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I hope you have had a great week. This past Saturday a group from the Park served at Children’s Hunger Fund. Over the course of 3 hours, over 1,100 Foodpak’s were completed and prepared to ship to Honduras. Serving our city and world is an important value of the Park. We encourage everyone to serve in some capacity once a month. If you aren’t sure where you would like to serve, check out our Missional Partner page.

As Summer arrives it is important to us that you know what is happening in and around the Park community:

Good Morning!

I hope you have had a great week. As Summer arrives it is important to us that you know what is happening in and around the Park community. This weekend there a couple of events happening that everyone is invited to: serving at Children’s Hunger Fund on Saturday and a Food & Fellowship at the Galt’s on Sunday afternoon (see below for the details). We hope to see you this weekend!

Good Morning!

One of the Core Values at the Park is servant leadership. When you read the gospels you can’t miss the truth that Jesus came to serve. In every scenario and environment He was looking to teach the truth and model what it meant to serve one another. At the end of the day, the simplest way to communicate the Gospel is to wash one another’s feet.

In the gospel of John, Chapter 13, Jesus tells his followers that the world will know that we love Him by how we love one another. As we serve one another and our city, people will see that there is a Savior at work in and through us.

Good Morning!

One of the Core Values at the Park is community. When you read about the early church in Acts 2 you see a group of people who are doing life together, living with a sense of collective purpose, and being a visible presence in their city. Faith is personal, it is not private. God works in us as we do life with others.

If you are looking for people to connect with, our Sunday morning community is a great place to start. But that is what it is…a start. If you don’t have a group of friends that you meet with, pray with, study the scriptures with, and serve with I would strongly encourage you to begin to layout a plan for yourself to see these things become rhythms in your life. In the gospel of John, Chapter 13, Jesus tells his followers that the world will know that we love Him by how we love one another. This is community. There is a hope that binds us together and is contagious to the world around us.

The Park has several groups you can check out at: http://theparksa.org/community-groups/

Good Morning!

One of the Core Values at the Park is the truth from scripture that all followers of Christ are a part of a priesthood. It says in 1 Peter 2:5 that “you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” It is an amazing thing to consider that you are a part of the collective movement of the gospel; a movement that has been alive and active for 2,000 years.

At the Park we always want to recognize the individual calling of all followers of Christ. Our prayer is for each of us to maximize our influence within the community to communicate the gospel. What does it look like today for you to live out this calling of ministry?

Good Morning!

One of the Core Values at the Park is Simplicity. We would like to tell you that this was our plan from the beginning, but the reality is that it was a funding issue. When we began the Park, we didn’t have a lot of money and so we had to keep things simple. In those first couple of months people would come and tell us that they loved how simple and stripped-down everything was…to which we would nod our heads and say “yeah, yeah…we love it to!”.

There have been a lot of lessons over the last couple of years but none more clear than this: the only thing impressive at the Park is God and His Word. Period. In a world that is working harder every day to impress you and gain your attention, it’s really all about Jesus.

Good Morning!

One of the Core Values at the Park is Story. The reason for this is that the Bible is a collection of stories. These stories tell of a perfect God and his pursuit of an imperfect people. This pursuit is never ending. We are seeing that unfold at every turn of the page in the scriptures.

You have a story. God is writing his next chapter of you today. The challenge for us is to see what He is up to in the day to day flow of life. The real key is to not just know He is unpacking His story, but to tell it to others. I think you would agree that the story’s we hear of redemption, compassion, and sacrifice inspire us to live differently. This is because God is the inventor of story and His is the best there will ever be. It may be hard to see sometimes, but He is still interacting with His people, so continue to tell the stories of what God is doing.

Good morning!

We enjoyed celebrating Easter this past weekend and pray that you had a great time with friends and family. We are excited to begin studying Exodus this Sunday so one way to get more out of Sunday morning is to read ahead. So, jump into Exodus 1 this weekend and come ready to take some notes.

Good morning!

I hope you have had a great week!

We are excited about celebrating Easter together as a community. On March 31st we will be having two services: one at 9am and the other at 11am. At 10am there will be a time of food, fellowship and an Easter egg hunt for the kids. As we celebrate the risen Savior, our prayer is that you and your family would draw close together and remember the beauty of the gospel, the attitude of Jesus in embracing the cross for you, and the hope that only He gives.

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day prise from the dead, 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” ~ Gospel of Luke, Ch. 24

Good morning!

I hope you have had a great week!

We are excited about celebrating Easter together as a community. On March 31st we will be having two services: one at 9am and the other at 11am. At 10am there will be a time of food, fellowship and an Easter egg hunt for the kids. As we celebrate the risen Savior, our prayer is that you and your family would draw close together and remember the beauty of the gospel, the attitude of Jesus in embracing the cross for you, and the hope that only He gives.