NEWS & NOTES

Thank You

Thank you so much for the graduation ceremony, the meal, the Bible, the gifts, and the opportunity to be a part of Park Avenue’s Youth Group.  Houston McClure  

Youth Ministry

  • Sunday, June 12: Summer Sunday Night Connect from 5:30-7:30pm in the gym! Dinner will be provided! 
  • Summer Camps: You can still register for CAMPS! Zenith: June 19-24 (High School) Cornerstone: June 26-30 (Middle School)! CampOC.org see Tyler for Discount Code. 
  • July 8 & 9: Mystery Trip! More Details coming soon!   

Christian Theatre Workshop

Registration is still open for CTW.  Day camp is July 18-22 from 9AM-3PM. The cost is $50. Performances will be on Saturday, July 23 at 12 noon and 7 PM and Sunday, July 24 at 4 PM. Register at pacoc.net/ctw  

Christian Theatre Workshop—Volunteers Needed

Any adults wanting to volunteer during the week of CTW, please contact Janaga Trotter 903-624-4466 or Kathy Pryor 903-821-4606.  Volunteer areas are—Crafts, Games, Kitchen, Sewing, Nightly Dinners for HS students, and Backstage Help During Performances. Come and be a blessing and be  blessed all at the same time!

Father’s Day

Next Sunday, June 19, we want to honor all our dads at Park Avenue! We will be set up in the courtyard (between the main building and the ARK) from 9:15 AM with breakfast burritos, craft sodas, and a photo booth. Bring your dad and come hang out before worship!  

WEDNESDAYS  THIS SUMMER  

Join us during the summer on Wednesday nights for Season 2 episodes of "The Chosen." We will meet in the Atrium at 6:30 PM. All ages are welcome, and desserts will be served.    

PRAYER LIST

Prayer List—Mike & Barbara Hardy, Debbie Black, Kim Pendergrass, Peggy Clark, June Washburn, Kathy Sturch  

Ongoing Needs—Chris Reinsch, Shawn Landrum, Larry Long, Corky & Linda  Armstrong, Sandra Aynes, Bobby & Peggy Slaughter, Kaile Williams (Norris),Roy Galyon,  Neal Odom, Karen Brode, Bob Gower, Jim Scroggins, Ernest Sturch, Patrick Mullins, Ken Bell  

Homebound—Ray & Marsha Jones, JD Huffman, Dewey & Joyce Martin  

Expectant Mothers—Ashley Briscoe, Brittni Calvert  

Missions—Hammer & Dela Afakule (Togo), Mario “Pepe” Torre (Monterrey, Mexico), Jimenez family (Cartagena,Colombia), Cristian & Ana Corrales (Bucaramanga, Colombia)  

Friends of Park Avenue—Craig Dennis (former member),Rebekah Taylor (great niece of the Russell’s), Becky Sanchez (wife of Gil Sanchez, Director of orphanage in Mexico), Kathy Hill (friend of Chris & Candsis Slaughter), Melba Ballou (former member), Christina Hall (daughter of Paul Waggoner), Greg Oliver (father of Karee Earnhart)   Please notify the church office at office@parkavenuechurch.com for updates to the prayer list.

TODD'S TAKE

Good morning and welcome to our worship. To all our guests, we are glad to have you with us and if you have any questions please feel free to find a minister or elder and we’d be more than happy to help. Members and guests, please complete a digital communication card that can be accessed on the church app or by scanning the QR code below.

Today I will be continuing the series “Cries of Desperation.”  This morning we will look at Nicodemus’s cry of desperation when Jesus says to him that he must be born again. Nicodemus’s response is, “How can someone be born when they are old?”

Nicodemus was steeped in a certain way of understanding God, and Jesus’ teaching and ministry has challenged that. In a sense Jesus is asking Nicodemus to rethink just about everything he believed about God and his kingdom and to this seasoned religious man that seemed almost more than a person can bear. It’s seemed almost as impossible as a grown man entering his mother’s womb to be born again!

Change is difficult but Nicodemus needed to change if he is to enter the kingdom. As it stands right now he is spiritually withering away as a result of tradition and legalism and I think he feels this. Why else would he even seek out Jesus? And there is perhaps the greatest lesson we can learn from this older man—be a person who is always seeking.

Nicodemus was willing to admit that perhaps he didn’t have all the answers that he thought he had. Nicodemus was willing to put his reputation on the line to meet with this ”radical” self-proclaimed rabbi. Nicodemus wasn’t willing just to accept what others said about Jesus—he wanted to hear the man out.

Nicodemus reminds us that we all need to be seekers no matter how old we are. We all need to maintain hearts that are moldable to new truths. And when those new truths are revealed we must be willing to follow that Spirit who often times carries us like a kite on an unpredictable wind.

It’s not easy being told that something you believed for years isn't true. But it’s sadder to be so close-minded that truth has no chance to break through the impenetrable layers of tradition that have built up in our minds.

  “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God

unless they are born again.”

John 3:3    

 

 Sunday Schedule

Adult Bible Class - 9AM Atrium

Worship - 10:00 AM

Children Dismissed to Bible Classes at - 10:45-11:30AM

Babies -Nursery Area

2 & 3 Year Olds—Nursery Area

Pre K-6th Grade—Family Life Center

Youth Group Activities - 5:30-7:30PM  

Discipleship Making Communities (DMC’s)

Meet at various times and locations. Contact Lantz Howard for more information, or sign up at pacoc.net/groups  

Park Avenue Church of Christ

3000 S. Park Avenue,

Denison, TX 75020

903-465-1288 

office@parkavenuechurch.com 

www.parkavenuechurch.com   

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