Building Up the Church
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The beginning of a new year gives us the opportunity to look ahead at the next twelve months to think bigger thoughts and ideas.
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Our First Baptism Service
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Sunday was a monumental day for us as a church when we gathered together at Edgewater Park and baptized eight men and women. Baptism is one of those rituals that is unique to the church. Christian churches since the birth of Christianity have always baptized new converts because baptism is a...
18 Ways You Can Pray for Parkside Westside
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Hi Friends, At our most recent Parkside at Prayer time, I passed along this list of 18 ways to pray for Parkside Westside. I recently read this in a blog and thought it offered great guidance that we could use for ourselves. During Parkside at Prayer, we were able to easily turn these single...
Getting Ready for Easter
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Getting Reading for Easter Sunday Hi Friends, This week is a special one for the Church as, in particular, we remember the sacrificial and voluntary death of our Savior on Good Friday and His resurrection for the dead on Easter Sunday. I hope that you’ll take some time this week and read...
A Booklet Recommendation: Listen Up!
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Hi Friends, This past Sunday I spent some time during our study in Mark 1:35-45 helping us to lay the foundation for how to think about the place of preaching during our Sunday gatherings. If you weren’t able to join us you can watch or listen to the sermon and get caught up to speed on...
A Few Moments from Sunday
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The evidence of God's goodness to us was everywhere this past Sunday! It was wonderful to see you serving others in the way that God has gifted you. It was a visual reminder to me that we are far better together than we are on our own. Julie from Sugarbush Design did a great job capturing a few...
Eat Together
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Eating seems so obvious and it is. But it is also significant because sharing in a meal it is one of the primary ways in which we slow down and do life together.
One Minute Survey
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Will you share what you're thinking? With six Core Team Gatherings under our belt, we have reached the midway mark to our launch goal! Now that you may have had a chance to check us out, we wanted to take a few moments to check the pulse on your commitment level. Will you take this brief...
Eight Ways to Experience Life Change with Others
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At a recent Core Team Gathering, Jonathan Holmes, helped us to be better thinking about life change. By life change we mean that through God's Spirit and our grace-empowered effort, we can make progress in turning away from the brokenness of sin and be transformed into people who love God...
Our Story Began in 1968
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We are a non-denominational Bible teaching church plant in partnership with Parkside Church, Chagrin Falls. Parkside began in 1968 as a small group of businessmen, committed to the preaching and teaching of God’s Word, met weekly for prayer and Bible study on Cleveland’s East Side.