Vol. XXII, No. 6 | March 17, 2012
Recommend Church Officers in March and April The Session has approved March 1–April 30 as the officer recommendation period for elder and deacon candidates for the class of 2017. A screening committee led by Ruling Elder Louie Little and composed of elders, deacons, and laity will interview the men recommended and consider their qualifications before submitting a list of potential officer candidates to the Session for approval. The men approved by the Session will undergo a year of training in classes on the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Bible, the Book of Church Order, and officer-specific books, and stand for election in spring 2013. As you prayerfully consider your recommendations, please reflect on 1 Timothy 3:1–13, Titus 1:5–9, and 1 Peter 5:1–4 as the biblical basis for qualifications. Men who are chosen must meet the qualifications as summarized in the Book of Church Order: Qualifications of an Elder (BCO 8-2, 3): He that fills this office should possess a competency of human learning and be blameless in life, sound in the faith and apt to teach. He should exhibit a sobriety and holiness of life becoming the Gospel. He should rule his own house well and should have a good report of them that are outside the church. [The elder is] to watch diligently over the flock, that no corruption of doctrine or of morals enter therein. Qualifications of a Deacon (BCO 9-2, 3): It is the duty of deacons to minister to those who are in need, to the sick, to the friendless, and to any who may be in distress. To the office of deacon, which is spiritual in nature, shall be chosen men of spiritual character, honest repute, exemplary lives, brotherly spirit, warm sympathies, and sound judgment.
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Everyone
Nomination forms are available in the church literature racks and at www.pcpc.org. Please consider the following as you make recommendations: •• You must be a member in good standing of PCPC in order to recommend an individual for an officer position. •• Do not recommend a man for office unless you have first obtained his permission to do so. •• Officers who have previously served are eligible to serve again and may be recommended. •• At the time of recommendation, an officer candidate must have been a member in good standing of PCPC for the past two years. •• Please do not recommend a man who is related to you by blood or marriage. Please return completed recommendations to the red boxes at the Information Center or send them to Sally Rogers via one of the following methods: •• Mail: PCPC, 4124 Oak Lawn Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75219 •• Confidential fax: 214-224-2759 •• E-mail: sally.rogers@pcpc.org.
Registration open for women’s reflective retreat in May 2
Caregiver support group luncheon
Are you caring for a loved one: a spouse, a parent, a child? Do you sometimes feel isolated and alone in this labor of love? Please come and join us as we fellowship, network, and pray together Tuesday, March 20, noon, in the Oak Lawn West conference room. RSVP to Jane Beasley, jane.beasley@pcpc.org or 214-224-2771.
Intimate Mystery workshop
Join Dan Allender and Steve Call to call forth a deeper joy in living out God’s design for your marriage. This three-day workshop, March 22–24 at PCPC, includes teaching, small group sessions, and individual couples’ sessions with highly skilled facilitators. Register at www.theallendercenter.org or 888-977-2002 ext. 112. The fee is $1850 per couple. For more information contact Betty Montague, betty.montague@pcpc.org or 214-224-2683.
enter back into the heart of your marriage
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March 22–24 Dr. Dan B. Allender and Steve Call see above for details
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Park Cities Presbyterian Church exists to extend the transforming presence of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ in Dallas and to the world.
announcements
o u r f am i l y Births
PCPC Arts Festival 2012
• Graham Mathews Sayles, son of Kim and Rob Sayles, on February 24, 2012 • Samuel Bufkin Pogoloff, son of Sarah and Jared Pogoloff, on February 28, 2012
Sympathy • Lawan Glasscock on the loss of her grandmother, Irene McKay, on March 6, 2012 • Susan and Ed Jarrett (CC#14/ SOS) and Julie and Ken Olles (CC#14/ Good Shepherd) on the loss of their granddaughter, Lucy Jarrett, on March 7, 2012
Come enjoy the art gallery in PCPC’s Fellowship Hall and prepare your hearts for Resurrection Sunday as you view the many different artistic expressions of the passion of Jesus Christ and the promise His resurrection gives to all believers March 24– April 1, 10:00-6:00 daily. Art is for sale, with 25% of the proceeds going to PCPC ministries. Sales are tax-free during the dates of the show. Contact lawan.glasscock@pcpc.org or 214-224-2739.
Arts Festival opening ceremony
Shepherding the hearts of women
Rock ’n’ Roll Half Marathon
The Bridge: What’s her story?
Are you in Christ? Then you have been adopted! Come to Fellowship Hall Thursday, March 29, 7:30– 9:00 pm, where we will worship Christ and pray for the hearts of people in Dallas to be turned toward adoption. Contact Ellen Porter, 214-207-6160.
Helping Hands Day
Offer help with household maintenance to single moms, widows, senior adults, and the chronically ill Saturday, March 31, 8:00 am–1:00 pm. Meet in Room 263. Contact wilma.morgan@pcpc.org or 214-224-2742.
Holy Week
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Women Ministering to women means understanding that the woman in the spring of her life has different needs than the woman about to enter her winter. What does God reveal to us about life seasons? Join us Sunday, March 25, 11:00 am, in Room 259, as we continue this conversation about shepherding women. Contact mary.haberkorn@pcpc.org or 214-224-2725.
Adopted for Life
– C. H. Spurgeon
PCPC will hold an overnight prayer vigil from April 5, 9:30 pm, to April 6, 9:30 am, at 7431 Caruth, the home of Nancy and David Burgher. Bring your fragrant offerings of bold and dependent prayer to the Lord! Sign up for an hour to pray with others at www.mysignup.com/pcpcvigil. For more information, contact Amy Tassos, 214-224-2740.
The 2012 PCPC Arts Festival opens Saturday, March 24. An awards ceremony at 2:00 pm will feature speaker David J. Goa, director of the Chester Ronning Centre for the Study of Religion and Public Life at the University of Alberta. The exhibit will be open 10:00 am–6:00 pm daily, March 24–April 1, in Fellowship Hall. For more information contact Lawan Glasscock, lawan.glasscock@pcpc.org or 214-224-2739. This race will cause access and parking changes on Sunday morning, March 25. You can download a map of the course at www.pcpc.org.
When we bless God for mercies, we usually prolong them. When we bless God for miseries, we usually end them. Praise is the honey of life which a devout heart extracts from every bloom of providence and grace.
Fragrant Offerings
Worship Jesus Christ and meditate on His death on the cross April 2–6, noon, in the Sanctuary. The Maundy Thursday service is April 5, 7:00 pm, in the Sanctuary; and Palm Sunday and Resurrection Sunday services are April 8, 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 am, in the Sanctuary. The nursery and preschool will be open on Easter Sunday. Elementary classes will not meet. Special music for meditation will begin 15 minutes before each noon service, vespers, and the Maundy Thursday service. For more information contact Jayne Bjork, jayne.bjork@pcpc.org or 214-224-2632.
Holy Week lunches
Fellowship over lunch immediately following the noon Holy Week services in the chapel foyer April 2–6. The cost is $8 each, by cash or check. For more information contact Mary Haberkorn, mary.haberkorn@pcpc.org or 214-224-2725.
Women of all life stages are invited to the home of Katie Farris, 5535 West Amherst, on Thursday, April 12, 6:30–8:30 pm. You’ll enjoy fellowship over a light dinner and hear Nancy Ashley’s unique story of faith. Bring a friend! Dinner costs $10, and no RSVP is necessary. For information contact Susan Bullock, sbb@reelmemories.org or 214-696-4748.
Spring reflective retreat
Enjoy scriptural teaching, sweet fellowship during meals, and time to quietly pray and read God’s Word May 11–12, at Montserrat Retreat Center in Lake Dallas. Elizabeth Robinson and Kari Stainback will teach on the spiritual discipline of stewardship. The cost is $100. Contact mary.haberkorn@pcpc.org or 214-224-2725.
Men
Gene Stallings to speak at men’s gathering
Texas football legend Gene Stallings will speak at the monthly men’s gathering Tuesday, March 27, 7:30 am, in Fellowship Hall. The cost is $5 per person if you register online before Friday, March 23, and $10 afterwards. For more information contact Lawan Glasscock, lawan.glasscock@pcpc.org or 214-224-2739.
Urban ministries
EggStravaganza
Come out to the field in front of West Dallas Community School Saturday, March 31, 11:00 am– 2:00 pm, for a community-wide Easter celebration and egg hunt. There will be cotton candy, carnival games, inflatables, arts, crafts, and food galore! Contact imelda.martinez@pcpc.org or 214-224-2520.
This Week March 17, 2012
ca l e n d ar March
noon Caregiver support group, Oak Lawn West, 224-2771 7:00–8:30 pm Lenten Prayer, 3814 Potomac, 224-2722 7:00 pm Oak Lawn West Bible Study, High School Room, 224-2728
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Intimate Mystery Workshop, PCPC, 224-2683
10:00–11:30 am ELI presentation, Oak Lawn West, 224-2551 2:00 pm Arts Festival Opening, Fellowship Hall, 224-2739 10:00 am–6:00 pm daily Arts Festival, Fellowship Hall, 224-2739 7:00 am–noon Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon 11:00 am Shepherding through the Seasons, Room 259, 224-2725 10:45–11:30 am Song and Story, Room 122, 224-2780
Young Adults
Oak Lawn West Bible Study
This weekly Bible study of singles in their 20s and 30s meets every Tuesday, 7:00 pm, in the Oak Lawn East High School Room. Join us for worship, teaching, and fellowship. For more information contact McKenzie Griffin, 214-224-2728 or mckenzie.griffin@pcpc.org.
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7:30 am Monthly Men’s Gathering, Fellowship Hall, 224-2739 7:00 pm Oak Lawn West Bible Study, High School Room, 224-2728 7:30–9:00 pm Adopted for Life, Fellowship Hall, 207-6160 8:00 am–1:00 pm Helping Hands Day, Room 263, 224-2742 11:00 am–2:00 pm EggStravaganza, West Dallas, 224-2520
April
noon Holy Week services, Sanctuary, 224-2632 12:45 pm Holy Week lunches, Chapel foyer, 224-2725 7:00 pm Maundy Thursday service, Sanctuary, 224-2632 9:30 pm–9:30 am Prayer vigil, 7431 Caruth, 224-2740
Holy Week meditations available Sunday, March 23 A devotional for each day of Holy Week, written by PCPC pastors and staff, will walk you through the week of our Lord’s passion toward the high point of all history, His resurrection.
Young Adults Spring Retreat
Join us for a weekend of fellowship with PCPC’s young adults April 21–22, at Pine Cove Timbers Camp. For more information contact McKenzie Griffin, 214-2242728 or mckenzie.griffin@pcpc.org.
Missions and church planting
English Language Institute presentation
Are you interested in teaching English overseas? Come to Oak Lawn West Saturday, March 24, 10:00–11:30 am, to hear an engaging presentation about the English Language Institute, which provides opportunities to engage with university students in East Asia. Contact Anna Graber, anna.graber@pcpc.org or 214-224-2551.
Summer mission trips
If you’re considering a mission trip this summer, we would like to highlight two options for you: Senegal, June 29–July 7 Help with construction on enhancements to the West African Theological Institute. Julian Russell will provide some pastoral training. There is also a possibility of medical ministry. Open to all. Peru, June 29–July 7 Families with children 10 and up will serve Quechuan orphans in the Josephine House and perform construction projects. Team leaders are Reg and Melony Combs. For more information go to pcpcmissions.org or contact anna.graber@pcpc.org or 214-224-2551.
March 17, 2012 This Week
Young Families
Song and Story
Park Cities Presbyterian Church
PCPC School of Rock
Presbyterian Church in America 4124 Oak Lawn Avenue Dallas, TX 75219 214-224-2500 www.pcpc.org www.facebook.com/parkcitiespca www.twitter.com/pcpcnews
Bring a sack lunch Monday, March 26, 10:45– 11:30 am, and meet us in Room 122 or on the playground, depending on the weather. Contact amy.westervelt@pcpc.org or 214-224-2780. Taking applications for easy listeners and hard rockers for the School of Rock (VBS 2012), June 11–14, in the PCPC Tool Shed. You must be age five by September 1 up to a rising fourth grader. Registration is open until full or May 25. “He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken” (Psalm 62:2). Register at www.pcpc.org. Contact Meredith Mabus, meredithmabus@hotmail.com.
Student Ministries
Middle School summer events
All incoming fifth to eighth grade students, save the dates for these activities. Don’t miss out on the fun! • Moving On Up Sunday: May 20 • Summer Sizzle (fifth–sixth): May 30–31 • Summer Night Live (seventh–eighth): June 1–2 • Six Flags: June 19 • Hurricane Harbor: July 16 • Doulos Beach Retreat (seventh/eighth): July 23–27 Details are to come at www.pcpcmiddleschool.org. Contact lily.riemer@pcpc.org or 214-224-2762.
Sunday worship 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 am
Communion Sundays, 8:00–9:00 am Wednesdays, 5:30–6:00 pm
24/7 prayer hotline 214-224-2680 or 24/7prayer@pcpc.org
General fund budget 2011/2012 operating budget
$11,100,000
July 1, 2011–March 4, 2012 budget
$8,043,271
July 1, 2011–March 4, 2012 giving
$8,671,950
Budget variance
$628,679
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Vol. XXII, No. 6 | March 17, 2012 Park Cities Presbyterian Church Terri Speicher, editor 4124 Oak Lawn Avenue Dallas, Texas 75219-3152 214-224-2711 • fax 214-224-2711 www.pcpc.org
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2012 PCPC OPENS MARCH 24 ARTS FESTIVAL see page 2
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PROMISE AND THE
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Lenten Prayer
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