• 210 families were served through the Food Bank program in April. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped in any way.  

• $140.00 was collected for the Methodist Mountain Mission from the April Communion offering.

• $485.00 was collected for Hearts and Hammers during the April Noisy Offering. 

• The Methodist Men hosted a churchwide breakfast fundraiser on April 21. $3,061.40 was collected for Camp Crossway. 

• The communion offering for May will support Camp Crossway. 

• Start saving your loose change for the May 12 Noisy Offering which will also support Camp Crossway.
• Please notify the church office if you have a child who is promoting from pre-k, 5^th grade, or 8^th grade or graduating from high school or college/university. 

• The last day of school for the Todd County School System is May 17.  
• For anyone attending a college, university, vocational or technical school for the 2024/2025 calendar year, you can apply for the Petrie Memorial Methodist Church Endowment Scholarship. Scholarships will be awarded to applicants who meet the requirements and submit a completed application prior to JUNE 1^st. Please contact the church office for an application. Applications must be completed on an annual basis.

• 220 families were served through the Food Bank program in February. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped in any way.  

• $260.00 was collected for the Laity and Ministers Alliance (LAMA) from the February Communion offering.

• $401.00 was collected for the Moving Forward in Faith Loan during the February Noisy Offering. 

• The communion offering for March will support the Back2Back Foundation.  Back to Back Inc is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established by Brice Long and his wife to meet the needs of families in Christian, Todd, and Trigg counties primarily during the holiday season.  

• Daylight Saving time will begin at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 10. Remember to move your clocks ahead one hour. 

• Start saving your loose change for the March 10 Noisy Offering which will support Todd County Central High School’s Project Graduation.

• March is Petrie’s designated month to donate to the Interfaith Center. Currently, they need a variety of cereals and canned foods (vegetables – no corn or green beans, spaghetti, and chili.) There is a box in the Fellowship Hall labeled “Interfaith Center” that you can drop your donations in, or you may take them directly to the Interfaith Center.

• The Methodist Mountain Mission truck will be here on March 12.  Please have all 

donations brought to the Mountain Mission Closet (next to the youth hall) by Monday, March 11. If you would prefer to make a monetary donation, please go to https://www.methodistmountainmission.org/ to make an online donation, or checks can be mailed to Methodist Mountain Mission, PO Box 888, Jackson, KY 41339.

• 259 families were served through the Food Bank program in December. Thank you to 

all the volunteers who helped in any way.  

• $608.00 was collected for Birthday for Jesus (a Gideon Ministry) from the December 

2023 Noisy Offering. 

• Thank you to everyone who adopted Christmas angels from the Todd County School system. Petrie adopted 30 angels this year. What a blessing to the children in our county! 

• The church offices will be closed on January 1 and 2 in observance of the New Year 

holiday.

• Pastor Willard will be on vacation from January 3 – 9. Communion will be served on January 14 with the communion offering supporting Thailand Now Methodist Mission.

• Start saving your loose change for the January 7 Noisy Offering which will support The 

GMC General Conference. 

• **If you did not have an opportunity to complete a 2024 Stewardship Covenant, please

contact the church office. It’s not too late to pledge or indicate where you would like to

serve.**  (Many areas are still in need of volunteers.)

• If you applied for the Endowment Scholarship last summer, please provide proof of 

registration for your 2024 spring semester classes and your most recent transcript.  

Scholarship funds for the spring semester will be issued in January.

• A grief support group was formed in December 2021 by Yvonne Rundall. Beginning January 8, the group meets on Mondays from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. at POPs. All are welcome to come. For more information, contact Yvonne at 270-604-1541.
• Petrie Memorial is part of the Kroger Community Rewards Program. If you would like to link your Kroger Plus card to Petrie Memorial, please visit http://www.kroger.com. Once logged in to your account, search for Petrie Memorial Methodist Church or with the following account number, SF465. If you don’t have a Kroger Plus card, all you need to do is create an account that requires basic information, a valid email address, and a rewards card that can be picked up at your nearest Kroger store customer service counter.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• 205 families were served through the Food Bank program in October. Thank you to all 

the volunteers who helped in any way.  

• $450.87 was collected for The Sparrow Project from the October Noisy Offering. 

• There will be NO Methodist Men’s breakfast for the month of November.

• The November communion offering on November 5 will support The Sparrow Project.

• Start saving your loose change for the November Noisy Offering which will support The 

Interfaith Center. Change will be collected on November 12.

• November 19 will be our Thanksgiving meal following the 10:00 a.m. service. Make plans 

to join us.

• There will be no PM@PM activities on November 22 due to Thanksgiving break for Todd 

County students. 

• Additional AED training opportunities will be made available for anyone who would like 

to know how to use the defibrillators.  Please contact the church office to sign up.  

• Start saving your loose change for the September Noisy Offering which will support Petrie’s Community Assistance Fund. Change will be collected on September 3 (please note date change.)

• The September communion offering will support the KY United Methodist Children’s Homes. Communion will be served on September 10 (please note date change.)

• September is Petrie’s month to donate to the Interfaith Center.  They are currently requesting canned foods: soups, chili, spaghetti and meatballs, and other microwavable foods. You may drop donations off at Petrie or take directly to the Interfaith Center. 

• 202 families were served through the Food Bank program in August. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped in any way.  

• $400 was collected for the Methodist Mountain Mission from the August Noisy Offering. 

• W.O.E. is S.H.E. Disciple Groups will begin in September. For more information, contact Emily Myers at 270-265-1068.

• Three Automated External Defibrillator AEDs have been purchased and installed (one near the elevator/Fellowship Hall, one near the sanctuary, and one at POPs.)  Training will be offered in the  coming weeks.  If anyone is interested in learning how to use the AEDs, please notify the church office.  Trainings will be scheduled once we determine how many are interested.