March 16
It’s Back, It’s Awesome, It’s march madness. the NCAA tournament is about to start! Think you know whats going to go down. Go ahead and sign up for the Parkside Youth Tournament Pick ‘Em. The winners will receive gift cards for iTunes. . . Here’s what you need to do if you want to play.
Step 1: Sign up for a Yahoo! Account if you don’t already have one.
Step 2: Go to the Yahoo! sports tournament pick ‘em page.
Step 3: Click “Join a Group”
Step 4: Take Nap
Step 5: Enter in the following info: Group ID is 33785 and the password is warehouse.
Step 6: Select save and continue. you’re now in it to win it.
After you’re done with all those steps - carbo-load and eat a powerbar. You have until thursday March 18th to make your picks. Soooo after you register make sure you fill out your bracket (under my picks). Keep it real - bring the smack talk (appropriate smack talk) and see if you’ve got what it takes. If you’re looking to see where UNC is in the bracket they didn’t make it . . . Hioooooooooh. and neither did Michigan . . . Ouch. Well, call it like you see it and fill that bad boy out. Good Luck!
March 11
Who: Middle School Guys & their Dads, Grandpas, Uncles etc.
What: Laser Tag, Games, Fun
When: 6:45 - 9:00 Pm Friday March 19th
Where: Fun N’ Stuff (661 E. Highland Rd. Macedonia, OH 44056)
Extra: The cost will be $5 per person to cover the cost of our time at Fun N’ Stuff. That will include a game of Laser Tag, another game of your choice, access to the climbing wall, and 5 game tokens. We will meet at Fun N’ Stuff at 6:45 pm to pass out tokens, and play laser tag together.
Please Call or E-mail Caitie to RSVP (please RSVP so we can let Fun N’ Stuff know how many are coming.
440.708.2117 cfrance@parksidechurch.com
March 11
Who: Any Middle School girls and their Moms, Grandmas, Aunts etc.
What: Painting Pottery & Fellowship
When: 10:00 am on Sat. March 20th
Where: The Loft (next door to the warehouse)
Extra: The cost will be $10 per person to cover the cost of materials. We are also asking if everyone could bring their favorite morning snack or treat to share.
Please call or e-mail Caitie to RSVP. please RSVP so we can make sure we have enough materials for everyone!
440.708.2117 cfrance@parksidechurch.com
February 21
Hey get your party pants on cause Feb 26th is movie night at the warehouse. now you might be asking yourself: ”Self, what’s a movie night and why would you want to be a part of that?” Now - lets say you asked that question - i’d tell you this: “For the following reasons you should come
A: It’s Friday night and you’re going to get to hang out at the warehouse with friends.
Secondly: You’ll get spoiled on some free snacks.
III: is there anything better to do? i submit that there is not!
D: all the cool kids are doing it.
Fifthly, and Finally: it’s a great event to bring friends to and just hang out.
We’ll be at the warehouse starting at 7:00 and be there till 9:30 that night.
February 11
Hey so people are always asking what i listen to here at the office during work - what’s my favorite new album or whatever. Sooooooo I thought every now and again I would let you know what I’ve been listening to. Right now it’s a great new-ish record from The David Crowder Band called “Church Music“. David Crowder is this sweet dude with an afro and funky beard - check out a picture of him - he’s a cool looking dude.
Now I know you’re saying “Jon why would I want to listen to a band who’s singing songs from a record called church music?” - buuuutttttt - it’s really good, really really good. It’s got a good electronic-y cool vibe going on, it’s innovative and new not old and tired stuff that’s been done by a ton of people before. If you can think of a better way to explain it let me know ok? But go ahead Listen - lemme know what you think?
Band: David Crowder Band
Album: Church Music (September 2009)
Favorite Songs: “How He Loves”, “Oh Happiness”
February 9
So - some bad news - club JV is cancelled for tonight. It’s snowing and it’s supposed to snow a ton tonight right at club JV time. that means your parents aren’t going to want to drive and the roads will stink. So do yourself a favor - put on all the clothes you own and go play in the snow. Hopefully - unless God sends a storm and the abominable snowman we’ll be back next week for Club JV. Cool? Let me know what you’re going to do with your night instead of Club.
February 3
Ok so which do you want first? The good or the bad? Ok i’ll start out with the good.
Good news: Mogul Mania was awesome - in spite of a little rain we had a great time. The water park was epic and time out on the slopes was a good all in all. I hope you guys had as much fun as i did.
Bad News: So our awesome friend Kyle came and shot all sorts of great video footage for us. Unfortunately - Our camera broke - meaning it ate our tape and won’t give it back - we can’t get the tape out!!!!!! I know - we’re completely void of all photographic or videographic (is that a word??) evidence. So. . . . I need you to send me footage of yourself skiing, or pictures from the trip - whatever you have!!!!! We will make the best video we can ok!
December 21
Mogul Mania 2010. It’s going to be legendary - We’re headed out to splash lagoon (an indoor water park) andPeak ‘n Peak. You should be getting something in the mail about it - or you can go Here and sign up. It’s January 23-24th so you’ve got plenty of time to start working on your mute grabs and backside rodeo 720’s. I pulled my skis out the other day and went with a buddy - just thinking about skiing got me excited for Mogul Mania. So invite a friend and sign up - i’ll see you there.
December 21
Hey i got some pictures back from the best night of your life. Hiram Foster captured some of the magic (he took the pictures). This one is my favorite and I need you to come up with the best caption possible for it. You miss out on the night? Adam Hoshiko hung Christmas ornaments on a sweater - it was awesome - and took home the grand prize for tackiest sweater and Komar’s boys took the architecture to the next level and made a lovely gingerbread house that won it all.
You guys made over 100 Christmas cards and bags of candy that were delivered to the good news kids at Scranton Road bible church along with coats, toys, hats gloves and all sorts of other stuff. Some kids got a new coat for the very first time in their life - which is pretty awesome that you were part of that. It was a great night and I’m really proud of how much work you put in caring for these students. I might not get to see a lot of you before Christmas but don’t go snooping around for your presents - it’s not worth it - it just spoils Christmas.
Have a merry Christmas - go sledding, drink hot chocolate, bake some cookies, spend time with your family and spend some time thanking God for all he has done for us. You don’t have to get me anything - but if you can find them i’d love some of those onesie pajamas with the feet on them (and get a pair for Marty too!).
Have the Best Christmas Ever!
December 9
The Tacky Sweater Christmas Party is almost here. Less than a week till the madness ensues. We’ll be hanging out all Tuesday night having a great time celebrating Christmas and working on a pretty sweet project. We’re working together with some other people at Parkside to help some of the students of Scranton Road Bible Church.
Events for the night include: Best Tacky Sweater Contest, Gingerbread House Competition, The Frank Komar Christmas Carol Sing Along, Christmas Cookies, and so much more.
What we need you to do is bring cards, candy, and to money to donate for a great cause. We’ll be using part of our night to make cards and make gift bags full of candy for the students. The money will go towards purchasing coats, hats, gloves and other items for kids living in downtown Cleveland. It’s a really sweet opportunity that we have as Christians to join together and care for those in need. I’m sure you can ask your parents if there are jobs that you can do in the coming week to raise money.
So wear the tackiest sweater you can find/borrow, bring the cards candy and $$, and prepare for a great time!
See you soon,
