This Week: July 20, 2019

EVERYONE MISSIONARIES IN SUNDAY MORNING COMMUNITIES

This summer many of our PCPC missionaries will be speaking and sharing in various Sunday Morning Communities. Feel free to attend when you can. All are welcome!

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 Will Stockdale – Ministry to State 9:30 a.m. | Veritas, Room 262 Dave Manigold, John David Newman, Betsy Keith – Engaging Other Cultures 9:30 a.m. | Believers Fellowship, Oak Lawn West

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 Steve & Celeste Tenpenny – Casa del Lago & PCPC ESL in Dallas 9:30 a.m. | Veritas, Room 262

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 Sarah & Chris Morrison – SMU RUF–I and PCPC Global Local 9:30 a.m. | Veritas, Room 262

SUNDAY, AUGUST 25

Sarah & Chris Morrison – SMU RUF–I and PCPC Global Local 11:00 a.m. | Covenant, Chapel

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HELPING HANDS

Join the deacons to extend helping hands to our single moms, widows/ers, senior adults, and those with chronic illness who have asked for assistance around their homes on Saturday, August 17, 8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., Room 263.

Register online to volunteer. To request help, contact Wilma Morgan. wilma.morgan@pcpc.org or 214-224-2742

NEW MEMBERS CLASS

Learn about PCPC's vision, purpose, ministries, service opportunities, fellowship opportunities, membership, and more on Sundays, September 8–October 27, 9:30–10:40 a.m., Room 301. debbie.blanton@pcpc.org or 214-224-2744

CITY MISSIONS WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL CLEAN-UP DAY

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Kathy & Rick Ragan – Global Training Network 9:30 a.m. | Veritas, Room 262

Join us in serving West Dallas Community School on Saturday, August 10 8:30–11:30 a.m., 2300 Canada Drive. Volunteers of all ages are needed to clean, garden, help with teacher projects, and other tasks. Breakfast will be provided. Please RSVP. jenna.tenpenny@pcpc.org or 214-224-2501

WORLD MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL STUDENT WELCOME PARTY

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Practice Biblical hospitality by enjoying dinner and welcoming new international students at SMU on Friday, August 23, 6:00–8:00 p.m., 3517 Cornell Avenue.

To RSVP or ask questions, please contact Sarah Morrison. sarah.morrison@pcpc.org or 214-224-2524

OUR FAMILY

births

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Nadya Purcell, daughter of Graham & Sarah Purcell (out-oftown members) on July 6, 2019.

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marriages Meredith Pointer Maclay to Justin Michael McNeely on June 29, 2019.

sympathies Brendan & Christine Morris (CC#04) on the loss of his father; Wright, Spencer, & Hagen Morris (CC#04) on the loss of their grandfather, William George Morris, on May 5, 2019.

Colorado is not a foreign place to my husband and me. We’ve been there many times before, but it was with either family, for work, or with a couple of friends to hike. There was always good conversation and gorgeous mountains to keep us entertained. But last fall, Tim and I were going with the expressed purpose to be quiet, together.

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Only once we settled in, did I begin to notice that when the city noise fades, it’s not silent at all! There’s a whole other level, a cacophony, really—creation’s cacophony. Did you know the aspen leaves, which were a crisp gold in the early fall, sound like chimes when the wind blows? Trees, when swaying in the wind, will crackle and pop. Animals call to each other, and brooks really do babble.

GENERAL FUND

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2019/2020 operating budget

And something else—the words on a page will shout at you. We’re taught the Bible is God’s written Word, but the Rocky Mountains have a way of ordering things properly, beginning with creation crying out His praises. The summer before our trip, I had been wrestling with the question, “Who am I if nobody needs me?” It turns out God has an answer for that, and it leapt off the pages of Scripture. I began a list of all the things I am because of Who God is, and it’s an exercise that continues to this day.

July 1—June 7, 2019 budget

$185,013

July 1—June 7, 2019 giving

$179,391

Budget Deficit

–$5,623

SAVE THE DATE PRESCHOOL POP & PLAY, SHARE & PRAY

Wednesday, July 31, August 14 | 10:00 a.m.–Noon | 9201 Forest Ln.

It’s always a good idea to begin with God and work your way from there. With no phone, calendar, internet, news, bills (do you feel your blood pressure going up yet?), I discovered what I’ve suspected all along. God speaks to us everywhere, in the city, the mountains, and everywhere in between. But it takes practice to hear Him, to recognize His voice above all the others. Our lives tend to atrophy our listening skills. Attend a “silent” retreat and hear what I mean!

—Mona Wilson “From all that I said about our worried, overfilled lives, it is clear that we are usually surrounded by so much noise that it is hard to truly hear our God when He is speaking to us. We have often become deaf, unable to know when God calls us and unable to understand in which direction He calls us… A spiritual life requires discipline, because we need to learn to listen to God, who constantly speaks but whom we seldom hear. When, however, we learn to listen, our lives become obedient lives.”

— Making All Things New, Henri Nouwen

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MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE-IN MOVIE

Wednesday, July 31 | 8:00–11:30 p.m. | Meet at PCPC

ELEMENTARY FATHER/SON BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, August 7 & 21 | 7:30–8:15 a.m. | Hillcrest Chick-fil-a

MIDDLE SCHOOL GUY/GIRL NIGHT OUT

Wednesday, August 7 | 7:00–8:30 p.m. | Locations Vary

ELEMENTARY FAMILY ROCK CLIMBING Wednesday, August 14 | 5:00–7:00 p.m. | Summit Rock Climbing Gym

FALL SILENT RETREATS

Sign ups are available for Fall 2019 Silent Retreats to Sky Ranch in Ute Trail, CO. Space is limited, so sign up early to experience quiet and stillness with the Lord. Find more information and registrations at pcpc.org/silent-retreats/.

Couples: September 19-23 | Women: September 26-30 caroleanne.axley@pcpc.org or 214-417-6043

MIDDLE SCHOOL AT DAVE & BUSTER'S

Wednesday, August 14 | 4:00–5:30 p.m. | Meet at PCPC

CHILDREN AND YOUTH CHOIRS BEGIN

Wednesday, September 4 | Cambridge Hall

MIDDLE SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOL SMALL GROUPS BEGIN September 9-13 | Times and Location Vary