Trail Notes - Preston Trail Community Church Frisco Texas

INCITE STUDENT MINISTRY - MISSION MEXICO 2007
The student ministry of Preston Trail Community Church will be heading to Mexico for our upcoming mission trip. The dates for this trip are Saturday, March 10 - Wednesday, March 14th (Spring Break). The cost of this trip is $200 and registration has begun.

PT SOFTBALL
If you are 18 years or older and are interested in playing softball (men’s or co-ed) this spring on a PTCC team, sign-up at the YES! Table and you will be contacted with further details.

MEN'S MINISTRY
PTCC has a new and exciting men’s ministry designed to help men build strong friendships with other Christian men, become better husbands and/or fathers, and grow closer to God. Sign-ups already have exceeded expectations but there's still time to get involved. The weekly sessions begin 8 p.m. Feb. 21 and 6 a.m. Feb 23. Email Matt Moss for more information.

SONGWRITERS NIGHT
Bring your friends and enjoy an unplugged Night of Stories and Songs with the songwriters of Preston Trail Community Church. This event will be March 2nd at 7PM in the atrium of PTCC. Coffee and desserts will be provided to sweeten the experience. Come and help us celebrate the power of the song.

ONLINE GIVING
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LIFE GROUPS
Sign up at the Information Table or email info@prestontrail.org and get involved in a group!

Songwriters Night

When people come to Preston Trail for the first time, they often say, “The music today was incredible! How did you get so much talent in your church?” After bragging about my own considerable musical gifts and how well I sing and play multiple instruments … just kidding.

Actually I explain that God has indeed blessed PTCC with musically gifted people, and that we accept those gifts with open hands and hearts. I believe that it all begins with Rod Padgett, our Director of Creative Arts and Worship Pastor. Rod has several gifts and skills that attract top-notch musicians – he can write new music, arrange existing music, play guitar and keyboard, lead a band, direct a choir, and coach soloists. And to top it off, he loves to teach all of this to aspiring musicians!

Which leads to an exciting announcement I get to make: next Friday night March 2 Rod is hosting a Songwriters Night in the atrium for you and your friends who love music. Starting at 7 PM, several songwriters from our church will play and sing some of the songs they have recently written under Rod’s coaching. Each musician will play “unplugged” – no backup band. And they won’t be playing explicitly Christian songs. They will simply be offering straightforward songs about life.

Rod’s vision is not simply to let us hear great music. He wants to give us an opportunity to invite our unchurched friends to come with us. Some of your co-workers and neighbors won’t come to a Sunday service yet, but they will join you for a Songwriters Night. Consider this a “bringer” event, where you can bring your friends who are spiritual seekers and searching for God. They may well find the presence of the Lord in the beauty of the music they hear. So begin asking people now to be your guests. The cost is free, so invite as many people as you want. The more the merrier!

Jim and I thank God that we get to be associated with a church that dreams of re-capturing the arts for Christ and the church. Songwriters Night represents one small step in making that dream come true. What an evening March 2 will be!

Already tapping my foot in anticipation,

Paul Basden, senior pastor

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	Dis • integrate - Seven things that rip your life apart. At Preston Trail we have a saying, “We take grace and sin seriously.” We understand and rely on God’s gracious, forgiving nature and Jesus’ saving work for us on the cross. No person is too sinful to be forgiven, too broken to be healed, or too lost to be found by God’s gracious love. At Preston Trail “grace abounds”, as the Apostle Paul would say. We also take sin seriously. Sin is more than just little slip-ups or cases of “bad judgment.” Sin, plainly spoken, is rebellion against God and the way he wired both us and creation. It is deciding we know more about creation and how to live in it than the Creator. So we go our own way, flippin’ the bird at the one who created flight. Not smart. As one insightful writer has concluded, “We break God’s laws at our own peril.” So in our “infinite” wisdom we human beings have ushered into the world just about all the lying, murder, raping, injustice, abusing, warring, gossiping, stealing, slandering, and hoarding we can stand. We take sin seriously because we know first hand that it has the power to separate us from God, break us, wreck our families, spoil our reputations, drain our bank accounts, harm our children. Sin, literally can rip our lives apart. That’s why Paul and I are going to take the next 7 weeks to talk very candidly about some “deadly sins.” We will focus both on how they infiltrate our lives and generate pain and brokenness as well as how to overcome them with God’s help. Christians through the centuries have identified pride, lust, anger, gluttony, greed, laziness, and envy as particularly insidious and chronic. They just have a way of continually slipping in through the cracks in our souls to wreak havoc with our relationships with God, our selves, and others. Dis•Integrate: Seven Sins That Rip Your Life Apart Here’s the lineup for this new series: 2/18 Pride 2/25 Lust 3/4 Anger 3/11 Gluttony 3/18 Greed 3/25 Laziness 4/1 Envy



	Attending our worship service is a great first step in discovering PTCC. We offer other exciting opportunities to connect with our church, grow in your faith, and experience the adventure of a life with God. Discover Preston Trail. If you would like to learn more about PTCC or are interested in pursuing partnership, this gathering is for you. Stop by the information table Sundays to learn more and find the next scheduled class, or click MORE Life Groups create a deep sense of friendship and community around the teachings of the Bible. In Life Groups each member can learn to love and be loved, serve and be served, celebrate and be celebrated by others. Get more information Sundays at the Information Table, or click MORE Incite is students from area middle and high schools meeting weekly in various homes for food, hang time and challenging Bible studies that equip them to live for Christ in this crucial point in their lives. Incite meets 11:00 Sundays in their very own cafe and worship center at our new facility.. For more information contact Ryan Hairston at 469.951.0065 or click MORE Serving Teams make Preston Trail happen. Discover the joy and satisfaction that comes from serving God out of your gifts and abilities. Serving teams include Set-up, Hospitality, Tech, Construction, CD/Resource, Office Management, Drama/Music (by audition), Registration, Welcome, The Backyard, CurbSide, Usher and more. MORE Copyright © 2006 Preston Trail Community Church P. O. Box 490, Frisco, TX 75034 www.PrestonTrail.org

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