Isn’t it the most beautiful day today? After our men’s bible study, we walked to and from the bagel shop, and I just couldn’t get over it. Get outside today, if you’re able! Today’s beauty reminded me that, more than the weather,we live in the beauty of a post-Easter world.  We live in a world where resurrection – life, with and from God – is our future.   We live in a world where, in Christ, it can be our present too.  That was the

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

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

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