This Week Vol. XXIiI, No. 22 | october 26, 2013
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
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births
everyone
• Lynley Grace Johnson, daughter of Kristi and Ryan Johnson, on October 9, 2013 • Margaret Brittain Schwarz, daughter of Julia and Blake Schwarz, on October 9, 2013 • Hailey Ruth Higgins, daughter of Laurie and Greg Higgins, on October 13, 2013 • Evan Michael Horn, son of Nicole and Michael Horn, on October 15, 2013 • Samuel Micah Douglass, son of Megan and Ben Douglass, on October 17, 2013 marriages
• Anna Katherine Foley and Wilson Paul Boardman on October 12, 2013 deaths
• Betty Lu Williams (CC#21), wife of Joel Williams, Jr. (CC#21), mother of Linda Evans (CC#09); step-mother of Susan and Joel Williams III (CC#01); grandmother of Laura and Brandon Chavoya (CC#01); great-grandmother of William, Thomas, and Marguerite Chavoya (CC#01); grandmother of Katie and Nathan Walters (CC#02); greatgrandmother of Ellie, Madeline, and Juliet Walters (CC#02), on October 13, 2013 sympathies
• Laurie and John Harper (CC#01) on the loss of his mother; Courtney and David Harper (CC#01) on the loss of his grandmother; Spencer, Nathan, Rachel, and Charlotte Harper (CC#01) on the loss of their great-grandmother; Elise and Jonathan Harper (CC#01) on the loss of his grandmother; Luke, Brooks, and Jack Harper (CC#01) on the loss of their greatgrandmother, Jean Harper, on October 13, 2013 • Sandy Haughton (CC#12) on the loss of her brother, Jim Cornish, on October 16, 2013
“The national anthem of hell is, ‘I Did It My Way.’” —Peter Kreeft
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communion sunday
voice of hope fall festival
Join the PCPC body as we celebrate The Lord’s Supper, Sunday, November 3, 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 am. Contact jayne.bjork@pcpc.org or 214-224-2632.
Volunteers are needed for kids and families in the West Dallas community Saturday, October 26, 10:00 am– 2:00 pm. Contact Tara Marsh, tmarsh@voiceofhope.org do mission work here in dallas or 214-631-7027. Volunteers needed! Serve our Laotian congregation by teaching children’s Sunday School one Sunday a month at 9:30 am or 11:00 am. Contact transparenting technology Join our Middle School Ministry as it presents elizabeth.cunningham@pcpc.org or 214-224-2528. Dallas Theological Seminary’s Executive Director of Communications and Educational Technology John children s ministry helpers needed Dyer for a one-hour special presentation about We are so grateful to those who have come forward technology and your children Sunday, October to minister to our youngest children. We still need 27, 10:45 am–noon, 7th & 8th Room. Contact mike. teachers and helpers in preschool and nursery. Please haberkorn@pcpc.org or 214-224-2717. contact kiki.pennington@pcpc.org for preschool and gale.emerson@pcpc.org for nursery.
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helping hands
Be the hands and feet of Jesus and join the deacons and other volunteers to help single moms, widows/ widowers, senior adults, and those with chronic illness by doing odd jobs around their homes Saturday, November 2, 8:00 am–1:00 pm, Room 263. Volunteers are always welcome and appreciated! Contact wilma.morgan@pcpc.org or 214-224-2742.
pcpc 2013 arts festival
paid childcare positions PCPC offers paid positions for weekday childcare and preschool teachers. Contact gale.emerson@pcpc.org or 214-502-5204.
counseling at pcpc Need counseling help? Visit counseling.pcpc.org or contact counseling@pcpc.org or 214-224-2683.
The PCPC Art Festival gallery opens with the Artists’ pcpc employment opportunities Reception following the kick-off Amazing Grace Full-time Female Middle School Youth Intern: PCPC Concert, Friday, November 8, 6:30 pm. This year’s has a full-time (40 hours a week) opening for festival runs November 8-17, and its theme is a two-year, paid female Youth Ministry internship. Justice and Mercy, based on Micah 6:8. Contact Contact careers@pcpc.org or 214-224-2714. lawan.glasscock@pcpc.org. 224-2739 Full-time Female Coordinator/Discipler of Young amazing grace concert Adult Ministry: This position supports Director of This exciting concert, Friday, November 8, 6:30 pm, Young Adult Ministry. Contact careers@pcpc.org or PCPC Sanctuary, opens the PCPC Arts Festival! The 214-224-2714. choir, featuring DFW professional singers, will sing a wide variety of pieces and be accompanied by instrumentalists. The festival and concert theme is World missions Justice and Mercy. Contact lawan.glasscock@pcpc.org. 224-2739 international campus connection Have room in your life for another friend? Are you willing to make room? How about befriending an cans for boxes of blessings Beginning Sunday, November 3, please join us and international student from SMU? Live missionally and donate canned and other non-perishable food items act out the Gospel as you welcome a sojourner to through Monday, November 25. Boxes may be picked Dallas, pursue a friendship with them, and share your up and dropped off once filled at serveral locations faith! Contact elizabeth.cunningham@pcpc.org or around the church. Collected items will be used for our 214-224-2528. Christmas Boxes of Blessing (see below for details). Contact imelda.martinez@pcpc.org or 214-224-2520. latin american mission opportunity You are invited to join with couples and individuals from PCPC on a mission trip to a closed island boxes of blessing Come join over 1,000 volunteers gathering to fill 7,000 nation in Latin America led by East-West Ministries, boxes with enough food to feed a family of four for November 16–23. The heart of the mission will be several days over the holidays as we serve to extend personal evangelism alongside local believers. Contact the Kingdom of Christ to our city, Saturday, December marzena.dunham@pcpc.org or 214-224-2535. 7, 9:00 am–1:00 pm, BCW Food Products Warehouse. Contact imelda.ottmers@pcpc.org or 214-224-2520.
december
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Voice of Hope Fall Festival, 10:00 am, Voice of Hope, 631-7027
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Boxes of Blessing, 9:00 am, BCW Food Products Warehouse, 224-2520
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Trans:parenting, 10:45 am, 7th & 8th Room, 224-2717
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Savior of the Nations, Come Concert, 6:00 pm, Sanctuary, 224-2633
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Helping Hands, 8:00 am, Room 263, 224-2742
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Communion Sunday, 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 am, 224-2632
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Cans for Boxes of Blessing, 224-2520 Amazing Grace Concert, 6:30 pm, Sanctuary, 224-2739 PCPC 2013 Arts Festival, daily, 224-2739
missionary link
pca global missions conference
Would you like to be a Missionary Link to one of PCPC’s 40 supported missionaries? Find out more about a new ministry that matches PCPC missionaries with specific PCPC members—singles, couples, or families—for two years. Contact cindy.rhea@pcpc.org or 214-224-2551.
Celebrate the advancement of Christ’s Kingdom through His global church! Join thousands of fellow believers from across the PCA for the Global Missions Conference, November 8–10, Greenville, S.C. Contact amanda.brack@pcpc.org or 214-224-2510.
It’s Poinsettia Time! Each Christmas season we offer PCPC members the opportunity to purchase a poinsettia ($7.50 each) in memory of or in honor of a friend or family member. They will be in the Sanctuary Sunday, December 15, and there will be a bulletin insert that morning listing the names of the donor and the recipient. Our chancel area will be wreathed in these beautiful plants for our worship services on December 15 and December 22. You may take your plant with you following the Christmas Eve evening services if you wish to do so. Please fill out the form to the right (when ordering multiple plants, please write information on a separate sheet of paper and attach to the form) and mail it no later than November 28 to insure that your gift is listed in the bulletin insert.
Please print clearly as you complete this form. Forms received after December 3, 2013, will miss the insert printing deadline.
Poinsettia Reservation Form Please reserve one plant ($7.50 per plant):
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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
In HONOR of or In MEMORY of
Sundays, 8:00–9:00 am Wednesday Vespers, 5:30–6:00 pm
Given by
214-224-2680 or 24/7prayer@pcpc.org
24/7 prayer hotline
Phone number of donor Please make check payable to PCPC and mail to: PCPC, Attention Jayne Bjork 4124 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas, TX 75219
Mail or hand deliver to be received by December 3, 2013.
general fund budget
2013/2014 operating budget
$12,800,000
July 1–October 13, 2013 budget
$2,716,408
July 1–October 13, 2013 giving
$2,541,771
Budget variance
($174,637)
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Vol. XXIIi, No. 22 | october 26, 2013 Park Cities Presbyterian Church Sarah Palmer, editor 4124 Oak Lawn Avenue Dallas, Texas 75219-3152 214-224-2711 • fax 214-224-2711 www.pcpc.org
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Saturday, November 2 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Room 263 Be the hands and feet of Jesus and join the deacons and other volunteers to help single moms, widows/ers, senior adults, and those with chronic illness by doing odd jobs around their homes.
Fall back on Sunday, November 3 at 2:00 am
helping hands
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