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Megan and Kyle Manley
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Of the number of those who were baptized in infancy as members of the Church of God by birthright, and as heirs of the covenant promises, the session has examined and approved (these individuals), who come now to assume for themselves the full privileges and responsibilities of their inheritance in the household of faith.
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Elli Overton
Abby Snelling
Jake Pogue
Joan Ackley
Emma and Reid Price
Daniel and Olivia Rognstad
Erik and Tayler Sandvick
Heather and Chris Shannon
Marilyn and Ken Smith
Scott Stone
Carl Suillivan
Nate Sung
Rebekah and Landon Vaughan
Shana and Jarrod Vaughan
Scott and Lauren Ward
Laura Warwick
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Ty and Amy Anderson
Scott and Heath Beasley
Paul GOEBEL
Caitlin Benning and Thomas Laughlin
Will Bowersox
Tyler and Alyssa Butcher
Martin Gill
Hallie Graves
Jessica and Chuck Griege
David and Rebecca Guilbeault
Lance and Rebecca Gurley
Ryan and Dana Hankins
Greg Higgins
Ashley and Joe Januszewski
Faith Jennings
Claire Jennings
Emma Jennings
William and Abby Jones
Amanda Kelly
K’Lea Lisenby
This Week sits down with PCPC’s newly minted pastor to ask him about his ordination. What is the journey that got you to this point? I grew up in a Christian home just outside of Waco, TX. My family faithfully attended church every Sunday, but I became frustrated with Christianity and disillusioned with the church. I had become frustrated because I had tons of questions about Christianity that I felt were not being answered by the church. I was disillusioned because I felt that most Christians were judgmental and hypocritical. So by the time I got to high school I wrote off Christianity—not out of anger or bitterness. I simply decided that God was not real, Christianity wasn’t true, and that I didn’t need religion. On the outside I seemed like a good Christian kid, but on the inside I was full of deep doubt. Toward the end of high school, I had some friends who lived out their faith in Jesus honestly and authentically. The Lord used those friendships to grab my heart. He changed my doubt to faith, and I truly trusted in the Gospel for the first time. As a new believer, I knew that I didn’t want to become a lukewarm Christian. I knew that my entire life had to change. And I knew that God was going to have to change it. Early in college I felt the Lord calling me away from premed to full-time vocational ministry. However, my motivation for ministry wasn’t right. I thought I was going to change the world, I thought I was going to change the church. But Jesus changed me. In those early days of ministry, God broke my arrogant heart and revealed to me how far away I was from the Gospel. It was not the church that needed to change—I needed to change. We are all broken people in need of a Savior. This is Christ’s church, and the fact that it is full of fallen people is good news for a sinner like me. It was at that moment Jesus gave me a profound love for His church. I believe the Lord brought me to PCPC because of my love for the church and my love for the city. Around four CONTINUED ON 4B
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