New Members Kirk & Kim Pendergrass

(& Mason) 513 W. South St.

Whitesboro, TX 76273 903-651-1233

We welcome Kirk & Kim Pendergrass to Park Avenue. They are placing membership with their son, Mason. Kirk and Mason were both baptized last Sunday by Neal Odom. Please make this family feel welcome.

Fifth Sunday If you would still like to make a contribution to our fifth Sunday debt reduction you can still make your contribution today. Please note that on the memo of your check. You can also give online.

Intergenerational Mission Trip

Our next Intergenerational Mission Trip to Casa de la Esperanza in Anahuac, Mexi-co will be July 6-13, 2018. The cost of the trip is $250 with a

$50 deposit to secure your spot and get your name on the list. For further information contact Basil.

Shepherding Group Lunch

On Sunday, Jan-uary 28, we will have an all church pot luck luncheon for the shepherding groups. Food assignments

have again been allocated by shepherding group.

Sides Martindale, Skelton, Galen

Smith Salads

Blake Smith, Clay, Dale Desserts

Hatfield, Howerton, Kirkbride

Fifth Wednesday Praise Mark your calendar for our fifth Wednesday praise evening on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.

Ladies Retreat Committee The ladies retreat committee will meet this Wednesday, January 10 at 6:00 p.m. in the Green Room of the Ark.

Directory Update You’ve switched our online membership directory to a new site. You can access the directory through our website or the church app. You will be prompted to enter a password. The password is pacoc1987. This new site allows for individuals to update their own information and even to view and print contribution records.

Save the date

2018 Ladies Retreat

April 27-29 Prothro Center

Registration begins on Feb. 4

For The Record - Dec. 31, 2017

Bible Class

N/A

Worship

197

Wednesday

156

Contributions

Giving Goal

$16,796

Received $25,391

5th Sun. $4,540

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

C h r o n i c l e s o f C h r i s

Y o u t h M i n i s t r y

C h i l d r e n ’ s M i n i s t r y

R a c h e l ’ s R e v i e w

Our Family Ministry is planning to attend the Family Conference at the McDermott Road Church of Christ in Plano on Saturday, January 20th, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We will be taking a bus (hopefully full) of parents who want to be stretched in their role of rearing children. The conference is: Intentionality: Living as Kingdom Families. Some of the class offerings are: Raising Faithful Chris-tians in Today’s Culture; Discipleship in a Digital World; Developing a God-Honoring Family Schedule; Raising Your Kids in a Performance Driven World; How to Talk to Your Kids in a Christ-like Way; Living Out Your Faith In a Way That Impacts Your Kids. Cost is only $5 for lunch. Contact me if you’d like to go with us!

We will celebrate with a candlelight dinner for our first year of the Marriage Mentoring Ministry on January 27 at 7 p.m. in the atrium. We have had a blessed year with mentor and mentee couples that have completed the first year of our program in strengthening marriages.

Our Marriage Mentoring Ministry is launching its second year on February 18. Marriage Mentoring pairs younger couples with couples who have many years of experience, and who walk alongside those who desire to grow and strengthen their marriage. The two couples meet together monthly to share food, conversation, and the journey of life. If you’d like to be mentored in marriage, please talk to Rachel or me.

Titus Project Registration Please continue to fill out forms and turn them in to us. Alternatively we have that registration form available online through the church website and app. The deadline is next Sunday!

Girls Retreat

Our youth group ladies and the adults that went with them really enjoyed the girls youth retreat they went to last year but were unfortunately informed it was to be the last year. Several of the youth ministers we work with at Arlington Work Camp recommended a weekend with the There4 Gathering in DFW. We have 20 spots available (15 students and 5 adults). Please be advised this event is for high school girls. For most information your best bet is to talk to Sarah. This is also an appropriate time to compliment my wife who volunteers her time and energy to participate and lead in youth group. Her love for our students has been such a blessing to our people here and I love having her as a coworker for the gospel to young people.

Titus Project The Titus Project 2018, an intergenerational worship, Bible learning, and service projects for grades 5th-12th, will begin January 21 and continue every Sunday night from 5:00-7:30 until April 22. The cost is $60 which includes dinner each night, project supplies, t-shirt, and celebration activities. The deadline for registration is January 14. You may register online or by turning in forms and payment to Rachel or Chris.

Thank You Gratefulness is what I feel toward our nursery coordinators who recruit volunteers to care for our children each Sunday during worship! They gladly sacrifice their own desire to be a part of worship, to provide parents with an opportunity to focus on their

own spiritual life and participate with the wider church community. Please join me in expressing appreciation for Sue Lain Harrington, Dianna Dale, Jennifer Chapman, Brenda Chapman, and Kathy Reinsch.

Collide Collide, a retreat for 5th and 6th graders, will take place February 3-4 in Midlothian. The cost is $50. This event has been a highlight for our Flight 56 students the past three years and we look forward to it again! Please indicate your commitment to participate by January 7. Turn in payment and permission forms by January 10.

News and Notes

Park Avenue Wednesday Supper

Join us this Wednesday,

January 10 at 5:30 PM for our PAWS meal.

Baked Potatoes, Salad Bar & Desserts

The meal will be prepared by Charla Hinson and her team.

New PAK Groups Park Avenue Koinonia* Groups

Kick Off January 21

We will have a selection of returning and new small groups beginning on January 21. More information

will be available shortly.

*koinonia (Greek); fellowship, participation, sharing. (1) communal association for the mutual benefit of those involved. (2) bond of common purpose and devotion that binds Christians to one another

and to Christ.

3000 S. Park Avenue Denison, TX 75020

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

The Messenger January 7, 2018, Number 1

Please join us in lifting these people up in prayer

Sunday Servants

Serving Park Avenue

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.

Upcoming Events

Covenant Sunday Today

All Church Shepherding Group

Luncheon January 28

Family/Parenting

Conference January 20

Sweetheart Banquet

February 11

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

Prayer List Kaile Norris, Gracie Gardner, Nell Caddell, Jim Shelton, Delmas Northcutt, Robert Batts, Sherrill Sessions, Nancy Richard, Pat Emery, Robert Pope

Ongoing Needs

Terry Waggoner, Sandra Thomas, Che Che Smith, Luke Nall, Bobbie Baldwin, Lisa Cobble, Easton Kirkbride (military), Barbara Corbett, Valdene Huffman, Jim & Jane Scroggins, Ronda Bigham, Ray & Marsha Jones, Lou Rasco

Missions

Hammer & Dela Afakule (Togo), Dovene & Sara Afakule (Togo), Mario “Pepe” Torres & David Cardenas (Monterrey, Mexico)

Friends of Park Avenue Robbie Parks (daughter of Stan & Melba Ballou), Kimberly Bones (daughter of Scott & Joyce Mahaffey), Lori Thompson (daughter of J.W. & Connie Thompson), Lisa Peace (sister of David Kirkbride), Glenn Hoekstra (friend of Clint Kirkpatrick), Clifford & Cheryl McKenzie (friends of Park Avenue),

Michael Myers (friend of Joe & Thana Furr’s family), Laura Moore (daughter of Nancy Richard), David Hyatt (friend of Park Avenue)

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.

Communion Servers—Jeff Barnett, Rick

Beene, Terry Beal, Jerry Gregory, Ty Kirkbride,

Doug Owens, Jeff Park, Woody Reding, Jacob

Tesney, Frank Lowing, David Waller, Max

Williams

Greeters—Jack & Janet Gott, Bill & Linda

Heironimus

Ushers—Roy Galyon, Howard Veasley, Ken

Washburn

Nursery—Dianna Dale, Jenna Barton, Carrie

Hogan

Communion to Shut–Ins—Bill Heironimus,

Stanley Thomas

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—903.821.8411 Blake Smith—214.549.9544 Galen Smith—580.380.9055

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

Todd’s Take

"I covenant to live out my discipleship by..."

• Pursuing personal spiritual growth • Serving our church family • Serving our community • Being faithful stewards of our resources • Sharing my faith • Keeping Christ at the center of my family • Living in hopeful expectation of Christ's return

Welcome to Sunday #1 of the new year. A time of new begin-nings. A time to set

goals. A time to make choices that can alter our lives. There’s really nothing inherently special about this Sunday, but being the first of a new year it begs us to check the course of our life and make any necessary adjustments. Today I ask the ques-tion, “What is the trajectory of your life—especially in terms of your relationship with God and your enjoyment of the abundant life he has promised?” It may be that all is right. That you’re right on course and today is just a confirmation to keep doing what you’ve been doing. Or maybe today may be a day when you real-ize that you're a few degrees off course. Maybe today you realize

that you need to make some tweaks to your life to reach the destination you’ve set for yourself. In any case, today we will all take a look at our spiritual lives and reaffirm or adjust. Today is our third annual Covenant Sunday as we set aside the first Sunday of the year to check our bearings and pledge to live out our discipleship. Another tradition we observe on the first Sunday of the year is to celebrate with those who have been baptized the previous year. What a joy to see the 22 souls who have put on Christ in 2017. We will also read Psalm 133—a Psalm that has become somewhat of a rallying cry for PACOC. This beautiful passage celebrates the joy of unity and joy of being his child. So, welcome to 2018. Welcome to Covenant Sunday. Welcome to the rest of your life.

What to Expect Today

Today is Covenant Sunday here at Park Avenue. We won’t be having a traditional sermon, but each one of us

will be asked to renew our commitment to our discipleship, both personally and as members of the

Park Avenue church. At a designated time you will be dismissed to the nearest table where an elder will distribute this year’s covenant stone. Upon being

presented the stone the elder will quote the words of Jesus from Luke 9:23:

Jesus said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and

follow me.”

In response we are asking you to respond back to the elder:

I (We) will follow Him daily.

Along with the distribution of the covenant stone we are incorporating the distribution of the bread of the Lord’s

Supper at the tables. After receiving the covenant stone you can partake of the bread, symbolic of Jesus’ body. After that, return to your seat and, when everyone has

returned to their seats, the cup will be distributed to each member in their pews.

Communication Card Information We ask that everyone here today complete a Communication Card

and place it in the offering trays when they are passed. Alternatively, you can complete one digitally through the church app or the YouVersion event app. In addition to your attendance please

indicate any fellowship or service opportunities you wish to participate in.

Fellowship or Service Opportunities PAWS