Hyde Park Speaks

11 Magnolia: Come as you are!

Thank you for joining us at the Open House and Dedication of the 11 Magnolia service this past Sunday! Even with a downpour of rain, over 100 people came to preview the new service, tour the space and pray.

You're invited to join us as we continue to prepare for
the launch of 11 Magnolia on September 18!

The next two weeks will be our soft launch Sundays; the 11 Magnolia service will be underway as we continue to tweak the format and recruit members to help with hospitality, communion, coffee service and more. You are welcome to join us!

Stop by, try the coffee and get a little taste of the sweetness that is 11 Magnolia!

 

Come as you are to worship God in this casual, comfortable setting with a variety of contemporary music styles. Enjoy coffee, refreshments and fellowship in a welcoming environment. The experience includes creative and interactive elements using multi-media, personal stories, meditative and silent prayer, panel discussions and more. Traditional elements, such as a sermon, scripture, communion and the Lord's Prayer will also help us connect with one another and discover God in unique ways.

Interested in learning more or being a part of the launch or hospitality team for 11 Magnolia? Check out the FAQs on the new 11 Magnolia service or contact John Mathew for details on serving.

 

11 Magnolia Preview and Dedication this Sunday!

You've seen the buttons, right? And now you're wondering, what is this 11 Mag buzz all about? Well, come and see!

You're invited to join us on Sunday, August 28, for a preview of 11 Magnolia and a dedication of the space! Stop by the Magnolia building after the 9:30 or 11 a.m. worship services, and get a little taste of what 11 Magnolia is all about!

 

Open House: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Stop by anytime to tour and pray and fellowship in the new 11 Magnolia worship space!

Worship, Prayer & Dedication:
10:40 - 10:55 a.m. & 12:10 - 12:25 p.m.

Please join us as we worship, pray and dedicate the new 11 Magnolia service to "Making God's Love Real" within our congregation and the community we serve. 

 

Come as you are! Come and see the preview of 11 Magnolia on August 28!

 

A FOUR DAY FEAST

by Doug Roland

We planned for months and months to receive 8 members of our church (Hyde Park United Methodist, Tampa) and one exceptional friend of the church for a four day experience with us at the seminary.  The verdict is out on who benefitted most.

It was on just this kind of trip that tilled the soil of South Africa that we might later plant ourselves here.  But like any plants, we need to  be nourished to bear fruit.  That has been well supplied by the seminary, its staff and its seminarians.  We have grown immensely.

Still there is nothing like mom and her apple pie. Though we have been lifetime members of churches in Indiana, Ohio, it is our training in discipleship at Hyde Park that has given us the the courage to take a three year plunge.  Not that our childhood Sunday school teachers, youth leaders, and role models were insignificant.  Rather, they supplied the bedrock of faith, a faith to be shaped and put to action.

And so we have enjoyed a huge, freshly baked feast of friendship with our friends of many years who have come here for many reasons.  By their mere presence, we have been refueled, reminded with clarity of the congregation that sends us here and supports us.  

Our prayer is that through this experience, God will direct them in ways they might not otherwise consider. May they too be refueled to take on the though commands of the Gospel and enter into the next level of their servanthood.  

Doug Roland

40 Days of Prayer for 11 Magnolia!

By Rev. Matt Horan

By now you may have heard about the new worship service being added this fall at Hyde Park United Methodist.  After months of research, dialogue, and prayer that began in 2009, our Ministry Leadership Council decided earlier this year to offer a fifth worship service at Hyde Park to reach new people for Christ as a part of our commitment to invitational evangelism. 

It will be held on the first floor of the Magnolia Building on Hyde Park’s campus, Sunday mornings at 11 a.m. (It will be called “11 Magnolia,” for short).  You can read more about it on the church’s website.  It will be a current, casual worship gathering with its own distinctive discussion and exploration of the scriptures and themes covered in our Chapel and Sanctuary services.

The first 11 Magnolia service will be on September 18th---
just 40 days from today!

There are teams hard at work building the service from the ground up—music, hospitality, environment, preaching, technology, marketing, etc.  However, what is needed more than anything is prayer! 

Would you please join the prayer team and spend the next 40 days offering a minute or two in prayer that God would sweep in to do something far more than we could ask or imagine?

Check out this video to learn more.

  

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Please join together in prayer for this new chapter in the life of Hyde Park United Methodist.  God is doing exciting new things among us—will you be a part of it in prayer? 

We need you!  Please pray for 11 Magnolia—that 40th day will be here before we know it!

Do you need coffee with your worship service?

Not a morning person? Need your coffee before you get your Jesus on? Or are you one of those members who sneaks your coffee cup in under your arm to the sanctuary?

Well, maybe the new 11 Magnolia service is right for you! The later hour of 11 a.m. lets you sleep a bit later, and you can have a cup of Joe while you get your Jesus on!

 

11 Magnolia is coming this fall beginning Sunday, Sept. 18! Join us at 11 a.m. in the Magnolia Building (414 S. Magnolia Ave.)! Come as you are to worship God in this casual, comfortable setting with a variety of contemporary music styles. Enjoy coffee, refreshments and fellowship in a welcoming environment!

You and your coffee are welcome to join us beginning September 18!

Interested in learning more or being a part of the launch or hospitality team for 11 Magnolia? Check out the FAQs on the new 11 Magnolia service or contact John Mathew for details on serving.

Will you pray for this new service, that above all else, this effort would serve to form a community that would make and grow disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of Tampa and the world?

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