SEND YOUR ANONYMOUS PRAYERS - Our new series of messages for July is on prayer. Our aim is to help you communicate with God more meaningfully and honestly. To succeed in that goal, it would help to know what you’re praying these days. So, would you send 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, just send some of them to www.7729.org. They are strictly anonymous, so you can be 100% honest with yourself and with God.

“LEAD TEN” - Our 1st Annual Small Group Leader Training Dinner
On Friday, August 3rd our small group leaders from women’s, men’s, life groups and youth ministry will join together for a special night of training and celebration.
Mark your calendars for 7PM at the PTCC building for this special event in which we learn the importance of “Lead Ten”. Childcare is available. Signup at the Yes! table.

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.

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!

PTCC Night Out

Let’s test your t.v. jingle intelligence quotient (is that a contradiction in terms?).

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.
Wouldn't you like to get away?

Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows your name.

Do you recognize it? If you guessed Cheers, then you watched entirely too much television in the 1980’s! Cheers was a popular American situation comedy that was set in a cozy bar in Boston, where a group of locals met to share their experiences and lives with each other. Cheers eventually became a highly rated television show in the United States, including one season at #1. My favorite character was Don the plumber (not that I ever watched the show or anything).
Just how important is it to know others and be known? According to research (American Sociological Review), the average person has 1/3 fewer friends and confidants than 20 years ago - a sign that people may be living lonelier, more isolated lives than in the past. I wonder if that is what the psalmist was thinking and feeling in the beginning of Psalm 139? Perhaps he was feeling a bit scrutinized by God. Perhaps he was worried that if God knew everything about him—sins and all—God could not possibly love him. Maybe God would reject him.

It is clear from reading this psalm that God did seem to know every last detail about the poet. God knew when he sat down and when he got up. The psalmist says that God even knew what the psalmist was going to say before he even said it. Before a word was even on his tongue—God knew it. I’d say God knows us pretty well.
If you’ve been around Preston Trail Community Church for at least six months, you’ve noticed that the number of people who attend has more than doubled since December 2006. Chances are pretty good that there are a few hundred people attending PTCC that you don’t know. Here’s one way that you can change that!

Everyone who attends PTCC is encouraged to join the fun at the PTCC NIGHT OUT on Sunday, July 29 from 5:00-8:00 PM at the Lakes Tennis Academy (4000 Legacy Drive in Frisco). Nick Johnson, owner and academy director of the Lakes Tennis Academy, is a partner of PTCC and is graciously providing his great facility for us to have this as a private event!

The evening will include catered food & drinks, lots of fun (Lifeguard-monitored swimming, tennis, inflatables, & games to name a few), and great fellowship! The cost is $5 per person, $15 max per family. No advance tickets sold. Just pay at the door. All you will need to bring is your swimsuit and floaties, as well as a tennis racquet for all the Wimbledon wanna-be’s. Changing rooms are available.

Join us on July 29th at 5:00 PM and meet some new friends from PTCC!

Where everybody wants to know your name!

JD Tomlin

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.

Read previous Trail Notes here

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...

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

July 22 Life Group Connection 10:35 - 11:05

Aug. 12 Discover Preston Trail - 11:00 Corner office

Aug. 17 - 18 Women's Retreat