Cancer Support Resources Available

The Cancer Support Group desires to reach out to our church family and beyond by creating a confidential environment that merges biblical, emotional, social and practical support.

To that end, we would like to encourage you by sending you these free resources.  If you are interested in receiving any or all of them, please email your request to jrplatek@parksidechurch.com.

My Times are in Your Hands booklet by Alistair Begg

If I Were God I'd End All The Pain book by John Dickson

Cancer Support Dinner Audio -

At the Cancer Support Dinner on May 19, 2011, Pastor Begg gave an encouraging talk from I Peter 5:10 titled, "He Giveth More Grace". That message is now available for download here.

If you would like to purchase the message in CD format, please contact Books by the Park bookstore at 440-708-2123 and request message #2819.

Dinner Registration Now Open

Location: Fellowship Hall
Start Time: Thu 19, May 2011, 9:30 p.m.
End Time: Fri 20, May 2011, midnight

Registration for the upcoming Cancer Support dinner on Thursday, May 19, is now open. The dinner will be in Fellowship Hall at 6:30 pm. Pastor Alistair Begg will be the speaker.

Cost is $8.00 per person. Register online or by contacting Jacque at 440-708-2109.

Register

A Visit With Parkside

“April is my 14-year anniversary,” notes Janet Vitt-Sommer referring to the number of cancer-free years since her diagnosis of terminal lung cancer. Her good friend and fellow Cancer Support Ministry team member, Mary McHugh, is sitting across the table beaming at the good news Janet has just shared.

We are sitting in Janet’s sunlit, airy kitchen in Sagamore Hills where she teaches cooking classes and prepares “meals to go” for people with cancer and other illnesses. It is just after 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning and Janet has already finished cooking enough meals for 20 people. Large platters of bright, colorful vegetables adorn her countertops and the mouth-watering aroma is clean and fresh. Janet pours us a cup of tea as we settle in to talk more about the Cancer Support Ministry