Thanks to everyone who helped make Memorial Day at HBUMC special! From the decorations, to the VFW poppies; from the special music, to the new flag pole, it was an amazing day. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to the church family who helped with the outside memorial service. The letters from the soldiers were very meaningful and the readers did a wonderful job of presenting them. An added thanks to our trumpet player. Hearing TAPS played outside at the memorial site always has a way of helping us remember how much our soldiers have given for us. 

Several requests have been made for the title of the book that the letters came from. It is
and I will be glad to lend my copy to folks. 

Remember this Sunday, May 31, to wear some red to help us celebrate Pentecost. Also, we will be honoring our graduates this Sunday….. AND our Vacation Bible School kicks off this Sunday night too!

Last, but not least, we will have a Consecration Service for our youth who are leaving for the Mt. Top Missions Thursday night at the VBS celebration evening. The youth will be leaving very early Sunday morning to travel to the mission site, so we decided to have the service Thursday night so that the whole church will be able to cover them with prayers as they leave on this very special service mission.

Hello folks! We’re going to give this site a try to see if I can get current information out to you about some of the worship happenings at HBUMC.

Sunday, May 24th will be our Memorial Day service. I’d like to invite you all to stay a few minutes after church and join us at the NEW flag pole at the Veteran’s Memorial for a short service. The flag pole will be dedicated and we will hear a few words from the brave men and women who have served our country so faithfully. 

Sunday, May 31 will be a busy Sunday with a celebration of our Graduates, the introduction of VBS, and just a reminder that it is Pentecost. The worship team would like to encourage you all to wear something red in honor of Pentecost.  And those of you who have graduates in your family, please let us know so we can celebrate their accomplishments.

I hope you will take a few moments to check in on our web site to keep up to date with the happenings at HBUMC! I will post worship highlights here on a regular basis, so check back often!

Cathy C.

We need a lot of tools and bug spray for mountain top!  We had plenty of tools last year and we will need all that we can get again this year. Here are the lists:

There will a list of what we need on the bulletin board in the fellowship hall we will be very grateful for any tools that we can get! Thank you for all your help and sending us away for a week, so be on the lookout for the tool supplies on the board in the fellowship hall! Thanks again!

youth Peace and Grace!!! <3

Please join us for another fantastic Vacation Bible School during the week of May 31- June 4.

The VBS theme this year will be

Camp E.D.G.E

(Experience & Discover God Everywhere.)

Join us for great fellowship, crafts, Bible stories, a mission project, music, and a light supper.

Call Cindy for more information, or call Becky to register

BY: Mitzi Anderson, Council Chair

We are beginning a new year a HBUMC and there is a lot of terrific things going on within our congregation. With so many projects, we are changing from a quarterly meeting to bi-monthly meetings for the council. We will meet Sunday’s after worship as we have in the past. I have set up the dates for the year and hope this works for all. Please mark your calendars for: January 18; March 15; May 17; July 19 Council Retreat; September 20; and November 15.

I am looking forward to the year ahead and working with each of you. Thanks to each of you for your willingness to serve, it is appreciated. God Bless and Happy New Year Hickory Bend!