The Messenger

 

New Member
Please welcome Kelly Thomas to Park Avenue. 

Grief Share
Grief Share is a recovery and support group for those grieving the loss of a family member or friend.  This is a 13 week program that will take place on Saturdays beginning on Saturday, February 11 from 10-12 noon in Room D. The program will be lead by Anthony Bryant. The cost is $20 to cover the workbook and video curriculum. Register on the app or at pacoc.net/grief
 
Celebration of Marriage
Next Sunday February 12 we will have a special service where we will recognize couples who are celebrating special anniversaries this year. If your wedding year ends in ‘3’ or ‘8’ we would like to honor you for your commitment during this service. If you choose to participate, please submit two photographs to us (one from the time of your wedding and one recent) no later than February 6.
 
Sweetheart Banquet
The sweetheart banquet is next Sunday, February 12.  Anyone over 60 is invited to stay after church that Sunday for a meal served by our youth group.  Sign up today!
 
Ladies Retreat
Mark your calendars for our annual ladies retreat that will be held at the Prothro Center from April 21-23.  Registration opens February 19.
 
Man Alive
Join us Saturday, February 11 for breakfast, fellowship and community challenge from 7:30-9:00 AM in the Ark.
 
Youth Ministry

2023 Graduating Seniors
Our 2023 high school seniors this year are: BrentieLu Smith, Hattie Gardner, Mollie Rangel, Kylee McAlister, Maddison Hall, Abigail Encalade, Preslee Powell, Ty Kirkbride, Sadie Banks, Anabelle Levacy, Aarron Schafer, Riley Hines, Logan Ross,  Mallory Whiten, Emily Shackelford, Chandler Turner, Zane  Bellows.  Please let Tyler know ASAP if we have missed anyone. 
 
Park Avenue Wednesday Supper
Join us this Wednesday for our PAWS meal at 5:15PM. We will be having Baked Potatoes with Toppings, Salad & Dessert. There will also be a Kids Option.  The meal will be prepared by Jim Russell and his team. After our meal we meet in our Discipleship  Communities. Talk to Lantz about what communities are available.  Classes for our children are also available for kids of all ages.
 
 
TODD'S TAKE

Good morning and welcome to our worship service. What a blessing to be able to gather together in the name of Christ with our brothers and sisters. A special welcome to our guests.

This morning in the sermon time I will turn our attention back to our Covenant Sunday scripture—Proverbs 3:5-6:
 

We live in a suspicious world. With surveillance cameras everywhere, passwords upon passwords required to access websites, locks and video doorbells on our doors, it is difficult for us to truly trust anyone or anything. It seems like everything about this world is working against trust.

So why should we trust God? In the next several weeks we will  search Scripture to remind us that there is something trustworthy in Him that makes Him worthy of our trust. I pray that the Word will speak to us and lead us to the peace and well-being that comes from living a life of trust.

Today is the last day to nominate elder candidates. You can submit names through the app, website, or there are forms at the welcome centers (see the schedule shown below).  Please continue to keep this process in your prayers. If you missed last week I encourage you to watch last week’s message from Billy Martindale, Kevin Dale, and David Howerton as they close out their service to PACOC as elders. Thanks to these three men for their faithful leadership through the years. 

One of our missions here at PACOC is to spread the good news of Christ to those far and near. For that reason we challenge every member to give generously to our Grace Offering contribution   taken on Easter Sunday. This year Easter falls on April 9. The week before Easter, April 2, we invite all of our kids to participate in the grace of giving as we fill up Daisy’s Little Red Wagon with coins collected throughout the year. Hopefully many of you are in the process of filling up your Grace Offering containers. If you’ve lost track of your container or are new to PACOC and need a container we have several available on the stage for you to pick up. Send your child or grandchild up and give them the blessing of learning generosity and the joy of participating in our call to spread the word. All of the money collected in Daisy’s Little Red Wagon and the contribution on Easter Sunday go to support many of our outreach ministries locally and globally.
 

 

January 22- February 5
Nomination Period
January 22 & 29
Sermons on Eldership
        February 19          
Nominees Presented to Congregation
     March 5          
Installation & Reaffirmation

 
 
Prayer List—Steve Black, Ralph Stone

Ongoing Needs—Chris Reinsch, Shawn Landrum, Larry Long, Corky & Linda  Armstrong, Sandra Aynes, Bobby & Peggy Slaughter, Kaile Williams (Norris),  Jim Scroggins, Roy Galyon, Patrick Mullins, Vicki Ard, Joyce Henshaw

Homebound—JD Huffman, Dewey & Joyce Martin

Expectant Mothers—Lauren Claborn, Whitney Allison, Melanie Truxal

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

Friends of Park Avenue—Rebekah Taylor (great niece of the Russell’s), Becky Sanchez (wife of Gil Sanchez, Director of  orphanage in Mexico), Greg Oliver (father of Karee Earnhart), Ray & Marsha Jones (former members), Robert Lawrence (co-worker of David Pryor)

 

 

 Sunday Schedule

 

 

Babies -Nursery Area

2 & 3 Year Olds—Nursery Area

Pre K-6th Grade—Family Life Center

 

 

 Discipleship Making Communities (DMC’s)

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