Vacation Bible School

June 17-21, 9am-noon

Registration Open!

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It is also time to sign up to volunteer at VBS! Please note there is a separate sign-up link for adults and youth volunteers. 

Adult Volunteers register here  Youth volunteers register here

FAMILY OF GOD

You’re invited to become a member of the Hodges family at our new member class, Sunday, June 2, 11:30-12:30, Sunrise Room. We can provide childcare with prior arrangements.  Please RSVP here.

invites all women of the church to join us for lunch and fellowship

Spring

Fling

Wear something bright and cheery

MAY 11, 2024 • 11AM

FELLOWSHIP HALL

We will be collecting donations for the Good Samaritan Fund & the Birthday Offering

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO JOIN!

This year we’ve been falling more in love with God through the amazing Book of Hebrews, but it’s changing. On Wednesday, April 17, we met again to learn about a new phase in the book and a change in the strategy of the writer. As we shift, it’s a great time to get onboard with the study. One more change: In May we’ll meet the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month, so May 8 and 22. Same time, 7 pm, and same place, Fellowship Hall. Hope to see you there!

Come and hear what God is saying to us in his word! Join us in person or online at link below.

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PENTECOST is coming May 19. You are encouraged to wear red, yellow or orange to represent the flames that came down upon the disciples. Watch this space for more details about Pentecost!

investing in our greatest resource

Help youth begin life with a solid foundation of faith.

Psalm 71 testifies that a foundation of faith established during childhood helps ensure lifelong faith and service. The patterns and lessons established during these formative years continue to bear fruit throughout a person's life. By receiving the Pentecost Offering, you are nurturing the faith of those who are the church to come — children, youth, and young adults.

Join us as we embark on a journey of inter-faith dialogue through our Scriptural Reasoning series. This unique approach brings people of different faiths together to read and reflect on their scriptures, not seeking agreement but exploring texts and their interpretations across faith boundaries. It's about learning to 'disagree better' and fostering deeper understanding and respect.

Event Highlights:

Topic: "Cain and Abel"

Moderator: Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swanson from Hodges Boulevard Presbyterian Church 

Refreshments will be provided. Everyone is invited. RSVP below.

Date: Tuesday, May 21th

Time: 6:30pm

Venue: Istanbul Center, 2032 Southside Blvd.

RSVP here

Is anyone interested in getting together and going to a baseball game? Reach out to Ms. JoAnne at jsharp@hbpcusa.org and let's get to planning. This invitation isn't just for children and youth plus their families, this is a church family invitation! All ages! Once we have know there is interest, we will put the plan into action to go see the Jumbo Shrimp play and take the church van!

For Friends 3rd to 5th grades

Join us at FLAME

July 7 - 11

More information coming soon!

Congrats to our April VPK graduates!

We are still enrolling for the 2024-2025 school year.

Kimberly K. Welch

HBPC Preschool Director

Do you have a High School Senior or a College Senior graduating this Spring? Please contact Ms. JoAnne with the following information: name (as you want it to appear in the bulletin), school graduating from, plans for what is next (what college if they are a high school graduate...additional school if they are a college graduate or employment plans). Graduate Sunday is May 19.

To help in the nursery and with Children's Worship

As you may have noticed, our population of children has increased, which is a blessing. With the increased numbers we need folks to volunteer in the nursery as well as assist with Children's Worship. Both areas give you an opportunity to build relationships with our youngest members. Please ponder on giving one Sunday in a quarter to our children. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. JoAnne.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050844AEAB2AA3FE3-nursery2 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050844AEAB2AA3FE3-nursery2 

We still need volunteers in the church office to help with answering the phone, taking deliveries, and "holding down the fort" while the staff takes lunch. We have several days/times available. Please contact Kathy at 904-223-6922 to help out.

Come join the choir for our Festival of Hymns!

• No long-term commitment required
• A chance to sing with other choirs from around the city
• Be part of something bigger than just us (goal 50+ singers)
• Possibly singing with an orchestra!
• Hosted at our church

We will rehearse weekly on Wednesday evenings at 6:30. Music will be provided along with recordings of each song that are part-specific. There will be two mass rehearsals here at HBPC with the other churches performing. Dress rehearsal is on June 1 and the performance on June 2.

For more information see Duane Carter or email at dcarter@hbpcusa.org.

Save the date for Family Fun Day, at Montgomery Center, on June 1. Swimming and archery will be available from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. for guests, and camp tours will be available at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. This is a FREE event.

Parents and Grandparents!!!

Registration for summer camp at Camp Montgomery is open! Several families from here at Hodges are going Session 3, July 14-19. Use this link to check it out, and let's go to camp together!

Contact Ms. JoAnne for scholarship information.

Montgomery Center Residential Camps

Have you noticed Ms. JoAnne on our Facebook page? It helps with the algorithm which pushes our page out to other people if you do the following:

1. Like it
2. After you like it make a comment
3. Share it to your profile, and say why!

There will be an adult discussion group on faith, Sunday mornings at 9:00 am using The Present Word. Please join us in the Sunrise Room.

We were blessed to provide groceries to 394 clients, 220 homeless and helped 5 families financially in March. Five of our homeless were able to find jobs and we continue to provide bus passes for our homeless to go to job interviews and work!

Pantry needs are: canned pasta, chili, canned meat, tuna, Vienna sausage, canned fruit, rice, crackers, peanut butter crackers, protein/breakfast bars, snacks, clean T-shirts and gently used Bibles.

We continue to give thanks to the congregation’s response to our “Blessed to Be a Blessing” generosity campaign. We have received 53 pledges totaling $458,546. At this point we expect 2024’s total income to be $615,000 and total expenses to be at $676,000.

We hope to hear from those who have not responded as we continue to evaluate our expectations, before we complete our plan for next year.

Please consider your blessings, as we plan for next year, and how we at Hodges Boulevard Presbyterian Church may respond to God’s call.

If you have already submitted your 2024 Estimate of Giving, we thank you. If you have not, we ask you to please do so by submitting it by mail or online. We pray you will be generous in your giving to our church in the coming year.