POPC Supports Palmer Home for Children. The mission of Palmer Home for Children is to provide superior residential care for children that introduces the love of God through service and to extend that care to many more children in need. Also, they now place babies in Christian homes for care while their mothers are incarcerated. They currently serve nearly 100 children from birth through college age who live year-round on the two campuses. Please keep Palmer Home for Children in your prayers! Visit their website for more information.
Missions Monday: Bennett & Bonnie Lou Ndelemeti
POPC Supports Bennett & Bonnie Lou Ndelemeti. Bennett and Bonnie Lou help run the Centre for Christian Mission in Zambia. Bonnie Lou has been an American missionary serving in Zambia since 1998. They have been actively involved in planting and developing different Christian ministries that glorify God and serve the African people. The Centre for Christian Missions Exists to glorify God by fulfilling the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ worldwide through evangelism, disciple making, and social action ministries. They provide biblical training through their Trust School, Bible College, and Theological Seminary.
Missions Monday: Fellowship of Christian Athletes
The vision of Fellowship of Christian Athletes is to see the world impacted through the influence of coaches and athletes. FCA has four ministries they focus on: coaches, campus, camps, and community. FCA values relationships and strives to demonstrate steadfast commitment to Jesus Christ and His Word through Integrity, Serving, Teamwork and Excellence.
Missions Monday: Chase Maxey - Biblical Counseling and Training Ministry
Chase Maxey is the Executive Director & Counselor at Biblical Counseling and Training Ministry (BCTM). BCTM’s goal is to help people explore the wisdom and depth of the Bible and apply its grace-centered message to the problems of daily living. Their mission is to make Christ the central point of any conversation and partner with various churches, to help those churches become equipped to provide wise counsel.
Missions Monday: Mid-South Church Planting Network
The Mid-South Church Planting Network is a group of PCA churches in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and west Tennessee that have come together to see new churches started for the glory of the God. Their desire is to see churches planted that are enamored with King Jesus in all they say and do. They believe that church planting is the most effective way to reach those who do not know the hope and promise of the Gospel. They know there are key areas throughout the Mid-South where PCA churches are needed. They also want see mutli-ethnic and African-America churches birthed, which simply reflects the beauty that is the throne room of Heaven.
Let's pray for the Mid-South Church Planting Network!
Coats for Mission First/Neighborhood Christian Center
Pear Orchard has supported Mission First (and Neighborhood Christian Center) in downtown Jackson for the past several years. One of the ways we have supported them is by helping with their Christmas store each December. Mission First/Neighborhood Christian Center sponsors a Christmas store for the children who attend their after-school program. Many of the parents are unable to provide essentials for their children, so they are given the opportunity to shop (for a small fee) for their child. Each child is provided with a new school uniform, book bag, devotional, some toys and essentials such as underwear, socks, pajamas, and coats.
This year we will be providing coats for the students. If you would like to help please click here to sign up to donate coats. Please note: in the past, we have donated fleeces, but they are wanting winter coats this year. If you would like to give money toward the coats, make checks made out to Ginny Futvoye with Mission First Coats in the memo. Turn checks or cash into Tammie Haynes mailbox only the church office by December 8th. Or Venmo Ginny at @ginnyfutvoye. Thank you very much!
Missions Monday: Michelle Maly in Odessa, Ukraine
Michelle serves orphans in Ukraine by loving them with Christ-like love so that they experience joy in their lives. She advocates for their adoption, as well as their care after leaving the orphanages. Please keep Michelle in your prayers!
Missions Monday: African American Leadership Initiative
POPC Supports African American Leadership Initiative in Jackson, MS. The African American Leadership Initiative is open to anyone, but particularly to full-time African American seminary students demonstrating leadership potential who are pursuing an MDIV or MA degree. Members of AALI will learn how to apply the Gospel to the unique challenges and circumstances of ministry in a multi-ethnic, urban setting.
Missions Monday: Ellie Honea
Ellie Honea (MTW Japan)
Ellie serves in Japan as a long-term missionary with Community Arts Tokyo, supporting church planting through music and arts ministry.
Missions Monday: RUF
More than just a ministry on the university campus, RUF seeks to be a ministry for the university.
Campus ministers strive to serve in this unique stage of a student’s life in the world they live in, exploring together how the Lordship of Christ informs every area of life. POPC supports RUF on the campuses of Ole Miss, MSU, USM, JSU, Delta State, Belhaven and MC.
Please keep this ministry in your prayers!
Missions Monday: Lifeline Children's Services
POPC Supports Lifeline Children’s Services. Lifeline Children’s Services exists to provide a hope and a future through the Gospel for children around the world by discipling, engaging, and equipping people towards adoption, foster care, and orphan care. Please keep this ministry in your prayers!
To learn more, visit their website at: https://lifelinechild.org
Sonbeams Night Out
Operation Christmas Child
Upcoming Men's Retreat
Click here to learn more or to register!
Thank you, Michael Johnson!
Our deep thanks to Michael Johnson as he ends his service with us! Michael has served faithfully and diligently as our Campus Maintenance Supervisor these last 8 years. He is completing his service with us in mid-August as he takes another job. He, Jan and the children will remain active members of our congregation. Michael, the officers, staff and congregation thank you from our hearts for serving Christ and His Kingdom in our midst. You will be sorely missed day to day!
VBS Mission Project
Each year during VBS week, we collect money for local and foreign mission that our church supports. This year, we invite YOU to join us in our mission! We are collecting money for Joni and Friends to see how many wheelchairs we can buy to send to India. Each wheelchair costs $250. Our goal is 10 wheelchairs! You can help us with this by giving during church or at the church office and specifying your offering for "VBS missions." Thank you!
General Assembly
Please be in prayer for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America, meeting in Dallas this week. Teaching Elders Caleb Cangelosi and Dean Williams, and Ruling Elder Tom Young, are representing Pear Orchard as commissioners. John and Martie Kwasny and Rod and Jeanne Russ will be at the Assembly with One Story Ministries. Pray that the Lord will continue to grant truth, unity, and a heart for the lost to our church. If interested, you can follow the Assembly live by clicking here.
VBS T-shirt design
Help us design the VBS t-shirt! Entries due by June 24. You can design on the computer or sketch it out. (Black & white design, or in one color please). Kids & youth can also come up with a design! The VBS team will choose one of the designs for our VBS shirt this year! The design needs to include the following: POPC VBS 2019, and The Scottish Sleuths and the Puzzling Parables. The rest is up to your artistic discretion! E-mail your entries to ajohnson@ccs.ms or kwclark.24@gmail.com.
Staff Spotlight: Dean Williams
Get to know Dean Williams, our associate pastor!
Where you grew up: I grew up in St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands, spent summers in New York.
Hobbies: Basketball, Reading, Bowling, playing games.
Fun fact: I was on my school’s bowling team; both in high school and in college; I’ve bowled a 299 game, 290 twice, 289 twice, 279 about 20 times, but never a perfect game (300).
Family: My wife’s name is listed on our college Alma Mater’s Women’s Basketball “Wall of Fame”. She’s also listed as a Women’s Basketball Pioneer on the website “luckyshow.org” (formerly “PioneeringWomeninBasketball.org) for scoring 105 in two games (55, 50).
Our daughter held all of her middle and high school’s track and field sprint records; she also held all the school’s basketball scoring records.
Our son, currently the Search and Rescue Officer on board a United States Naval ship, won a Middle School State Track and Field Championship in the 400 Meter race, won a Regional Championship in High School, and finished third that year in the State Championship race.
Anything else: Being at Pear Orchard has been one of the greatest blessings I’ve ever experienced.
Summer Suppers
Ladies, save the first 3 Thursday nights in June and plan to join your POPC sisters from 6:30 to 8 pm for sweet fellowship and delicious food. Our theme is "FLOURISH." We'll have a brief devotional and small group discussion on what it means to live in light of our union with Jesus Christ. Dinner is provided at no cost.
To sign up to bring a dessert, fruit, or gallon of tea for the supper on June 6 at Catherine Stradinger's home, visit https://buff.ly/2Qnbeyz.
To sign up to bring a dessert, fruit, or gallon of tea for the supper for June 13 at Frances Wilson's home, visit https://buff.ly/2W8aELe.
To sign up to bring a dessert, fruit, or gallon of tea for the supper for June 20 a Linda Morris's home, visit https://buff.ly/2YNKfz8.
