THIS WEEK: May 11, 2013

This Week Vol. XXIiI, No. 10 | may 11, 2013

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MOZART

BEETHOVEN

• free admission • reserve childcare ages birth-5 72 hours in advance: 214-224-2600 • Questions? frances.cope@pcpc.org or 214-224-2633 • www.pcpcconcerts.org

Sunday, May 19, 7:00 pm, Sanctuary PCPC Chancel Choir and orchestra performing

Mozart’s Solemn Vespers, K. 339

and featuring Van Cliburn Competition contender Dr. Alex McDonald performing

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4

The PCPC Arts Academy’s Musical Theater Summer Camp

Thursday, May 16 6:00-7:30 pm 3520 Drexel Dr. 75205 Enjoy welcoming a new group of international students!

• casual and low-key • family-friendly • relational

Taught by industry professional LAURIE HARGRAVE MONDAY–THURSDAY, 1:00–4:00 pm

SESSION 1 June 17-20

SESSION 2 June 24-27

For boys and girls, incoming 3rd-6th graders See page 2 for details.

Please RSVP to elizabeth.cunningham@pcpc.org or 214-224-2528 to find out what you can bring to help out.

Park Cities Presbyterian Church exists to extend the transforming presence of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ in Dallas and to the world.

our family

events & announcements

births

everyone

Women

officer recommendations

senegal missions trip

• William Bryan Merkin, son of Stacy and Tim Merkin, on December 3, 2012 • Wynne Ruby Meyer, daughter of Lindsey and Kirk Meyer, on April 19, 2013 deaths

• Robert J. “Bob” Lankford (CC#13), husband of La Vern Lankford (CC#13), on April 19, 2013 • Taylor “French” Snelling Jr. (CC#13), husband of Kitty Snelling (CC#13); father of (Chrissy and) Clay Snelling (CC#11); grandfather of Powell, Zach, and Abby Snelling (CC#11); brother of Sallye (and Joe) Clark (out-of-town members), on April 30, 2013 sympathy

• Dave and Linda Mutchler (CC#17) on the loss of her brother, Scott Case, on April 26, 2013 • Beth and Bob Holland (CC#09) on the loss of his father; Anne Holland (CC#09) on the loss of her grandfather, Robert “Bob” Holland Jr., on April 26, 2013 • Jane and Tom Werkema (CC#17) on the loss of his sister, Joyce Whitney, on May 2, 2013

“Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.”

—G. K. Chesterton

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This Week may 11, 2013

As part of PCPC’s process of electing elders and Do you have a heart for teaching and encouraging other deacons, we want our church body to help us learn of women in the Lord? If so, please prayerfully consider men who are growing in their character, giftedness, and joining our short term mission trip to Senegal, Thursday, in their sense of call to serve our body. The congregation June 27–Sunday, July 7. The team has a specific need is encouraged each year to recommend men whom for women to teach the wives of local pastors. Contact they believe to be qualified. The session has approved amanda.brack@pcpc.org or 214-224-2510.

March 17–May 17 as the officer recommendation period for elder and deacon candidates for the Class of 2018.

Visit www.pcpc.org for more information or contact urban ministries sally.rogers@pcpc.org or 214-224-2775

get involved with equip

congregational meeting for officer election

EQUIP provides opportunities for the members of PCPC to identify, strengthen, and use their spiritual gifts in serving the least of our brethren in our city.

The session has called a congregational meeting for Sunday, June 9, 10:40 am, for the purpose of electing It gives PCPC the opportunity to meet the holistic new deacons and ruling elders for the class of 2017. needs, not just short-term material needs. Visit www. vimeo.com/pcpc to view an inspiring video. Contact Contact sally.rogers@pcpc.org or 214-224-2775. lwells2145@gmail.com or 214-632-2088.

outlaw outpost (VBS 2013)

VBS is riding into town (with 500+ kids) and we need volunteers like Dodge City needed a sheriff—real bad.

Register today at www.pcpc.org. Questions? Contact vbs@pcpc.org.

senior adult community perot museum

Park your car behind the Oak Lawn West building and board the bus Thursday, May 16, 11:00 am–3:30 pm.

We will eat lunch at El Fenix downtown, then we will Industry professional Laurie Hargrave will be teaching two four-day camps to rising third through sixth cross the street and visit the incredible Perot Museum graders—boys and girls. Students can attend one of Nature and Science. RSVP to jane.beasley@pcpc.org or both weeks as different material will be covered. or 214-224-2771 by Monday, May 13.

Camps begin Mondays, June 17 and 24. Each camp will last Monday–Thursday, 1:00–4:00 pm. Contact homebound member care frances.cope@pcpc.org or 214-224-2633.

Are you homebound? Contact us if you know of a PCPC member or regular attendee who is homebound.

Our volunteers would love to visit, mail cards, and ushers needed Looking for a place to serve? Volunteering as an usher make phone calls. Contact jane.beasley@pcpc.org or once a month is an excellent way to serve our church 214-224-2771. and meet new people. Sign up for the week of your choice (first, second, third, or fourth Sunday). Contact caregiver support group elaine.montague@pcpc.org or 214-224-2736.

Are you a caregiver to a parent, child, sibling, or friend?

Please join us for lunch and a time of fellowship and prayer, Tuesday, May 21, noon, Oak Lawn West. pcpc employment opportunity It’s a great time of networking together. Contact PCPC seeks a full-time accounting specialist: jane.beasley@pcpc.org or 214-224-2771. bookkeeper. For full information regarding this opportunity, please visit http://jobsatpcpc.org. To forward your resumé, contact careers@pcpc.org or 214-224-2740. world missions

park cities players theater camps

call to artists

international student party

PCPC announces its 2013 Arts Festival theme and dates. Rules and details can be found at www. pcpcartsfestival.com. Mediums include: non-narrative film, painting, sculpture, photography, pen and ink, mixed media, and textile. Registration begins Thursday, August 1, 2013. Show dates are November 8–17, 2013. The themes are based on Micah 6:8, Live Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly with your God. Contact lawan.glasscock@pcpc.org or 214-224-2739.

Save the date for our international student welcome party! Join us for a family-friendly, casual evening as we seek to practice Leviticus 19:33 by welcoming a new group of international students to our neighborhood, Thursday, May 16, 6:00–7:30 pm, 3520 Drexel Dr. Contact elizabeth.cunningham@pcpc.org or 214-224-2528.

may 16

Perot Museum, 11:00 am–3:30 pm, 224-2771

10–13

Outlaw Outpost (VBS 2013), vbs@pcpc.org

16

Internation student welcome party, 6:00 pm, 3520 Drexel Dr., 224-2528

17–20

PC Players Theater Camp, 1:00–4:00 pm, 224-2633

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Officer recommendation period ends

14–23

Japan Young Adults missions trip, 224-2551

19

Missionary lunch reception, 12:15 pm, Fellowship Hall, 224-2551

19

Mozart & Beethoven concert, 7:00 pm, Sanctuary, 224-2633

24–27

PC Players Theater Camp, 1:00–4:00 pm, 224-2633

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Caregiver support group, noon, Oak Lawn West, 224-2771

27–7/7

Senegal missions trip, 224-2551

28–7/7

Peru family missions trip, 224-2551

18–7/30 Summer Musikgarten classes, Tuesdays, 10:30 am, 224-2633

june 3–9 9

Florida trip 2013, Laguna Beach, 224-2762 Officer election congregational meeting, 10:40 am, 224-2775

missionary lunch reception

do you homeschool?

Doulos and New Creations Sunday Morning Communities are hosting a lunch in honor of PCPC home church missionaries Jon and Libby White, Sunday, May 19, 12:15–1:30 pm, Fellowship Hall.

Come and welcome them home for a visit and hear how the Lord has been working through them.

Donations to cover food costs are welcome. Contact worldmissions@pcpc.org or 214-224-2551.

Missions and Church Planting is looking for PCPC members who homeschool their children to help PCPC home church missionary couples abroad with curriculum and homeschooling tips. Contact marzena.dunham@pcpc.org or 214-224-2523.

Park Cities

esl honors Help ESL honor our students with perfect attendance!

Donate $15 gift cards to stores like Target, Walmart, and BigLots, or restaurants like McDonalds and Pizza Hut! You can drop off the cards by the church offices or Information Desk anytime, just label them for ESL. Contact elizabeth.cunningham@pcpc.org or 214-224-2528.

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4124 Oak Lawn Avenue Dallas, TX 75219 214-224-2500 www.pcpc.org www.facebook.com/parkcitiespca www.twitter.com/pcpcnews bit.ly/pcpc-app sunday worship

Musikgarten Summer Classes

Tuesdays, 10:30 am June 18–July 30

Introduce your children to the wonderful world of music! Learn through songs, rhythm, and play.

Musikgarten classes will last for seven weeks for children birth to three years old. frances.cope@pcpc.org or 214-224-2633

8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 am communion

Sundays, 8:00–9:00 am Wednesday Vespers, 5:30–6:00 pm 24/7 prayer hotline

214-224-2680 or 24/7prayer@pcpc.org general fund budget

2012/2013 operating budget

$12,200,000

July 1–April 28, 2013 budget

$10,558,315

July 1–April 28, 2013 giving

$11,689,990

Budget variance

$1,131,675

may 11, 2013 This Week

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Baptisms

Volunteers Needed!

april 21, 2013

ost outlaw outp 9:00 AMJUNE 10-13

HIGH NOON

Grace Keisling Ballard

Wyatt Phillips Chilian

Wesley Winniford Jackson

Matthew Jamal Jones

daughter of Morgan and Matt

son of Brandi and Pete

son of Melanie and Paul

son of Abby and Will

Henry Hayden Springer

Philip Douglass Taylor

Jackson Parker Trese

Nathaniel Lawrence Zugaro

son of Mary and Tim

son of Courtney and Daniel

son of Julie and Steven

son of Lauren and Chris

VBS is riding into town and we need volunteers like Butch Cassidy needs a bank. Register today! Spaces will fill up quickly. Register at www.pcpc.org.

Questions? Contact vbs@pcpc.org.

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Vol. XXIIi, No. 10 | may 11, 2013

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