Family Togetherness

This is the eighth (and final!) column in a series I’m writing to describe our goals and values for corporate worship. So far, I’ve said that we want our worship gatherings to be God-centered, cross-centered, and Scripture-saturated. We also value congregational...

Javier’s Testimony

The elders wanted to share Javier’s testimony.  Last Sunday we welcomed Javier as a member of our church. Good morning church, I’m also going to be leaving next week to college so this is my last week here. My name is Javier Alexis Maldonado Sanchez, and I...

Child Dedication

Mother’s Day is typically Child Dedication day at Parker Hills. But what exactly is a Child Dedication as we understand and practice it? Dedication is not a sacramental event. A dedication ceremony does not bestow salvation on a child, remove sin, or make anyone a...

“Mommy, I’m Scared!”

How well I remember the nights when, more often than not, some little person in our house would cry those words out into the darkness. When we asked for specifics, it might be a dragon or the shadows on the wall or the dark place in the corner. It was anything and...