Sign Up Today - Baptism
Mark your calendars for one of the biggest events at PTCC. Baptism will
take place on May 21st at 5:00PM. There will be an informational meeting
on Tuesday, May 16th at 7:00PM at the PTCC Building for all participants. MORE

Chainsaw Saturday
This Saturday we continue preparing our new church building! Workers of any skill level are welcome to help remove trees, tile, carpet, etc. Donuts and a tour of the building begin at 8:30 a.m. with work starting at 9:00 a.m. Other Saturday workdays will follow if you can't make this one. To join in, just show up! For more info contact John Taylor at 972 668-3899 or jdtay77777@aol.com

Calling all PTCC parents! Our next baby/child dedication will be on Mother's Day, Sunday May 14th. To participate, simply sign up at the Information Table or drop your Welcome card in the offering bucket. For additional questions, please contact Allison Harrell at info@prestontrail.org.

Mark Your Calendar - Adventure Camp
It's time to start planning that summer calendar. Before it gets too busy, make sure to add Adventure Camp, which will be June 5-9 for children 2nd-5th grade. For more information, contact Jeri Taylor at jeritaylor323@msn.com.

Coming Soon - Youth Camp
Also, plan ahead for Youth Camp, which will happen July 17-21 in Corpus Christi, TX. Cost of the camp will be $365 which includes a 4 night 5 day stay in the Holiday Inn - Emerald Beach, meals, as well as a great speaker and band. You don't want to miss out. Contact Ryan Hairston at ryan@prestontrail.org for more information.

Discover Preston Trail Class
New to PTCC? Join Pastors Jim and Paul on Sundays at 11:00 AM as we take a look at our church and where it is going. This is an opportunity for all guests who are new to PTCC to learn more. Session will meet at the AMC Theatre. Please signup at the Life Group table. A 5 week Partnership Class will follow for all those interested in becoming a PTCC partner.MORE

LISTEN!
Sermons now available online! In keeping up with the times, all PTCC Worship Sermons are available for downloading on our website. So, if you missed a service, go here and take a listen.
You will have the option of downloading and listening to them on your computer or even downloading them to your iPod. CDs will no longer be sold at our Resource Table, however entire sermon series will be available for purchase once our new building is complete.

COMING SOON! New Summer Schedule
On Memorial Day Weekend, Sunday May 28th, Preston Trail Community Church will begin its summer schedule. We will have ONE service at 10:00 AM. Curbside and Backyard will also be at this time.
Our last KidStreet will be on Sunday, May 21st. Join us in celebrating our last time with the current KidStreet gang...”So long, gonna miss ya when you're gone...” will never sound the same.
We will resume back to two services starting this fall as we enter our new building. More details will be released as we get closer to that time.

Are You Connected?

Nobody is meant to do life alone. God designed each of us with a built-in need and desire to be connected to people.

At PTCC we affirm this 100%! We want you to be connected to God and to others … and you must want the same thing, because just last Sunday ten more people informed our church staff that they wanted to be connected to our church. Many others have done the same since the first of the year.

How can you get connected at Preston Trail? Here are several ways … you decide which ones are best for you.

1. Discover Preston Trail is a one-week introductory class to our church – what we believe, how we operate, why we do what we do. The next class is this Sunday April 23 at 11 AM in Theatre 2. The class, led by the senior pastors, is perfect for those who have attended enough to like what they see, but are curious to know what's below the surface. If you want to attend, sign up here.
2. Partnership is what we call membership. To become a partner at PTCC, you participate in a five-week class that takes you through a Bible Study focused on the “5 G's” of Christian maturity: grace, growth, gifts, groups, and good stewardship. The next class is April 30-May 28 (five Sundays), and meets at 11 AM in Theatre 2. Perfect for anyone who believes in the mission and vision of PTCC and wants to be fully vested in the life of the church. If you want to attend, sign up here.
3. Baptism is an experience of publicly identifying with Jesus Christ because you have accepted his love and grace and desire to live for him. Our next baptism celebration is Sunday May 21 at 5 PM. Perfect for anyone who has recently said YES to Jesus as Leader and Forgiver, as well as for those who said YES in years past but have never been baptized as a believer in Christ. If you want to be baptized, sign up here.
4. Life Groups are small groups of 8-20 people who meet weekly or biweekly to grow in their faith in God, as well as to develop strong Christian friendships. If you want to be in a Life Group, sign up here.

All of these are ways of becoming involved at PTCC. I challenge you to take the next step in getting connected!

One last thing – as you know, sometimes people whom we get connected to end up “moving on” and we feel a deep sense of loss. That is occurring at the end of May as Lisa Lloyd, our children's programming director, leaves us to work in the area of women's ministry in another church. To read Lisa's letter to PTCC, click here.

All of us who have been blessed by Lisa's ministry in KidStreet will miss her. All of us on staff who have been blessed by her maturity and wisdom will doubly miss her. But we trust God that this is the right next step for her and Markus, so we wish them God's best as they close this chapter in their lives and begin a new one. (PS – Our children's ministry will continue with the same commitment to excellence and creativity that has marked it from the beginning.)

Be sure to join us in worship this Sunday for our new message series called “MiTunes.” Jim will be using Carrie Underwood's “Jesus Take the Wheel” to help us see how to give control of our lives to the One who loves us most.

Read previous Trail Notes here

Click here for more information on Dream Big!

Chapter 2
Join us WEEKLY on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM, for a deeper service of biblical teaching, looking into the Life of Jesus. Led by our senior pastors, this will be a meaningful time of prayer, worship and teaching. 7:00 PM AMC Theatre.