NEW SERVICE TIME

This Sunday is the start of Celebrate Sunday services. All services from this point on will be from 10am - 11:15am, so mark your calendars! We are excited at the prospect of growth, reaching out to families and diving in to our new vision. To promote this launch, we are excited to unveil our new PRCC logo!! The new logo emphasizes our vision statement of "connection", and depicts a family unit (which is the target group we are trying to reach). The rugged mountain outline and modern southwest colors blend old & new. Special thanks to the creative team: Ron, Karen, Elizabeth, Cathy & Denise for their hard work and many hours in putting this together! 

Vision Statement

PRCC:  Where everyone is committed to reaching out and helping people connect with God and each other

Purpose Statement

Our

Purpose is to

Revitalize people to be fully

Committed followers of

Christ

AWESOME!!

We are pumped!! Thank you PRCC, your friends, neighbors, co-workers and kind hearted people......we exceeded our goal and collected over 283 BAGS OF GROCERIES!!! It was awesome to see people carrying in all the bags & putting them on the stage. So many families will be blessed this holiday season. Great work everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOLIDAY MEALS FOR FAMILIES

I love Thanksgiving...turkey, family, football. This has been a tough year for many people. Turkey, family & tv may be a luxury they can't afford. This year, our church is teaming up with Interfaith Community Services Food Bank to collect 200 BAGS OF HOLIDAY FOOD! Whew! That may not sound like a lot but frankly, I'm looking at a God-sized opportunity to go above & beyond. Wouldn't that be awesome??!! So here's the deal....

Your family's bags are a start. Neighbors, friends, family, co-workers....that's God-sized.

Stop by PRCC's office at 440 W. Calle Concordia to pick up door hangers for your neighbors & bags for your canned/boxed items, or call 797-4517 for more info.

Drop off the bags at our church by this Sunday, November 22! And most of, pray for God to do great things in your community.

Thanks Ms. Fit club members for the food you've collected!!

***********list of needed food**********

pie fillings (pumpkin or fruit)

cranberry sauce

canned yams

canned veggies

canned milk

coffee

dry stuffing

mashed potatoes

turkey gravy

jello or similar dessert

cake mix

canned fruit

CONNECTION GROUPS

PRCC's Connecton Groups are diving into our current series, "Life's Healing Choices - How do Deal with Your Hurts, Hangups & Habits". Whatever better way to connect with people than in front of a crackling fireplace with hot cocoa? Nice!!

LOOKING AHEAD AT PRCC

Tomorrow we roll out the new vision & direction for PRCC and it will be an exciting time to be a part of the church. For the next three weeks, we are breaking through the barriers and re-connecting with God and each other. Many people have been instrumental in working toward this goal and we are well underway.

Don't miss out on the these next 3 weeks. I can't wait to see what God has in store!!

Coffee Shop Talk

This past Wednesday I was talking with a man who always asks me, “What’s your message about this week, Padre?” As I tell him, he constantly expresses his belief that it isn’t important to go to Church. It makes me wonder “What experience did you have that turned you off to Christians?” or “Why do you refuse to allow God to speak to you through the scriptures?” I am not thinking in harsh tones, but over the years, I have developed a curiosity of these things. Why does anyone refuse to believe the instructions found in the Bible especially when it comes to the acceptance of Jesus Christ? I believe it is because we are reluctant to give God control. I am confident that we all can overcome our control issues if we understand and follow the teachings of Jesus. If you do this, God promises that you will experience His presence in your life. When you know God you will find that your disbelief starts to disappear and you begin to trust and believe that God only wants the best for your life. Search for out God’s instructions, apply them and see how you will begin experiencing God’s presence.

COFFEE SHOP TALK - Tuesday morn

I was at the coffee shop working on my sermon, when a couple of baristas struck up a conversation with me about pastors & church in general.

Barista #1: You know, I like how you make things so clear. I used to go to a church where the pastor would always leave us with something to work on that week. Then we got a new pastor who didn’t seem to care & just went round & round about scripture.

*Then she asked me the question of the day…*

 Barista #1: Are you that kind of pastor? The one who gives you something to take home?

 *Was I? I try to be because God wants us to DO his message, not just HEAR it.*

 Barista #2: Oh yeah, he is! You ought to go listen to one of his messages.

 *So now I’m thinking, “Why has God brought this conversation to me & what can I do about it?”.*

Me: Well, we have a new series coming up and we have Connection Groups starting in the fall. Want to join us?

And it was as simple as that. Do you live each day for God? When opportunity comes, do you take the focus off yourself and allow others to see a need for God? I challenge you to pray about that and be aware of God-opportunities this week!