Sign Up Today - Baptism
Mark your calendars for one of the biggest events at PTCC! Baptism will take place on October 1st, 5:00p.m. at the home of John and Jeri Taylor (6091 Rachel Drive - Starwood Subdivision). If you are interested in being baptized, join us for an informational meeting on Tuesday, September 26th at 7p.m. Place TBA. Sign up in the lobby today, or for more information, please email us at info@prestontrail.org.

Women’s Fall Bible Study - Sign Up Today!
This Fall, Carla Moss, Director of Women’s Ministries, will be leading a new study called The Power of A Praying Woman. The session will run 11 weeks. Sign up for either Thursday nights 6:30 - 8:30p.m. at Dellanna O'Brien's home (12439 Bruschetta Drive), or Friday mornings 9 - 11a.m. at the home of Carla Moss (6060 Pintail Lane). In January 2007, we will start our large group/small group expanded bible study program. The Spring Bible Study will be Beth Moore’s Daniel. For more information, visit our website or send an email to womens@prestontrail.org. MORE

Tickets go on sale this Sunday for our Women's Home Decorating Event on Sunday, October 15th. More details are available on our website. 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

Partnership - Take the next step in your commitment to PTCC by becoming a partner, our membership program. Partnership can be achieved by completing a bible study on our core values, the 5Gs of Grace, Growth, Groups, Gifts and Good Stewardship. You can do this on your own by downloading the guide here on our website or by attending our next partnership class on Sunday, September 23rd 9AM - 12 PM at the home of 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.

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

Thank You!

One thing we’ve learned through the years is that it is difficult to say “thank you” too often.  In fact, most of the time we err at the other extreme.  We don’t say those magic words (that’s what our moms called both “please” and “thank you”) enough.  Hmmm, that’s an intriguing phrase--“magic words.”  Magic makes unusual things happen.  “Please” and “thank you” are magic words because when you say them wonderful things happen!

At Preston Trail we want to make sure we say “thank you” more than enough.  So many of you are volunteering on Serving Teams, leading Life Groups, and ministering to our children and students.  You are living out the value of investing in the lives of neighbors and friends and inviting them to experience life with Christ at PTCC.  For these investments of time and spiritual energy we are grateful.  You are expanding the size of heaven.  Surely God is pleased!

There is one area, however, in which you have excelled beyond all expectations.  In the past 8 ½ months we have passed a significant milestone in generosity.  When you add together the gifts to our Operating Budget ($497,868 since Jan. 1) and our building fund, Dream Big ($505,131 since Dec. 1, ‘05) the total comes to $1,014,999.  For a start up church that began four years ago to pass the one million dollar benchmark in annual giving is an incredible testimony to the commitment of our people and the grace of God.

Let me break it down a bit more for you so you can fully appreciate what you are a part of.  Gifts to our Operating Budget make it possible for us to simply exist.  These funds pay the rent, provide the resources necessary to make all of our ministries function, and even impact faraway places like Aceh, Indonesia where we are a part of helping that country rebuild after the devastating tsunami. 

With these gifts we also provide for our gifted and devoted staff.  We have a large staff for a church our size (btw, that’s a huge blessing), and they are the essential leaders who guide our innovative and effective ministries.  You probably don’t know this, but almost half of them are part-time and others work for pennies on the dollar in comparison to what they could get in the open market.  The incredible generosity of PTCC has been reflected by them from the beginning in their willingness to come and devote themselves to our mission, often times at great personal cost.

So, for your gracious and consistent support of the ongoing ministries of PTCC let us say, “THANK YOU!”

Many of you are new to PTCC and missed the spiritual blessing of going through our Dream Big Campaign.  I know that may sound oxymoronic (can a capital fund raising campaign really be a blessing?) but God worked in the hearts of so many of our family members to lead them to make sacrificial commitments to give above and beyond their regular tithes and offerings for the next three years.  At that time we pledged to give $1.6 million dollars toward our efforts to secure a new home base for our ministry.  It’s hard to believe, but it is not yet October and we have practically reached the one third mark in actual gifts. 

Moving into our first building is going to usher in an unprecedented period of growth for our church.  For the first time in our church’s history, we will have the opportunity to reach thousands of people for Christ!  So, for your generous and sacrificial support we say, “THANK YOU!”

But wait, there is more!  Just last month you went even further in your commitment to serve others through sharing your resources.  Clothe-a-Child is a significant community effort to clothe under-privileged children in the Frisco area.  Our goal in August was to provide new clothes for 80 children ($100/per child).  Even with your ongoing commitments to those things mentioned above, you gave $8,000 to Clothe-a-Child and we met our goal!  You are amazing!  So, once again, for demonstrating the immeasurable love of God to others, “THANK YOU!”

Astounded,

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.

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.