Please join us this Sunday for our annual BBQ lunch, which follows on from our normal ‘discover’ Sunday service.
‘discover’ starts from 11:30am with coffee and other drinks being served in the main hall, before the service itself begins at 11:45am. It is suitable for all the family and will include some singing, a quiz and a short talk from the Bible. It will finish at around 12:30pm and the BBQ will take place in the car park behind Parkside.
Once the food is out of the way, there will be the opportunity to play some games in the park, weather permitting, and you’re welcome to stay for as long as you like.
For more information about ‘discover’, please click here.
Please join us this Sunday for our annual BBQ lunch, which follows on from our normal ‘discover’ Sunday service.
‘discover’ starts from 11:30am with coffee and other drinks being served in the main hall, before the service itself begins at 11:45am. It is suitable for all the family and will include some singing, a quiz and a short talk from the Bible. It will finish at around 12:30pm and the BBQ will take place in the car park behind Parkside.
Once the food is out of the way, there will be the opportunity to play some games in the park, weather permitting, and you’re welcome to stay for as long as you like.
For more information about ‘discover’, please click here.
During September, we’re having a mini-series of talks in discover on Future Events.
We’ll be exploring four important subjects which are relevant to everyone and looking at the details given about them from the Bible’s perspective.
At the same time, the children will be returning to their own activities as Sunday Club starts up again, following the break for summer.
All services start as usual, at 11:45am and there will be a BBQ lunch following tomorrow’s talk, at around 12:30pm. If the weather is good, we’ll look to sit out in the park and also play some games.
Details of the talks are below. We hope you’ll be able to join us for refreshments beforehand from 11:30am.
What does the Bible say about: Life after death? – 6 September Jesus coming back again? – 13 September The future of the world? – 20 September Heaven and Hell? – 27 September
We hope you had a very Happy Christmas and will enjoy a peaceful New Year.
We’ve had a great time over the Christmas period, particularly thinking about the real reason that we celebrate Christmas – that of the birth of the Lord Jesus at Bethlehem.
Our December Family Service was followed by an excellent Christmas lunch which proved to be very enjoyable. We also had over 80 people along for our Carols by Candlelight service on Christmas Eve, which was brilliant.
Parkside stall at Maidenhead Festival
Aside from Christmas, we’ve had a busy 2013 with Family Services being held each month as well as enjoying a busy day with our stall at the inaugral Maidenhead Festival, back in the summer.
We had good numbers for our two BBQs in the summer and Mother’s Day Tea in March.
Our young people had a great weekend away at Swindon, where they studied the Seven Churches mentioned in Revelation, as well as at the annual camp in Romsey.
Mike Wells
2013 also saw the commencement of our ‘Men’s Night’ and ‘Ladies Night’ activities. The men enjoyed a meal and also had a walk and BBQ evenings.
It’s also been a sad time in some ways as we said goodbye to Karla Cordell, back in January who had been suffering ill health for some years. Later in the year, we also bid farewell to Mike Wells who passed away after a period of illness. We had an excellent Thanksgiving Service for his life, with over 150 attending.
We’re thankful that both Karla and Mike are free from their discomfort and are with their Lord and Saviour. We continue to remember their families in prayer.
In practical matters, 2013 has also seen changes to the outside of the building. We put up a new sign on the front and also resurfaced the car park and created additional parking.
In 2014 we’re making some changes, as we begin our new discover service on 5 January.
This will be a combination of our monthly Family Services, our weekly Sunday Club and The Link Coffee Bar and will contain activities for all ages. We’ll begin with talks for the adults from the popular Christianity Explored course, for the first six weeks in January.
As a consequence of the changes on Sunday mornings, our Evening Service at 5.30pm on Sundays will no longer take place. Instead, we’ll be moving our Bible Teaching from Tuesday evenings to Sundays, beginning at 6pm. Our Prayer Meeting will also be moving from Thursday night to Wednesday night at 8pm.
We’re excited with the plans that lie ahead for 2014 and go into them all with an air of expectation and faith.
We don’t know what the Lord has in store for us at Parkside during the next year, but we look forward to every opportunity that we’ll have to tell others about our Saviour and what He has done for us.
Below are a few tweets from 2013:
I do not know what lies ahead, the way I cannot see; yet One stands near to be my guide, He’ll show the way to me:
We had an excellent time, with around 40 people at our April Family Service which was chaired by Jon Cox, with Alan Michael speaking.
Jon was beset with various problems at the beginning of the service, including broken guitar strings and faulty batteries on his amplifier, but battled through heroically, with his customary good humour.
It was great to see old friends back again, as well as those who normally join us at our Family Service.
Jon took the opportunity to choose some choruses which we haven’t sung recently and accompanied Kerry’s piano playing with his guitar.
Beginning with Jesus is the name we honour, we also sang We want to see Jesus lifted high, Jesus put this song into our hearts and When I feel the touch, as well as a selection of children’s favourites.
Jon had arranged a Bible-based light-hearted quiz, which again proved entertaining and ended in a draw.
Alan came up to speak and followed on from the developing theme of ‘People Jesus met’ by talking through the conversion of Saul, found in Acts 9, particularly referring to Saul’s Challenge, Conversion and Change.
After the service, the majority of people were able to stay for refreshments, again arranged by Lesley.
Our next Family Service is on 19th May at 11.45am.
Please join us this Sunday for our annual BBQ lunch, which follows on from our normal ‘discover’ Sunday service.
During September, we’re having a mini-series of talks in 
Parkside Christian Fellowship 