Welcome to the Parkville Living Center
The Parkville Living Center (PLC) is a space created to facilitate community. We walk with our community through all the situations that life presents. We recognize that love grows the more you give it away. We are creating a space for Parkville to be in community – to explore all that life has to offer, together.
Check out our newest program:
Pet Power
Pet Power has been serving local communities for 20 years with a mission of enhancing communications and relationships between generations and with those in facilities or in group settings with the help of animal companions. The Parkville Living Center is partnering with Pet Power to continue this amazing volunteer-led program.
Be sure to check out our upcoming Break Time events.
More info here.
This month, October 2022, we will have a special Break Time, with a fire pit
in our outdoor space to roast smores and enjoy the changing weather.
We will also have winter clothes and community resources available for those in need.
Let us share with you a little about our first year journey in 2021
2021 has been quite the first year for us, and probably you too… With all that is going on it is more important than ever that we have a community space, with no financial barriers to entry, where all are welcome and we can explore what it means to be in community.
We want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to our wonderful community and its members for bringing all of yourselves and supporting this effort.
Read our Year in Review here
Check out our 2022 Activity Calendar
A community has needs, both to give as well as to receive.
Call (816) 741-6824 or email marcus@parkvillelivingcenter.org to continue this conversation.
The Vision
With your help we are creating a new type of community center, in the heart of Parkville. Hosted by Parkville Presbyterian Church, the Parkville Living Center is a place where building relationship is our guiding principle. We invite anyone to come and share in the journey that is life. We hold space to meet our community needs where they are, we bring our experiences and the collective experiences of our community to guide us and to help us grow, together. Out of this personal engagement comes events, activities and other expressions of community, growth, peace and joy.
Town Hall Forum
Find out what is happening in Parkville. Free monthly forum.
Fun, News, & Events
Art Wall
We recognize the value in art expression and with your help we spread that value.
Share Expression
Money Talk
Need help navigating or growing your finances? Have the time and talents to help others?
Want to talk?
Our Stories
Stories provide a gift to the teller as well as to the listener. Explore Our Stories to learn more.
Parkville Stories
Thank you for Parkville Presbyterian Church
It is amazing how much can be gained from a simple conversation – in fact, that is probably the way most amazing things start. In this blog we explore a conversation with Perl Spencer and learn about some of Parkville’s less celebrated past.
PCSF – Community Grant
Platte County Senior Fund Community GrantThe Parkville Living Center is proud to announce the awarding of a Community Grant from the Platte County Senior Fund! We have some big plans with this grant and it is all to benefit you, our community! "We are building a...
It all adds up
It all adds upIn this vlog we discuss community center fundraising. Particularly the Parkville Living Center. We believe that with many hands, the impossible becomes possible. We also believe that everyone has incredible value that should be celebrated! Check out how...
Healing vs Cure
We are often heard saying that we walk with people and that we hold space for people, but what does that mean? In the blog below we attempt to put words to the wordless and to recognize our limits, as well as our potential.
What Churches Can Learn From Public Libraries
It is amazing how much can be gained from a simple conversation – in fact, that is probably the way most amazing things start. In this blog we explore a conversation with Perl Spencer and learn about some of Parkville’s less celebrated past.
The origins of Parkville Days
I have lived in Parkville for many years now, celebrating our historic downtown area, the river, the parks and of course Parkville Days. It never really occurred to me to look up the history of Parkville Days, as I just assumed a small river trading town simply always had a carnival-type event. This is not a story of someone setting off to research a carnival, rather it is the story of how amazing things start, both in terms of art but also in terms of tradition.
Get in Touch. Get Involved.
This dynamic offering depends on you, our community. Reach out, even if you are not sure why, and we can talk about whatever is on your mind.