Eggciting Things at Central!
Another year, another Glow in the Dark Egg Hunt completed. And it was a great one. If you were there – you know and could feel the excitement in the building. If you missed it, what you missed was a building packed with kids and families - excited to hunt eggs and do crafts and play games and have fun together – and a building packed with volunteers from Central – both young and old – excited to see other
The Egg Hunt is On!
A guest blog by Rebecca DeLucia, Next Generation Pastor. This coming Sunday is our third annual GLOW Easter Egg Hunt and Party!! While this event may get the most foot-traffic through the church and be among the most fun, it does something even greater: advances God’s Kingdom. Events like this are a direct invitation to those who may never set foot in the church to do so in a non-threatening way. Games, crafts, and egg hunts also break down barriers. Church is an
Your Labor is Not in Vain
Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58b I find this to be one of the most comforting verses in all of scripture. I imagine that for most of us, we are familiar with the experience of working for some purpose, pouring out our energy and sweat and tears – laboring, as Paul puts it – and just not seeing the results. We think, “what’s
God’s Future Shapes the Present
“To be a Christian, … is precisely to live as a person for whom God’s future shapes the present.” Last night, I was sitting on my couch reading a book and came across the quote above (from Hope Against Hope: Christian Eschatology at the Turn of the Millenium, by Richard Bauckham and Trevor Hart). It struck me as the perfect quote to share with you as it intersects precisely with our Sunday series on resurrection and what we’re starting tonight on
Raising the Dead Raises Eyebrows
This Sunday, we kicked off our new series that will lead us through Easter called “Because I Live”. It’s a series that is exploring the resurrection of Jesus and what it means for us. As it turns out, it means everything for us. As Jesus himself puts it, “Because I live, you also will live.” See what I mean? It means everything. This week, we’re also wrapping up the book of Acts in our 2025 bible reading plan (I hope you are reading along with us!). Over