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Discover Preston Trail Class If you would like to learn more about PTCC, this gathering is for you. Don’t miss this exciting class led by Pastors Jim Johnson and Paul Basden. Our next class will be October 22. This will be at the home of John & Jeri Taylor (6091 Rachel Dr.) from 5:30 - 7:30 PM. For more information, please email us at info@prestontrail.org. Food Drive For Frisco - During the month of October, PTCC will be participating in a food drive for Frisco residents. We will be working through Frisco Family Services, an organization that serves people living in Frisco and those in the Frisco ISD. This Sunday morning you will receive a “grocery bag" with instructions. Help us feed the hungry! Serving Team Conference Interested in joining a serving team? Already on a serving team? Then this is for you! Mark your calendars for the Serving Team Conference on November 11 from 8:30AM - 12:00PM at the PTCC building. Join us for food, training, and tons of fun! Stay tuned for more info! Women’s
Fall Bible Study - Sign Up Today! Tickets are on sale for our Women's Home
Decorating Event on Sunday, October 15th. More details
are available on our website. MORE CLASSIFIED: Get
on board!!! 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 Life Groups |
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LEAVING A LEGACY In the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy, we are instructed to "remember the days of old, consider the years of all generations. Ask your father, and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you." (Deuteronomy 32:7). The concept of leaving behind a "legacy" is a bit unfamiliar to many parents in our culture. Old Testament families had a strong sense of the legacy of generations. In the text above from Deuteronomy, families contemporary with Moses had received a legacy from the past that they were urged to remember, giving them a sense of roots. However, some families in modern culture do take their heritages seriously. Here’s an example of one such family: As one young lad approached his sixth birthday, he could tell something big was going to happen. A week before his birthday party, he noticed the garage door locked with a shiny new padlock. The day finally arrived, and he was awakened by an uncle who asked him to come downstairs to the kitchen where his parents, aunts, uncles, grandmother and grandfather were waiting. They all walked out and formed a semicircle in front of the garage door. Then the boy's father unlocked the padlock and opened the door. Lying there was a section of a redwood tree, nearly five feet tall and one foot thick. As the boy drew closer, he noticed the huge slice of wood had been carefully lacquered and polished. Then he saw little signs painted on the rings of the tree. One ring was labeled "The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863." Still another marker signified when his mother and father had met and married. The more the boy studied the carefully labeled rings on that huge piece of redwood, the more he realized it not only contained a history of his family, but also a history of his race. His family understood the importance of helping a young man understand his origins. Is it any wonder that this little boy-Alex Haley-grew up to write the best-selling novel Roots? One of my daughter’s favorite musical artists is Nichole Nordeman. On her “BRAVE" CD is a song entitled “Legacy". I hear this chorus frequently in our home, and it reminds me of the importance of leaving a legacy to my children: I want to leave a legacy How will they remember me? Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough To make a mark on things? I want to leave an offering A child of mercy and grace who blessed Your name unapologetically And leave that kind of legacy A couple of great questions to ask yourself today are “What legacy did I inherit from my parents?" and “What legacy would I like to bequeath to those most important to me?" Ask God today for help in affirming the positives in your family of origin, negating all the negatives, and leaving a strong spiritual legacy for others. I hope you can join this Sunday morning as Jim and Paul continue to take us through the wisdom of Proverbs, helping us become children of mercy and grace who bless God’s name unapologetically! Honoring His goodness with my gladness ~ JD Tomlin Director of Connections
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Chapter
2 is a midweek experience of practical Bible teaching, dynamic
worship and communion designed to help believers grow spiritually.
It is held on Wednesday evenings of each week 7:00-8:15 at the AMC
Theatre. Childcare is provided only for newborns to pre-school. 
Discover
Preston Trail. If you would like to learn more about PTCC
or are interested in pursuing partnership, this gathering is for you.
Stop by the information table Sundays to learn more and find the next
scheduled class, or click 
Life
Groups create a deep sense of friendship and community around
the teachings of the Bible. In Life Groups each member can learn to
love and be loved, serve and be served, celebrate and be celebrated
by others. Get more information Sundays at the Information Table, or 
Incite is
students from area middle and high schools meeting weekly in various
homes for food, hang time and challenging Bible studies that equip them
to live for Christ in this crucial point in their lives. Incite meets
10:00 Sundays in the hallway of the theater. For more information contact
Ryan Hairston at 469.951.0065 or click 
Serving
Teams make Preston Trail happen. Discover the joy and satisfaction
that comes from serving God out of your gifts and abilities. Serving
teams include Set-up, Hospitality, Tech, Construction, CD/Resource,
Office Management, Drama/Music (by audition), Registration, Welcome,
The Backyard, CurbSide, Usher and more. 
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O. Box 490, Frisco, TX 75034