May 30, 2021

Celebration of Praise Genesis 37.29-36 29When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Welcome & Announcements Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes 30and Celebration of Worship returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?” 31Then they took Joseph's robe and “Evidence” slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. 32 Ladies Retreat Ensemble And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, “This we have found; please Worship through Prayer identify whether it is your son's robe or not.” 33And he identified it and said, “It is my son's robe. A fierce animal Thrive Dismissal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to (Grades 1-5) pieces.” 34Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many The Word of God Proclaimed days. 35All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, was inducted into the “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” 36 Hall of Fame 166 years after his birth. No, he did Thus his father wept for him. Meanwhile the not accept the personally. You can look up the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer Deacon on Wikipedia for the story and the stats. of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.

Skye Jethani is a 40-ish Christian author and consultant. Skye doesn’t know baseball from Bach. Yet Skye found himself at a private party in Cooperstown in July of 2013. Skye had his picture taken with Cal Ripkin, swapped stories with , was enthralled by and met , and . He knew nothing about any of them. How did a baseball doofus score a private party? Meanwhile … Because, “meanwhile.” In 1999 Skye married the great, great, granddaughter of Deacon White. “Meanwhile” is when things happen beyond your awareness yet they still deeply affect you. In Joseph’s life, we are entering … “meanwhile.” During The Week Remember in Prayer Monday, May 31 Our Outreach—Camp Cherith Church office is closed Please pray for wisdom as they plan the upcoming summer camping season. Pray for adequate staffing and for Wednesday, June 2 creative planning with all the regulations that are 9:30 am Ladies’ Bible Study required. Pray God would be working in the hearts of 6:30 pm Praise Team Rehearsal young girls and boys to have a desire to attend camp. And Thursday, June 3 that everything the staff plans and does would be honoring to God and a blessing to all who will be attending camp this 3:30 pm Mighty Movers summer. 7:00 pm Impact Praise Band Our Government Leaders

On this Memorial Day, pray for those who courageously laid down their lives for the cause of freedom. May the Summer worship time examples of their sacrifice inspire in us the selfless love of begins on June 13th our Lord Jesus Christ. Bless the families of our fallen troops at 9:30 am. and fill their homes and their lives with His strength and peace.

Please note:  We have Bibles available in the library  We have nursery (birth—3 yrs. old) and Thrive Jr. (4 yrs. old— kindergarten) during the service.  During the sermon we have Thrive for children grades 1—5. (Thrive doesn’t meet on Sunday of the month.)  If you are visiting PCC today, please stop by the Welcome Center for a gift.

Church information Phone: 585-223-7494 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.pcchurch.org Office hours: Mon.— Fri. 9:00 am—5:00 pm Sunday Morning Schedule Worship service at 10:30 am until June 6th Did you know that there are three ways Summer Worship Schedule begins on June 13th to be “in the know” at PCC? Worship service at 9:30 am  PCC Prayse—prayer requests & praises from the congregation. Rev. Tim Alexander, Senior Pastor  PCC News—information about what’s happening at [email protected] PCC.  Missions Info—email [email protected]. Rev. DL Walter, Youth Pastor [email protected] If you would like to be on any or all of these email Rev. Michael Skifstad, Worship Pastor distribution lists, call or email the church office at 223-7494 [email protected] or [email protected].