This Week Vol. XXIV, No. 12 | june 7, 2014
young adults (singles • couples • families)
DAY ONE: Wednesday, June 18 Ladies’ Luncheon with missionaries and World Justice Shoppe noon, Oak Lawn West Ladies, join us for a casual lunch and hear updates from our PCPC missionary ladies! Do your part for justice around the world while you shop at the World Justice Shoppe (cash or check only, please.) Please RSVP by noon, Monday, June 16, to cindy.rhea@pcpc.org or 214-224-2551. Childcare is available for children birth-age 5 by reservation. Please call 214-224-2600 by noon, Monday, June 16.
DAY TWO: Saturday, June 20 Family Picnic with Missionaries 10:00 am-1:00 pm, Caruth Park All families are invited to spend a morning with several of our church missionaries for a wonderful time of food, games, and fellowship! Please bring lunch for your family, but leave the sweets at home as a fun dessert will be provided for all! Contact heather.squibb@pcpc.org or 214-224-2679.
DAY THREE: Sunday, June 22 Retirement Lunch for Curt Dobbs 12:15 pm, Fellowship Hall Come celebrate all that God has accomplished through Curt Dobbs in PCPC Missions & Church Planting since 1997. Many of our missionaries will be here with us to honor Curt at retirement. Please RSVP by noon, Friday June 20, to elizabeth.cunningham@pcpc.org or 214-224-2528.
sundays • june 8, 15, 22, 29 4:30-6:00 pm • chapel “One generation shall commend
Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.” –Psalm 145:4 Join us to hear from six “elders in the faith.” These men and women will share with us places of brokenness that the Lord brought them to and how He restored or rescued them. Adults only, please. Childcare is available for children birthage 5 by reservation. Please call 214-224-2600 by noon, Friday, June 6. Your reservation is for the entire series. Quetions? amy.tassos@pcpc.org or 214-224-2740
Park Cities Presbyterian Church exists to extend the transforming presence of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ in Dallas and to the world.
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congregational meeting for officer election
summer bible studies
• Elisabeth Eliska Parish and Jeffrey Laurence Moredock, Jr. on May 24, 2014 • Natalie Nicole Starr and Joshua Martinez Flores on May 24, 2014 sympathies
•Carole and Chris Jordan (CC#10) on the loss of her mother; Claire and George Jordan (CC#10) on the loss of their grandmother, Elaine R. Dial, on May 24, 2014
It’s not too late to join in one of the three summer studies! Walk and Talk meets Mondays, June 9, 16, and 23, 6:30-8:30 pm, Whole Foods, 4100 Lomo Alto Dr. Come on time, ready to walk the neighborhood parks and talk with friends. Afterward, we’ll circle back to Whole Foods to buy dinner and have a Bible discussion while we eat outside. Living Complete: 4 Weeks in Ephesians, taught by Neatice Warner, meets Wednesdays, June 11, 18, and 25, 10:00-11:00 am, Oak Lawn West (June 11 meets 1:30-2:30 pm). Grow with school is out what do we do now Get out of the heat at the PCPC Library and others as we consider God’s astonishing intentions for Bookstore. Come browse around for your summer His people, described in the apostle Paul’s letter to the reading needs. Our library has most, if not all, of Ephesians. We will explore the whole letter, but each your child’s summer reading list, plus the Bookstore meeting could stand alone. Childcare is provided for has great biographies for an adult beach read. children birth-age 5 by reservation. Please call 214We’re open Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5:00 pm, and 224-2600 by Monday, June 2. Longing for Love: the Sunday, 9:00 am-1:00 pm. See you soon! Contact Gospel and friendship, marriage, and sexuality meets Wednesdays, June 4-July 9, 7:00-8:30 pm, Oak Lawn amy.tassos@pcpc.org or 214-224-2740. West, and is reading Is God anti-gay? by Sam Alberry (copies available for purchase for $7). We start with administrative assistant a 30-minute presentation led by Shannon Geiger to children’s ministry opening Administrative Assistant to Children’s Ministry (birth then break into small groups to talk through how to through fourth grade) provides exceptional support love people in our lives in Christ’s way. Bring friends for the ministry’s leadership team and will purposefully to any study. Contact leslie.newman@pcpc.org or engage in the life of the ministry with a keen sense 214-224-2722. of calling and love for children. Contact jamie. tanner@pcpc.org or 214-224-2712. The session-approved congregational meeting for the purpose of electing elders and deacons for the Class of 2018 is Sunday, June 8, 10:40 am, Sanctuary. Members must be present to vote. Candidates have completed the officer training classes and have the endorsement of the session. Contact sally.rogers@pcpc.org or 214-224-2775.
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director of children’s ministry opening
young families
The director’s primary purpose is to prayerfully lead, vbs 2014: home run derby direct, and oversee a healthy, Gospel-centered ministry Our rosters filled up quickly! Online registration is now that will nurture the spiritual growth of children through closed for Vacation Bible School, June 9–12, 9:00 fourth grade and equip them to be life-long followers am-noon, PCPC. Please contact Barrett Ball at vbs@ of Jesus Christ. Contact heather.squibb@pcpc.org or pcpc.org for general questions and Heather Squibb at heather.squibb@pcpc.org for registration questions. 214-224-2679.
musikgarten
SUMMER “Only Jesus Christ,
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who bids us follow Him, knows the journey’s end. But we do know that it will be a road of boundless mercy. Discipleship means joy.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Tuesdays, 10:30 am June 17-August 5 Room 109 for children ages 0-4 www.pcpcartsacademy.org Questions? frances.cope@pcpc.org or 214-224-2633
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Congregational meeting, 10:40 am, Sanctuary, 224-2775
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Erika’s luncheon, 12:15 pm, Oak Lawn West, 224-2551
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Summer Stories of Rescue begins, 4:30-6:00 pm, Chapel, 224-2740
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Curt Dobbs retirement lunch, 12:15 pm, Fellowship Hall, 224-2528
Doulos Leadership Retreat, Galveston, TX, 224-2762
VBS: Home Run Derby, 9:00 am-noon, PCPC, 224-2679
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Musikgarten summer classes begin, 10:30 am, Room 109, 224-2633
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Ladies’ luncheon with missionaries, noon, Oak Lawn West, 224-2551
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Family picnic with missionaries, 10:00 am-1:00 pm, Caruth Park, 224-2679
student ministries
west dallas community school opening
WDCS is hiring a development coordinator who will assist its fundraising efforts through the support Five sunny (hopefully!) days of great teaching, of the development team. Contact Robert Hunt, beaching, and training in leadership July 14–18, rhunt@wdcschool.org. Galveston, TX. The trip is open to all incoming seventh and eighth grade students. Students must apply for act is hiring this trip. Application will be available online. Contact Advocates for Community Transformation has a current cassie.rawson@pcpc.org or 214-224-2762. job opening for Community Advocate Coordinator to manage relationships with clients, local residents, inner-city church members, and non-legal volunteers. Visit www.ACTdallas.org for more information. Contact urban ministries Reid Porter, 214-951-9151.
doulos leadership retreat
volunteer for mercy street camp
Consider joining Mercy Street’s team for its Reading and Play Camp, June 16-20, 11:00 am-1:00 pm. world missions Student volunteers may receive service hours for this project, and groups are also welcome to help provide erika’s luncheon lunches for the students and volunteers each day Join us for a lunch reception for one of our own, Erika, who (45-plus lunches needed each day). This opportunity serves in East Asia Sunday, June 8, 12:15 pm, Oak Lawn is kid-friendly, so younger children are welcome to West Main Meeting Room. Contact cindy.rhea@pcpc.org come along with parents. Contact Carroll Turpin, or 214-224-2551. carrollturpin@yahoo.com or 214-289-3929.
west dallas vbs volunteers needed Volunteers are needed to take PCPC’s VBS to West Dallas! From June 23-26, 9:00 am-noon, the Home Run Derby will be taught at the Voice of Hope campus. Contact Becky Meyer, rebecca@meyer.net.
help the lao presbyterian fellowship
They are in need of a refrigerator, large or small. Contact marzena.dunham@pcpc.org or 214-224-2523.
improve the lpf’s new room
Lao Presbyterian Fellowship is looking for men who could help us spruce up the new LPF room (Room 430 in Oak Lawn East) on Friday, June 27 and Saturday, celebration of hope June 28. Contact marzena.dunham@pcpc.org or 214Come join the Dallas Leadership Foundation in a city-wide community work day Saturday, June 28, 224-2523. 9:00 am-3:00 pm! Extend Christ’s transforming love through neighborhood clean-up, painting, and housing and cars for missionaries landscaping and a prayer walk through the streets of Would you like to host a missionary family in your home Dallas. If you would like to specifically participate in this summer or have a family house-sit while you are the prayer walk, please contact imelda.ottmers@pcpc. on vacation? Perhaps you have a car to loan a visiting org or 214-224-2520. To register for the neighborhood missionary or would like to have a meal with one of clean-up, painting, and landscaping, please contact our PCPC missionaries. If you are interested in any of “T-Ray” Manley at rmanley@dlftx.org or 214-477-7830. these opportunities, please contact cindy.rhea@pcpc. Meet-up location will be announced soon. 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–May 25, 2014 budget
$11,958,340
July 1–May 25, 2014 giving
$12,087,877
Budget variance
$129,537
June 7, 2014 This Week
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ominees for June 8 officer election
these men were recommended by the congregation and approved by the session as candidates in the Class of 2018. Under the leadership of pastors and elders, they spent nine months studying the Bible, the Westminster Confession, and the PCA Book of Church Order. All have passed the written exams and been recommended by the session. Officer elections take place Sunday, June 8, 10:40 am, Sanctuary.
deacon candidates
Elder candidates John Hawkins*
Joe Abbate
Wife: Cindy Children: Christian, Abigail, Rebecca Occupation: CPA, tax accountant Years at PCPC: 23 Leisure: ballroom dancing, bridge, gardening, reading, visiting with family and friends Passion at PCPC: advancement of the Gospel of our Lord through caring for members of His church
Mark Fulmer*
Wife: Lisa Children: Lindsey, Laura, Elizabeth Occupation: radiologist Years at PCPC: 21 Leisure: rock climbing Passion at PCPC: worship, community, and fruitfulness
Wife: Dianne Children: David, Sara, Virginia Occupation: home builder Years at PCPC: 23 Leisure: anything outdoors, golf, tennis,
fishing, hunting Passion at PCPC: discipling young adults and caring for pastors
Gil Sheehan
Wife: Lynn Children: Riley, Jamie, Jordan Occupation: small business owner Years at PCPC: 20 Leisure: spending time with Lynn, fishing, eating, being with friends Passion at PCPC: investing time discipling young men and young married couples
Robert Hunt
Wife: Molly Children: Catherine Occupation: development director, WDCS Years at PCPC: 17 Leisure: watching documentaries on Netflix while eating slice-and-bake cookies Passion at PCPC: to see PCPC become salt and light in the city of Dallas by loving our neighbors with Christ’s love
Cole Robertson
Wife: Robyn Children: Lee, James Occupation: private equity, managing director Years at PCPC: 5 Leisure: family and being outdoors—sports, hunting, fishing, and running Passion at PCPC: to ensure that in a body the size of PCPC, all have the opportunity to connect and build meaningful, Christcentered community and relationships
*Previously ordained as Ruling Elders at PCPC
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