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Dear Central Family, I hope that you were with us this past Sunday for our Celebration Sunday! We all experienced a wonderful time of worship and celebration as we met together at TCNJ for a combined service at Kendall Hall. Just under 500 of us gathered and gave thanks to God for His powerful acts in our church and rejoiced in the vision He has given us to impact our communities for Christ! Then we all moved over to Central’s campus for an outstanding time of fellowship as we all enjoyed the culinary expertise of Les Enterline and crew. It culminated with an announcement that $327,000 was committed to date to our GREATER Vision! God is certainly doing things that only He could do, and we are rejoicing in every commitment and every penny that has been faithfully committed to this Vision! If you have not had a chance to make your commitment towards the GREATER Vision, commitment cards will be available on Sunday in the Welcome Center. If you have made a commitment, you can start giving towards this Vision this weekend by writing “GREATER” on the memo line of your check or by giving on line. Words cannot express how thankful I am for all the volunteers, staff, and church leadership who worked so hard to make this time a true celebration that honored Christ! I am looking forward to what God is going to continue to do!
This weekend, we begin a brand new series that I am very excited about! We are calling it GETTING PAST YOUR PAST! We are going to be examining Old Testament characters over the next five weeks and how they can help us all get over our hurts, habits, and hangups. We are going to be studying the subjects of bitterness, control, guilt, grief, and acceptance. This is a great series for you to invite your friends to come with you as well as for you to plan to be present, as you will not want to miss any of these messages. We will kick the series off this weekend, with Pastor Gilmer teaching in all the Modern Services including Saturday night, and I will be teaching in the Classic at 9:30 and Unplugged at 11:00. So you have five options to choose from and I hope you will come and bring a friend! Upcoming Events: ~Interested in learning more about Central? Want to become a member? Discover Central, which starts THIS Sunday, May 5th, is a 4-week series where you will learn more about what our church believes and is one of the steps towards becoming a member of Central. It meets at 9:30 am in Adult 3 (formerly the Board Room). Please note that this series skips Memorial Day weekend and will meet until June 2. Questions? Contact Pastor Anthony at agilmer@cbcnj.org. ~Come join the Women’s Ministry for Girls Night Out, an evening of comedy, music, and dessert featuring Sue Duffield on Tuesday, May 7 at 7:00 pm. RSVP to attend this event (and to request childcare if needed) by e-mailing info@worship@central.org by May 5th. ~Mom, it’s time for you to shine! FREE Mother’s Day Car Wash at Central on Saturday, May 11 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Did we mention it’s FREE? ~Central Cares Day is Saturday, June 1st! The church is leaving the building once again to move out into the communities surrounding Central in a day of service. Teams of volunteers will meet at Central in the morning for a kickoff pep rally at 8 am, then fan out into the community from 9 am to 12 pm to a variety of service opportunities, gathering back together at Central at 1 pm for a celebration, including a meal and a time of testimony. To sign up to volunteer, please go to http://vols.pt/6XWcrn or stop by the Fellowship Mall table this Sunday! See you this weekend! Pastor Gay P.S. Central is now on TWITTER! Follow us at @CentralChurchNJ. |
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