This Week: May 10, 2014

This Week Vol. XXIV, No. 10 | May 10, 2014

international student welcome

Must be present to vote

summer kickoff

Mark your calendar for Sunday, June 8. Our session has called a congregational meeting between the 9:00 am and 11:00 am services for the purpose of electing elders and deacons for the Class of 2018.

Welcome a new group of international students and reconnect with old friends at this casual, family-friendly, relational dinner!

Thursday, May 15, 6:00-7:30 pm, Burleson Park Please rsvp to elizabeth.cunningham@pcpc.org or 214-224-2528 to find out what you can bring to help!

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Is your All Star on our roster?

WALK with ACT Advocates for Community Transformation Families! Bring the strollers and pray for justice and transformation in West Dallas with our Urban Ministry partner ACT. Saturday, May 10 9:00-11:00 am meet at ACT Headquarters 2215 Canada Dr Contact Maria Pacheco, mpacheco@actdallas.org or 214-951-9151.

June 9-12, 9:00 am-noon

Register by scanning the QR code! see page 2 for complete details

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

student ministries

congregational meeting for officer election

5th & 6th grade summer sizzle

nursery volunteers needed

women

•Wyatt Aaron Bronson, son of Becky and Andrew Bronson, on April 18, 2014 marriages

• Sarah Katherine Francis and Travis Alan Stenseth on April 27, 2014

Kick off the summer with our Middle School staff The Session has approved a congregational meeting and two days of heat-beating fun June 2-3! From for the purpose of electing elders and deacons for the swimming at the UP Pool to movie night at the Inwood Class of 2018 Sunday, June 8, 10:40 am, Sanctuary. Theatre, you won’t want to miss a single event! See the Members must be present to vote on the slate. All complete schedule at pcpc.org/youth/middle-school. candidates will have successfully completed the officer training classes and have the endorsement of the 7th & 8th grade summer night live Session prior to election by the congregation. Photos Know what a progressive cycling dinner is? Can’t wait and profiles of the candidates will be published in the to see the Texas Rangers put up a win over the Orioles?

May 24 This Week and forthcoming e-This Week issues. Ever been to an old-school drive-in movie theatre? Join The ordination and installation of the Class of 2018 will the Middle School staff June 4-6 and find out what the be Sunday, June 22, during the 9:30 am and 11:00 am fuss is all about! See the complete three-day schedule worship services. Contact sally.rogers@pcpc.org or at pcpc.org/youth/middle-school.

214-224-2775.

We have lots of new babies! The Nursery Ministry needs to open an overflow room for June through August and would love your help once a month. (We can help arrange trades for your summer travel dates!) Contact gale.emerson@pcpc.org or 214-224-2566.

help the lao presbyterian fellowship They are in need of a refrigerator, large or small. Contact marzena.dunham@pcpc.org or 214-224-2523.

administrative assistant to children’s ministry opening

circle 5 meeting

Circle 5 will meet at the home of Linda Weaver Tuesday, May 20, 10:00 am, 3801 Stratford Ave. Contact Peggy Skidmore, pwskidmore@sbcglobal.net or 214-361-4704.

senior adults trip to crystal bridges museum of american art

According to extensively traveled museum enthusiasts, Administrative Assistant to Children’s Ministry (birth Crystal Bridges ranks with the best! The architecture through fourth grade) provides exceptional support is unique and inspired, and the museum is nestled on for the ministry’s leadership team and will purposefully acres of natural Arkansas beauty with nature trails, engage in the life of the ministry with a keen sense water features, and lush landscape. There is no cost of calling and love for children. Contact jamie. to view the Museum’s permanent collection. There are special exhibits which cost extra, and those options are tanner@pcpc.org or 214-224-2712. your choice. We will travel via charter bus to Bentonville, director of children’s ministry opening Ark., and spend two nights at 21C Hotel, May 13-15. The The director’s primary purpose is to prayerfully lead, trip costs $179 (plus taxes) per night per room plus your direct, and oversee a healthy, Gospel-centered ministry meals. Bus seats are limited, so sign up today! Contact that will nurture the spiritual growth of children through jane.beasley@pcpc.org or 214-224-2771. fourth grade and equip them to be life-long followers of Jesus Christ. Contact heather.squibb@pcpc.org or music and worship 214-224-2679.

young families

“Do not think you can do any work for Christ and hope to succeed if you are not impelled by love.”

—Dwight L. Moody

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This Week may 10, 2014

flowers for sunday worship services

Would you like to remember or honor a loved one or friend by giving flowers in our Sunday morning worship services? Your gift will be noted in the Sunday bulletin! vbs 2014: home run derby Registration is open online for “players” (age five by The Sanctuary accommodates two floral arrangements; September 1, 2014 through rising fourth graders) and cost is $300 for both. The arrangements may be given “trainers” (volunteers) for our game, June 9–12, 9:00 by one family or shared by two parites, in which case am-noon! VBS Training Camp (birth to age four) is each pays $150 and both families would be noted in the provided for volunteers’ children. General questions, bulletin. Perhaps your Sunday school community would contact vbs@pcpc.org. Registration questions, contact like to give flowers in honor or memory of someone!

Contact Helen Stewart, 214-350-7449. heather.squibb@pcpc.org or 214-224-2679.

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Walk with ACT, 9:00-11:00 am, 2215 Canada Dr, 951-9151

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Congregational meeting, 10:40 am, Sanctuary, 224-2775

Senior Adults trip to Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, Ark., 224-2771

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Erika’s luncheon, 12:15 pm, Oak Lawn West Main Meeting Room, 224-2551

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International Student Welcome Picnic, 6:00-7:30 pm, Burleson Park, 224-2528

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Circle 5 Meeting, 10:00 am, 3801 Stratford Ave, 361-4704

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VBS: Home Run Derby, PCPC, 224-2679 Curt Dobbs retirement lunch, 12:15 pm, Fellowship Hall, 224-2551

Florida Trip, Panama City Beach, Fla., 224-2762

june 2-3

5th & 6th Grade Summer Sizzle, 224-2762

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7th & 8th Grade Summer Night Live, 224-2762

urban ministries

erika’s luncheon

Join us for a lunch reception for one of our own, Erika, who serves in East Asia Sunday, June 8, 12:15 pm, west dallas vbs volunteers needed Volunteers are needed to take PCPC’s VBS to West Oak Lawn West Main Meeting Room. Please RSVP Dallas! From June 23-26, 9:00 am-noon, the “Home by noon, Friday, June 6, to cindy.rhea@pcpc.org Run Derby” will be taught at the Voice of Hope campus. or 214-224-2551.

Contact Becky Meyer, rebecca@meyer.net.

administrative assistant opening at thrive women’s clinic The pro-life Christian pregnancy clinic seeks an administrative assistant to answer phones, counsel clients, and prepare reports. Ideal candidate is compassionate, mature, and possesses great communication and computer skills. Four day work week and thorough training is provided. Interested candidates should apply via e-mail with a cover letter with salary qualifications and résumé to jobs.dprc@ gmail.com. Contact jenna.tenpenny@pcpc.org or 214-224-2501.

toys needed for cambodia

Support our Cambodia women’s mission team by donating small toys for ages 0-5. Toys that do not have little pieces or require batteries are preferred.

They will go to children of girls and women who have been trafficked and are now under the care of Daughters of Cambodia, an organization that supports victims of trafficking. Donations may be dropped at the World Missions office in Oak Lawn West. Contact amanda.brack@pcpc.org or 214-224-2510.

japan short-term mission trip

We need two to three more team members for our Japan mission trip this summer, June 12-22. Join the short-term team and minister to the Chiba community act is hiring Advocates for Community Transformation, a Urban in partnership with a young church-plant. This highly Ministry partner organization, has job openings for the relational mission trip is a wonderful opportunity following positions: Community Advocate Coordinator, to make connections and share stories of faith with Community Advocate, Director of Development, those who may have never heard the Gospel. Contact and Staff Attorney. Visit www.ACTdallas.org for more amanda.brack@pcpc.org or 214-224-2510. information. Contact Reid Porter, 214-951-9151.

curt dobbs retirement luncheon

world missions senegal business-as-mission trip PCPC’s Gospel-centered Business-as-Mission program, in partnership with Videre, has a need for three to five team members for the second phase of the training program, May 23-June 1, empowering church members to not only better support their families but also sustain the local church. Some business knowledge is helpful.

For more information, please contact amanda.brack@ pcpc.org or 214-224-2510.

Come celebrate all that God has accomplished through Curt Dobbs as he led the PCPC Missions & Church Planting Ministries the past 17 years! Many of our PCPC missionaries will be here with us for the luncheon Sunday, June 22, 12:15 pm. Contact cindy.rhea@pcpc.org or 214-224-2551.

Park Cities p r e s b y t e r i a n c h u r c h ( PCA )

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

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

2013/2014 operating budget

$12,800,000

July 1–April 27, 2014 budget

$11,096,726

July 1–April 27, 2014 giving

$11,240,385

Budget variance

$143,659

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PCPC’s Children’s Ministry seeks volunteers for the next year to start on Promotion Sunday, August 24, and serve through August 2015. From birth to fourth grade, PCPC’s children are a thriving part of our church body, and volunteering on Sunday mornings is a great way to witness and receive the Father as Jesus taught us.

“Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me.” Luke 9:48

We are praying the Lord would bless you with the privilege of serving alongside us in the Children’s Ministry. You may volunteer for as little as one hour each month or be present in a classroom every week! Come experience the heartchanging power of serving these precious children in Jesus’ name.

Speak to one of our current volunteers about their experiences, and contact gale.emerson@pcpc.org or 214-224-2566 for more information on how you can be involved next year.

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