This week, we will continue our series, Fasten Your Seatbelts, as we take a wild, bold, unpredictable, unsettling, inspiring, unhindered ride through the book of Acts.  I'm especially excited for this Sunday, as Pastor Roger, Pastor Norm and Pastor Avery will be joining me on stage to help unpack Acts 2:42-47.  Through these verses, Luke provides for us 4 key values that were critical to the early stages of church life.  One question we hope to answer on Sunday is this, "What would it look like if our church looked more like the church in Acts 2?"  Please join us either in-person or online at 9:30am.

Also, don't forget to join me in my office at 8:45am for a brief time of prayer before our worship gathering.

Note:  Our Sunday service continues to meet at 9:30am, with two options for participating.

1. Attend our live "in-person" gathering.  No reservations are required and we will continue to follow all necessary COVID guidelines.  Please wear a mask so we can keep everyone safe and healthy!
2. We value our online church community and will continue to livestream our church service at 9:30am for those who wish to participate.

Note:  There will NOT be an after-church zoom gathering this Sunday, April 25th. 

Also, there will not be a discipleship class this Sunday.  However beginning next Sunday, May 2nd at 10:45am, Mark Hester will begin a 4 week study titled, Informed Christianity:  Becoming better equipped to make Godly decisions in a world full of conflicting opinions.  For more information and to sign-up, please email Mark at mark.f.hester@gmail.com. 

Don't forget about our Who's Your One? emphasis during our Acts series.  The Who's Your One campaign is sponsored by NAMB and is a tool designed to help churches prioritize ownership of the Great Commission as we each intentionally pursue one person with the hope of the gospel.  Doug and Roger would love to hear any stories about Who's Your One?.  You can share your story by emailing Doug at doug.boyd@parksidefellowship.org.  As you continue to pray for and look for opportunities to share Jesus with your one, I want to share two verses with you:

"The harvest is great, but the workers are few.  So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into the fields."  Luke 10:2

"You are the light of the world--like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.  No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket.  Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father."  Matthew 5:14-16

Thanks for keeping Parkside Fellowship a "House of Prayer".

See you Sunday.

Pastor Doug

I'm excited for this Sunday for two reasons:

1. At 9:30am, we will kick-off a brand new series called, Fasten Your Seatbelts.  The reason behind the title is we will be joining the early apostles on a wild, roller-coaster type ride through the book of Acts.  Over the next several weeks, we will take a peak at how God used Gospel-Centered Multiplication to launch the First Baptist Church of Jerusalem.  However, during our journey through Acts, we will also witness how the early followers of Jesus dealt with opposition so ferocious and so deadly that any other organization would have folded immediately...but not these bold, unhindered disciples!  Come ready to "Fasten Your Seatbelts" and hang-on as God continues to transform us into the image of His Son, Jesus!
2. During our Sunday service, I will be introducing a month-long campaign called, Who's Your One?  The Who's Your One campaign is sponsored by NAMB and is a tool designed to help churches prioritize ownership of the Great Commission as we each intentionally pursue one person with the hope of the gospel.  That's the intention behind Who's Your One.  Join us on Sunday and learn more about your role in the gospel story of Jesus.

Also, don't forget to join me in my office at 8:45am for a brief time of prayer before our worship gathering.

Note:  Our Sunday service continues to meet at 9:30am, with two options for participating.

1. Attend our live "in-person" gathering.  No reservations are required and we will continue to follow all necessary COVID guidelines.  Please wear a mask so we can keep everyone safe and healthy!
2. We value our online church community and will continue to livestream our church service at 9:30am for those who wish to participate.

Note:  For our "after-church" zoom gathering, we will be joining our discipleship class led by Larry Annes.

Discipleship Study:  Not the Way It's Supposed to Be
10:45am to 11:45am
In-person and on zoom
Zoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84125779768  

Thanks for keeping Parkside Fellowship a "House of Prayer".

See you Sunday.

Pastor Doug

As the Boyd family continues to mourn the loss of an exceptional pastor's wife, mom and grandmother, I want to thank you for your prayers, cards and words of encouragement.  Each day, as I think about my mom, I am drawn back to the words of Jesus in John 14:27...

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not be afraid." 

Peace.  Jesus says I give you peace.  He says I don't give as the world gives.  I don't give expecting something in return.  I just give because I love you.  Jesus doesn't make empty promises.  The peace of this world is the absence of noise or an emptiness, a quietness.  Jesus says, My peace means I'm going to be in your life.  You'll have a presence and a purpose you never dreamed possible.

This Sunday, as we wrap-up our series in John called, Gazing at Glory, our focus will be on John 14.  John opens this chapter with these famous words...Don't let your hearts be troubled.  Trust in God, and trust also in me.  Join us this Sunday, April 11th, at 9:30am, as we look at the promises Jesus made that will help us navigate the storms of life that causes our hearts to tremble with fear and doubt.  Don't forget to join me in my office at 8:45am for a time of prayer before our worship gathering.

Note:  Our Sunday service continues to meet at 9:30am, with two options for participating.

1.  Attend our live "in-person" gathering.  No reservations are required and we will continue to follow all necessary COVID guidelines.  Please wear a mask so we can keep everyone safe and healthy!

2.  We value our online church community and will continue to livestream our church service at 9:30am for those who wish to participate.

Note:  For our "after-church" zoom gathering, we will be joining our newest discipleship class led by Larry Annes.

Discipleship Study:  Not the Way It's Supposed to Be
10:45am to 11:45am
In-person and on zoom
Zoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84125779768  

Thanks for keeping Parkside Fellowship a "House of Prayer".

Parkside Family, as you prepare your hearts to be together on Sunday, let me leave you with this prayer...

Jesus, we thank you that you understand us.  We thank you that you give us answers, that we can talk to you about anything.  You answer our prayers, you promise to never leave us.  Lord, when we look at the trouble in our lives and what it does to our heart, the storms that it brings, there's part of us that thinks nothing can calm them.  But we put our faith in your word.  We put our faith in you, Jesus.  We ask you to calm our troubled hearts.  We ask you to bring us your peace as only you can.  In your name we pray.  Amen.

See you Sunday.

Pastor Doug