EVERYONE SUNDAY WORSHIP We are continuing to assess the safety of our worshippers on a week to week basis. We are still REQUIRING all attendees to wear masks or cloth face coverings over the nose and mouth while in the church building. If you are uncomfortable with this, we understand and ask that you attend worship online. To help ensure we hold our worship services safely, we ask that you reserve a seat for you and childcare online at pcpc.org/reserve-seat. If you or anyone in your party have had COVID-like symptoms in the past 7 days, we ask that you please worship online with us at pcpc.org/live.
YEAR END GIVING
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EMMANUEL - CHRISTMAS AT PCPC Saturday, December 12, 7:00 p.m. & Sunday, December 13, 4:30 & 7:00 p.m.
Admission is free, but a ticket is REQUIRED. During this COVID season, we are carefully following the advice of our medical advisory team. All attendees are required to wear a mask. Due to distancing requirements, our capacity per concert has been significantly reduced. Please be judicious in your attainment of tickets and immediately return any tickets that you are not able to use. Also, because of COVID, we regret that we are not able to offer childcare this year. Children are very welcome to attend, but please note the concert has many quiet moments and may prove challenging for young children. The final concert, on December 13 at 7:00 p.m., will live-stream at pcpc.org/live. Reserve your tickets at pcpcconcerts.org.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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In order to comply with IRS regulations, Thursday, December 31, is the deadline for donations to be receipted for 2020. Other than offerings given in worship or online, you may mail checks postmarked by Thursday, December 31. Due to the construction, we will not have any provision for hand delivered donations when the church offices are closed. For stock donation instructions, contact Cheli Conejo (cheli.conejo@pcpc.org) by noon Wednesday, December 30. Please note that mutual fund donations can take up to one month to process. Thank you for your generosity in supporting all that God is doing at PCPC.
There are many Christmas volunteer opportunities with PCPC Ministry Partners like Mercy Street, Vickery Trading Company, For the Nations, Voice of Hope and others! You can learn more by visiting PCPC.org/volunteer and typing in the keyword “holiday.� Also available is a great opportunity to greet guests on Sunday mornings with our Frontline Ministry. We regret to announce that there will be no Boxes of Blessing for 2020. We realize this is a big event that our church family looks forward to every year but due to health and safety concerns, we will not be having a big, open packing event as in years past.
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VOL. XXXI, NO. 24 | DECEMBER 5, 2020
pcpc.org/volunteer Look inside to see more of what we have planned for Christmas
COMMUNICANTS
BAPTISMS
2020
Bessie Holman Brown
John Edward Burke
Lucy Carroll Cox
Caitlyn Adair Crouch
Wright Hudson Morris
Dylan Philip Palmer
Hudson Stokes Palmer
Gracie Reed Pinkston
Bryan Alexander Pletcher
Jonathan Michael Terry
We invite you to join us either in person or online (pcpc.org/live) Sundays at 9:00 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. Each week of Advent, we will look at the different names given for Jesus by the prophet Isaiah: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Emmanuel.
November 15, 2020
Reese Christopher Derrick son of Amy and JC Derrick
Brooks Edward Kinney son of Callie and Blake Kinney
Marlowe Joy Mullen daughter of Brian and Mallory Mullen
George Austin Turpin son of Allison and Jack Turpin
Reserve seats at pcpc.org/reserve-seat. Luke Kwangsoo Thomason Riley Elizabeth Westerburg
Spencer Merchant Bell
Grant Mitchell Dixon
Harold Wilson Glasscock
Daily Prayer Guide Our Advent & Christmas Daily Prayer Guide theme is “The Word Became Flesh”, and it will run from November 29 – January 5. Join us wherever you find yourself over Advent and Christmas as we read and pray together.
Thomas Wilson Vick Son of Kristen and Wilson Vick
Available on the PCPC app and in limited print. Jacob Lee Holmes
Hudson Matthew Fray
Lucy Primrose Silva
Wilson McCulloch Gill
Christina Ellen Becker
Hollis Parks Guerry
John Andrew Davy
William Ryan Henson
Natalie Ann Denton
Family Devotional
OUR FAMILY
In this PDF download, you will find a Scripture reading that corresponds to the PCPC Prayer Guide, a family devotional, and instructions for family activities (craft, questions, activity, and prayer) for Advent 2020.
births
Available on pcpc.org/advent.
• Mark & Christy Gehlbach (Park Cities UP Elementary Parish) on the loss of his father, Frederick “Fred” R. Gehlbach, on November 9, 2020.
Audrey Noelle Herd
• Jillian Kay Cothran, daughter of Alex & Tricia Cothran (Richardson Parish) on November. 17, 2020.
sympathies
Christmas Eve Services All of the Advent season points toward this beautiful and glorious event we celebrate on Christmas Eve — the birth of our Savior. Join us for our special Christmas Eve Family Services at 2:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m. or our Evening Service at 7:00 p.m. Scott Michael Moxley
Valerius Petrini Jr.
Luke William Shaw
Owen Anderson Sumner Madeline Marguerite Walters
See all of our Holiday events at pcpc.org/advent.
general fund
budget
2020/2021 operating budget July 1—November 15, 2020 budget July 1—November 15, 2020 giving Budget Variance
$13,500,000 $3,745,976 $3,348,354 –$397,623