60 Days of Pledging: Update

Partial Involvement

May 8 marks the transition between our 60 Days of Pledging and the 60 Days of Thanking. To date, we have received $6.3 million in Faith Promises from 448 households representing 42% of our $15 million goal from 22% of our estimated 2000 individuals and families.

Full Participation

Our leadership team is asking every member and regular attender who has not yet submitted a Faith Promise to pick up a card, from one of the info racks, and place it in the offering plate. Even if you are unable to participate financially at this time please be involved in this way so that we may better informed in our decision making.

Everyone Praying

We encourage each of you to continue to pray for God’s guidance and to give thanks for those who have filled out a Faith Promise card. If you have specific questions or feedback regarding any aspect of Building into the Next Generation, you can either submit them online at parksidechurch.com/vision or call the church at 440.543.1212.

Christianity Explained

Christianity Explained, an eight-week class that explores the fundamentals of the Christian faith, will begin on May 1st. Christianity Explained focuses on the basic tenets of the Christian faith and offers a clear explanation of what the Bible teaches.

Book Recommendation: Unbroken

Unbroken is, in a word, amazing - easily one of the best books I read in 2010. It is written by Laura Hillenbrand who also penned Seabiscuit. This new book shot straight to #2 on the New York Times list of bestsellers just days after its release.

Pledging Update 4.8

During the 60 Days of Pledging we are inviting everyone to participate by making a faith promise above and beyond your regular giving to Parkside. Whether it is $1 or $1 million, your partnership with us is vital.

Meet Fernando Ortega

Location: Parkside Church
Start Time: Sun 10, April 2011, 10 p.m.
End Time: Sun 10, April 2011, 11 p.m.

Over these past 15 years we’ve heard the music of Fernando Ortega as if it were the soundtrack to our lives. We met this extraordinary artist though his early music, which danced to guitars and drums, fueled by the energy of youth yet crafted to the highest standards of pop composition, comparable in its vision and quality to the best of Peter Gabriel and Paul Simon.

Pledging Update 3.31

During the 60 Days of Pledging we are inviting everyone to participate by making a faith promise above and beyond your regular giving to Parkside. Whether it is $1 or $1 million, your partnership with us is vital.

Not too Cool for School

On different mornings at different high schools, groups of teenagers are meeting before class at 7:00 a.m. to study the Bible, pray, and develop relationships with other students. The group that meets is called the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), "but you don't have to be an athlete to attend," explains, Meagan (pronounced MAY-gen) Crowl, 17 who plays on the golf team and is a junior at Solon High School. "It was just easier to keep the name because it was already an existing group," adds Meagan.

Managing Your Money Workshop

Location: Parkside Church
Start Time: Sat 16, April 2011, 11:30 a.m.
End Time: Sat 16, April 2011, 3 p.m.

We are offering a workshop relating to personal finances that is both biblically informed and very practical. Learn the principles that will help you and train you to help others. Join us on Saturday, April 16, from 8:30 am – noon, in the Fellowship Hall. There is no charge for this event but you will need to register in advance. Donations will be accepted.

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Building Into the Next Generation Another Important Day: 60 Days of Pledging

Last Sunday, we looked to the Scriptures to help guide our thinking about biblicial giving. In his sermon, It All Belongs to Him, Pastor Begg pointed to 1 Chronicles 29: 1-20 where he noted the importance of understanding that all that we do should be for the glory of God. "The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the LORD God," said King David. He then asked "who is willing to consecrate themselves to the LORD today?" Pastor Begg noted that this invitation by King David is an "invitation to participate in the work of, and in the worship of, God." As we look to the next 60 days for the vision of our church family, Pastor Begg offered this chapter as a useful and appropriate text to help us consider the responsibilities and opportunities that lie before us. Watch the video>>

Book Recommendation: Just Do Something

To be honest, I don’t know that we really need another book—yet another book—on guidance and the will of God. Having said that, there is probably no genre of book I recommend more often than this simply because experience shows that many Christians, too many Christians, do not understand how God expects us to know his will and how we may expect him to guide us to those things that please him.