DISCOVER PRESTON TRAIL CLASS
If you want to learn more about PTCC, this gathering is for you. Led by our senior pastors, the next class will be Sunday, June 24th at 11:00 AM in the Corner Office. Sign up at the Yes! Table.

FFS HYGIENE AND CLEANING PRODUCT DRIVE
The Summer months at the Frisco Family Services pantry can be a time of greatest need. PTCC will hold a Hygiene and Cleaning Product Donation Drive on June 10, 17, and 24. A sample list of products is below. (All full size bottles, not small travel size, please.)
1. Hygiene (Shampoo and Conditioner, Soap, Lotion, Toothpaste, Sanitary napkins)
2. Cleaning (Laundry Detergent, Dish washing liquid, Fantastic/409 spray cleaner, Windex, Disinfectants- Pinesol, Lysol, etc.)

THE SAMARITAN’S HEART - A MINISTRY OF COMPASSION
We are seeking volunteers to join us for local nursing home visits two times a month. Help us as we strive to instill hope and faith in Jesus Christ to senior residents through fellowship, worship, and prayer. We meet every other Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at Victoria Gardens of Frisco (at Rolater and Hillcrest). For more information, contact Peter & Alainna Palmer at 214-432-7575 or pandapalmer@tx.rr.com.

MEN’S COLORADO ADVENTURE
PTCC Men are invited to Durango, Colorado July 30-August 3 for an outdoor adventure. Pick up a registration packet at the Yes! Table at the Men’s Ministry area for further details or on the website.

WOMEN’S RETREAT
Looking for a weekend get-a-way this summer? Some fun before the school year kicks into high gear? Well, you’re in luck! PTCC Women’s Ministry is having their first annual Women’s Retreat on Friday, August 17th - Saturday, August 18th at Lantana Lodge. This weekend will include great teaching, worship, and tons of fun! Cost is $80, and a $40 deposit is due upon registration. The full payment will be due by July 1st. Spots are limited, so sign up now at the YES! Table.

PARTNERSHIP
Take the next step in your commitment to God and to PTCC by becoming a partner, our membership program. Partnership focuses on five biblical principles that we call the 5Gs: Grace, Growth, Groups, Gifts and Good Stewardship. You may complete the self-directed Bible Study found on our website or you may attend our next partnership class July 15 from 9:30 AM - Noon at the PTCC building. Sign up at the Yes! Table today!

ONLINE GIVING
Make your life simpler by automating your giving. Follow the easy directions at www.prestontrail.org to setup for debit or credit card for regular giving and dream big donations. All transactions are secure and will appear on your regular statement.

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

The Right Person

Throughout our brief history as a church, God has always led us to the right person when we needed leadership in any key area. Three years ago he brought Jenny Morgan our way to be the new director of finances. She joined our staff team and gave sound guidance to our financial processes and procedures. She has shown professionalism and grace in all that she has done. But a few months ago Jenny told us that her tenure needed to end – she wanted to “retire again” to stay home with her young son Luke. So we say goodbye to Jenny, and we are filled with gratitude to God and to her for her excellent leadership in this important area.

But we also say hello to our new director of finances, Brenda Jacinto. Brenda comes to us from Make-a-Wish Foundation in Dallas, where she has been financial director for several years. Her role in that non-profit agency prepares her uniquely for working at PTCC. (It’s questionable whether anything in her life has prepared her for working with Jim and me …!) She brings to this job an excellent track record and a skill set that will guide us effectively in our financial responsibilities. Once again, God has guided us to just the right person for a key task. And we praise him for that!

On another subject, our worship planning team has just spent two days on a retreat where we successfully forecasted our weekend messages for 2007-08. After much praying and creative thinking and brainstorming, we arrived at 12 months worth of topics and messages that we think will challenge you and your friends to “find and follow Christ.” I’m super-thankful for the worship staff at PTCC – each one is the exact right person for his or her job. They are: Rod Padgett (worship), Jerod Chambers (video), Jody Wissing (art), Randy Jeter (web), and Gwen Lau (drama). Jim and I count ourselves blessed to work with such creative (and sometimes dangerous!) minds.

Speaking of weekend messages, don’t miss what Jim has to say this Sunday about parenting. He is going to focus on how to train your children to get along with each other. I bet my mother asked me 1,000 times, “Why can’t you get along with your sister?!” I never had a good answer (other than I didn’t want to, which was usually a bad answer). But Jim will give us wise insights into guiding our kids to get along with others throughout their lives.

Finally, I need your help as I’m preparing to teach on PRAYER for four Sundays in July. In order to scratch you where you itch, I need to know what you’re praying these days. So … I want to ask you to send us some of your current prayers – anonymously – to a website that we have set up for this purpose. Whether your prayers are filled with praise or anger or fear or loneliness or thanksgiving, would you send some of them to this new website? Just log onto www.7729.org and write in your personal prayers. They are strictly anonymous, so please be 100% honest with yourself and with God. What you send will help determine how I craft my messages in this series. Thanks in advance for your help.

I hope your summer is going well, and I hope to see you this Sunday,

ONLINE GIVING
Make your life simpler by automating your giving. Follow the easy directions at www.prestontrail.org to setup for debit or credit card for regular giving and dream big donations. All transactions are secure and will appear on your regular statement.

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LISTEN! Preston Trail Podcast
PTCC worship messages are available by subscription to our podcast or for listening on our website. So, if you missed a service, or want to share one with a friend go here and take a listen.
You will have the option of downloading and listening to them on your computer or even subscribe here (or press the iTunes image on the right) to have them come to your computer automatically each time one is added - then play them on your computer or your iPod while you're exercising or driving.

Calendar at a glance...

June 16 - Singles Life Group Begins

June 24 - Discover Preston Trail - 11:00 AM, Corner Office

July 15 - Partnership Class - 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

July 30 - Aug. 3 Men's Colorado Adventure

Aug. 17 - 18 Women's Retreat