This Week: October 26, 2019

EVERYONE ALL-CHURCH PRAYER

Come join us for a prayer service in which our elders will be praying over all who might have needs for spiritual, physical, emotional, or relational healing on Sunday, November 10, 5:00 p.m., PCPC Sanctuary. Please come with whatever need you might want to share or join in praying for others. Prayer requests will be shared with and prayed for privately with two or three elders and held in confidence. Visitors are welcome. cassie.rawson@pcpc.org or 214-224-2737

HELPING HANDS Join the deacons to extend helping hands to our single moms, widows/ers, senior adults, and those with chronic illness who have asked for assistance around their homes on Saturday, November 16, 8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m, Room 263. We will meet at 8:00 a.m. for prayer and a light breakfast and then you will get assignments and instructions before heading out to the assigned families.

Plans are for all jobs to be completed by 1:00 p.m. Please consider volunteering.

You don’t have to be handy, just willing to help! Elementary children and older are welcome! To sign up or to request help, contact Wilma Morgan. wilma.morgan@pcpc.org or 214-224-2742 Each Christmas season we offer PCPC members the opportunity to purchase a poinsettia ($9.00 each) in memory of or in honor of a friend or loved one.

They will be in the Sanctuary Sunday, December 8, and there will be a bulletin insert that morning listing the names of the donor and the recipient. Our chancel area will be wreathed in these beautiful plants for our worship services from December 8 through Christmas Eve. You may take your plant with you following the Christmas Eve service if you wish to do so. Online reservations (pcpc.org/events) will close on Wednesday, November 27 at 10:00 p.m.

Requests received later than November 27 will miss the insert printing deadline. jayne.bjork@pcpc.org

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YOUNG FAMILIES CHILDREN'S MINISTRY AFTER-CHURCH PICNIC The Children’s Ministry invites families and Children’s Ministry volunteers for a free lunch on Sunday, November 10, after the 11:00 a.m. service, Fellowship Hall. We’ll have pizza, salad, dessert, and a time of fellowship. Please RSVP. childrensministry@pcpc.org or 214-224-2556

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Drop off CANNED VEGGIES from November 11-December 2, in preparation for our Boxes of Blessing packing day taking place on Saturday, December 7.

Donation boxes may be picked up at locations around the church and dropped off in the Boxes of Blessing trailer behind Oak Lawn West or in the elementary wing during church office hours.

Note: we have accepted many donation items in the past, but the warehouse has a specific need for CANNED VEGETABLES this year. Please donate vegetables in cans no larger than 16 oz! charlotte.medley@pcpc.org or 214-224-2715

OUR FAMILY

sympathies • Mark & Lisa Fulmer (CC#04) on the loss of his father; Lindsey Benda (CC#04) on the loss of her grandfather; John Michael, Daniel, & Eliana Benda (CC#04) on the loss of their great-grandfather, Bob Fulmer, on August 30, 2019.

Reformed University Fellowship–International | For the Nations

• Brian & Bea Post (CC#17) on the loss of his father, Harold J. Post, on October 2, 2019.

The World at Our Doorstep

• David Doyle (CC#25) wife, Phyllis Ford (CC#25) on the loss of his sister, Karen Ann Doyle Anderson, on October 12, 2019.

Care Clusters – pcpc.org/care/care-clusters/

By Ann-Claire Carlson

GENERAL FUND

budget

2019/2020 operating budget July 1—October 13, 2019 budget

$2,678,494

July 1—October 13, 2019 giving

$2,866,068

Budget Variance

In the early spring of 2018, I had begun to sense a prodding in my heart to share the gospel with those who would not otherwise hear it. At that time, I wasn’t sure how I was going to do that. But by that fall, I was sharing with students from India, China, Denmark, Korea, and Iraq - and I never went more than five miles from my house!

One Friday night last fall, my husband, Scott, and I attended a Reformed University Fellowship-International (RUF-I) welcome party spur-of-themoment just because it sounded like fun. We had such a great time getting to know some very bright young adults! They were from very interesting places, and they were all SMU students studying interesting things. It was easy to be interested in them, but to my great surprise, they were interested in us - late middle age empty nesters from the United States!

We became table hosts for the Tuesday night Global Café at SMU. Again, I was surprised that many of these students, who were well traveled and so very smart, knew absolutely nothing about Christianity, Jesus Christ, or the Bible. The very first evening, I was asked, “What is a testament? I keep hearing that word.” What a great opening and a great discussion that followed!

As the year progressed, we began to form friendships with the students. Two students joined our family for our traditional American Thanksgiving. It was really a joy for me to look around our table and see new faces “from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages.”

In the spring of 2019, I began helping with ESL classes at For the Nations (FTN). I had been somewhat familiar with the children’s programs at FTN, which are excellent. But again, the prodding I had felt a year earlier led me to want to work with adults. I feel like I have learned so much from this experience! I have learned what refugees are and why they are in Dallas. I have learned that in general, Muslim women are very warm toward me, an American woman. I thought they might regard me as immodest since I wear jeans and don’t cover my head, but they don’t seem to mind. Together we have heard the gospel of Jesus skillfully taught in simple English from both the Old and New Testaments each week.

Certainly, the Lord is at work through PCPC's involvement with Reformed University Fellowship-International and For The Nations. He has brought the world to our doorstep, right here in Dallas! To find out how you too can EXTEND the gospel, please contact Sarah Morrison at sarah.morrison@pcpc.org.

$13,500,000

$187,575

WORLD MISSIONS DESSERT RECEPTION FOR GUANG AND ZHIBAI

Join us to encourage and hear an update on their ministries overseas on Saturday, November 2, 5:00 p.m., 4309 Alta Vista Lane. Please RSVP to Marty Forte. martyforte@sbcglobal.net

BABY BOOMERS CONNECT LUNCH

As Baby Boomers, we need one another! Let’s connect on Sunday, November 3, 12:30 p.m., Fellowship Hall. Our guest speaker is Mary Harris, author of Beatrice Keep on Steppin'. Come for a lunch buffet catered by Sonny Bryan’s ($16) and hear about Beatrice, an extraordinary woman who lived with joy and practical Christian wisdom and left a profound legacy for her family. Please RSVP at pcpc.org/ events. debbie.blanton@pcpc.org or 214-224-2744

SENIOR ADULTS THANKSGIVING BOOK REVIEW AND LUNCHEON

Please join us for a book review by Nella Phillips and a delicious Festive Kitchen lunch! Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart by Scott Eyman is all about a strong friendship (of over half a century!) between two well-known and beloved entertainment figures. Come and hear the delightful, energetic Nella Phillips’ interpretation of this book and the description of these famous Hollywood stars — and enjoy the memories on Friday, November 15 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., Oak Lawn West. Contact Jane Beasley no later than Tuesday, November 12 to make your reservation for lunch. jane.beasley@pcpc.org or 214-224-2771

WOMEN THE BRIDGE: WHAT'S HER STORY?

Come and hear Pam Dunn share her story of rescue on Tuesday, November 12, 6:30–8:30 p.m., 4400 Williamsburg. The Bridge is a coming together of all women to hear of God's hope and grace in the life of a PCPC woman. Join us for a light dinner, fellowship, and a story of encouraging faith. Dinner is $5, and no RSVP is necessary. We can’t wait to see you there! anncarolyn.williams@pcpc.org or 214-224-2725