Registration is now open for Lenten Discipleship Initiative 2023, which begins SUN, FEB 26 (the first Sunday of Lent)!

We all long for life. The call of Jesus—and the Christian claim—is that we come to full, overflowing, and abundant life as we follow and become like Jesus. During Lent, both in LDI and in our Sunday sermons, we will explore a framework that informs how we think about growing in Christ. This will take us back to the basic building blocks of the Christian life and help us to be renewed in our discipleship, individually and corporately. It will also help us in pursuing our mission “to make disciples who become like Jesus together.” Join LDI 2023 with your small group or join a new group that will meet on Sundays at the church. 

REGISTER HERE

SUN, FEB 19 | after all services | Welcome Center

Data Science Perspective on New Testament Palestinian Names – New Affirmation, New Insights

A database of several thousand names of Palestinian Jewish men and women around the time of Jesus was recently published, allowing New Testament scholars to compare New Testament data against this database. Their findings affirm the historical accuracy of the Gospels and Acts, statistically speaking. Such study of names also enable us to know more about some New Testament characters including Cleopas, Joanna, Paul, Thomas, Jesus’ family, and others. Dr. David Tam will be presenting a lecture on this new affirmation and insight SUN, FEB 19, after all three services. Dr. Tam, a former Gordon College Bible professor, studied New Testament and Judaism at Duke University after receiving the M. Div. degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Please register here. 

During the Annual Meeting, which took place yesterday evening (WED, FEB 15), both the annual M&O and Missions budgets were approved. The following people were elected:

Officers–Gabe Ling (Treasurer), Ling Yi Liu (Treasurer of Missions), Gregg Hansen (Assistant Treasurer), Deborah Gallagher (Clerk)

Elders– Mary Harvey, Kirstin Peltz, Geoffrey Raux, Andrew Ziegler

Nominating Committee – Marana Avant, Debra Mulley, Greg O’Brien, Bonnie Ziegler

WED, FEB 22 | 7:30–8:30 PM | Park Street Church

Join us at Park Street Church as we begin the season of Lent together. The service includes readings, a sermon, music sung by the sanctuary choir, and an opportunity to receive ashes. Childcare will be available for children ages 0–4 (preregistration required).

WEDNESDAYS, Beginning MAR 1| 12:15 PM | Park Street Church Sanctuary

Consider spending your lunch break this Lent with us at Park Street Church as we gather for a 30-minute service of prayer, reflection on scripture, and hymns. If you can’t join in person, the services will be streamed at parkstreet.org/live.

SUN, FEB 26, MAR 5 and MAR 12 | 12:30-4:00 PM

Interested in learning more about the church? Join us for lunch and an exploration of the community life, theological convictions, and unique priorities of Park Street. There is no pressure to become a member upon completion.

Please register here. 

In response to the tragic earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, Park Street is partnering with World Relief and Kardelen (serving children with disabilities), to provide aid. Both organizations are helping to meet victims’ physical, mental, and spiritual needs. In addition to your regular support of our missions program, you may further assist in the relief efforts by designating a gift to “World Relief” or “Missions: Kardelen” via check or at parkstreet.org/give.

Click here to learn more about World Relief’s Response thus far in Turkey and Syria.

Questions? Contact [email protected]. 

FRI, MAY 19–SUN, MAY 21  | Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Once again we will spend an amazing weekend in Maine celebrating marriage! We hope you can join us and spend time with other couples, building one another up, learning from one another, and enriching our own and each other’s marriages. We will spend the weekend in Boothbay Harbor, Maine at the Smuggler’s Cove Inn. The cost is $400 per couple ($200/person). Childcare provided for ages 0-3 at an additional fee per child. Scholarships are available. Registration closes SUN, APR 16.

Questions? Email Adam Herndon.

If you missed the stories in the Welcome Center during the Global Missions Conference, you’ll be able to find them in the Ockenga Lobby over the next several weeks. We hope that you can take a little time to get to know our missionaries and members and how God is using them to plant the seeds of his Kingdom both here in Boston and around the world.

MON, FEB 27  | 7:30PM | Kaiser Chapel, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Inspired by Revelation 10:1–6, Olivier Messiaen composed and premiered his Quartet for the End of Time while incarcerated as a POW during World War II. Come hear a preconcert lecture by Dr. Andrew Shenton (James R. Houghton Scholar of Sacred Music, Boston University), a homily by Dr. Sean McDonough (Gordon-Conwell, Professor of New Testament), and a complete performance of Messiaen’s innovative work by the Ensemble Chamarré, with a reception to follow. For more information, visit www.gcts.edu/quartet.

Check out our library right next to the Welcome Center. Did you know you can buy used books including Bibles very inexpensively? Many members have donated books from their libraries, allowing us to have many gently-used books by well-known authors. We also have several Christian magazines that you can check out. Please stop by the library today.