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Share Your RMD Tax-Free
Did you know you can share your retirement assets with Hyde Park United Methodist and distribute funds without paying ordinary income tax? Savers who have accumulated investments in tax-deferred IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts) must begin distribution of these...
125th Anniversary Celebration
Join us at Hyde Park United Methodist as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday morning.
Online Scripture
Online Reading for 125th CelebrationWe 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.How to ParticipateRecord video of...
Voices of Inspiration
Dear Hyde Park Family, In his biography of St. Francis, the great theologian and author G. K. Chesterton described the venerable saint as “the mirror of Christ rather as the moon is the mirror of the sun. The moon is much smaller than the sun, but it is also much...
Welcome Back, Bernie!
Dear Hyde Park Family, It is with great joy that the Staff-Parish Relations Committee welcomes back the Rev. Bernie Lieving to our staff, beginning August 1. For many in this church, Bernie is no stranger, having served here as an Associate Pastor from 1994 to 2013....
Who is God?
Dear Hyde Park Family, In 1952, Encyclopedia Britannica published one of the most ambitious publishing projects in the 20th Century. It put out a series of 52-volumes called The Great Books of the Western World. Every important work from Western Civilization is in...
Head and Heart
Dear Hyde Park Family, Last Sunday we began our new worship series, “Hard to Believe,” which explores essential tenets of the Christian faith that are difficult to fully comprehend. You can watch last week’s sermon here. My hope is that this series will give you the...
Hard To Believe
Dear Hyde Park Family, We can freely admit that there are some aspects of the Christian faith that are simply hard to believe. It’s not that we don’t believe them. It’s just hard to fully comprehend them. There is a whole category of essential concepts to the faith...
Spirit Shower
Dear Hyde Park Family, The greatest Pentecost hymn you may never have heard of was written by Dr. Henry More, an 18th century British theologian and philosopher that one contemporary called “the most holy man he ever knew.” Despite his zealous study and prolific...
General Conference in Review
Dear Hyde Park Family, Thank you for the prayers and encouragement over these last two weeks as the General Conference of the United Methodist Church gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina. I felt honored to serve as one of the clergy delegates, along with Clarke...
Be Still … and Breathe
Dear Easter People, We are currently in our worship series “Life’s Highs and Lows,” based on the Psalms. Each week, we explore a different landscape image from a psalm and how it connects to God and the human experience. Last week’s service was about the mountains in...