Before I (Rebecca) begin this week, I want to take a moment to pause and express my deep gratitude. First and foremost, I am incredibly thankful for this community—one that I first had the privilege of joining three years ago as a guest speaker, and since then, has become a home for Danny, the boys, and I. Central has become a place where I’ve found not just friendship, but a family, where I’ve felt supported, challenged and encouraged. More than

We’ve got a big Sunday coming up: our first service at the harbor gazebo! I don’t know about you, but I’m so excited. I love doing our worship service outdoors, I love getting to meet new people, I love the challenges that we’re always provided with (weather, loud cars, who knows?!?), I love being able to talk about Jesus within earshot of people who might have written him off. So far this month, I’ve asked you to pray for the gazebo services

I’m really grateful for where we are as a church today. There’s a lot to do, a lot to work for, a lot of future to build towards – but for today, there’s a lot to be grateful for. Let me tell you about a few such things, briefly.First, I’m thankful that as a church, we voted to approve of removing the ‘trial’ label from the Next Generation Pastor – so that it’s an ongoing position at Central. I’m thankful

This morning at our men’s bible study, one of the guys said something that I wanted to share with you all: we should pray more. Good advice. Wise. Needed. True.But let me tell you the context…he was talking about it, not just in general (though praying more in general would be a good idea too!), but specifically, in terms of our upcoming summer gazebo worship services down at the harbor.If you don’t know, we’ve got two more Sundays in July (including the

This Sunday, we talked about “spiritual warfare” – about how 'what we're up against' (the ‘spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places’ - Eph. 6:12) are out to destroy Christ’s body on earth (the Church) because it is through the Church that God has decided to fight His battles against evil.  Not our typical topic – or way of typically talking and envisioning things – but important nonetheless!I mentioned how, if you’d like a more personal and individual foray into the