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<strong>Park</strong> <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Baptist</strong> <strong>Church</strong> • pcbc.org • February 2010 • Vol. 24 • No. 2<br />
<strong>Sharing</strong><br />
in the Ends of the Earth<br />
See how God is changing the world. Page 4<br />
ACTS<br />
ALSO INSIDE Lifetime Classes for Winter 2010. Page 3 • Find your opportunity to serve! Page 9
Contents<br />
3 Lifetime Classes<br />
4 Planting Seeds<br />
7 Jesus Film<br />
8 Acts 1:8 Profiles<br />
9 Opportunities to Serve<br />
10 Family News<br />
11 New Members<br />
On the cover: PCBC team member, Brett Ratliff,<br />
shares the gospel in Northeast India.<br />
Sundays @ PCBC<br />
Sunday Morning Worship:<br />
Traditional<br />
Sanctuary, 9:20 & 10:50 a.m.<br />
Contemporary<br />
The Great Hall, 9:20 & 10:50 a.m.<br />
Amigos De Dios (bilingual service)<br />
Gym, 10:00 a.m.<br />
Bible Study<br />
9:20 & 10:50 a.m.<br />
Visit www.pcbc.org/biblestudy or a<br />
Connection Center on campus for more info.<br />
Visit our web site at<br />
www.pcbc.org<br />
PCBC NEWS<br />
Haiti Relief<br />
Our hearts go out to the incredible tragedy in Haiti and to the<br />
people of Haiti. We join with other believers in reaching out to<br />
minister to the needs of the people both physically and spiritually.<br />
We are partnering with the <strong>Baptist</strong> General Convention of Texas<br />
(BGCT), Buckner and the Texas <strong>Baptist</strong> Men as they mobilize<br />
resources to meet the significant need that exists.<br />
If you desire to give to this relief effort, please designate<br />
“Haitian Relief” on your offering envelope or donations can<br />
be made directly to Texas <strong>Baptist</strong> Men. For questions related<br />
to giving, please call Gene Potts at PCBC, 214.860.1500 or<br />
www.pcbc.org/haiti for updates.<br />
Buckner is asking volunteers to fill two-gallon sized Ziploc ® bags<br />
with specific hygiene items and mail or drop the kits off at the<br />
Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid, located at 5405 Shoe<br />
Drive, Mesquite, Texas 75149. To schedule a time for drop-off,<br />
please call 214.328.7463. To view a list of items needed in the<br />
hygiene kits or to financially support Buckner efforts, visit<br />
www.buckner.org.<br />
To support Texas <strong>Baptist</strong> disaster response efforts, visit<br />
www.texasbaptists.org/haitiearthquake and click on give now<br />
or send a check marked for disaster response to the Texas <strong>Baptist</strong><br />
Missions Foundation at 333 N. Washington, Dallas, TX 75246.<br />
To support Texas <strong>Baptist</strong> Men disaster relief efforts directly, visit<br />
www.texasbaptistmen.org or send checks designated for disaster<br />
relief to 5351 Catron, Dallas, TX 75227.<br />
Above all, continue to pray for the people of Haiti as they face<br />
such great loss and significant need.<br />
DISCIPLESHIP / EVANGELISM<br />
Women’s Evening Bible Study: Me, Myself & Lies<br />
by Jennifer Rothschild<br />
A video-driven Bible study for women. Author Jennifer<br />
Rothschild shares practically and helpfully from her own life<br />
and from Scripture to show how every woman can turn her<br />
words, and her life, around for good. Learn how to replace<br />
the lies you may have been telling yourself with the truth<br />
from God's word. Dates: Through February 24, 6:00–7:30 pm<br />
Teacher: Christina Andrews Location: Lower Level Collins #2<br />
Text: Me, Myself & Lies Workbook available at the PCBC Library or<br />
at Lifeway Christian Stores for $12.00 each. To Register: Contact<br />
Christina Andrews at 214.860.1508 or cmandrews@pcbc.org.<br />
Principles of Spiritual Growth<br />
This course will examine the principles of spiritual growth<br />
and how they are applied to the believer’s life. We will study<br />
together how God matures us in our Christian walk.<br />
Dates: Through March 10 Teacher: Miller Cunningham<br />
Location: 101 Reed (West) Text: The Green Letters Cost: $5.00<br />
Conversational Spanish<br />
Learn Spanish! We will get you started with the Spanish<br />
language while providing an understanding of the Latin culture.<br />
We’ll provide practical attention to the phrases helpful<br />
in working in the areas we serve through 1:8 in Guatemala,<br />
South Texas, Cuba and Vickery. Materials provided.<br />
Dates: Through February 17 Teachers: Sandra Villalobos and Imelda<br />
Alcala Location: 201 Reed (West)<br />
Prayer<br />
Did you know members of the church family have been<br />
gathering on Monday and Thursday mornings for several<br />
years to pray for individual needs within the body as well as<br />
our church as a whole? The prayer committee is excited to<br />
offer a prayer time on Wednesday evenings.<br />
Dates: Through March 10 Location: Narthex Chapel<br />
<strong>Baptist</strong> Distinctives<br />
Come celebrate the 400th anniversary of the <strong>Baptist</strong> family!<br />
In four sessions we will survey the four centuries of the<br />
<strong>Baptist</strong> story, including origins, theological distinctives, major<br />
personalities, and denominational trends around the world.<br />
Dates: Through February 24 Teacher: Dr. Karen Bullock<br />
Location: 203 Reed (West)<br />
All classes are Wednesdays<br />
from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm unless<br />
otherwise stated.<br />
Hiding God’s Word in Your Heart<br />
Discover how the Word of God comes alive when you<br />
memorize passages of scripture and repeat them over and<br />
over. These three weeks we will learn techniques of how<br />
to memorize scripture, why it is so important to memorize<br />
scripture, and share in memorizing scripture together.<br />
Dates: February 10–24 Teacher: Dorothy Wilkinson Text: Your Bible<br />
Location: 202 Reed (West)<br />
RELATIONSHIPS<br />
Being Prepared for the Golden Years<br />
On February 3rd, hear a panel discussion on housing options<br />
for seniors. Each situation is different, and this expert panel,<br />
led by PCBC member Jo Alch, can help with questions and<br />
answers as you make this journey. On February 10th and<br />
17th, PCBC member and financial advisor for New York Life,<br />
Danny Howell, will discuss investment and insurance, IRA’s,<br />
beneficiaries, savings, and many other investment strategies.<br />
Dates: Through February 17 Teacher: Jo Alch and Danny Howell<br />
Location: 102 Reed (West)<br />
Loving a Prodigal<br />
This class is for anyone who has a person in their life who is<br />
away from God and/or their family. The class will be structured<br />
as informational as well as supportive. The desire is<br />
that a support group meeting on a regular basis would be<br />
started out of this class. Dates: Through February 17<br />
Teacher: Dr. Brian Newman Location: 103 Reed (West)<br />
Sacred Marriage<br />
In this six-session video curriculum, writer and speaker Gary<br />
Thomas invites you to see how God can use marriage as<br />
a discipline and a motivation to love Him more and reflect<br />
more of the character of His Son. Sacred Marriage shifts the<br />
focus from marital enrichment to spiritual enrichment in<br />
ways that can help you love your mate more. Whether it is<br />
delightful or difficult, your marriage can become a doorway<br />
to a closer walk with God. This small group, DVD curriculum<br />
will equip you to love God more passionately, reflect the<br />
nature of his Son more precisely, and fulfill God's overarching<br />
purpose for your marriage. Dates: February 24–April 7,<br />
6:00–7:30 pm Teacher: Pike Wisner and Brian Newman<br />
Location: Ellis Parlor Text: Study Guide Cost: $10.00 per couple<br />
www.pcbc.org/lifetime<br />
JOURNAL USPS No. 734-190 is published monthly by <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Baptist</strong> <strong>Church</strong>, 3933 Northwest <strong>Park</strong>way, P.O. Box 12068, Dallas, TX 75225. Periodicals postage<br />
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JOURNAL • February 2010 3
Planting<br />
seeds<br />
at the Ends<br />
of the Earth<br />
A team from PCBC worked with church planters in<br />
Northeast India to spread the gospel and support<br />
an amazing movement of God<br />
The courage and strength<br />
that God gives them to speak<br />
the name of Jesus in this dark<br />
place is an amazing thing to<br />
behold.<br />
or several days last fall, a sevenperson<br />
PCBC team shared the<br />
gospel with hundreds of people in<br />
Northeast India.<br />
“This was my first time doing door-todoor<br />
evangelism,” said April Fleming.<br />
“There’s nothing better. I have never felt<br />
more alive. This is what I was created to<br />
do.”<br />
The team traveled to Northeast India<br />
with the church’s partner there, East-<br />
West Ministries, to share the gospel and<br />
support an amazing church-planting<br />
movement in the city of Guwahati and<br />
surrounding villages.<br />
“The whole focus was introducing<br />
Jesus Christ to people, some of whom<br />
had never heard the name Jesus before,”<br />
said Bob West, who serves as vice<br />
president of evangelism and as South<br />
Asia regional manager for East-West.<br />
“We were sharing Jesus Christ all up<br />
and down mountains, in slum areas by<br />
railroad tracks, in Muslim areas and in<br />
Hindu areas. Many, many people heard<br />
about Jesus Christ.”<br />
The team presented the gospel to 894<br />
people, and 267 indicated that they received<br />
Christ. East-West follows up with<br />
people who make a decision and encourages<br />
them to join house churches<br />
so that they can fellowship with other<br />
believers.<br />
Humbling experience<br />
<strong>Sharing</strong> the Good News of salvation<br />
in Northeast India can be a humbling<br />
experience.<br />
“As you begin to tell them about<br />
Jesus, you see the light in their face,”<br />
Laure Ames said. “A young Hindu<br />
woman was crying as I explained to her<br />
about Jesus. She said, ‘What does the<br />
star mean?’ I was able to tell her the<br />
Christmas story. She was crying and<br />
saying, ‘I believe. I believe.’ We learned<br />
later that her father is the Hindu priest<br />
in the village. It’s very humbling.”<br />
Laure said the trip changed her life.<br />
“One day I was on a mountain witnessing<br />
to a group of about 10 or 12<br />
Hindu people,” she said. “I couldn’t get<br />
there in my own power. I had exhausted<br />
every thought and hope. I let go, and<br />
at that moment Christ’s spirit began<br />
a result of door-to-door evangelism and<br />
– Laure Ames, PCBC team member to speak through me. The most amaz-<br />
showing the Jesus Film.<br />
Please see SEEDS on the next page<br />
ing things came out of my mouth. I<br />
couldn’t believe what I was saying.<br />
“I came to the end of myself on that<br />
mountain – the end of self-centeredness<br />
– and allowed God and his power<br />
to speak through me. It was an amazing<br />
experience, and planting seeds with<br />
those Hindu people was life-changing<br />
for me.”<br />
<strong>Church</strong>-planting<br />
movement<br />
PCBC’s involvement – sending shortterm<br />
mission teams, financial support<br />
and prayer – is part of a growing<br />
church-planting movement under way<br />
in Northeast India. During the first<br />
eight months of 2009, East-West planted<br />
more than 1,000 house churches as<br />
“We never go anywhere doing<br />
evangelism unless there are people on<br />
the ground to do follow-up,” Bob said.<br />
“We used this team as an entry strategy<br />
to share the gospel and to get the<br />
names of people who prayed to receive<br />
Christ.”<br />
<strong>Church</strong> planters from East-West went<br />
back to the areas the PCBC team visited<br />
and started small house churches.<br />
These house churches are encouraged<br />
to start other small fellowships.<br />
“The whole process of multiplication<br />
is for some of those people to go back<br />
and share the gospel within their sphere<br />
of influence and begin another church,<br />
and begin another church, and begin<br />
another church. That’s where a real<br />
church movement begins,” Bob said.<br />
Hil Bowman and his translator, left center,<br />
share the gospel with two men in the<br />
slums of Guwahati.<br />
Moa Ao from the East-West Ministries team<br />
in Northeast India leads a training session for<br />
church leaders.<br />
4 PCBC.ORG JOURNAL • February 2010 5
China<br />
Northeast India<br />
Hundreds of thousands<br />
Nepal<br />
Bhutan<br />
Brahmaputra<br />
River<br />
Guwahati<br />
hearing the gospel<br />
India<br />
Bangladesh<br />
Myanmar<br />
(Burma)<br />
through Jesus Film<br />
Residents of a mountain village near<br />
Guwahati gather to watch the Jesus Film.<br />
Northeast India at a Glance<br />
Geography: The easternmost region of<br />
India is comprised of eight states, commonly<br />
known as the Eight Sisters: Assam, West<br />
Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur,<br />
Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.<br />
Strategic importance: Northeast India<br />
borders countries that are, in many ways,<br />
closed to the gospel: Nepal, Bhutan, China,<br />
Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma). Together,<br />
this area has the largest concentration of<br />
unreached people on the planet.<br />
Population: 42 to 43 million people live<br />
in Northeast India<br />
Culture: Largely tribal in nature, the region<br />
is ethnically, culturally and linguistically<br />
distinct from other parts of India. The region<br />
has more than 2,000 people groups.<br />
Religions: Primarily Hindu, with minorities<br />
of Buddhists, animists and Muslims.<br />
Christians represent less than 3 percent of<br />
the population.<br />
Major city: Guwahati, a city of 2 million<br />
in the state of Assam, is the economic<br />
and transportation hub of Northeast India.<br />
PCBC’s ministries to date have focused in<br />
and around this city.<br />
Partnership: PCBC has partnered with<br />
East-West Ministries to share the gospel<br />
and plant churches in Northeast India. More<br />
than 600,000 people have heard the gospel,<br />
60,000 have made professions of faith, and<br />
more than 1,000 house churches have been<br />
planted through this partnership.<br />
PCBC team members: Laure Ames,<br />
Hil Bowman, Brad Bunnett, Spencer<br />
Ewing, April Fleming, Michael Greiner<br />
and Brett Ratliff.<br />
SEEDS continued from previous page<br />
In at least one case, 18 generations of house churches<br />
have been planted from an initial fellowship.<br />
“It’s absolutely humbling to work with our Indian brothers<br />
and sisters here,” Brad Bunnett said. “There are so many<br />
unreached people, and the work is tremendous. I’m humbled<br />
by what the Christian brothers and sisters do here. It’s unbelievable<br />
to think about how God is using these people to expand his kingdom in<br />
this place.”<br />
Sacrifice<br />
One challenge facing church planters in Northeast India is to develop leaders<br />
for the tremendous number of new house churches. During the time<br />
that the PCBC team spent in Guwahati, a group of church leaders from<br />
throughout Northeast India gathered at a <strong>Baptist</strong> compound there for training.<br />
Some of those leaders walked 16 hours from their village to catch a<br />
train that they rode for 20 hours so they could attend the session.<br />
“We heard from people who were going back home from this week-long<br />
event that was drenched in Jesus Christ to face trial and go to jail for what<br />
they believe,” Michael Greiner said. “That kind of commitment puts what<br />
we have done in perspective. They’re sacrificing, and that’s what Jesus<br />
wants us to do.”<br />
Laure said, “We’re all one body of Christ, but some of us definitely have<br />
it easier than others. I get in my car on Sunday morning and drive to the<br />
beautiful Sanctuary at <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Baptist</strong> <strong>Church</strong>. I am in fellowship constantly<br />
with other believers. The nationals that we worked with are on the<br />
front lines of spiritual warfare. They’re witnessing to Hindu and Muslim<br />
people. The courage and strength that God gives them to speak the name<br />
of Jesus in this dark place is an amazing thing to behold.”<br />
High above Guwahati – in a small mountain village with<br />
no electricity or running water, and reached only after<br />
hiking up steep trails – a group of Hindus gathered to<br />
watch a three-hour movie about the life of Jesus Christ in<br />
their own language.<br />
The setting was a theater at its most basic. <strong>Church</strong> planters<br />
from East-West Ministries carried a heavy generator, digital<br />
projector, computer, speakers, and extension cords up the<br />
mountain trails at dusk. Then they hung a large white sheet<br />
between two tall bamboo poles in a clearing. The stars were<br />
shining and the moon was out. Crickets chirped.<br />
As the movie began, children gathered and sat on the<br />
ground in rapt attention. Their parents stood or sat on<br />
benches in the clearing behind them. Some adults – so anti-<br />
Christian that they didn’t want to be seen – watched the<br />
Jesus Film from a nearby hill.<br />
“I was speechless,” said Michael Greiner, who hiked up<br />
the mountain with other PCBC team members to watch the<br />
movie. “Some of the people who were there that night I had<br />
told about Jesus Christ the day before. To see those people<br />
watching a film about Jesus in their own language, and to see<br />
tears on the faces of some of those men, was unbelievable.”<br />
Huge impact<br />
The Jesus Film is having a huge impact throughout Northeast<br />
India. Over the last several years, more than 800,000 people<br />
have seen the film, 50,000 have made professions of faith,<br />
more than 1,700 have been baptized, and more than 400<br />
churches have been planted as a direct result of the film being<br />
shown by East-West Ministries.<br />
PCBC has played an important role in this outreach. When<br />
a small group from the church first visited the area in 2008,<br />
they asked East-West how the gospel could be spread even<br />
more quickly. The answer: vehicles and equipment that would<br />
enable them to show the Jesus Film in more places.<br />
PCBC donated money to buy four small vans and two sets<br />
of the equipment needed to show the film. East-West already<br />
had several copies of the film and other older pieces of equipment.<br />
Today, because of that gift, the film is shown many<br />
times a week to groups throughout the region.<br />
Bringing glory to God<br />
It typically is shown in an area after a group has gone doorto-door<br />
telling people about Jesus.<br />
“We cannot tell the whole story during door-to-door evangelism,<br />
so we spend three or four hours with them and tell<br />
them the whole gospel story with this film,” said Moa Ao, director<br />
of field ministry for East-West in Northeast India. “This<br />
is a very important tool. After we finish showing the movie,<br />
we ask how many believe in Jesus Christ. Many say, ‘Yes.’”<br />
A house church typically is started soon after that.<br />
“This is how we are spreading the gospel,” Moa said.<br />
“We want to see that the glory and knowledge of God fills<br />
the whole Northeast. These vans, generators and projectors,<br />
which <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Cities</strong> has bought, are helping us bring glory<br />
to God.”<br />
PCBC donated money to buy this van and three others just like it for church<br />
planters from East-West Ministries to use as they take the Jesus Film<br />
throughout Northeast India.<br />
6 PCBC.ORG JOURNAL • February 2010 7
P R O F I L E<br />
On the front lines: Lipok Lemtur went from jungle<br />
rebel fighter to church planter<br />
Lipok Lemtur lives his life on the front lines.<br />
In 1994 -- after years of years of trouble and trying to escape his<br />
problems through drugs and alcohol – Lipok walked into the jungles<br />
of Myanmar and joined the rebel underground. For eight years, he<br />
fought on the front lines against the governments of both Myanmar<br />
and India.<br />
But today, after giving his life to God, he’s on the front lines for<br />
the cause of Christ – leading a team from East-West Ministries that<br />
is telling hundreds of thousands of people about Christ and planting<br />
house churches by the score in Northeast India. During the first<br />
eight months of 2009, Lipok and his team shared the gospel with<br />
600,000 people and planted 1,028 house churches.<br />
“Acts 1:8 is the life that we’re living here,” he said. “We have left<br />
our Jerusalem. We have gone out of Judea and Samaria, and now we<br />
are at the ends of the earth trying to engage people groups that have<br />
no access to the gospel and have never heard about Jesus Christ. In<br />
India, someone dies every 2.5 seconds and goes into eternity without<br />
hearing about Jesus Christ. We have a sense of urgency to tell them<br />
about Jesus Christ because he is the only way to salvation.”<br />
Addictions<br />
Lipok was born in the Indian state of Nagaland, on the border with<br />
Myanmar, which previously was called Burma. His parents were<br />
both Christians, but when he was 8, his father left home to marry<br />
another woman.<br />
Lipok was devastated, and four years later he began a spiral into<br />
drug and alcohol addictions that would control his life for the next<br />
two decades. Then in 1994 – estranged from his family and begging<br />
and stealing to sustain his habits – he joined the rebel underground.<br />
God speaks<br />
Lipok spent eight years fighting for the sovereignty of the Naga<br />
people, but his addictions continued. During one period of his time<br />
in the jungle, he spent 13 months walking to China and back to get<br />
arms and ammunition for the fight, and almost died from disease<br />
along the way.<br />
He was arrested by the Indian Army in 1999, and God began<br />
speaking to him during the subsequent six-month prison sentence.<br />
“That was the only time I had been sober for many years,” Lipok<br />
said. “In my sobriety, I could feel that God was beginning to speak<br />
to me and challenge me to do something different.”<br />
After his release from prison, Lipok decided that he would not<br />
return to the underground. His commander discharged him following<br />
the unexpected death of his father.<br />
“That’s when God miraculously touched my life,” he said. “I was<br />
an alcoholic, but I have not had the urge to drink since the day my<br />
dad died. That’s how God redeemed me.<br />
I wanted to know this God who had<br />
really touched my life – overcoming<br />
something I had struggled with for<br />
20 years.”<br />
Lipok enrolled in a program sponsored<br />
by Youth With A Mission, and<br />
began a life-changing process that<br />
included eventually forgiving his<br />
father and fully surrendering his life<br />
to Christ.<br />
“When I found out that there was so<br />
much lostness around the world – people<br />
like me who did not know the truth and<br />
so many people who had never even<br />
heard the name of Jesus – my<br />
passion became to tell these<br />
people about Jesus Christ. I<br />
know that God’s purpose in<br />
keeping me alive and giving<br />
me a second chance was to<br />
reach out to these people.”<br />
Former Buddhist monk now telling his tribe about Jesus Christ<br />
Simon Mog traveled from his home in Myanmar to far Northeast India to evangelize – about Buddha.<br />
“I came to India as a Buddhist monk, as a missionary sent by the Buddhists,” he said through an interpreter.<br />
“Then I met my brother Lipok Lemtur, and he shared with me from the Word of God.”<br />
Simon became the first known Christian from the Mog tribe.<br />
“I began to realize that I was following a very blind faith that didn’t give me any eternal hope and joy,”<br />
he said. “When I was a Buddhist, I was taught that only Buddha was my god and that he was the source of<br />
eternal life. But when my brother Lipok began to explain about John 3:16 and Romans 5:8, I began to understand<br />
that I was following a blind faith and that Buddha was not able to give me eternal life. God began<br />
to speak to me, and that’s how I became a believer.”<br />
Lipok challenged Simon to return to his own people and tell them about the saving knowledge of Jesus<br />
Christ. Simon did return, and there now are 10 house churches among the Mog people in the Northeast<br />
Indian state of Tripura.<br />
“Many of my people are happy because they have heard about the gospel. But I have many enemies because our people are culturally<br />
Buddhist. When I went back with my friend to tell people in some of the villages about Jesus Christ, we were threatened.<br />
“The Buddhist priest and others began to scold me that I was a Buddhist since childhood and had been sent out as a missionary.<br />
Why was I telling people about Jesus Christ? Just like my brother Lipok shared the gospel with me, I used the same verses to tell them<br />
about Jesus Christ.<br />
“Please pray for the Mog people,” he said. “They need to know the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and have eternal life and peace.”<br />
8 PCBC.ORG<br />
Our Jerusalem<br />
KIDS HOPE USA Mentoring:<br />
Spend one hour a week during the school<br />
day at a time of your choice with a child<br />
at Dan D. Rogers Elementary, Lovers<br />
Lane and Abrams Road. Building a caring<br />
relationship with a child who will benefit<br />
from your attention is as simple as playing<br />
games and reading. We need men and<br />
women with a wide variety of career and<br />
educational backgrounds. You do not<br />
need to be a teacher to participate.<br />
Contact: Lorri Lamberth, 214.860.3940,<br />
llamberth@buckner.org.<br />
ESL for Adults at Rogers Elementary:<br />
Volunteers are needed to help<br />
host a new ESL class at Dan D. Rogers<br />
Elementary at Lovers Lane and Abrams<br />
Road. Knowing Spanish is not necessary.<br />
Mondays, through March 1, 6–7 p.m. To<br />
volunteer or receive more information,<br />
contact Meg York, 214.860.1537,<br />
meyork@pcbc.org.<br />
Vickery<br />
Lowe After-school Program: Volunteer<br />
to mentor one child (3rd–5th grade)<br />
or help with activities on Tuesdays, 3:45–<br />
5:30 p.m. Lowe Elementary, near Greenville<br />
and <strong>Park</strong> Lane. We will be teaching<br />
skills for life and providing enriching activities<br />
through art activities, fitness activities,<br />
games, Cool Kids lessons, cooking lessons,<br />
and field trips. Contact Maria Pacheco at<br />
214.860.1526, mpacheco@buckner.org.<br />
Women’s Enrichment Ministry: Every<br />
Wednesday,10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon.<br />
Women of the Vickery area meet at the<br />
Rosemont Activity Center to address:<br />
cooking, parenting skills, health issues,<br />
crafts, Bible study, and fitness. Volunteers<br />
are needed to assist with programming<br />
and childcare. 5951 Melody Lane. Contact:<br />
Donna Goodman at 214.357.6220<br />
or Terri Heard at 214.349.4415.<br />
ESL Teachers: Volunteers are needed<br />
to help teach English to adults in the Vickery<br />
area and help with childcare. (Training<br />
is provided.) Tuesdays, 7:00–8:00 p.m.<br />
The Rosemont Activity Center is located at<br />
Get involved in<br />
our 1:8 ministries<br />
5951 Melody Lane. Contact: Terri Heard at<br />
214.349.4415.<br />
Brother Bill’s Helping Hand<br />
PathWays: Job training class for<br />
women. Provide lunch for 12 ladies,<br />
deliver to BBHH if possible, March 1–April<br />
9 (Mondays and Fridays), noon. 3430<br />
Odessa (75212). Contact: Suzanne Griffin,<br />
214.638.2196, volunteer@bbhh.org.<br />
<strong>Park</strong> <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Baptist</strong> <strong>Church</strong><br />
In-Home Visitors Needed: Want to<br />
receive a real blessing while giving one?<br />
Visit an In-Home member monthly! Just a<br />
little time each month provides great joy<br />
for those who can no longer attend. Contact<br />
Dorothy Wilkinson at 214.860.1535.<br />
PCBC Single Parent Ministry:<br />
Sunday Morning Bible Study, Room<br />
101 Reed Building, 10:50 a.m. For any<br />
single parent with children at home.<br />
The class is currently going through<br />
Tommy Nelson’s Song of Solomon series.<br />
Contact Pike Wisner at 214.860.1690 or<br />
pawisner@pcbc.org or Marcie Freeman<br />
at marcie.freeman@gmail.com. For more<br />
info, visit www.pcbc.org/singleparent.<br />
Manpower: Serving widows and single<br />
mothers: The men of PCBC are seeking<br />
to help widows and single mothers of the<br />
church who need basic home repairs, odd<br />
jobs, yard work, computer help, etc.<br />
If you have a need for such help, contact<br />
Steve Corder at 972.296.3877 or<br />
sdcorder@att.net.<br />
Our Judea & Samaria<br />
Shoes for Orphan Souls: Donate a<br />
New Pair of Shoes for a Orphan. Shoes for<br />
Orphan Souls, a ministry of Buckner, provides<br />
new shoes and socks to orphans and<br />
at risk children in the United States and<br />
around the world. <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Cities</strong> is collecting<br />
new shoes, athletic socks and shoe laces<br />
for His precious orphans, March 14–28 at<br />
the collection centers in the Narthex and<br />
in the Commons. You may also bring your<br />
donations to the Missions Office. Contact<br />
Meg York at 214.860.1537 for questions.<br />
Spring Break Mission Trip: March<br />
13–20. Orphan ministry, community outreaches<br />
with churches in Jocotenango and<br />
Alotenango, and deliver humanitarian aid.<br />
Also work with transition homes and the<br />
Los Pinos and El Naranjito communities in<br />
Guatemala city. To register or for more info<br />
visit www.itsyourmission.com/register.shtml;<br />
Cost: approx $2230 total.<br />
Family Mission Trip: July 31–August 7.<br />
Ministries to orphans, community outreach,<br />
church planting, and support in Guatemala.<br />
How to sign up and more details will be determined<br />
this spring. If you have questions<br />
about the trip please contact Kourtney<br />
Cathey at 214.860.3916 for more info.<br />
Take the first step to find your place<br />
to serve at PCBC and in and around<br />
our city, state, nation and world by<br />
visiting www.pcbc.org/oneeight.<br />
JOURNAL • February 2010 9
FAMILY NEWS<br />
NEW MEMBERS<br />
Members of PCBC who have<br />
cancer [names added with permission<br />
of person or family]: Candy Bozeman,<br />
Will Morgan, Kim Mercier, Colleen Hines;<br />
Kay Wright, Darla Hollingshead, Linda<br />
Alexander (wife of Hilton), Linda McDaniel,<br />
Barbara Bowling, Louise Kendall, Mary Beth<br />
Alexander, Robin Glazener Mueller.<br />
Relatives and friends of PCBC<br />
who have cancer: Bill Landess, father of<br />
Craig Landess, Betty Moore, friend of Jana<br />
Boswell, Dr. Paul Powell, former member;<br />
Kris, daughter of Ginna and Bill Jett; Diane<br />
Drury, friend of Sherry Uhl; Kim Karlson,<br />
friend of Kathy McDaniel; J.M. Villarreal,<br />
brother-in-law of Frank X. Coronado; Milton<br />
Cunningham, father of Miller Cunningham,<br />
Steve Holt, cousin of Anita March, Bill Flesner,<br />
friend of Brent Howell, John Harris, nephew<br />
of Cecilia Duren, Madison McWilliams, niece<br />
of Elaine and Brad Tate, Archie Cook, brother<br />
of Leroy Cook, Kim Gilamore, friend of Boyd<br />
Grimes, Dale Peace and Grace Osteen, friends<br />
of George McGlamory, Dick Waggoner,<br />
in-law of Paula and Ron Stephenson, Kyle<br />
Drott, nephew of Katy Brown, Jo Placensio<br />
and Kathy Bjorklund, friends of Dru Reed,<br />
Steve Newport, friend of Bob Feather,<br />
Charles Hendricks, brother-in-law of Paula<br />
Stephenson, Ginette Mizrahi, friend of Ben<br />
Baber, Bren Jones, daughter-in-law of Barbara<br />
and Larry Jones.<br />
Congratulations To:<br />
Nicole and Matt Johnson (The Connection),<br />
on the birth of Chloe Amanda Johnson,<br />
December 18, 2009. 3165 Newcastle Drive,<br />
Dallas, TX 75220<br />
Shannon and Edward Davis (Yanof Class), on<br />
the birth of Edward “Cole” Davis, December<br />
2, 2009. 5838 Lindenshire Lane, Dallas, TX<br />
75230<br />
Ginger and Todd Keator (members), on the<br />
birth of Pierson Denison Keator, January 2,<br />
2010. 4548 Ridgeside Drive, Dallas, TX 75244<br />
Sarah and Ryan Hefton (Elliston/Pryor Class),<br />
on the birth of Mary Kate, December 8, 2009.<br />
9720 <strong>Park</strong>ford Drive, Dallas, TX 75238<br />
Misty and Wayne Russell (Walker/Atkins<br />
Class), on the birth of Livia Elaine, December<br />
16, 2009. 5350 Amesbury Drive, Apt. 909,<br />
Dallas, TX 75206<br />
Nicole and Blair Thomas (Yanof Class), on the<br />
birth of Clara Alene, January 8, 2010.9409<br />
Crestedge Drive, Dallas, TX 75238<br />
Alexine and Judd Cryer (Hudson/Turner Class),<br />
on the birth of Channing Brooke, January 19,<br />
2010. 5222 Meadow Crest Drive, Dallas, TX<br />
75229<br />
Nicole and Kyle Cardwell (Elliston/Pryor Class),<br />
on the birth of Channing Lane, October 19,<br />
2009. 5702 Southwestern Blvd., Dallas, TX<br />
75209<br />
Best Wishes To:<br />
Mandy Mayhall and Jason Castro, on their<br />
marriage, January 2, 2009.<br />
Shiela Ashby and James Golder, on their<br />
marriage, January 2, 2009.<br />
In Sympathy For:<br />
Durwood Chalker (Kelley Class), passed away<br />
on Monday, December 14, 2009. PCBC<br />
family: wife, Mrs. Vada Chalker, 9035 Broken<br />
Arrow Lane, Dallas, TX 75209.<br />
Jane Zapffe (nm), mother of Jim Zapffe<br />
(Herrera Class), passed away recently. PCBC<br />
family: son, Mr. Jim Zapffe (Gloria), and<br />
grandchildren, Davis and Kendall, 2912 Bryn<br />
Mawr, Dallas, TX 75225, 214.368.8501.<br />
L. Ray Adams (nm), father of Andy Adams<br />
(member) and Ray Adams (member), passed<br />
away on Tuesday, December 15, 2009.<br />
PCBC family: son, Mr. Ray Adams, 3721<br />
Burning Tree Lane, Garland, TX 75042-5350,<br />
972.487.1172 and son, Mr. Andy Adams<br />
(Suzanne), and grandchildren, Andrew and<br />
Meredith, 3800 Centenary Avenue, Dallas, TX<br />
75225, 214.369.7626, and granddaughter,<br />
Elizabeth Zantop and great-grandson,<br />
Zachary, 2243 Luckenbach Lane, Irving, TX<br />
75063, 213.537.2687.<br />
Bill Lovell (nm), brother of Cal Lovell (Floyd’s<br />
Faithfuls), passed away on Thursday,<br />
December 17, 2009. PCBC family: brother,<br />
Mr. Cal Lovell (Lorraine), 9121 Leaside Drive,<br />
Dallas, TX 75238, 214.348.0109.<br />
James “Howard” Lennon (member), passed<br />
away on Sunday, December 20, 2009. PCBC<br />
family: son, Mr. James Lennon, 8409 Pickwick<br />
Lane, #159, Dallas, TX 75225.<br />
Irene Hill (nm), aunt of Beverly Golden (PCBC<br />
Music Staff), passed away on Monday,<br />
December 21, 2009, in Metairie, LA. PCBC<br />
family: niece, Mrs. Beverly Golden (Gary),<br />
Celeste and Geoffrey Golden, 5 Braemore<br />
Place, Dallas, TX 75230, 972.392.9284.<br />
Delbert Troy Wiley (nm), father of Dory Wiley<br />
(And Then I Had Teenagers class), passed<br />
away on Saturday, December 26, 2009. PCBC<br />
family: son, Mr. Dory Wiley (Joanna), and<br />
grandsons, Austin and Grant, 6457 Glendora<br />
Avenue, Dallas, TX 75230, 214.373.7108.<br />
Doug Brennan (member), passed away on<br />
Friday, December 25, 2009. PCBC family:<br />
wife, Mrs. Lori Brennan, and son, Alex,<br />
4332 Normandy Avenue, Dallas, TX 75205,<br />
972.342.2803.<br />
Billie Newby (nm), mother of Linda Stone<br />
(member), passed away on Sunday, December<br />
27, 2009. PCBC family: daughter, Mrs.<br />
Linda Stone (Bill), and grandson, Matt,<br />
11231 Ferndale Road, Dallas, TX 75238,<br />
214.343.1457.<br />
Joe Evans (nm), father of Nancy Keim (Duke<br />
Presley Class), passed away on Tuesday,<br />
December 29, 2009. PCBC family: daughter,<br />
Mrs. Nancy Keim (Dr. Thomas), 4204 Pear<br />
Trail, Mesquite, TX 75150, 972.279.0056.<br />
John Graham (nm), brother-in-law of Sheila<br />
King Everett (Duke Presley Class), passed<br />
away on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, in<br />
Centre, AL. PCBC family: sister-in-law, Mrs.<br />
Sheila King Everett (Dr. Randel), 5000 Reiger<br />
Avenue, Dallas, TX 75214, 214.887.6168.<br />
Wanda Alexander (nm), sister of Lanetia<br />
Gayden (Floyd’s Faithfuls), passed away on<br />
Saturday, January 2, 2010. PCBC family: sister,<br />
Mrs. Lanetia Gayden (Bob), 6026 Steamboat<br />
Drive, Dallas, TX 75230, 469.374.0252.<br />
Mr. B.C. Watts (member), passed away on<br />
Monday, January 4, 2010. He did not have<br />
PCBC family.<br />
Donald Gleason (nm), father of Lisa Bowie<br />
(member), passed away on Saturday,<br />
December 12, 2009, in Virginia Beach, VA.<br />
PCBC family: daughter, Lisa Bowie, P.O. Box<br />
191509, Dallas, TX 75219.<br />
Marge Herndon (former member), passed<br />
away on Saturday, January 9, 2010, in Paris,<br />
Tennessee. PCBC family: husband, Mr. Jim<br />
Herndon, 1308 Fox Chase Lane, Paris, TN<br />
38242.<br />
Mary Helen Bridges (nm), sister of Loreta Craig<br />
(Loreta Craig Class), passed away on Friday,<br />
January 8, 2010. PCBC family: sister, Mrs.<br />
Loreta Craig, 14665 Preston Rd., #450, Dallas,<br />
TX 75254, and niece, Mrs. Cathryn Hulen<br />
(Stan), and Emily, 7716 Glen Albens Circle,<br />
Dallas, TX 75225.<br />
Clyde Bogner (Floyd’s Faithfuls), passed away<br />
on Sunday, January 10, 2010. PCBC family:<br />
wife, Mrs. Donna Bogner, 7507 Wellcrest<br />
Drive, Dallas, TX 75230, 972.233.1000; and,<br />
son, Mr. Phil Bogner (Victoria), 10 Rue Du Lac<br />
Street, Dallas, TX 75230, 972.233.3100.<br />
Jim Adams (Participators Class), passed away<br />
on Wednesday, January 20, 2010. PCBC<br />
family: wife, Mrs. Jo Adams, 7114 Pasadena<br />
Avenue, Dallas, TX 75214, 214.327.1975.<br />
Jane Dietz (nm), sister of Linda Hassell<br />
(Bereans), passed away on Wednesday,<br />
January 20, 2010. PCBC family: sister, Mrs.<br />
Linda Hassell, 6924 Kingsbury Drive, Dallas, TX<br />
75231, 214.348.6763.<br />
PCBC<br />
Discovery Class<br />
March 7th, 10:50 am–Noon,<br />
Deacon's Parlor<br />
(behind the Sanctuary)<br />
This monthly informal class is for new members and<br />
people considering membership. Explore the values,<br />
purposes and beliefs of PCBC with Rodney Schell,<br />
Pastor of Ministries.<br />
Call Ann Roberts at<br />
214.860.1540 for more info.<br />
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Carl Bruce<br />
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New and expecting parents are invited to<br />
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The next class will be held on March 10th,<br />
from 6:30 to 8:00 in Ellis Parlor. To register or<br />
for more information, please contact Cynthia<br />
Yanof, Preschool Associate for Infants and One<br />
year olds at 214.860.3910 or clyanof@pcbc.org.