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Gasparilla is a key piece of Tampa’s culture, and we are excited to once again offer premier parking for the events.
Children’s Parade. $20 Parking. All proceeds go to supporting our Merge Youth Ministries summer missions. Volunteer here.
Gasparilla Pirate’s Fest Parade. $20 Parking. All proceeds go to PrimeTimers ministries.
Cost: $50 for rising Preschool – Grade 4 and $75 for rising Grades 5 and 6.
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9:00AM – 12:00PM.
* Note: rising 5th and 6th graders have extended programming (until 3 p.m.) Tuesday and Thursday during VBS
Adult and youth volunteer registration is now open! Early child registration is available for adult volunteers upon completion of the volunteer form.
Mini-VBS and Nursery care is available for children of volunteers. This is not a drop-off program but reserved for those volunteering. A link will be available once adult registration has been completed.
Volunteer Training: Thank you for serving at TRUE NORTH VBS! Please mark your calendar for our mandatory VBS Volunteer Training on Wednesday, June 18 at 5:45 p.m.
Decorations and Construction: If you like crafting, being creative or even using a hammer, join the VBS Construction & Decoration Team on select Thursday mornings (9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.).
Amazon Wish List: Have a heart to serve but limited time? Check out this amazon wishlist for VBS supply needs!
Have questions? Ask us here or contact the church office at 813-253-5388.
A parent email will be sent the week before VBS to all parents of registered children with crew information. This email will also contain pick-up passes which must be shown to your child’s crew leader at dismissal/pick up each day.
Morning drop off: Campers should be seated in the Sanctuary with their crew by 9 a.m. for opening worship each day. Doors open at 8:50 a.m., please escort your child inside the Sanctuary to their crew’s pew and drop off to their crew leaders.
Afternoon pick up: Dismissal will start at 12:10 p.m. each day.* Children should be picked up from their crew pew in the Sanctuary.
*Note: rising 5th and 6th graders will have extended hours on Tuesday and Thursday with dismissal at 3 p.m. from the Magnolia building. Dismissal on Monday, Wednesday and Friday will be from the Sanctuary balcony at 12:15 p.m.
Each day your child should wear their VBS T-shirt. T-shirts can be picked up each Sunday in June in the Courtyard from 9 a.m. – noon. T-shirts can also be picked up in the church’s Ministry Office 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Monday-Thursday. Shirts must be picked up by Sunday, June 23. If we have shirts left over, additional shirts can be purchased beginning Wednesday of VBS week (at the VBS info tent in the Sanctuary Courtyard. $5 each).
Please use a black Sharpie marker to write your child’s first name and crew number on the FRONT of the shirt. This will act as their nametag (Using a flat cardboard piece inside the shirt helps when you do this). We also suggest comfortable shorts and closed-toed shoes for their safety.
YES, BUT THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE A COMPLETED PICK-UP PASS FOR YOUR CHILD TO PRESENT TO YOUR CHILD’S CREW LEADER. We are accepting pictures of completed Pick-Up Passes on smart phones as well. If your child’s pick-up person does not have a pass, they will be asked to go to our info tent outside in the Courtyard. They will need to show their driver’s license and we will check registration forms to see who has been authorized to pick up your child. If you did not list them as an authorized person to pick up your child in your child’s registration, we will call you to confirm authorization.
Yes! Join us for worship Sunday, June 30.
We believe it is important to invest in higher education for eligible high school, college and seminary students. There are currently three Hyde Park United Methodist scholarship opportunities available. The Hyde Park United Methodist scholarships are open to high school seniors, college students (associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree or vocational certificate) and divinity students. High school seniors will also need to submit this reference form. Note: Individuals pursuing a Master’s or Doctorate degree are not eligible for the college scholarship. The deadline for applying is March 31, 2025
We are open for regular scheduled services this Sunday, Oct. 13.
No childcare available – Wesley Center is without power.
If you are going through the difficulties of storm recovery, here is a complete and current status of our congregational response:
A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center is open daily now thru October 22 from 7am-7pm at Barksdale Senior Center (1801 N Lincoln Ave) to assist with applications.
The “I Need/I Can Help” List
If you or someone you know in this congregation needs help with recovering from the storm, add that need to our growing database by clicking here. And if you are willing and able to help in some way, click here to offer your skills and availability. We will work to match up needs with skills. For more information, contact Heidi Aspinwall, our Director of Missions.
Cleaning/Flood Buckets
We have received a large shipment of fifty Cleaning/Flood Buckets from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), which anyone can pick up, for themselves or someone in need. They are available in the entrance to the lobby of the Chapel on the Hyde Park Campus.
Charging and Cooling Stations
We will have free charging stations available in the Chapel during regular business hours.
Letters of Love
A simple and powerful way to help that does not require extensive physical labor is to write a note of prayerful support to someone in need. Stop by the Chapel Lobby on the Hyde Park Campus, where we have blank cards on which you can write a personal note. We will distribute them to people who need them. All supplies are provided, or you can bring your own.
Financial Donations
To make a financial contribution, go to our website to give to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) which is the disaster response agency of our denomination. 100% of your gifts go directly to help people in need in disasters like this one.
Pastoral Support
Your pastoral team is available to offer you spiritual and prayerful encouragement and support. Please contact pastoral administrative assistant Kim Harcrow to connect with Magrey, Sally, Justin, or Bernie.
Efforts from the Florida Annual Conference
We will keep you informed on wider, coordinated efforts throughout our denominational connection in Florida over the weeks and months to come.
October 4, 2024
Dear Hyde Park Family,
“Don’t be afraid, I’ve redeemed you. I’ve called your name. You’re mine.
When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you.
When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down.
When you’re between a rock and a hard place, it won’t be a dead end—
Because I am God, your personal God, the Holy of Israel, your Savior.”
(Isaiah 43:1-3, The Message)
The devastation from Hurricane Helene is continually evident throughout our community. As the days go by, we hear stories of grief and loss, from those here in Tampa Bay and loved ones and friends as far away as Western North Carolina.
As I shared in a video shown in the in-person worship services last Sunday, the saying “things can be replaced” is helpful, but it falls short of calculating the true cost of a tragedy like this. Over this past week, many of you have been expending energy and time from depleted reserves, working hard to move forward. Those expenditures exact an emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual toll that cannot be replaced.
However, by God’s grace, they can be replenished.
The words of the prophet Isaiah remind us that God is with us, to replenish the energy required to make it through one more day, to cross one more thing off the seemingly endless checklists, and to wait just a little longer for the next step in a myriad of processes for recovery.
What is also with you is the presence of community, like this Hyde Park congregation, which has proven time and again to come together for mutual support, love, and encouragement.
If you are going through the difficulties of storm recovery, here is a complete and current status of our congregational response:
The “I Need/I Can Help” List
If you or someone you know in this congregation needs help with recovering from the storm, add that need to our growing database by clicking here. And if you are willing and able to help in some way, click here to offer your skills and availability. We will work to match up needs with skills. For more information, contact Heidi Aspinwall, our Director of Missions.
Cleaning/Flood Buckets
We have received a large shipment of fifty Cleaning/Flood Buckets from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), which anyone can pick up, for themselves or someone in need. They are available in the entrance to the lobby of the Chapel on the Hyde Park Campus.
Letters of Love
A simple and powerful way to help that does not require extensive physical labor is to write a note of prayerful support to someone in need. Stop by the Chapel Lobby on the Hyde Park Campus, where we have blank cards on which you can write a personal note. We will distribute them to people who need them. All supplies are provided, or you can bring your own.
Red Cross Shelter
In the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, we have been hosting the American Red Cross in our Magnolia Building to serve as an emergency shelter for about 30 displaced individuals. That service will continue as long as there is need.
Financial Donations
To make a financial contribution, go to our website to give to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) which is the disaster response agency of our denomination. 100% of your gifts go directly to help people in need in disasters like this one.
Emotional Coping Workshop
Therapist and church member Erica Clark is offering a workshop titled “Coping After a Natural Disaster” at Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church this Sunday, October 6, at 12:15pm. You can click here to make a reservation.
Pastoral Support
Your pastoral team is available to offer you spiritual and prayerful encouragement and support. Please contact pastoral administrative assistant Kim Harcrow to connect with Sally, Justin, Bernie, or myself.
Efforts from the Florida Annual Conference
We will keep you informed on wider, coordinated efforts throughout our denominational connection in Florida over the weeks and months to come.
This Sunday, we observe World Communion Sunday, in which we affirm that we are all connected together in ministry and mission. Especially in the wake of a disaster, we are grateful that none of us are every really alone.
Grace and Peace,
STORIES OF IMPACT
We want to feature the online community in our worship services on Sunday, Sept. 15, You can be a part of the celebration by reading the scripture. We will feature all your voices in a creative way.
Listen for the Word of God from Psalm 78, verses 1 through 7.
This reading comes from the New Revised Standard Version.
Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
things that we have heard and known,
that our ancestors have told us.
We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord and his might
and the wonders that he has done.
He established a decree in Jacob
and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach to their children,
that the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and rise up and tell them to their children,
so that they should set their hope in God,
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;
The Word of God for the world.
Thanks be to God.
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• Speak positively about the experience and let your child(ren) know you are pleased they will be joining you.
• Read Sunday’s Scripture together. During the week, begin discussing your family’s expectations for worship behavior and participation.
• Set out clothes, Bibles and other Sunday items the night before to give yourself some extra time on Sunday morning.
• Help them follow the order of worship in the online bulletin.
• Have children who can write complete the attendance and prayer forms.
• Let the children put the money in the drop safe in the Narthex.
• Encourage the use of the children’s worship activity bags (greeters will be passing out before the service begins) as a way to remain engaged in worship.
• Consider your child’s personality and look for unique ways to keep them engaged in worship.
We understand having your children with you in worship sometimes requires an extra helping of patience, but we hope you will see it as special opportunity to spend time with your child and share the experience of worship together. It is good for them to see you worship!
“Above all, pray for your children with thanksgiving. Ask the Lord to help you see your children through his eyes. Ask his help for patience, wisdom and strength to enjoy these kids! The creative giftedness that can make many Sunday mornings long can also make great saints in the long run.”
With Amplify Media, you you will have instant access to thousands of great videos for adults, youth and kids, including many of the Rev. Magrey deVega’s video studies. It’s essentially the “Netflix of Video Bible Studies” and is powered by our United Methodist Publishing House.
You are invited to create a free account, that can be accessed from your phone, tablet or computer. You can view them in a group setting through a TV or projector also.
Visit our Amplify Media Page and use Congregation Access Code KDLCSF to set up your own account.
Dear Hyde Park Family,
“The Birth of Christ”
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The time draws near the birth of Christ;
The moon is hid–the night is still;
The Christmas bells from hill to hill
Answer each other in the mist.
Four voices of four hamlets round,
From far and near, on mead and moor,
Swell out and fail, as if a door
Were shut between me and the sound.
Each voice four changes on the wind,
That now dilate and now decrease,
Peace and good-will, good-will and peace,
Peace and good-will to all mankind.
Rise, happy morn! rise, holy morn!
Draw forth the cheerful day from night;
O Father! touch the east, and light
The light that shone when hope was born!
On behalf of the clergy, staff, and lay leadership of Hyde Park United Methodist, I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love,