Welcome to Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church
Growing in Christ
We invite you to join our community, called to love and serve God and neighbor. Established in 1912, our congregation has a long history of traditions. We offer also contemporary ministries that reach out to a hurting world. Through worship, fellowship, education and outreach, we seek to serve the needs of our community.
Recent News
Holy Land Pilgrimage 2013
Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church in Little Rock is sponsoring a Holy Land Pilgrimage including two nights around the Sea of Galilee and 5 nights in Jerusalem with day trips to several sites including Bethlehem, the Dead Sea, Jericho, Nazareth and more!
This guided tour, hosted by Rev. Britt Skarda and Jay Clark, will be January 8-17, 2013. Click here to download a brochure. If you have questions, please contact Jay Clark. We hope you will consider joining us on this spiritual pilgrimage to the land where Jesus walked.
Singing In The Rain
While in London recently, Karen and I had the opportunity to see a wonderful new production of the musical Singing in the Rain adapted from the 1952 American movie classic of the same title. Showing at the Palace Theater in London’s West End, Singing in the Rain has all the charm, romance, comedy and tinsel town glamour of the original film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds.
While there has been no announcement that Singing in the Rain will cross the pond and open on Broadway, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church will celebrate its own version later this month with a sermon series in the Sanctuary based on Noah’s Ark. From motion pictures, to children’s books, to comic strips, the story of the Flood has been told and retold in a million different ways, always including loads and loads of rain!
Join us for this three-week series in the Sanctuary designed to move us beyond the quaint children’s tale of our youth to a powerful story of God’s all-encompassing love that literally knows no bounds. The series will culminate with a production of Benjamin Britten’s powerful opera Noye’s Fludde, complete with cast and crew and magnificent Broadway designed set:
- Friday, April 13 & Sunday, April 15 – “Judgment” – Genesis 6: 9-22
- Friday, April 20 & Sunday, April 22 – “Grace” – Genesis 9: 9-17
- Sunday, April 29: Benjamin Britten’s “Noye’s Fludde” (public performance 4 p.m.)
Don’t miss it!
Britt Skarda
From Darkness to Dawn: Resurrection Sunday
“If you live in the dark a long time and the sun comes out, you do not cross into it whistling. There’s an initial uprush of relief at first, then – for me, anyway – a profound dislocation. My old assumptions about how the world works are buried, yet my new ones aren’t yet operational. There’s been a death of sorts, but without a few days in hell, no resurrection is possible.”
– Mary Karr, Lit: A Memoir
American poet, essayist and memoirist Mary Karr captures the paradox of the human experience. Apart from pain, there can be no pleasure. Without sorrow, there is no joy. Without death, there can be no resurrection. How does the old Apostles’ Creed put it? He descended into hell; on the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. Simply said, it is impossible to experience the dawn of a new day without first passing through the darkness of the previous night.
When I was a boy, the promise of the Resurrection was easy to embrace since my youthful self had never known the grim reality of death. However, as I grew into manhood, those unavoidable dark moments began to arrive with alarming frequency. To be perfectly honest, there have been moments in my life when I was convinced the light would never shine again.
While I can only imagine the dark places you may be facing at this very moment in your life – health concerns, grief over the loss of a loved one, tenuous relationships, uncertainty about the future – I do know that, in Jesus Christ, God has provided a patch of bright blue sky.
Are you struggling to catch a glimmer of light in the midst of life’s dark uncertainties? Then join us this Sunday, April 8, as we celebrate the good news of Christ crucified and risen. Join us at Riverfront Park at 7 a.m. for the 24th Annual Community Sunrise Service. Experience the joy of God’s redemptive light at 8:30, 9:45 and 11:00 a.m. Sanctuary services and 9:45 and 11:00 a.m. New Heights services. The dawn has come! Christ is risen! Alleluia!
Britt Skarda
Catch Up With Britt and the PHUMC Chorale
Rev. Britt Skarda has started a new blog titled “The Virtual Word.”
Check it out to catch up with Britt as he travels with the PHUMC Chorale in the UK.
Celebrate!
Congratulations PHUMC members and friends! With the inauguration of our new Sunday morning schedule this past weekend, worship attendance swelled to a whopping 1248! This marks a 24% increase over our current average weekly attendance. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Sunday school was bursting at the seams, and Fellowship Central in the Great Hall created a real buzz. Join us this Sunday, March 4th, by climbing aboard the trolley at War Memorial Stadium, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Due to the popularity of this endeavor, additional parking spaces are now available. The hours for Fellowship Central in the Great Hall have also been expanded from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Experience the great things God is doing through Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church!
Blessings,
Britt Skarda
