Central's Pastoral E-Letter: November 26, 2010

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

I hope that you enjoyed a special Day of Thanks with your family and friends.  As we have been learning, we have so much to be thankful for! 

 

I thank God for you as a congregation and all that you are doing as we all are learning how to be the hands and feet of Jesus to our community. 

 

I hope that you are going to be able to be with us this Sunday as we celebrate God’s goodness!  I will be bringing the message in the classic service and Jared Alcántara will be speaking in both contemporary services.  We are excited to share what God has been putting on our hearts to share with you about His goodness for all of us!

 

I am counting down the days until our Follow the Star Live Nativity Outreach on Dec 10, 11, 17, and 18!  I am excited as I see yard signs popping up all over the community.  Thanks for taking this step to promote this community outreach.  This Sunday we will have invite cards available for you to give to your friends and neighbors.  We want to get the word out!   You can also send them to our website www.worshipatcentral.org as there is information there as well!

 

We also need help in getting the church decorated for this event!  So….

 

-          After the 11 service this Sunday,  November 28^th , we need an army of elves to help with the decorating.  We will need men and women to get up on the ladders, put Christmas trees together, carry supplies, and do other things to add their special touch so that the spirit of Christmas comes alive at Central in preparation for all of our guests. 

 

Then…

 

-          All day Saturday, December 4^th, beginning at 9:00 am, come for an hour or for the whole day for the Interior and Exterior set construction and design.  We will need volunteers to assemble and decorate the interior Christmas Village, assemble the buildings for the Living Nativity set, decorate the outside of the building, create pathways for the Pageant of Peace tree display, and set up and light Christmas trees.

 

-          Immediately following the worship services on Sunday, December 5^th, we will put the final touches in place.

 

Please begin to pray about whom you can invite to come with you.  This will be a live walk through of the Christmas story and the gospel will be presented in a creative way.  There will be a beautiful Christmas tree light display to walk through with your friends, great food, live animals, music, and much more. 

 

Then on December 12, we will begin a special Christmas series called A Christmas Carol, totally designed for you to invite your friends to hear the hope of Christmas.  It is going to be a powerful December!

 

See you Sunday!

 

Pastor Gay

 

 

 

Central's Pastoral E-Letter: November 21, 2010

 

Dear Central Family,

 

Give thanks!  For the Lord is good! 

 

I love this time of year because it reminds us of how gracious our God is and how generous He is in loading us with His blessings! 

 

Today is going to be a powerful one as we wrap up our series Mind Your Business.  Tucker and I will be speaking in the contemporary services and Anthony will be preaching in the classic service.  We will be focusing on how Generous our God is and how we have a privilege of joining Him in His work.  What an awesome privilege that is.  I am very encouraged by the stories I am hearing about how God is working in your lives through this series. 

 

A few reminders:

 

1.       Today, a whole team of the Central Family is going to the Preservation House to serve a home cooked Thanksgiving Feast!  Thank you for your generosity in giving your time and donations for this special meal.  Remember, we chose to not have a Thanksgiving Dinner here at Church so that we could give a party for these special families.  Thanks to your generosity, we are able to take the love of Christ outside these doors! 

 

2.       Tonight at 7pm, we will all gather for our annual Thanksgiving Praise and Worship Service.  We will meet in the Worship Center to thank our God for all He has done!  Join us and bring the whole family!

 

3.       Starting today, we kick off the Great Christmas Give-Away!  10% of all of your gifts to the general fund from November 21 to December 31 will go to meet specific physical needs of people in our community.  I am excited to see what God is going to do through your generosity!

 

Be Thankful!  I am thankful for what God is doing through you!

 

Pastor Gay

 

P.S. Today, you will be able to pick up yard signs to promote our Live Nativity outreach on December 10 to 11 and 17 to 18.  Please pick one up and help us get the word out.  It is going to be an awesome display of God’s love for our community!

 

 

Central's Pastoral E-Letter: November 5, 2010

 

Dear Central Family,

 

What excitement flowed through the church last Sunday as we saw seven believers step out and get baptized!  To see how God is at work in people’s lives is such an encouragement.  Add to that the work that LifeGroups are doing in our Preservation House outreach is such a great example to all of us of what it means to be the hands and feet of Jesus.  I am so thankful for all of you and what you are doing to live out the vision God has given us.  These are very exciting days at Central.

 

This Sunday we will kick off a new series we have called Mind your Business.  This promises to be an exciting series of challenge and application when we can learn about some steps of faith that we as a congregation will be taking during November and December unlike anything we have ever done before.  I hope that I have caught your interest!  Can’t say anymore, but plan to be here for one of our three services on Sunday.

 

We will also be presenting for the first time the completed work of our Constitution Committee.  A new revised Constitution and leadership structure is being presented, and you can pick up a copy of the proposed constitution this Sunday in either the Welcome Center or Allen Hall.  We are planning special town hall meetings for Sunday, November 14 at 9:30 and 11:00, and Wednesday, November 17 at 7 pm.  So pick up a copy of the proposed constitution, read it, and then come to a town hall meeting to get your questions answered.  We will then vote on this constitution at our Annual Business Meeting on December 5 at 6 pm following an All Church Dinner that evening.  More details to come, but for now just pick up a copy of the document so you are fully informed.  I am thankful for all the hard work that has gone into this by the leaders who have worked so diligently.

 

Finally, don’t forget to set you clocks back one hour before you go to bed on Saturday evening.  It is that time of year again!

 

See you Sunday morning!

 

Pastor Gay