On Saturday evening after the Atlantic Highlands Tree Lighting, we threw our 4th annual Light It Up! After Party. For what was a lightly attended tree lighting, our after party was not: it was filled with kids familiar and not, new friends, visitors, and many of you. It was a GREAT party. Thank you to all who made a soup or chili, who helped set up or clean up, ran crafts, or who was just there to be warm, friendly, and fun. I had a

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.  It’s the busiest time of the year.  As we sat on Sunday for the announcements I couldn’t help but think, it really is the busiest time of year. But yet, it also really is the most wonderful time of the year. Many of the things that we scheduled are fun and bring joy and wonderful moments of togetherness and community - Light It Up! Christmas Connect! Christmas Celebration Sunday! Christmas Eve! And those things are just at Central! Yet this

You guys and gals are awesome.  I mean, God is awesome, through you. But you're pretty awesome too.  This past Sunday was a great Sunday.  Besides the fact that a small army of folks helped decorate and beautify our building for the upcoming Christmas season, we had a handful of Central folks – along with some non-Central friends – cook Thanksgiving meals for 14 local families, totaling over 40 people. And then, on Monday, a handful more distributed and delivered those meals. Awesome.  Here are

This coming Sunday, we are wrapping up our (all too!) short series called “BeLoved”, on our identity, dignity, and destiny in Christ. On Sunday, we talked about how as God’s beloved children, we are also created to be his beloved ‘co-workers’. That is, we are made in “the image of God” to ‘be’ like God in the way we do a sort if imitation of what God has done in creation: brining order to disorder, peace to chaos, light to dark, and life to