A Note from Pastor Kenneth
I was inspired by these thoughts from Pastor John Burke:

“I find most people have a very distorted view of God. We get the idea that God is big, powerful, and distant; somehow less loving, less kind, less personal, less caring or empathetic than we are. That’s crazy! If you view God that way, do you realize the absurdity of that thought? God created us; we are lesser, he’s greater. We cannot be more compassionate and caring than God no matter how hard we try. Yet hurting people don’t often believe God feels our pain until someone, changed by God’s compassionate love, demonstrates his heart.”
I love this! As followers of Jesus, we have the unique ability to shape how people view God by essentially allowing God to shape us! As God molds us, shapes us, prunes us, and works in our lives we become people He can use to touch the lives of others. As the scripture points out, God wants to do something to us (save us), something in (sanctify us), and something through us (send us). How could this look? It might look like …

  •  Offering food to the hungry
  •  Being a friend willing to listen before trying to fix a friend’s pain
  •  Loving your kids well
  •  Serving someone who doesn’t have the ability to return the favor.
  •  Making space in your schedule to simply be with God
  •  Writing/phoning an old friend just to let them know you’re thinking about them.
  •  Saying no to something so you can say yes to doing something with your spouse

In John 13;35, Jesus says, “ By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." Who needs your love today?

Learning to love with you,
Pastor Kenneth
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Lost & Found
We have a box in the church office full of personal items left behind throughout the building. Please check the box and see if anything belongs to you. Items not claimed by November 3 will be given to charity.
Stop by the Library
Have you ever thought what a valuable asset our library is? We have a huge selection of books to read about Bible heroes and how to become the person God wants us to be that probably aren’t on the shelves of the library at school. This week as our children come to the library for Library Day, encourage them to check out a book. And if the book is gone a little longer than it should, we'll give a friendly reminder not meant to embarrass. See you in the library Sunday!
Family Fall Fest: Get Involved!
Sunday, October 27 • 4 - 6 p.m.
Family Fall Fest is a hugely popular community outreach event at Parkgate each year. We offer this event for free, but rely on donations and partnership from our church family. Here's how you can support the event this year. Click the capitalized, bold text to learn more.

  • HOST A TRUNKSign up to host a trunk at our Trunk-n-Treat area.
  • STAFF A GAME/ACTIVITYSign up to work at a game or activity during the event.
  • DONATE ITEMS: Contribute bags of candy, pumpkins, mums, Amazon gift cards, and more.
  • PURCHASE AN AD OR SPONSORSHIP: Purchase a $10 advertising space for your business or purchase a $5 family or business name listing on our Community Partners brochure, which is distributed to all attendees. 
  • SHARE THE EVENT ON FACEBOOK: Head to the event page and click "share" to invite your family, friends, neighbors, and more! You can also pick up invite cards and posters at the Information Center.

Birthdays & Anniversaries
October Birthdays
1 Zachary Axtell, Lisa Grissinger, Genesis Jackson, Babs Locklear • 3 Jacob Montoya • 5 Mike Aschenbrener, Janet Duncan, Jill Wiess • 6 Angela Alvarez • 7 Michael Pinney • 8 Jane Walker • 9 Rachel Mendoza, Ashley Thomas • 10 Frankie Duenes, Sandra Shaffer, Newton Ward • 11 Molly Pinney • 12 Luke Nawrot, Megan Nawrot • 15 Lisa Heacock, Fernando Pacheco, Jr. • 16 Sylvia Locklear • 19 Paul Heacock, Claudia Votaw 20 Kylin Manning • 21 Jean Burns, Nicholas Cuellar 23 Brad Barnes, Susan Thomas • 24 Toni Bowdoin, George Rehbein, Jesse Serna • 25 Shirley DeLozier, Marie Mears • 27 Craig Hackney, Sr. • 29 Liz Hicks • 30 Mike Gonzalez
October Anniversaries
5 David & Cheva Smith • 8 Craig & Rosie Hackney • 10 Phi & Kayla Thai • 13 David & Frankie Duenes • 21 Mike & Jenni Gonzalez • 24 Mike & Pam Aschenbrener • 29 Robert & Veronica Montalvo