Congratulations Congratulations to great-grandparents, Roy & Mary Galyon, on the birth of their great grandson, Miller Roy Dodd, born last Thursday, January 25, 2018. Congratulations also to proud parents, Chance & Marissa Dodd and grandparents, Gary & Elicia Dodd.

Thank You’s

Thank you so much for every expression of sympathy, act of kindness, and demonstration of love showered on us as our mother’s life on this earth came to a triumphant close. You are very special people!

The family of Mary Ruth Hatfield

We were given a challenge to “Be Like Jesus”. This congregation has come through greatly. Thank you for all the calls, cards, food, and gifts over the last 5 weeks. It is good to be back.

Pat Emery

Small Groups Joe Ed Furr’s small group will meet in Room B at 5 p.m. this evening. The Hatfield & Bell small group will meet tonight at 4 p.m. at the church building. The Calvert/Smith small group will meet at the home of Stan & Cynthia Thomas, 2906 Village Circle in Denison at the earlier time of 5 p.m. The Scream-Free Parenting group will take a break tonight and resume next Sunday, February 11 from 6-7 p.m. at the home of Barry & Jennifer Chap-man.

SAMPACC Due to the continuing cold weather and flu, SAMPACC will not meet in February but plan to meet on March 8.

Pantry Needs

We are in need of Chili, Mayon-naise, Cereal. Please leave your items on the cart behind the information center at the east end.

Wedding Shower A wedding shower to honor Robert Rosser and his bride elect, Madison McCoy, will be held in the Atrium next Sunday, Feb. 11 from 1:30-3 PM. Robert & Madison are registered at Amazon, Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, Williams Sonoma, West Elm (Dallas & OKC locations).

Baby Showers You are invited to a “Come and Go” baby girl shower to honor Ariel & Krister Maxey, (Ariel is the daughter of Brett & Lisa Moore). The date is Sunday, February 18 at 2 p.m. at the home of Billie Robinson, 3041 Quail Ridge Circle, Durant, OK. They are registered at Amazon, Target, and Walmart. A baby shower to honor A.J. & Whitney Vogl will be held in the atrium on Sunday, February 25, from 1:30-3 p.m. A.J. & Whitney are expecting a boy. They are reg-istered at spearmintlove.com, landofnod.com and Target.

Celebration of Marriage If you were married in years end-ing in a 3 or an 8 and would like to participate in our celebration of marriage service on Sunday, February 18, please submit two photographs no later than this coming week; one wedding and one current. We would like to honor your special anniversary that Sunday.

Sweetheart Banquet Our traditional sweetheart banquet for those aged 60 and over, will be held next Sunday, February 11, immediately after services in the Ark. Please mark your communi-cation card this morning if you plan on attending

Attention All Ladies

Let’s have soup together! The Mary Martha Class would like to invite all ladies to join them on Saturday, February 17, 2018 between 11a.m.-1p.m in the atrium for good food and a great time of fellowship. The secret sister revealing will also take place during this lunch.

Ladies Retreat Ladies, make plans to join us for the 2018 Park Avenue Ladies Retreat at Prothro Center at Lake Texoma on April 27-29. Our speaker will be Becky Brooks again this year and the theme is Faithful. Registration begins TODAY. Members of the retreat committee will be in the atrium, this morning after worship, to take your registration. To secure your spot we require $50 and your completed registration. You can also register online at: www.pacoc.net

For The Record - Jan. 28, 2018

Bible Class

165

Worship

377

Wednesday

124

Contributions

Giving Goal

$17,603

Received $15,283

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

We have booked our Marriage Retreat on the weekend of April 13-15, 2018 at the Homewood Suites in Allen, TX. The cost of the retreat for 2 nights is $200 per couple. The couple coming to share with us this year is Frank and Nancy Stepp from Coppell, TX. Frank is a good friend of mine and he and Nancy have a wealth of marriage experience to share with us. If you plan on attending, secure your place with a $50 deposit. Please indicate on the communication card, text or call if you need more information.

Titus Project Time Change Due to the Super Bowl we will have Titus at 3pm this afternoon. Take note that we will be done at 5pm as we will not eat a meal like we normally would. Next week there will be no Titus in light of sweetheart banquet (see below) but we will be back to normal schedule on 2/18.

Summer Needs and You cont.

We had one family volunteer to host a youth intern this coming Summer and we could still use one more. Additionally we will be looking for parents to be hosting small groups in the Summer and in the Fall.

Sweetheart Banquet 2/11 Youth group students are asked to sign up in the youth suite to assist. Additionally we ask you parents to help either by serving on the day of or by preparing a dish ahead of time. Let me know how you would like to help by going to the link below or by finding it on the youth section of the church website. Doodle is a sign up we have used in previous years. Let me know directly if you have trouble with it. https://doodle.com/poll/h8i447fqeac4bkph

Several weeks ago, representatives from seven Park Avenue families attended a parenting conference at McDermott Church of Christ in Allen. The keynote speakers inspired us to be intentional about living as Kingdom families, and the breakout sessions provided practical guidance for making that a reality in our homes. Several of us attended a session by Trane Wyatt who spoke about how to be intentional with our time and gave some principles for developing a God-honoring family schedule. Wyatt read, “Be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15-16). Wyatt’s effective visual aid included large jars of marbles, each labeled with the stages of life of a child. The first jar was filled to the brim with marbles, signifying many hours that parents will have to influence a child! As the years go by, the number of marbles is reduced, and

the last jar has only a few precious marbles, signify-ing the remaining moments of influence while the child is in the home. The speaker challenged us to examine what changes needed to be made as to how we are spending our time to ensure that when the marbles run out, we will have accomplished what we’d hoped for in the faith of our children. The dates are already marked for this conference next year and we plan to take a group again, so mark your calendar for January 19, 2019!

Titus Project Updates Titus Project will meet today from 3-5 p.m. No meal will be provided today. Titus Project will not meet next week, Feb. 11 due to the Sweetheart Banquet.

News and Notes

Park Avenue Wednesday Supper

Join us this Wednesday, February 7 at 5:30 PM for our

PAWS meal.

Poppy Seed Chicken, Green Beans, Corn, Potatoes, Salad

Bar, & Desserts

The meal will be prepared by Yvonne Lacey

Faithful

Marriage Mentoring

Candlelight Dinner

Mike & Patti Morgan and Jesse & Rachel Sims

Gary & Shelly Calvert and Justin & Rayna Monroe

Jack & Janet Gott and Kevin & Jana Kelly

I wanted to share with you pictures of us celebrating our first year of the marriage mentoring ministry. If you are interested in being mentored in your marriage, contact Basil or Rachel.

3000 S. Park Avenue Denison, TX 75020

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

The Messenger February 4, 2018, Number 5

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 spe-

cial welcome to our guests! Please take a few minutes to visit with us after services. Let us know

how we can serve you.

Upcoming Events

Sweetheart Banquet

February 11

Celebration of Marriage

February 18

30th Anniversary Celebration

March 4

Daisy’s Little Red Wagon

March 25

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, Jim Shelton, Delmas Northcutt, Stan Ballou, Jim & Jane Scroggins, Peggy Slaughter, Robert Batts, Sherrill Sessions,

Nancy Richard, Pat Emery, June Washburn, Brett Newton, Tina Harvey, Billie McGuire

Ongoing Needs Terry Waggoner, Sandra Thomas, Che Che Smith, Luke Nall, Bobbie Baldwin, Lisa Cobble, Easton Kirkbride (military),

Barbara Corbett, Valdene Huffman, 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

Haley Bounds, Robbie Parks (daughter of Stan & Melba Ballou), Lisa Peace (sister of David Kirkbride), Clifford & Cheryl McKenzie (friends of Park Avenue), David Hyatt (friend of Park Avenue), Jason Morgan (son of Mike & Patti Morgan), Diane Simpson (daughter of Doug & Barbara Garland)

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, Michael

Ardis, Ken Bell, Gary Calvert, Kendall Durham,

Jimmy Elmore, James Hawk, Matthew Hogan,

David Hailey, Frank Lowing, Mike Morgan, David

Waller

Greeters—Clint & Anne Kirkpatrick, Kim &

Glenda Watson

Ushers—Kirk Pendergrass, Darrell Hamner,

Micah Hinson

Nursery—Barry & Jennifer Chapman, Amyee

McAlister

Communion to Shut–Ins—Harold Porter, Lloyd

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—903.821.8411 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 Welcome. Glad you are here today! This morning I’ll be wrapping up our

thoughts on Following Jesus. I continue to encourage you to seek out small changes you can make in your life that will lead you to a more effective and fulfilling walk with the Lord. Remember, you will not drift into discipleship. It’s an intentional decision followed by specific actions that will have an incredible effect on your life. The call to follow Jesus is the greatest invitation you will ever receive! With the Super Bowl today please note changes in meeting times for the Titus Project and our small

groups. Today is the first day to register for the annual Ladies Retreat. There will be information in the Atrium after worship. You can register there or you can go online to reserve your spot. Mark your calendars for Sunday, March 4 as we will celebrate our 30th anniversary here at Park Avenue and honor our charter members. If you are a charter member of Park Avenue and have not let the office know, please do so as soon as possible. I’ve enjoyed looking through old footage of the many meetings leading up to the move, the groundbreaking and construction, and the first service here in 1987. PACOC has a great history and a great future!

PAWS FOR A NEW CAUSE

Communication Card Information We ask that everyone here today complete a Communi-cation Card and place it in the offering trays when they are passed. Or, you can complete one digitally through

the church app or the YouVersion event app. Also please indicate any fellowship or service opportunities

you wish to participate in.

Fellowship or Service Opportunities PAWS

SWEETHEART BANQUET

This past Wednes-day at our PAWS for a Cause meal we introduced a new ministry PA

will be partnering with in 2018. Family Promise of Grayson County ministers to homeless families with children giving them hope and resources to regain sustainable independ-ence. We raised over $1200 Wednesday to help finance our participation in this work. As 2018 progresses we will be asking for volunteers to help as PA will be hosting families in the ARK up to four individual weeks of the year. Talk to Basil or Todd for more information.

PrayerMail is an email that is sent our periodically to keep you updated of the prayer needs of the church. For many years Kathy Sturch has managed this ministry, but has recently handed that off to Becky Russell.

Many, many thanks to Kathy Sturch for her faithful service.

To submit prayer requests you can send an email to pray@parkavenuechurch.com or you can email Becky Russell

at jbakar@yahoo.com. You can also submit requests through the website or app. You can subscribe to PrayerMail through the website or app or you can send an email to pray@parkavenuchurch.com and ask to be added.

I’m putting together a video for PACOC’s 30th anniversary celebration on Sunday, March 4 and am looking for some charter members to share some memories of the move from Armstrong Avenue to Park Avenue. Contact me (Todd) today or shoot me an email or phone call to set up a time when we can get together and reminisce.