Last Wednesday
Prayer Gathering
This Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Fellowship Mall
7:00 pm
Come join us in worship and prayer for the ministries of outreach that God has placed before us through
World Changers, Romania Team, and Kids Camp.
Childcare will be provided.
Hope to see you there!
God is at work!
I hope you are seeing God at work in your life on a daily basis! We are certainly seeing it here at Central! I want to praise God for the dynamic worship that we all experienced last weekend! The Spirit of God was at work in powerful ways as we worshipped in spirit and truth. We were also joyfully involved in seeing 9 people get baptized!
We also sent out 32 people to serve the Lord in short-term missions as part of teams in North Carolina and Romania. I hope you are praying for both teams. We are looking forward to what God is going to do through both teams and can’t wait to hear how God worked!
Additionally, we had our largest SHAPE class ever on Monday night, as 18 people showed up to get equipped to use their gifts for the expansion of the kingdom.
Finally, so far you have contributed $2,762.34 to the baby bottle campaign impacting men and women through the crisis pregnancy ministry of Choice One!
This Sunday is going to be a time for us to reflect on the gift of rest and refreshment as we focus on how God delights in refreshing our souls. Pastor Gilmer will be ministering in the 9:30 and 11:15 contemporary services and I will be teaching in the 9:45 classic service. You will want to make sure you are present for one of these services!
Finally, I want to remind all of you of our service schedule on July 4! We will have TWO services on Sunday July 4: the contemporary service at 9:30 and the classic service at 9:45. We will NOT have the 11:15 contemporary service. So please get the word out so that everyone knows of this holiday schedule. We are planning exciting services that will focus on our freedom in Christ and the blessing of our freedom as citizens of the USA! We will have kids programs during both services, but no student ministries or Adult Bible Fellowships.
That does it for now! See you Sunday!
Pastor
P.S. On Wednesday, a woman and her son drove up to the parking lot and stopped in the church. They were drawn in by the boat and the advertisement for Kids Camp! They have never been here before, but are now coming to Kids Camp! And they’re also planning to come and visit this Sunday! What a neat God sighting! Thought you might like to know how God is at work!
MaryElla Wyszynski asks for prayer for her stepfather Ray and her mom Betty Jane. Ray’s ears and lips have turned blue and his health seemed to be deteriorating quickly lately. Please pray for God’s healing touch in this situation, that His presence would be strongly felt in their home, for peace and comfort for both Ray and Betty Jane, and for MaryElla to be an agent of God’s love, strength and grace for both parents.
(Gem Perkins is sending this prayer request out for Susan Localio, Central’s office manager, who is out of the office and will return on Monday, June 28.)
What an awesome day we experienced last Sunday with Voluntour! It was exciting to see so many of you choose to get out of the stands and into the game to be part of the mission God has placed before us!
We as a staff team were especially encouraged by the number of you that signed up to attend our next SHAPE seminar on Monday, June 21! Our largest class ever! I can’t wait to see the fruit in all your lives!
Then to top it off, we had a powerful evening of training for our Kids Camp team on Sunday evening. We concluded our evening of training with a special time of prayer asking God to bless in a powerful way as we seek to reach kids for Christ! It was an all out great day!
This Sunday is going to be a very exciting day as well!
Check this out:
Christ-honoring Worship
at 9:30, 9:45, and 11:15
Pastor Gay will be speaking at the 9:30 and 11:15 contemporary services in the worship center, while Jared Alcántara will be giving the message at the 9:45 classic service.
Encouraging Father’s Day Message in all three services!
Baptisms, Recognition of Grads, and Sending out of two Mission Teams at 11:15
I hope you will be with us!
I also want to remind you that at the end of the 9:30 and 9:45 services, we will have a special reception in the Fellowship Mall for Pastor Ray Lombardi and Lorrie to honor them for their 18 years of ministry. Come wish them well and thank them for their ministry.
I thank God for the way He is working to change lives through the ministry of Central! I look forward to seeing you on Sunday!
Pastor Gay
The time has come!
We have been talking about leaders stepping up to the plate and being the leaders God has made them to be. The time has come for all of us to take the next step and get out of the stands and get in the game!
This is going to be an exciting Sunday at Central, and you are not going to want to miss it! We will be wrapping up our series Stepping up to the Plate with an examination of what the Scripture has to say about all of us being called to be part of the game. God has given all of us gifts, and experiences, and personalities that He wants to use to impact people for eternity, and the time has come to stop watching from the stands and get in the game. I will be speaking at the 9:30 and 11:15 contemporary services and Jared Alcántara will be speaking at the 9:45 classic service in Allen Hall. Part of our services this Sunday will be a special event called Voluntour. What is that? You will find out when you walk in our doors on Sunday! We have even cut the length of our services this Sunday, so you can experience Voluntour first hand! So let’s play ball!
One more thing: Last Sunday I introduced you to the leadership team for our High Seas Expedition Kids’ Camp (formerly VBS). Well, we still need volunteers to serve as crew leaders for the week. During High Seas Expedition Kids’ Camp, crew leaders will visit different stations with a group of four to five kids and help them enjoy the activities as they shepherd the members of their crew. There will be a volunteer staff training this Sunday night, June 13 from 7 to 8:30 pm where everyone will sample Goodies from the Galley, learn the week’s theme song, and get a sneak preview of the week’s activities. Volunteers will also get their staff shirts for Kids’ Camp! Interested in serving? Go to cbcnj.org, click on the High Seas Expedition logo, and select Volunteer Opportunities. Everyone is welcome to come to training even if you haven't signed up so you can learn more about the opportunities to help. This is a great opportunity to get in the game! We are praying for God to bring us 200 children to impact for Christ.
See you on Sunday!
I hope you all enjoyed your Monday celebration for Memorial Day! We have so much to be thankful for due to the sacrifice of so many men and women on our behalf.
I hope you are going to be with us this Sunday! A number of exciting things will be happening. We will continue our series Stepping Up to the Plate. I will be speaking in both contemporary services and Jared Alcántara will be speaking in Allen Hall at the 9:45 services. We look forward to how God is going to work! We will be celebrating communion in both places. Also, we will be introducing you to our leadership team for Kids Camp (formerly VBS) which is coming up in July. What a top-notch team God has given us once again! You will be encouraged to consider how you could get involved as well as part of this key evangelistic outreach to our community. It is going to be a whopper!
Finally, we will be taking a special offering for the 6 individuals who will be leaving on June 25 to minister in Romania. I sent a letter out to you last week and if you did not get it, I have attached a copy to this email. Please read this over and prayerfully consider how you can give an above and beyond gift of thanksgiving to the Lord to send these individuals on their way to impact lives for eternity. You will also have an opportunity to sign up for our 24-hour prayer team. Having gone to Romania for 14 years, I know how important it is to know that people are holding the team up in daily prayer. So please take the time to stop by the display in the Fellowship Mall to be part of this special prayer focus. Also attached to this e-mail is a prayer calendar which lists specific prayer needs for the team for each day of their trip.
Finally, I want you to know that even though summer is coming, we are not letting up in our planning and preparations for dynamic Christ-honoring worship services each Sunday. We are not going on hiatus just because it is summer! We know many of you will be travelling during these upcoming weeks, but if you are in town, I would encourage you to make plans to come to one of our three worship services. We are planning some dynamic services in the weeks to come, and you are not going to want to miss!
See you Sunday!
Pastor Gay
