Summer Mentors & Tutors Needed at CFPCC

Do you like children? Are you a good listener? Are you patient? Do you want to be part of forming tomorrow's leaders?  Join the Chagrin Falls Park Community Center team of volunteers!

Volunteers Needed:

9:30-10:30 am - Summer Reading Tutors

10:30 am-3:00 pm - Summer Activities and Field Trips

Service Opportunities with Odyssey Hospice

Hospice is a specialized form of home healthcare for patients with life-limiting illnesses that allows them to live out their days as fully and comfortably as possible.

Hospice allows volunteers to choose the type of volunteer role that meets their needs, and gives them the opportunity to use their training and talents to enrich the lives of patients and their families in many different ways. Typical volunteer roles include:

Administrative- organizing files, answering phones and providing general office assistance

Summer Picnic for College Students

Location: 7368 Pettibone Road, Chagrin Falls 44023
Start Time: Sun 10, June 2012, 3:30 p.m.
End Time: Sun 10, June 2012, 7 p.m.

Are you home from college for the summer?  Or are you a recent high school graduate?  Check out the Standpoint college ministry this Sunday June 10th at 7368 Pettibone Road, Chagrin Falls, after third service.  We'll hang out and enjoy some picnic-y foods.  No RSVP needed, just show up and enjoy!

Summer Study for Newly Marrieds

Location: Parkside Church Fellowship Hall
Start Time: Mon 18, June 2012, 9 p.m.
End Time: Mon 27, Aug. 2012, 11 p.m.

"Everyone's marriage morphs into something they didn't intend it to be.  At some point you need something sturdier than romance.  You need something deeper than shared interests and mutual attraction.  You need changed expectations, you need radical commitments, and most importantly, you need grace." -What Did You Expect?

This summer, the newly married couples ministry will be hosting a 10-week study through Paul David Tripp's book, What Did You Expect?  Any couple married 10 years or less are invited to join us for dinner and study on Monday nights at 6:00pm, starting June 18th, at Parkside Church.  Supervision for children will be available.

If you are interested in attending, email David Lanning at lanningd@gmail.com.

Ministry Profile: Faithful Friends, Jr.

John Lane beams as he displays a photo on his iPhone of an impeccable drawing of the Walt Disney World logo that his 11-year-old son, Ethan, drew from memory on a white board, a medium that most of us can't even write legibly on. "He is extremely talented," notes Jim Croyts, who, along with his wife Char, founded the Faithful Friends, Jr. ministry in 2007. "He loves Disney. Initially, he would take Play-Doh and roll it into the tiniest little things and form it into the logo letters with amazing detail, and a lot of times he's just doing it from memory!"

Basic Christianity Course: Summer 2012

Location: Room 223
Start Time: Thu 31, May 2012, 5:18 p.m.
End Time: Sun 8, July 2012, 5:18 p.m.

Basic Christianity, an eight-week course that explores the essentials of the Christian faith, will begin on July 8.This course focuses on the basic tenets of the Christian faith and offers a clear explanation of what the Bible teaches. People who attend come from a myriad of backgrounds, so the basics are taught. While mature Christians may think that this class is just for new believers, we encourage those at all stages of their Christian walk to consider taking the class. as it is essential for each of us to continually review the foundations upon which our faith rests.

Lament For a Son

Be sure to check out this past Sunday's sermon, "Lament For a Son" from our guest, Dr. Derek Thomas.

Ministry Details: Men's and Women's Summer Bible Studies

Everywhere women face choices – home or career; money or relationships; “secure” marriage or “free” singleness; looks or intellect; women bishops or tea ladies and babysitters?

What makes a real man? There is no shortage of role models on offer: the dedicated Dad or the hard-drinking lad; the thrusting businessman or the sensitive husband; the competitive sportsman or the contemplative bookworm; the wild adventurer or the stay-at-home gardener.

Memorial Day Weekend Holiday Schedule

We welcome back Rev. Derek Thomas to PKS on May 27 to preach during our morning services. We will have our services at 8:30am, 9:45am, and 11:15am, but due to the holiday weekend no evening service.

Book Recommendation: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Bonhoeffer is the subject of an extensive new biography by Eric Metaxas who is probably best-known for his biography of William Wilberforce...which was the official biography that accompanied the 2006 film by the same name. Interestingly, this is one of two lengthy biographies of Bonhoeffer to be published this year (the other, Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945: Martyr, Thinker, Man of Resistance by Ferdinand Schlingensiepen is due to hit store shelves in a couple of weeks). Metaxas sets the bar high with his Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. While it may not be one of the top three or four biographies you will ever read, it is nevertheless a very solid effort and with much to commend it. It’s entirely possible that if I went ahead and ranked my ten favorite biographies this would be somewhere on that list.