in the Ends of the Earth - Park Cities Baptist Church

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