories Mission Trips. |
 | Ellie Shoultz Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Plainfield High School. Will attend Butler University in the fall. Favorite PUMC Youth memory Jailbreak! |
 | Cole Smith Cole Smith graduated from Plainfield High School as a 3 year Varsity Cross Country and Track athlete. Cole is taking this first year after high school to determine if college or trades is the route for him. He has currently entered into a plumber apprenticeship. |
 | Landon Sims Graduated from Avon High School. Favorite PUMC Youth memories – Counselor at Camp Adventure, Canoe Trip, Alaska Mission Trip. |
 | Mikayla Zick Graduated summa Cum Laude with academic honors from Plainfield High School. Will attend Purdue University in the fall. Favorite PUMC Youth memory the middle school retreat at Pine Creek Camp. |
| Graduates not pictured Grace Ament, Colin Bigelow, Owen Fossmeyer, Elijah Johnson, Alexis Schnell |
We invite you to come in and pick up a carry-out meal between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Please come in through door 14 and go to the kitchen, and someone will be there to get your meal. If you know of someone who might need a meal, please call the church office at 317-839-2319.
Join Pastor Hannah for a four-week study on the book of James. James is a short letter in the New Testament that offers practical advice for living out our faith. The study will meet on Wednesdays in the Koinonia Room at 7 pm on August 18, August 25, September 1, and September 8. It would be helpful if you bring your Bible; however, this is not necessary. Pastor Hannah will have printouts of the scripture each week. For more information, check out “Next Steps” at pumc.org or the pumc.org kiosk in the main lobby by the blue wall.
The return of school means the return of routine for many of us. At the church, it means fall kick-offs and groups returning to meetings regularly if they took a break for the summer months. This fall, we’re excited to announce the creation of a new small group! It’s a group for people in their 20s and 30s. If you’re between the ages of 20 and 39, we would love to welcome you to our new small group! Stephanie Kirkling and Pastor Hannah will be leading our first event.
We’re hosting a kick-off event on Friday, August 6, at 7 pm outside in Wesley Woods. We’ll have a bonfire, s’mores, and some relaxed discussion about what we’d like the group to be and how often we’d like to meet. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket to sit on and we’ll provide the stuff for s’mores.
As we prepare to return to live singing in worship, including bringing back the sanctuary choir, we should take a moment to reflect and educate ourselves about the pandemic.
We all have rights and responsibilities and we are all responsible for welcoming, respecting, and protecting others. As a Methodist community, one of our general rules is to “do no harm.”
Receiving the COVID-19 vaccination is a choice that each of us has to make on our own. While we have learned that it is safe for those who have been vaccinated to go without a mask, we must remember that those who have chosen not to receive or cannot receive the vaccine for personal reasons may still be at risk of the virus. The virus can be transmitted between those both vaccinated and unvaccinated, though the results of infection vary.
Before we begin singing in worship again, please take a moment to consider whether you may choose to wear a mask in services, whether this is to protect yourself or to protect others. We will respect the choices that each makes and move forward as a community.
As society returns to a sense of “normalicy,” there is still a need for food and personal care items. PUMC continues its work to show love, share hope, and serve those in need by collecting these items on Sundays between 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and Mondays between 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. PUMC volunteers will be in the church’s parking lot (600 Simmons St., Plainfield) to receive these gifts of food and personal care items. These donations supply PUMC’s hunger alleviation ministries, food pantries, and community support organizations in and around Plainfield.
Drop off your donations in the east parking lot. You don’t even have to get out of your car!
Head over to pumc.org or the pumc.org kiosk in the main lobby by the blue wall on Sundays for more information.
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Pastor Ken Loudenback at kloudenback@pumc.org or Mission Chairperson Ruth Ellen Stone at missions@pumc.org.
The new website went up this week on Tuesday afternoon. Take a look and explore. Everything from the old website is still there; it may be in a slightly different place. For example, KIDS@PUMC and Youth Ministry were under the menu item “Get Involved,” now, on the new website, they are located under “What’s Going On,” then click on “Ministries.”
One of the significant changes coming up by the end of July, is the phasing out of the mobile app. The app has been successful and is getting used regularly, but it does not integrate well with our website or current communications pathways; it is also labor-intensive to update each week and it’s expensive. By switching to the new website, PUMC will save close to $3000/year. The new website is built on a responsive framework, allowing it to scale and format to fit all devices. You can access the website from your mobile devices just like an app by following these easy instructions to save a pumc.org icon to your mobile device home screen.
If you have any questions about the new website, please email me at eshriner@pumc.org.
On August 1, NewDay Praise will return to a semi-normal style of Communion. And we’d love for our children to come and join us! On Communion Sundays, KIDS@PUMC Sunday school participants will join their parents or guardians for Communion and the final song in NewDay Praise. Here’s what to expect. A person will be serving the bread as people come up. They will be masked and wearing gloves and will rip off a piece of bread and hand it to the child or adult. Another person will have a tray of cups with grape juice in them, and each person will take a cup. Pre-packaged elements will also be available if you or your child don’t feel comfortable taking in the shared elements. We are thrilled to return to a semi-normal style of Communion!
And we’re excited for the children to join us during this portion of the service. When we are all together, we represent the body of Christ. If you have questions about Communion, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Pastor Hannah at hwiswasser@pumc.org. If you have questions about KIDS@PUMC Sunday school, please contact Charity Aton at caton@pumc.org.
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