GOBBLE GOBBLE!!!

Youth Fellowship on Sunday, Nov. 27^th

4:30 to 6:30 pm Thanksgiving Left-Overs party!

·       Bring your favorite thanksgiving food (either made especially for us or a left-over from the big meals of this long weekend)

·       We will gobble gobble together and relax

6:30 to 8 pm

·       “Joan of Arcadia” episode viewing and discussion

Hope to see you there!

~Cynthia

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I could not believe it when I turned the radio on in my car last night and heard Christmas carols!  It is not even Thanksgiving yet!

It is unfortunate when commercials, stores, radio stations, etc. start the holiday season so early.  I feel it loses its impact.  By Dec. 25th we will all be bored and even irritated by the music and decorations.  What a shame!

This week we approach Thanksgiving.  A chance for us to gather with friends and family as well as give thanks for the many blessings in our lives.

Here at Central Presbyterian Church we will be giving thanks in many ways:

• During worship Nov. 20th we will have several prayers of thanks which will invite our congregation to voice their own thanksgivings aloud.
• At Faith Adventure we will be making thanksgiving themed placemats for SHIP
• Sunday evening the Summit Inter-Faith Council is hosting a Thanksgiving Service for the whole commuity at Fountain Baptist Church
• Next weekend, on Nov. 27th youth fellowship will be sharing a Thanksgiving meal together in the evening.

But even beyond these planned events our members will be gathering in the homes of friends, families, and neighbors.

I would ask that you truly immerse yourself in the joy of giving thanks, put jingle bells and rudolph on hold until December.

SNOWPOCOLYPSE 2011

The power of God's Creation is truly overwhelming!

No school in Summit this entire week as we all attempt to clean up from the storm, many of us still have no power!

In late August we had the Hurriquake and now this snowstorm in October!

When we read the Biblical account of fire raining down from the sky, plagues of frogs and bugs, seas parting in half, we can be somewhat thankful all we are dealing with is downed tree limbs and lack of heat.

I am looking forward, as I am sure all of you are, to getting back to 'normal'.

Please come out and join us this Sunday. 

• We will warm up together and have breakfast at Fatih Adventure at 9 am where we will play Bible Trivia.  THERE WILL BE PRIZES!
• We will worship at 10 am and have Sunday School at 10:15 am.
• Youth Fellowship will meet from 4:30 to 8 pm in the Youth Center and we will have PIZZA and watch the 4th episode of 'Joan of Arcadia'!

Most importantly, if you are able, come to the church this Sunday to fellowship with your brothers and sisters in Christ through faith development, worship, and the hospitality found in each other's presence.

~Pastor Cynthia

we survived painting!

The Youth Center has been painted.   It took 2 Sunday evenings to paint and a week to clean up but the room is now bright and clean!!!

This Sunday evening we will be baking harvest goodies so bring your cooking skills and appetite!

~Pastor Cynthia

Youth Fellowship was AWESOME!!!!

We had our first Youth Fellowship of the school year this past Sunday evening.
It was a blast!!!  20 people painting (and making a mess!) in the youth center, then we had pizza, and watched the first episode of "Joan of Arcadia".

We discussed what it wold be like if God was walking among us today and talking with us just like a friend.

I am looking forward to the conversations we will have in the coming months as we continue to view this program and explore what its like to have a real face-to-face conversation with God.

If you missed out this time, no worries we are in the Youth Center from 4:30 to 8 pm every Sunday!

~Pastor Cynthia

fantastic support!

I am so excited about Faith Adventure and Youth Fellowship both kicking off this Sunday!

First off, we had 5 famillies participate in the 3rd Grade Communion Prepardeness Class with a Passover Seder dinner this past Sunday.  It was a great tine for learning and fellowship.  (I think the parents learned stuff too!)

I have at least 12 committed adult volunteers to support our middle school and senir high fellowship program!!!  They are super excited and supportive and signed up eagerly for Sunday evenings to be here for fellowship and the "Joan of Arcadia" curriculum we are using.

This Sunday afternoon we are painting the Youth Center!

Faith Adventure kicks off this Sunday morning at 9 am!!  I am super excited to explore the Bible Lessons from Spark Sunday School in a more casual and inter-generational setting!

Please join us for eveyhting you can!  This will be an awesome Fall at CPC!

~Pastor Cynthia

i make all things new

The message this past Sunday in worship was God's promise to make all things new. 

What an amazing promise!

God is very much alive and at work at CPC and although many things may feel like the same old routine there is a refeshing new life being brought to our programs in addition to the reality of the many compeletly new activities.

Our church is intentionally beiopening ourselves up to where the Holy Spirit is moving us and that is exciting!

Although it may look like our church calendar is filling up with busy programs, the intended result is not just to be busy but instead through participation and purposeful decisions as to where to committ our time and talents the result we seek is the fruitful development of all aspects of the church.  This includes the development of the faith of our members as a whole as well as on an individaul basis.

Just as the dryer sheets bringsa freshness to our favorite gym shorts, just as we all know that 'new car smell' is from the tree hanging on the rear view mirror but the car is still the same old car, and as we all return to the school routine that is so familiar yet so new, let us embrace the newness and the familiarities about life at CPC and be open to what God will do here to truly make this a fruitful congergation.

~Pastor Cynthia