Next Partnership Class!
Are you leading a Serving Team or Life Group and still need to wrap up your partnership materials? Or are you looking for an opportunity to become a partner of PTCC? Well, now is the time! Join our senior leadership team as we provide an overview of our core values and information on becoming a full fledged member or "partner" at PTCC.

Saturday, July 29th 9AM – 12 PM
Moss Home - 6060 Pintail Lane Frisco, TX

Sign-up and directions are available at the Information Table. For additional information, please send an email to info@prestontrail.org.

Women’s Ministry Expansion
As many of you have already heard, our women’s ministry is expanding.
Visit our website to find out more. Click on Preston Trail Family, then women’s. Also, we need your gifts and feedback on our future! Please stop by the information center and pick up or hand in your pink feedback card. For more information please send us an email at info@prestontrail.org. MORE

CLASSIFIED: Get on board!!!
Are you looking to make a difference at PTCC? Enclosed in this week's program is a Classified Ad which highlights some of the best serving opportunities at PTCC. Use the gifts God has given you while developing new friendships by simply signing up for a team on the back of your welcome card or by sending an email to info@prestontrail.org. MORE

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.

Giving Your Life Away

“Whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever desires to be first among you must be your slave – just as the Son of Man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [the price paid to set them free].” Matthew 20:26-28 (Amplified Bible)

Have you ever noticed that some of the best conversations happen when you least expect it? Oftentimes, we feel the need to “schedule” some conversation, making sure that we are mentally prepared. Now trust me, I believe that there are times when this is exactly what is needed, yet I wonder… how many opportunities for great conversation have come and gone merely because we were not living fully present, with eyes wide open?

I grew up in the country (urbanites call it “rural”, rednecks call it the “country”). The nearest town had an expanding population of approximately 150 people. The town was primarily comprised of senior adults, many of whom were widowed. When I was young I spent my summers riding my bicycle around town and visiting many of these fine folks. I was often treated to fresh cookies and milk at most of my “stops”. It felt as though I had many grandparents in my life. Times are different now, aren’t they? I wouldn’t think of letting my children do what I did growing up out of concern for their safety.

My favorite (daily) stop was at my Granny and PawPaw’s house. My father’s parents lived just ½ mile away from my home. I had a special relationship with my grandparents. I probably spent more time there than I did at my own home. Some of my favorite memories are joining my grandfather picking vegetables in his garden, helping Granny gather eggs from the chicken coop, feeding the livestock, riding the tractor in the cornfield, taking frequent breaks with them on the swing under the giant tree with a glass of lemonade, etc… You name it – it was a young boy’s playground!

My fondest memories, however, were in joining my grandparents in their daily distribution of fresh vegetables and eggs to the local widows and widowers in town (the same people who filled my tummy with cookies and milk!). I remember asking my grandparents one day why they gave so much away. Their response made a lasting impression. They told me that the Lord had been good to them and in turn it was their privilege to be good to others. It struck me years later that their attitude of service never seemed compulsory but rather delightful. They found great satisfaction in serving others. This world needs more people like Granny and PawPaw.

I may not have a garden with which to share with others, but I have been blessed with many other gifts that I can give away – the gift of time, kindness, service, hope… that’s the beauty with being a Christian. It’s a privilege to serve. Everyone who attends Preston Trail has the great privilege of joining together in serving because it’s a delight to serve.

Take a look at our “Classified Ads” this Sunday in worship or through this link (click here). Find a place to serve and discover the delight in giving your life away in order to help others find and follow Jesus Christ!

JD Tomlin
Director of Connections

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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.

LISTEN! Preston Trail Podcast
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 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. 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.