Thank You Thank you so much for the large print Bible, your visits, prayers, and especially for bringing communion. In Christian love,

Wanda Henderson

SAMPACC November 5 brings the Whitesboro BBQ and music of Karen Elmore’s group. Please sign up ASAP as Karen needs to know how many tickets at $30 she needs. If you have signed up to attend the Gift of Christmas at Preston-wood please pay Marjorie Landrum today. The performance is December 8 and tickets are $30.50.

Shepherding Group Lunches Today the Clay & Kirkbride Shepherding Groups will meet for lunch after services. If you are part of those groups join us in the ARK after worship this morning.

Shut Ins

If anyone would be interested in serving communion to our shut ins after church on Sundays please contact Ken Bell, 903-271-1009.

Barnabas Center The Barnabas Center is in need of two men to act as security for the ladies clothing ministry each week. The days are Mondays from 1-3 PM and Tuesdays from 10-12. If you can help please contact Joe Chapman, at 580-467-4694. We are also in need of plastic clothes hangers. Please bring hangers by the church office. Thank you. Men’s Breakfast & Skeet Shoot

On Saturday November 5, at 8am there will be a men’s fellowship breakfast in the Ark, followed by a Skeet Shoot at the Red River Sand Pit. Fathers and Grandfathers are encouraged to bring their sons and

News and Notes

For The Record - October 9, 2016

Bible Class

236

Worship

460

Wednesday

195

Contributions

Giving Goal

$16,586

Received $14,575

Thank you for your support of the Park Avenue Church of

Christ.

B a s i l ’ s B e a t O u t r e a c h &

I n v o l v e m e n t

Park Avenue Wednesday Supper

Join us this Wednesday, October 19 at 5:30 PM in the

ARK. We are having Mexican Stacks, Cheesy

Rice, Fresh Fruit, Sopapilla Cheesecake & Brownies

The meal will be hosted by The Jim & Rhonda McClure Family

grandsons that are 12 years and older. Sign up sheets are available at the information centers.

Egg Cartons We are in need of egg cartons for the food ministry. Please bring your empty cartons to the church office.

Fifth Sunday

Sunday, October 30 is a fifth Sunday. That Sunday we will have a second contribution to offset the mortgage on the Family Life Center.

Community Fall Festival The Fall Festival will be held on Sunday, October 30 from 5-7 PM in the Family Life Center. We are in need of Candy. Please place candy donations in the boxes under the coat racks outside of the auditorium.

2017 Budget

The elders with the finance committee are beginning to form a budget for the 2017 ministry year. They are requesting all budget requests be presented to the elders by Sunday, October 23 in advance of the Leadership Retreat on October 28 & 29. Although not every financial request may be approved, you are encouraged to be prayerful, visionary and bold in your plans for the future of Park Avenue. Please include with your request as much information as possible as to the purpose of the request and how it fits in with the mission of the church. Each Deacon Team is being asked to formulate a budget, so please submit your request to one of the Deacons serving in the ministry that oversees your request. If you have a question about what Deacon to contact, call Todd or Basil at the church office and they will direct you to the proper Deacon. We are looking forward to another great year of service here

Please be in prayer for the Leadership Retreat of our elders and ministers on October 27-29. This is a time of reflecting on the past year and planning, dreaming, praying for 2017. We believe it is of the utmost importance to put our plans before the Lord and make sure they are His plans and are blessed by Him.

Proverbs 19:21 says, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”

The Lord says in Jeremiah 29:11-13, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you.”

God has GOOD PLANS for this body of believers at Park Avenue, but we must make sure we are following His will, and not our own. We can make plans and fill our time with many things, at the same time be far from where the Lord intends us to be. I appreciate our elders and their dedication to prayerfully consider each ministry, each leader, each member of this church. We will be lifting up the prayer needs of this family multiple times during our retreat. Ask that the Holy Spirit illuminate our retreat, our conversations, our fellowship, our every word. The future of Park Avenue is in the hands of our awesome God. We set our eyes upon Him and we ask His guidance each step of the way...to Him be the glory!

Small Group Normal small groups resume this evening.

Wednesday Nights The youth planning team and I have been dreaming a bit and I would like to invite you to participate in our Wednesday night Bible class. There could be any number of reasons you might think you don’t want to get involved or would be unqualified. I guarantee you I have a response for every reason you have to not jump in with our students at church. We would love to get to a point where we had at least two more adults (maybe a married couple, hint hint) regularly attend-ing class. They would be committed for a month of helping out and getting to know our students better. Please consider this especially if you have students in the youth group. Remember, youth ministry is a partnership! Help me help you and our families.

Fall Retreat

Sign ups are officially available now in the youth commons for our annual fall retreat. The dates are December 2nd through the 4th as has been our usual weekend the past few years. Any parents or adults who would enjoy spending the weekend with our group please let me know! This is a great way to get to know our group without having too much responsibility for planning or teaching. We are look-ing forward to retreating down in Dallas.

Children’s Ministry Rachel’s Review

at Park Avenue. We are so blessed with all the ministry being carried out by the members of this church.

Pantry

We are in need of Spaghetti Sauce, Dry Cereal, Tuna Helper, Mac & Cheese, Crackers & Evaporated Milk. Please leave your items outside the pantry door.

“SILENCING OF GOD” The Pottsboro Church of Christ will host the video “The Silencing of God” on Monday, October 17 at 7:00pm. This 45 minute documen-tary traces the writing of the Consti-tution and the Bill of Rights and how our founding Fathers relied on God and his guidance. Admission is free and no collection will be taken. Refreshments will be served following the presentation.

Operation Christmas Child

Select a shoebox from the front of the auditorium and return it filled

by no later than October 30. Filled boxes can be placed under the coatracks in the main hallways.

Flight 56

Flight 56 will meet tonight from 6-8 PM in the Ark. A light snack

will be provided.

Our Community Fall Festival will be held in the Family Life Center on Sunday, October 30 from 5-7 PM.

Todd’s Take Meeting Times

Sunday Bible Class

All Ages

9:00 AM

Sunday AM Worship

10:00 AM (Nursery provided for

newborns to age 3)

Sunday PM

Small Groups

Wednesday Ladies

Mary Martha

10:00 AM

Wednesday Night

All Ages

Classes 7:00 PM

Celebrate Recovery

Tuesday 5:45-8 PM

Upcoming Events

Clay & Kirkbride

Shepherding Group Luncheons

Today

Fifth Sunday October 30

Community Fall

Festival October 30

Men’s Breakfast &

Skeet Shoot November 5

3000 S. Park Avenue Denison, TX 75020

903-465-1288 office@parkavenuechurch.com www.parkavenuechurch.com

The Messenger October 16, 2016, Number 42

Prayer List Gracie Gardner, Jonathan Brandt, Austin Emery, Jane Smith-Williams, Jean McIntosh, Stan Ballou, Doug Garland, Sandra Thomas, David &

Elizabeth Phillips, Melba Ballou, Terry Waggoner, Peggy Slaughter, Gary Dodd, Jim Corley, Bill Jerrell

Ongoing Needs Lisa Cobble, Easton Kirkbride (military), Jim & Jane Scroggins, Donnett Smith, Ronda Bigham, Kaile Norris, Mary Smith, Nell Caddell,

Delmas Northcutt, Barbara Corbett, Billie McGuire, Jane Bearden, Karen Musgrave, Tom Pickrel, Joyce McChristian, Dave Smith, Marsha Jones, June Washburn, Robert Batts, Tina Harvey

Friends of Park Avenue

Benjamin Mendell (infant grandson of Greg & Pam Clay), Rebecca Taylor (great niece of Jim Russell), Marjorie Dusek (mother of Che Che Smith), Ellen Erdman (sister of Kim Cole), Amber Gossett (granddaughter of Dorothy Armstrong), Reba Sims (sister of Betty Clark), Terri

Davis (niece of Betty Clark), Rachelle Ponder (friend of Park Avenue), Julie Carlile Shirley (cousin of Melissa Pool)

Please notify the church office at office@parkavenuechurch.com for up-dates to the prayer list. If no update is received, prayer requests will be retired after 30 days.

Please join us in lifting these people up in prayer

Lord, I Life Your Name on High

We Shall Assemble #718

How Great Is Our God #41 Glorify

Opening Prayer—Justin Banks

Oh, the Blood

What the Lord Has Done in Me #44 Magnify

Lord’s Supper—Kevin Dale The Lord’s Supper is open to all who have gathered to honor Jesus.

Were Your There! #962

Communication Cards Please fill out a card and place it in the contribution trays

Offering—Kevin Dale

I Will Serve You #605

Kingdom Kids Dismissed (a worship program for 4 year olds to first grade)

Because We Believe #11 Glorify

Theme Prayer—Kyle McAlister

Scripture Reading— Philippians 2:1-5—Jim McClure

Sermon: Unity Builders—Todd Catteau

They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love

Shepherd’s Prayer—Don Skelton

Awesome God #42 Glorify

(Two elders will be available in the alcoves of the atrium after the sermon to receive prayer requests.)

Order of Worship

Communion Servers—Jeff Barnett, Jason

Andrews, Ken Bell, Jackson Brandt, Jimmy

Elmore, Jerry Gregory, Ty Kirkbride, Patrick

Mullins, Doug Owens, Jeff Park, Bob Richard,

Randy Truxal

Greeters—Dorothy Bankston, Dorothy

Armstrong, Betty Clark, Geneva Gilbreath

Ushers—Bruce Holley, Bill Heironimus,

Lyndon Nix

Nursery—Brenda Chapman, Lindsee Pryor,

Lauren Whiten, Rhonda McClure

Communion to Shut–Ins—Blake & Devry

Smith

Shepherds Greg Clay—580.920.6648 Kevin Dale—580.916.1470

George Hatfield—903.357.3563 David Howerton—903.271.8678 David Kirkbride—903.436.7283 Billy Martindale—903.815.1394

Don Skelton—903.463.2299 Galen Smith—580.380.9055 Ernie Sturch—580.924.3389 Tommy Todd—903.464.0772

Staff

Todd Catteau—903.624.9395 todd@parkavenuechurch.com

Chris Heflin—903.624.1002 chris@parkavenuechurch.com

Basil McClure—903.624.1726 basil@parkavenuechurch.com

Rachel McClure—903.624.6156 rachel@parkavenuechurch.com

Sunday Servants

Serving Park Avenue

A Beginner's Guide to God (John 17)

Today’s Main Idea—Unity Builders (Philippians 2)

Consider others better than yourself. Look not only to your interests but to the interests of

others. Work out your own salvation.

Sermon Notes

Good morning and wel-come to our worship service this morning. Today we will continue

our journey through Jesus’ prayer in John 17 in the series I’m calling, A Beginner’s Guide to God: Who He is and What He Wants.

Last week we considered the importance of unity in the life of a church. Today we will look at “Unity Builders” - attitudes we are called to have that promote unity within the church. We will primarily be looking at Philippians 2 where Paul instructs the Christians there on unity.

We are always aware of actions that we can take to promote a spirit of growth and friendliness here at Park Avenue and one way we can all help is to fill up the pews before we start filling up the chairs at the back of the Worship Center. Having the chairs available makes it much easier for late-comers or guests to easily find a seat rather than having to walk up front to find a seat in the

We are honored to have you with us this morning. A warm welcome to all our members — how good and pleasant it is for us to worship together! And a special welcome to our guests! Please take a few minutes to visit with us

after services. Stop by the welcome centers in the main hallways for more information and a free gift from us. Let us know how we can serve you.

pews. Why not make it your habit to take up a pew rather than a chair? A simple way we all can help out!

We still have some Operation Christmas Child boxes up at the front of the Worship Center. If you haven't picked one up, please con-sider joining us in this ministry of sharing the good news of Jesus with children around the world. Remind-er, PA will pay for the postage as part of our grace offering last Spring.

Keep Informed

You can keep up to date on all the news here at PACOC through

various means.

PACOC Mobile App—go to your app store and search for us. Download the app and have ready access to everything Park Avenue. Starting today you can also access the digital communication card through our app as well as through our YouVersion Event.

PACOC website—access our website at www.pacoc.net or www.parkavenuechurch.com. Both addresses take you to the same site. All kinds of information is on the website.

Facebook—search for us and like us. In addition to our main page we have pages for the youth group and the ladies ministry.

Call Us—the church office is open M-F from 8:00 to 5:00. Give us a ring and we’ll be glad to help you in any way we can!

How good and pleasant it is

when God’s people live

together in unity!

PSALM 133:1