Sunday Service, July 19th

Sinking Deep by Hillsong Young and Free

This Is Amazing Grace by Phil Wickham

Good Good Father by Chris Tomlin

Chorus of Sinking Deep

our love

 

Sing Sing Sing by Chris Tomlin

Send A Cup Drive

All Month Long

We want to stock the hospital break rooms! Help us send scripture, a hot cup of coffee, and a little encouragement to our healthcare heroes.

You can send a cup by
-donating $5 on Venmo or CashApp to ptc3give
–check out our Amazon Wish List to ship directly
-dropping by 500 Kedron Drive Peachtree City, GA with your donation!

We are also now accepting donations for masks & button headbands! Drop off or mail to 500 Kedron Dr. Peachtree City GA 30269.

Back To School Supply Drive

Now through August 2nd

We want to collect 50 backpacks for deserving kids this year! The Share Team is collecting school supplies for deserving families in our hometown. You are welcome to donate a backpack, individual supplies, or a fully stocked backpack. We have multiple options for you to participate on the Back To School Supply Drive site!

Grab Your Gear THIS Wednesday!

July 22nd 4:30-5:30pm

Calling all elementary, middle, and high schoolers! We’re throwing a socially-distant get together to help make church at home even better! Join us at PTC3 for ice cream and to Grab Your Gear–a brand new way to connect during the week. Each kid will get a bag filled up with activities and instructions for how to make our church services more interactive & connect even more on their level. Come grab some TCBY and your bag THIS Wednesday!

Night Of Unity

July 25th at 7:30pm

Join us Saturday, July 25th at 7:00pm for a night of prayer, worship through song and dance, and hearing biblical truths shared from our church leaders. Our Night of Unity will be hosted at Drake Field, beside Peachtree City Library, to provide ample space for social distancing.

Water Fun Day

August 5th at 3:00pm

Middle Schoolers & High Schoolers! Come hang with us Wednesday, August 5th before Grab Your Gear for a chance to cool down and have fun! We will meet on the front lawn at the church to play water games & eat free TCBY. Email Nathanael for more info!

Epic Life

Available now!

George’s newest book, Epic Life, is now available for you! You can pick up a copy here or have one mailed right to your door from Amazon. If you want to pick up a copy in person, reserve yours today by emailing info@ptc3.com. Our Epic Life sermon series will start August 16th & we can’t wait to share these messages and this book with you!

New Golf Tournament Date

Sunday, August 16th at 11:30am & 4:00pm

Our Golf Tournament is still happening, but we have TWO times for you to play! Our Kirby Wallace Classic will be Sunday, August 16th, so mark your calendars and start practicing your swing. Quarantine is the perfect time to get ready for our golf fundraiser for Guatemala! 

Cafe Chats

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C267 | Dig Deep. Stay Rooted.

Live Wednesdays at 6:30pm

We’re live every Wednesday at 6:30pm for a deep dive into God’s Word. Right now we’re in Philippians. Can’t wait to see you Wednesday!

SERIES: CHURCHED based on the book of Acts

JULY 19, 2020 | WEEK 5: Forgive Them

SCRIPTURE: Acts 7:54-60

54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

 

Questions We Must Ask Ourselves:

1. Can we forgive when people move from being upset to uncontrollable anger? v. 54
2. Can we forgive when we are attacked even though we have done nothing wrong? 
3. Can we forgive even though we know the  people we are dealing with have closed their hearts and minds to the truth? v.. 57
4. Can we forgive when the treatment we receive is extreme, ridiculous, or both? v. 58, 59

Let’s talk about these questions in the context of Stephen’s response…

Obviously: 

• Stephen is imitating Jesus because that is what Disciples do.
• This is completely against any logic that the world would use
• There is no one in the crowd who deserves to be forgiven. 
• Stephens forgiveness is completely about his relationship with Jesus and has nothing to do with the reaction of the mob

 

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Going Deeper Questions:

• How have you approached the below questions/challenges in the past and how can/will you approach them in the future? 
  • Forgiving when people move from being upset to uncontrollable anger? v. 54
  • Forgiving when we are attacked even though we have done nothing wrong?
  • Forgiving even though we know the people we are dealing with have closed their hearts and minds to the truth? v. 57
  • Forgiving when the treatment we receive is extreme, ridiculous, or both? v. 58, 59

  Why does forgiveness even matter???

  • Forgiveness is more about your obedience to the Father and our relationship with Jesus than about anything else, even the people around you?

  Matthew 6:14-15 New International Version (NIV)

  14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

  How do you think forgiveness will change you?

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Sunday Morning At Home

Grab Your Gear:

We recommend doing this one outside, because it’s a little messy! If you didn’t pick up your bag from Grab Your Gear, you’ll need ½ cup of vinegar, 3 tsp of baking soda, a tissue, and everyone will need to grab ¼ cup of warm water. While doing the experiment you can explain to your kids when we don’t forgive someone, it hurts us. It makes our anger boil up inside us and we may “explode”. Not forgiving ends up hurting us more. When we forgive we are able to let go of the hurt and pain, and move on with love and joy! 

Directions for this experiment:

1. Add 1/4 cup warm water to a plastic Ziploc sandwich bag.
2. Vinegar is next. Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the same bag.
3. Measure out 3 tsp of baking soda and dump that in the center of a tissue.
4. Fold up the tissue around the baking soda.
5. I did not find that the explosion was very big, but please have kids use safety goggles if you are concerned.
6. Working quickly, drop the folded tissue into the bag and close it completely.
7. Step back.
8. If the reaction doesn’t happen quickly, shake the bag to agitate it and start the chemical reaction

 

 

Worship Songs:

Love Won’t Let Me Down by Hillsong Young and Free

When We Pray by Tauren Wells

Power by We Are Messengers

 

Summary:

This story is not easy to read, but it is very important to understand. There are people in the Church who are killed for their faith in Jesus. We are very blessed to live in a place where this does not happen to us, but that does not mean we shouldn’t be aware that it happens. However, this isn’t the point we are focusing on today. Today we are focusing on forgiveness. If you followed our virtual VBS we talked about how God gives us the power to forgive! We discussed how it’s a power God gives us, because it isn’t always easy to forgive those who hurt us- but it’s necessary to. Why? Because Jesus did it. I think Stephen is a great example too, as we read together. He was put to death for believing in Jesus, he did absolutely nothing wrong. But he forgave the people around him anyways. I truly believe that when we forgive others we are tapping in to an important part of who God is. He forgives us, the ultimate forgiveness through sending His Son. We get to come before Him, confess our sins, and be forgiven daily. This doesn’t give us the right to do whatever we want, but it does give us the opportunity to be more like Him and also forgive people who do wrong against us daily. May we commit to being more like Jesus and forgive people who become angry with us, who hurt us, who attack us when we’ve done nothing wrong, and even when it’s hard.

Activity:

Forgiveness is key when we want our heart to look more like Jesus’. For the activity, draw a heart and write in it times you’ve forgiven someone or you’ve been forgiven. Fill your heart and let it serve as a reminder of how forgiveness can change our hearts!

 

Discussion Questions:

1. Why do you think it can be hard for us to forgive people?
2. How can we work on being more forgiving?
3. When was a time you were forgiven? How did it make you feel?
4. When was a time you forgave someone? How did that make you feel?

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Welcome to Real Thoughts!

Challenging Our Students to Engage and Go Deeper in Their Faith Through Thought Provoking Prompts and Ideas.

In light of our temporary shift to online platforms, we are still looking to provide students with the opportunity to dive into the text and explore the faith through these conversations, but with their families now! We encourage each of our students to engage in the main worship service with their families while using their YMJ’s (Youth Ministry Journals) to flush out how the conversation from stage relates to them and where they are in their faith walk. The hope is that, in so doing, students will find themselves more ready to engage in conversation about the lesson with those around them, having gained a better understanding of what it is that the lesson means to them. So, join us this week as we continue in the conversation on the Book of Acts!

Key Passage:

 

Acts 7:54-60

 

Food For Thought

• • When was a time when someone did something that made you so angry you refused to forgive them? What was so bad that you felt like you couldn’t forgive?
  • When was a time when you did something that someone still hasn’t forgive you for?
  • What should our response be when we face those moments when we are so frustrated it feels like we very likely might just explode?
  • What makes it hard to forgive someone?
  • What makes it hard to ask for forgiveness?
  • Just like Jesus, we see Stephen asking for God to forgive those who were literally killing him. What can we take away from this story?
  • What does it mean to offer forgiveness to someone even if you think they won’t change?
  • God forgave us even though each one of us have sinned beyond measure. Yet, He forgives us every single time. Brainstorm some things in your journal that you can do/use to remind yourself to forgive even when it’s hard.