2021 HPUMC

ANNUAL REVIEW

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WORSHIP .............................................................. 2

HPUMC KIDS ........................................................ 4

CONFIRMATION ................................................... 5

HPUMC YOUTH ..................................................... 6

WESLEY HOUSE ................................................... 7

BELONG DISABILITY MINISTRY .......................... 8

IMPACT ................................................................10

MUSIC ..................................................................12

PASTORAL CARE .................................................13

UPTOWN CHURCH ...............................................14

COLUMBARIUM EXPANSION ..............................15

HPUMC CHURCH COUNCIL & COMMITTEES .......16HPUMC thrived in the midst of the numerous challenges of 2021. During the pandemic,

disasters, and a moving back toward a new normal, we focused on continuing to live out our mission as we managed the evolving mask and social distancing policies, enhanced in-

person and online experiences, adapted worship and serving opportunities, and more.

The patience and willingness to work together throughout it all as a congregation meant the world to us. Inside these pages is a glimpse of what we were able to accomplish in

2021 with the help of our incredible donors, volunteers, and staff. It’s amazing how much the support we received transformed our church, community, and world!

We had an unusual year, but we still flourished! We also transformed the way we offered baptism and Communion to maintain these meaningful elements of worship in COVID-safe ways.

At our first official service back in person since the pandemic began, more than 5,500 celebrated Easter with us at SMU’s Ford Stadium, and thousands more worshiped online. Eventually, we were able to reopen all worship services completely in a safe manner and once again offer eight different services in multiple venues on Sundays.

In Cox Chapel, Rev. Susan Robb retired from her position as HPUMC Senior Associate Minister after more than 20 years of service. Soon after, Rev. Jeremiah Booker was named as its new lead pastor. This also made history for HPUMC as he is the first African American to lead a worship service at HPUMC’s Mockingbird campus.

WORSHIP3,400+Joined our Bible

reading plans

452New

members

159Small

groups

17Weekly Sunday School classes

CHURCHWIDE ENGAGEMENT

8Worship services

offered on Sunday

60%In-person

attendees every Sunday

40%Online attendees

every Sunday

10+ States

Streaming across

7+ Countries

This year, the Kids ministry continued their mission of helping families follow Jesus together. This was accomplished by building relationships and demonstrating the greatest commandment of loving God, others, and ourselves.

Gifts to this ministry helped substantially as we returned to regular programming from the pandemic. We were able to recruit even more caregivers and Sunday School teachers, offer outdoor family experiences each month, provide a joy-filled VBS to more than 300 kids and adults, provide dozens of third-grade Bibles to kids, and update equipment, toys, and games for all ages.

HPUMC KIDS

125

Average number of children served

every Sunday

35

Staff and volunteers to run Children’s

Ministry every Sunday

315+

Kids served

152

Staff and volunteers

HPUMC Confirmation began the year with new leadership as Elliott Gonzalez became the Pastor to Confirmation. Thanks to generous contributions, these sixth-graders learned about the history, practices, and beliefs of the Christian faith from a United Methodist perspective in an incredible space—The President George W. and Laura Bush Family Confirmation Center. Not only that, but giving helped to purchase new Bibles for the over 200 Confirmation students and provide small groups with excellent spaces to meet and study together.

CONFIRMATION

Students Confirmed in April*Each icon represents 10 students

HPUMC Youth has thrived and grown significantly this year. Rev. Chelsea Peddecord stepped into her new role as Pastor to Youth and their Families as students began their first full school year in the Tolleson Family Activity Center.

The generosity of our church helped fully staff HPUMC Youth, including making two previous summer interns full-time pastors. Your gifts also allowed this ministry to better train and equip volunteers, create exciting programming (HalloWOW, Friendsgiving, the first-ever Dudes’ Day), provide scholarships for mission trips, and get every senior a new Bible at graduation!

HPUMC YOUTH

Average number of students in Crave and WOW, worshiping on Wednesdays*Each icon represents 10 students

Our college ministry thrived, even as SMU offered only virtual classes until the fall. Over 50 freshmen are connected with Wesley House, more than 100 students attended retreats throughout the year, and 30 students took on leadership roles in the ministry.

Plus, Wesley House hosted a special fundraising event in August featuring a presentation from SMU’s head football coach, Sonny Dykes. Our relationship with SMU and its students has never been stronger!

WESLEY HOUSE

340

College Students connected to Wesley House

30

College students on the leadership team

130+

Average number of unique college students involved

each week

50+

Small group students

BELONG DISABILITY MINISTRYEven during the pandemic, Belong Disability Ministry increased the number of participants served, primarily by virtual Zoom classes, and continued offering spiritual support for participants and families. But it was a true joy to transition back fully to in-person programming and worship this fall.

Chance’s Pie & Coffee Shop reopened in September and, because of your generosity, was able to hire and pay 10 part-time Chance’s crew members with disabilities as well as a part-time weekend manager and contract food manager. Better yet, muffins were added to the menu and a new partnership was created with Seriously Good Coffee, with purchases benefiting the Methodist Children’s Home in Costa Rica.

Lastly, you helped fully fund a documentary about Spotlight Musical Theater! Production is underway as a documentary crew films participants’ stories, rehearsals, and performances over several months to show the world Spotlight’s one-of-a-kind program and talent. This is an incredible opportunity to share a behind-the-scenes look at the hard work and dedication of some of our amazing Belong Disability Ministry participants.

HPUMC Impact ministry has a long history of providing assistance when disasters strike, and this year saw an increased need to help on local, national, and global levels. In addition to our continued COVID-19 response, we assisted those affected by the severe winter weather in February, including partnering with United to Learn and others to deliver emergency grants to DISD families to repair damaged homes and items. Plus, we offered aid to those impacted by Hurricane Ida, an earthquake in Haiti, and more.

This ministry also developed a strategy for HPUMC’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative. Part of this was striving for racial justice by adding a second school, Rice Elementary, to our Classroom Connect program and expanding the Camp-to-Career program, which provides a support system to help inner city students with access to college and job training. In July, the ministry hosted its first weeklong civil rights pilgrimage through the Deep South, which was attended by 12 Camp-to-Career senior students.

Lastly, we signed a new agreement with the Dallas area Habitat for Humanity to continue our work as the largest faith-based Habitat affiliate in the world through Carpenters for Christ and started building our 121st house.

2021 IMPACT TEAM DISTRIBUTION

49% Local &

Global Partner Support

6%HPUMC

Outreach Drives

24% HPUMC

Ministries

21%Disaster

Relief Support

IMPACT

257

Students impacted by Camp-to-Career

3K+

People who served our local partners

Local partners served

30

Undeterred by the pandemic, HPUMC’s Music Ministry continued providing excellent music experiences each week across multiple worship venues, with the Chancel Choir returning early in the year and the Youth and Children’s Choirs back in person this fall. We celebrated Memorial Day, Holy Week, and Easter in SMU’s Ford Stadium with outstanding performances as well.

Your generosity also allowed for the purchase and dedication of our brand-new Fazioli Concert Grand Piano, which will create beautiful music for many years to come. And finally, this year saw the return of the David R. Davidson Tower Arts Concert Series, with its season kicked off by the super-talented Jason Max Ferdinand Singers.

MUSIC

150Members in the

adult choir

100

Members in the childrens & youth choir

6Concerts/music

programs

In addition to updating the grief support books sent to members who have experienced the death of a loved one, Pastoral Care created new ways to connect with members in assisted living facilities. We did so by delivering handwritten cards and the HPUMC Advent devotionals.

Restoration Ministry held a benefit luncheon sponsored by UMW, hosted a Domestic Violence lunch-and-learn for HPUMC’s staff, and partnered with Genesis Women’s Shelter to provide frontline help for women in our congregation and community.

Recovery Ministry focused on addiction education for those struggling with substance abuse as well as their family and friends through a panel of those affected by alcoholism and by giving grants (totaling $25,000) to four recovery non-profits.

PASTORAL CARE

212Babies baptized

13Support groups & classes

156Hospital visits

One of HPUMC’s core priorities is to expand our community to other locations, building new churches throughout the city and globe. This year was no different, and at the beginning of 2021, Uptown Church opened its doors in the House of Blues in Uptown Dallas, all while navigating through a global pandemic. The church is led by Rev. Joy Gonzalez and Rev. Elizabeth Mosely, the first female team to lead a venue as part of HPUMC’s legacy of church planting.

UPTOWN CHURCH COLUMBARIUM EXPANSION

The Columbarium at HPUMC features a beautiful courtyard, fountain, and granite walls that list the names of our dear departed members on the front of each niche where urns bearing their ashes are stored. We’ve recently expanded this serene place, adding two new walls that will accommodate 225 more niches.

Thank you to our Church Council and Church Committee

members for all of their time and dedication in 2021.

2021 CHURCH COUNCILGina Landry ............................................................Council Chairperson

Matt Craft .....................................................Council Chairperson Elect

Jayson Bales ......................................... Chair, Pastor-Parish Relations

Alicia Howell ...................................................................... Chair, Finance

Rev. Paul Rasmussen .................. Chair, Nominations and Personnel

Rebecca Lones ...................................................................... Pres., U.M.W

Roy Vandiver ................Convener, Lay Persons Annual Conference

TJ Hill .................................................................................. Chair, Trustees

Bill Collins ...................................Chair, Permanent Endowment Fund

Heidi Hill .....................................................Chair, Outreach Committee

Martti Benson ...............................................................Member at Large

Katrina Bolin .................................................................Member at Large

Matt Craft ......................................................................Member at Large

Missy Fain ......................................................................Member at Large

Mark Farrell ...................................................................Member at Large

Chip Fowler ...................................................................Member at Large

Jeremy Gott ..................................................................Member at Large

Brent Harman ...............................................................Member at Large

Catherine Harper .........................................................Member at Large

Courtney Kelly ..............................................................Member at Large

Megan Moates ..............................................................Member at Large

COMMITTEE ON FINANCEScott Bell

Ben Davis

Jonathan Dietz

Tony Dona

Jay Hashop

Laurie Martin

Elise McDonald

Matt Ogle

Tim Weil

Julia Wellborn

Sandy Wilson

TRUSTEESMark Fitzgerald

Jeff Hayes (Grove)

Jenny Landry

Lisa Mallonee

Brad McGowan

Matt Mildren

Jason Weeks (Munger)

Kimberly Yamanouchi

PASTOR-PARISH RELATIONS COMMITTEEMark Freeman

Gwen Parker

Todd Massey

Kelly Noblin

David Smith

Gayle Stoffel

Greg Swalwell

LeeAnn Tatum

Carter Tolleson

Robert Van Cleave

LAY MEMBERS TO ANNUAL CONFERENCE Patrick Burton

Rick Casner

Julie Day

Karen Edwards

Erin Hall

Sandy Jobe

Carla Leffert

Barbara Lloyd

Julie McPhail

Brenda Shute

Carter Thomas

Michele Vicente

Cheri Whitten

Don Wilcox

NOMINATIONS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Dana Ayres Tommy Crowell Matt McCord

PERMANENT ENDOWMENT & PLANNED GIVING COMMITTEE

Jack Brown

Susan Claycombe

Kathy Cleaveland

Bill Collins

Doug Denby

Nick Kapral

Cissy Moses

Paul Pirok

Karen Sargent

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