IN-PERSON
SUNDAY WORSHIP
Plan Your Own Visit:
We’re back to a mostly normal service at Parkside Church. We’d love to roll out the proverbial red carpet for anyone visiting. First time at Parkside? Don’t want to sit alone? Or maybe you’ve been a couple times and would like to ask some questions. Schedule your visit and we will:
- Meet you at the door like a friendly neighbor should.
- Answer any practical questions you have about the church.
- Give you some cool church swag on your way out.
We’ll confirm with you via your preferred method of contact the Saturday before Sunday worship. We can’t wait to meet you!
Parents of children … We do have a full range of children’s Christian formation beginning from birth. Our trained staff and volunteers provide lessons to support the child’s development – body, mind, and spirit. All our staff and volunteers are masked during major upticks in Covid infection rates, we practice enhanced cleaning protocols. We are not requiring masking however, masks are encouraged. Check in beginning at 10:15 am under the porch. In order to make sure we have adequate staffing and space, we ask that if possible, you rsvp your children ahead of time below.
What To Expect: Relaxed But Still Reverent.
Every Sunday we’ll gather at 10:30 am for worship (for real, not like 10:35). We’ll have you heading home (or to the beach or brunch) by around 11:40 am. We pack a lot into an hour and ten minutes.
Dress
Tuxedo t-shirts are recommended, since it says, “I want to be formal, but I’m here to party.” Or just dress how you feel comfortable.
Parking
For parking, we recommend on-street parking. But for those of you who hate parallel parking, there’s also:
1) A bank parking lot across the street (please don’t park in front of the ATM machines).
2) A Hampton Park lot right off of Moultrie Street.
3) An very large overflow lot off of Huger Street that is almost completely fenced in. It has only one entry and exit point off Huger street, and the lot owners would like to point out they are not liable for any of our cars.
Please be nice to our neighbors as well by taking care to not park in front of their driveways. That would make Sundays bad news for them (and we want Sundays to be good news for everyone).
Checking in Kiddos
Our Montessori-based Sunday school, which we call “Inclusive Atrium,” is available in the building next to the sanctuary. Check-in is available as early as 10:15 am. Registration can either be done weekly on-site or you can register your kids with a handy-dandy app after your first visit (the latter is much more convenient!).
Kids from 0 to 3, 3 to 6 and 6 to 12 have Christian formation with individualized lessons. Children 3 to 12 return to the sanctuary to join their families at communion near the conclusion of worship. You can read more about Inclusive Atrium here.
Worship
Our worship service is a little different in that we blend traditional and contemporary elements. What does that mean? Traditionally speaking, we honor the ancient Christian practices of reciting a reading from the Psalms, singing some classic hymns, praying the Lord’s Prayer with our kids, going to God in corporate confession, celebrating communion, and giving a benediction. Our contemporary elements are reflected in worship being led by an acoustic guitar and piano, singing some thoughtful worship songs, interactive response time after the sermon, and anonymous text-in Q&A. In other words, think relaxed…but still reverent. Also, we don’t pass a collection plate around solely for the purpose of asking for money (and all the people rejoiced!)
Communion
We celebrate communion every Sunday. Alongside teaching from Scripture, this is the central to our worship, and we make it a joyous occasion. All baptized Christians from any denomination are invited to receive communion. If you don’t consider yourself a follower of Jesus yet or aren’t baptized yet, don’t worry, you got options. You’re welcome to join the line and receive a blessing by simply crossing your arms over your chest, or feel free to stay in your pew and use the time to pray or meditate.
Post-Worship Hangout
Join us right after worship for a quick carb and make a friend. Good drinks and baked goods from the amazing Brown’s Court Bakery down the street. On special occasions, we’ll have a food truck roll up too.
Where To Go:
We are committed to our community’s safety. To know more please review our Inclusion and Protection Policy.