NEWS & NOTES

Communion
Pick up a communion packet & ziplock bag from the tall tables in the auditorium or from the information centers in the main hallways before worship service begins.
 
New Members

Please welcome Don & Ruth Ann Jones to Park Avenue. Their contact information is as follows: 408 Sheryl Lane, Denison, TX 75021, (817) 798-8343.
 
Baptism
Congratulations to Gabriel Smith who was baptized into Christ last Sunday. We rejoice with Gabriel and his family.
 
Christian Theatre Workshop
If you have not yet seen Promised Land you can see the final performance today at 4 PM. 
 
The Chosen
Join us this Wednesday at 6:30 PM for the last episode of Season One.
 
Family Promise
We will host Family Promise the week of August 15-22.  We need help with Evening Hosts (5:30-7:30PM to eat supper with our guests), Night Hosts (spend the night at the Ark 8:30PM-7AM), and Folks Willing to Cook a Meal (for our guest families). Please contact Basil McClure if you are able to help.  Thank you!

Flight 56 Swim Night
Flight 56 will meet on Sunday, August 1 at the Banks House, 3303 S. Park Avenue from 5-7 PM.
 
Youth Ministry
  • Tuesday July 27: Interns Going Away Party Dinner at 5 PM in the gym and then we will have a Color War with Parkside Baptist Church from 6-7:30 PM on their campus.
  • Sunday, August 8: Park Avenue Youth Swim Party at the Trotters from 5:30-8PM.
Ladies Day
Ladies, make plans to join us for a day of joy-filled fellowship, teaching, worship, and laughter on Saturday, September 11. Registration is $10 per person. Tickets  go on sale this Sunday, July 25 in the atrium after church, or you can also register online. Invite a friend, family member, neighbor, or co-worker to share this joyful and refreshing experience with us.  We will be joined by speaker Becky Brooks, and Christian comedian and ventriloquist Lauren Lucille Vasser. Coffee will be provided from Revolution Coffee, and lunch will also be provided.
 

PRAYER LIST

Jesse Sims, Shawn Landrum, Terry Waggoner, Mike Hardy, Mike Morgan, Kim Pendergrass, Peggy Clark
 
Ongoing Needs
Billy Martindale, Neal Odom, Larry Long, Garland Nevil, Roy Galyon, Jim & Jane Scroggins, Corky Armstrong, Dewey Martin, Bob Corley, Sandra Aynes, Lisa Cobble, Bobby & Peggy Slaughter, Sandra Thomas, Gene Stogner, James Hawk, Nancy Richards, Bob Tollison, Kaile Williams (Norris)
 
Homebound
Ray & Marsha Jones, Chris Keene, JD Huffman
 
Expectant Mothers
Alissa Cope, Breanna Menifee
 
Missions
Hammer & Dela Afakule (Togo), Mario “Pepe” Torre (Monterrey, Mexico), Jimenez family (Cartagena, Colombia)
 
Friends of Park Avenue

Jason Morgan (son of Mike & Patti Morgan), Rebekah Taylor (great niece of the Russell’s), Becky Sanchez (wife of Gil Sanchez,  Director of orphanage in Mexico), Kathy Hill (friend of Chris & Candsis Slaughter), Mike Lauffer (friend of Sue Lain Harrington), Woody Crump (brother of Janet Gott & Peggy Porter), Wanda Evans, Sue Roberts, Patsy Russel (aunts of Candsis Slaughter), Lois Thomas (mother of Candsis Slaughter
 

TODD'S TAKE
Good morning and welcome to our Sunday worship service. Glad to have everyone here. A special welcome to our guests. Let us know what we can do to help you in your spiritual journey.
    
Today I will continue preaching sermons that you want to hear (not that you don’t want to hear every sermon I preach). I call it Parishioner’s Picks—you submit a scripture and I’ll preach the sermon. Today we will look at Matthew 11:28–30 — “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
What a beautiful invitation Jesus offers us.

Christian Theater Workshop has been a great success with over 100 kids in attendance and dozens of volunteers. Words cannot express how blessed we are at PACOC for all the servant hearts we have here. What a delight to see the kids learning about the powerful story of Moses and the Exodus and our adults leading the way. If you haven’t seen a performance you still have a chance to catch Promised Land today at 4 PM.  

This Wednesday we will finish up Season One of The Chosen. We will meet in the atrium at 6:30. This depiction of the ministry of Jesus has been so eye-opening and insightful. The entire season is available to stream online. Take a look at it, you’ll be glad you did.

Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 19. The churches of Denison are planning a Back to Church Sunday calling everyone to connect or reconnect to a church on that day and resume or begin their involvement with the body of Christ. Although we have seen most of our crowds come back after the pandemic there are still many who have fallen out of the habit of worshipping on Sunday. In addition, there are so many who once were involved in a church but for whatever reason have drifted away. And then there are those who have never been to church. Back to Church Sunday is a call to come back to where you belong—to a body of believers worshipping the Lord and living out your faith in community. That Sunday there will be a celebration at Forest Park from 4:30-6:00 PM followed by a community worship at Munson Stadium from 6:00—7:00 PM.  For more information go to denisoncomeback.com.  Let’s get Denison back to church!
 
 

 Sunday Schedule
Adult Bible Class - 9AM Atrium

Worship - 10:00 AM

Children Dismissed to Bible Classes at - 10:45-11:30AM
2 & 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. Contact Lantz Howard for more information.
 

 

Park Avenue Church of Christ
3000 S. Park Avenue,
Denison, TX 75020
903-465-1288 
office@parkavenuechurch.com 
www.parkavenuechurch.com