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The Middle School years are a pretty remarkable time of life.  Everything surrounding these students suggests that the world is getting bigger, moving faster, and probably crazier than they could ever have imagined. It’s exciting, and potentially a little scary.

This is where Club JV comes in. Club JV is part of Parkside’s ministry to middle school students in grades 6-8. Club JV meets on Tuesdays at the Warehouse.  Every Tuesday is an opportunity for fun and growth as we spend time building relationships, playing games, worshiping God, and studying the Bible.

With the help of our Vacaction Bible School (VBS) Director Elizabeth Heisey, we began work on VBS in January.  Our VBS leadership team joined the efforts in March as music was selected, craft supplies were ordered, and volunteers were placed to meet the needs of hundreds of staff spots.  In April, we began registering what would turn out to be almost 800 children.  In May, we spent hours training our small group leaders and teachers in what they would need to know to help the children understand the truths of Scripture we would be teaching from Genesis. 

By using one of the most popular sports in the world, Ambassadors in Sport (AIS) spreads the gospel to thousands of people throughout the world by playing soccer. Founded in 1990, AIS, whose world headquarters are located in Twinsburg, Ohio, finds the soccer field to be a common battle ground that helps build trust and develop relationships.  "When you're battling out there and one of your guys gets kicked, and you go alongside him and pick him up, you're building trust on the soccer field that starts to build trust off the field," explains Matt Pheneger, Parkside member and coach with AIS.  "The ideas of teamwork, training, being disciplined, persevering, running towards a goal, those are all biblical ideas and through soccer we can illustrate all of those concepts."

To most of us, the idea of a "night out" gets us thinking of going out to dinner, to the movies, or maybe even to a party.  For parents' with special needs children, a night out might better be thought of as a "night off," a rare event that lets them catch their breath.  Or not...

Serving two generations,  Generation X and the Millennial Generation, Parkside Church's young adult ministry brings together an ever-changing, diverse group of young adults who are constantly on the move.

It is 9:00 on a Tuesday night and Theresa Durbin, Parkside's Play 'n Learn ministry leader, is setting up play stations inside The Loft in Solon.

The meals ministries of Parkside Church seek to help lighten the load among the congregation by serving meals to those in need. Through three different ministries, Funeral, New Baby, and Samaritan, the people of Parkside take care of each other during life's more challenging times.

Armed only with whistles, brightly colored vests and winning smiles, the members of Parkside's Parking Lot Ministry stand firmly in the middle of swirling traffic to ensure the smooth flow of vehicles in, out and around Parkside's Bainbridge campus each Sunday.

A New Study
The midweek LIFE Groups have begun meeting again after the holiday break. Over the next few months we will be going through a study in the book of Joshua. The are wonderful themes that run throughout this dramatic story: help for the under qualified...

Parkside has a ministry that we'd like to invite you to be part of. Finding Freedom is a 12-week discussion group for anyone who feels out of control or who wants to make needed changes in his or her life, but feels unable to do so.