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Dear Central, Thank you for all your prayers and support this past week as I was away caring for my Dad. Our family could sense your prayers and the power of the Spirit was evident in giving us wisdom, discernment, and strength for each day. My Dad also wanted to thank you for praying, because as he said, “I could tell they were praying.” We praise God that my Dad was able to come home on Monday and is getting stronger every day. We realize this is a journey we are all on, and we will choose to trust God and celebrate the good days as we are given them. Thank you for your support. I am looking forward with anticipation to what God will do this weekend, so if you are not going away, I hope that you will be with us at one of our 5 worship celebrations as we continue our series Getting Past Your Past. We will be looking at something that can definitely hold us back if we don’t know how to walk through it—we are going to be looking at the topic of grief. How can we as believers grieve well? As we approach this Memorial Day weekend, this is an appropriate topic and the Scripture has so much to teach us. Jared Alcántara is back from his time in India and will be teaching in both the Classic at 9:30 and the Unplugged at 11:00. I will be teaching in all three Modern Services, which includes Saturday night at 6. I am praying that God will use this message to minister to those of you who are grieving a loss, but also equip us to minister to others in our lives who are walking the path of grief. I know God has a word for us! Central Cares Day is coming up on June 1st! We are praising God for over 200 volunteers who have committed to serve! If you have already volunteered and have any questions about serving, please contact Heather Stoffel at hstoffel@verizon.net or stop by the Central Cares table this weekend in the Fellowship Mall. If you are not able to serve the on Central Cares Day, here are other ways that you can help. ~Can you make a batch of chocolate chip cookies or macaroni and cheese? If yes, please contact Cathy Brown at 609-818-1480 or tnc.brown@verizon.net. Simple recipes will be provided, and if it’s mac and cheese, a pan to make it in. The food is needed at Meals and More at Salvation Army, which is one of the work sites for Central Cares Day. Food can be brought on Saturday morning, June 1st or we can make arrangements to have it stored at the church a few days before. Contact Cathy or stop by the Central Cares table at the Fellowship Mall this weekend. ~We are doing some work on a resource room at the Preservation House in Trenton, and in order to equip this room, we are looking for donations of a DVD player, DVDs (instructional in nature OR clean entertainment), and books in excellent shape (the classics, Christian literature, appropriate fiction and non-fiction, resource materials for kids doing homework, or life skills for adults such as parenting, finance, and job search). If you have any of these items, please drop of them off at the Central Cares table this Sunday or contact Heather Stoffel at hstoffel@verizon.net. New Life Groups are starting up soon! The Wednesday night groups (two NEW groups being offered!) are starting up on May 29 and childcare will be provided. The Life Group fair will continue this Sunday and it’s a chance for you to check out the Life Groups and meet the facilitators. Don’t put your spiritual growth on hold because of the summer! For a list of Life Groups and to sign up electronically, go to http://worshipatcentral.org/lifegroups.aspx. See you this Weekend! Pastor Gay |
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