Ukraine missions

ongoing support in ukraine

Since the start of the war, Parkside has been providing ongoing support to Ukrainian relief efforts, including one of our global mission partners, Tavriski Christian Institute (TCI). In August 2022, a team from Parkside traveled to Ukraine to visit with war refugees and the staff of the Christian University TCI. Read about their travels below.

Road Signs

Road Signs

Have you ever felt unsure about what to do? What job should I pursue? Is this the right neighborhood to live in? Should I forgive that friend who hurt me? What should I say to my neighbor going through a divorce? How do we find answers to life’s tough questions? I...

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Oldsmobile Wagon Road Trip

Oldsmobile Wagon Road Trip

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 Before SUVs and minivans became the norm, there was an amazing vehicle called the station wagon. In...

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Tough Miles

Tough Miles

I’m not sure if this actually happened on Route 66, but it’s quite possible that it did.  Several years before I came along, my mother and father were traveling by car out West with his Aunt Margaret. (By the way, it’s a weird thing as a young kid to hear about Aunt...

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In the beginning, God…

In the beginning, God…

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. All of creation—everything that has been, is, and will be—comes from God. He is the beginning and the source of all that is good, right, just, and loving. How do we know this? Because God has given us His Word,...

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Tips for Reading The Bible 

Tips for Reading The Bible 

As the Bible resource gotquestions.org states, “God does not tell us that we must simply read the Bible. We must study it and handle it correctly (2 Timothy 2:15). Studying the Scriptures is hard work. A cursory or brief scanning of Scripture can sometimes yield very...

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Introduction to Route 66

Introduction to Route 66

Every successful road trip has an excellent road map to guide your journey. People who know the way create a map that shows the way to where you want to go. For followers of Jesus, that guiding map is the Bible. The early church pulled together sacred texts from...

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Community at the Cafe

Community at the Cafe

Written by Brent FudgeCommunity in the Cafe The event seemed to escalate from 0-to-60 at Cafe Filter as youth all around me gathered around tables to play board games. I caught Ian’s eye and without any words he invited me to play Exploding Kittens with him and his...

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Filter Cafe

Filter Cafe

Inside Filter CafeWritten by Matt Robinson FILTER CAFEOn Sunday afternoon, we went to a cafe on a side street by our hotel. We went there because it had been started by TCI to try and give refugees a place to come and experience community. As you'll see in this video,...

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There’s Always More to the Story

There’s Always More to the Story

Written by Matt Robinson One of the reasons I wanted to go to visit our friends with TCI in Ukraine, was because I wanted to know how they were really doing. In the lead up to our trip we were hearing less and less in the news about the war in Ukraine. We didn't want...

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