Stories of Fellowship

At Park Cities Presbyterian Church, Sunday mornings are the highlight of our week as we gather to worship together and are reminded of who we are as the family of God. But our life together as a church is not meant to pause during the week. We are made for community and relationships that extend beyond a Sunday morning and into the everyday places where we live. By the grace of God, Parish Ministry at PCPC creates opportunities to live out that calling.

In October 2026, PCPC members will host Parish Dinners in homes around the city, gathering young adults, singles, couples in all phases of life, and children. These Dinners are a simple but meaningful way to gather around a table, share a meal, build friendships, hear one another’s stories, and pray together. 

How well do you know people in your Parish? Have you taken time to invest in the people that God has placed around you? Parish Dinners are a great way to step in! Here are a few stories of how God has been at work in Parish Dinners at PCPC.

Raymond, a single man in Uptown, heard about Parish Dinners and signed up last spring. “I signed up because I knew maturing as a Christian man doesn’t happen alone. I made connections and began building relationships. I would encourage everyone, no matter your stage in life, to seek fellowship and community within the local body of Christ that’s around you.”

Similarly, Mary and Charlie, along with their son, experienced community at a Dinner in their neighborhood in Love Field. “We signed up because we knew a handful of our neighbors at PCPC and wanted to meet more of the people living right around us,” said Charlie. “What surprised us most was how multi-generational it was. Young families and empty nesters at the same table, all there for the same reason. We made several new connections, went deeper with friends we already had, and left encouraged.”

Cindy in Addison-Carrollton-Farmers Branch said that she “especially appreciated meeting people she might not otherwise have the chance to talk with on a Sunday morning”.

Being the family of God reminds us that our fellowship starts now but stretches into eternity. Through Parish Dinners, we get a foretaste of the fellowship God intends for His people.

“As we study Ephesians together as a church, we have seen the theme of walking with one another consistently come up. The idea is not to be isolated or alone. We are not on this walk alone but are doing it with one another as members of the body of Christ,” said John Paul Schulze, Director of Community Formation & Young Adults. 

Ephesians 2:19-22 says, “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In Him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.”

With that Scriptural admonition and in effort to walk together in grace, we hope you will join us for a Parish Dinner near you! For more information, visit pcpc.org/parish/.

*This article was written by Natalie Debter and Jane Edson, PCPC Staff.