Advent - Hope

Greetings from sunny California!  I hope you and your family had a fun, relaxing, food-filled Thanksgiving.

This Sunday at 9:30am, Rediscovering Christmas kicks-off with week #1 of Advent.  I love this time of year...the church is decorated, our gatherings are praise-filled and people are expectant with thoughts of Hope, Peace, Love and Joy.  Join us on this first Sunday of Advent as Pastor Norm shares on the topic of Hope.

If you think about it, most of us run our lives on hope.  Hope gets us out of bed in the morning, it focuses our attention, brings us energy and helps us overcome our fears.  I like what Tim Keller says about hope, "Human beings are hope-shaped creatures.  The way you live now is completely controlled by what you believe about your future".  Hope is seeing our future as good--believing that things will be okay.  God's word has a lot to say about the future of His people.  Take time to read Revelation 21:1-5 and discover the hope we have as children of God. 

Believing in God for our future has the power to change everything! 

As we gather for our in-person service, Parkside church staff and leadership will be wearing masks and we are asking everyone to do the same.  Please consider joining us this weekend at 9:30am...and don't forget your mask!

It's not too late to join one of our Sunday discipleship classes.  We have two studies currently meeting each Sunday morning at 10:45am.  See Class details below:

Topic:  A Study in the book of James
Facilitator:  Mark Hester and Jonella Malinowski
10:45am to 11:45am
In-person ONLY

Senior Adult Discipleship Class
Topic:  A Study in the book of Mark
Facilitator:  Martha Bailey
10:45am to 11:45am
In-person ONLY

Thank you for continuing to pray for Parkside Fellowship.

See you Sunday.

Pastor Doug