The Messenger
NEWS & NOTES
Thank You
Thank you so much for participating in this year’s Baby Bottle Campaign. We truly appreciate you! Your total came to $742.20 this year. Your generosity saves lives and we are grateful for your partnership in the fight for life! Thank you! True Options
Bible Class Teachers & Assistants Needed
Bible class teachers and assistants are needed for Wednesday nights this Fall! Specific needs are for 1st/2nd and 5th/6th teachers. An assistant is need for 3rd/4th grade. In addition we need a Baby Bible class assistant for September on Sundays. Please contact Rachel McClure for questions or to volunteer.
Pot Luck Luncheon
We will honor our new Youth Minister & his wife, Sam & Maddie (Madelyn) Cannon with a potluck luncheon next Sunday, August 10th in the Ark immediately after worship. At that time we would like to shower them with either gift cards OR baby gifts. They are registered at babylist.com. The church will provide the meat. We would ask that you bring a side dish. Please note the assignments listed below by the letter of your last name.
A-J: Veggie Sides
K-P: Salads
R-Z: Desserts
Back to School Prayer Activities
“Pray in the Spirit at all times. Pray with all kinds of prayers, and ask for everything you need”.
Ephesians 6:18
We invite everyone, adults & children, to participate in our Back to School Prayer Activity. We have tables covered in butcher paper placed in various locations inside the building. Educators & children will trace their handprint on the butcher paper, and the rest of us will trace our handprint over theirs—symbolizing our promise to cover them in prayer this school year.
Community Back to School Prayer
We will also have a community back to school prayer next Sunday, August 10th. We will meet at Parkside Baptist Lawn (please note the change of location) at 7:00 PM and disperse to different campuses. Join us for this special time of community prayer.
PACOC Back to School Prayer
Also next Sunday, August 10th we will have a congregational prayer for all our teachers, administrators and staff in our morning worship as we embark on another school year.
PACOC Family Ministry
You should by now have received our Family Ministry Survey. Please take the time to give us your input as we begin to develop a plan for Park Avenue Family Ministry! Park Avenue Family Ministry Survey will be out this week; please be looking for an email with it. We want your input as we begin developing a plan for Park Avenue Family Ministry! Please continue to lift up this ministry in prayer.
Youth Ministry
- Sunday, August 3: Parent Meeting from 4:30-5:00 before Connect.
- Sunday, August 17: Start of Connect Small Group.
Park Avenue Wednesday Supper
Join us this Wednesday at 5:15 PM for our PAWS Lite. We are having Chicken Strips, Potato Salad, Salad Bar & Dessert. The meal will be prepared by Shelly Calvert & Susie Hilton and their team. Serving starts at 5:15 PM and stops promptly at 6:15 PM.
This Week’s Daily Bible Readings:
August 3rd: Isaiah 54-58
August 4th: Isaiah 59-62
August 5th: Isaiah 63-66
August 6th: Jeremiah 1-3
August 7th: Jeremiah 4-6
August 8th: Jeremiah 7-9
August 9th: Jeremiah 10-13
August 10th: Jeremiah 14-17
Prayer Requests
Prayer List—Bettye Henry, Tommy Todd, Brian Karguth, Max Williams, Tom Coble, Patrick Mullins, Kathy Reinsch, Mike Foltermann
Ongoing Needs—Chris Reinsch, Elizabeth Phillips, Waymon Hinson, Sandra Aynes, Che Che Smith, Connie Thompson, Floyd Clark, Lisa Cobble
Homebound—Joyce Martin, Daisy Miller, Bobby & Peggy Slaughter, Jim Scroggins, Arlene Joines
Expectant Mothers—Maddie Cannon
Missions—Hammer & Dela Afakule (Togo), Mario “Pepe” Torre (Monterrey, Mexico), Jimenez family (Cartagena, Colombia), Cristian & Ana Corrales (Bucaramanga, Colombia), Adrian & Gabriela Galvan (Paraiso, Monterrey), Rio Branco (Brazil)
Friends of Park Avenue—Herbie & Pam Covey and their daughter Britni Dulock, Rebekah Taylor, Nicholas Taylor (great niece & nephew of the Russell’s), Becky Sanchez (wife of Gil Sanchez, former Director of orphanage in Mexico), Chris Osbourne (cousin of Carter Hayes), Gary Harbison (father of Kathy Hitchcock)
Please notify the church office at office@parkavenuechurch.com for updates.
TODD’S TAKE
Welcome to worship! What a joy it is to gather together as a church family. To our guests joining us today, we'd love the opportunity to connect with you and share more about Park Avenue!
Today in our sermon time, I'll be addressing another Parishioner's Pick. Today's submission comes from the early chapters of Genesis—the Tower of Babel. You'll find this story in most children's Bibles, but it is much more than a kid's story. This event reveals tendencies of the human heart that lead to rebellion against God and the ensuing chaos that results. I pray our hearts will be open to the warnings of this tragic event.
I want to encourage as many as possible to join us next week for our community back-to-school prayer. We will meet at 7:00 pm on the Parkside Baptist Church lawn for communal prayer and then dismiss to the various DISD campuses for more specific prayer. Everyone can choose which campus to attend as we lift up our schools and school staff to the Lord for wisdom and protection.
Also, next Sunday, we'll have a special moment during our service to pray over everyone connected to education—our teachers, administrators, support staff, and homeschool parents. If that's you, plan to come forward during worship so we ask God's blessing over your important work.
Also, make plans next week to stay after church and welcome the Cannons! Food assignments are on the back page of The Messenger.
Let's prepare our hearts for worship. As we lift our voices in song, bow in prayer, share communion, and receive God's Word, may our spirits be open to all He desires to speak to us today.
Sunday Schedule
Adult Bible Classes
9AM Room D & Youth Suite
9AM Sonshine Hour for kids 4 years old to 6th grade in ARK for parents attending Bible Class
Worship
10:00 AM
Children Dismissed to Bible Classes at
10:45-11:30AM
0 - 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