This week we are continuing our series called Strength Building. Justin will be delivering the Week 3 message - Building a Strong Spirit. If you want to prepare, read Acts Chapter 2:1-15; 37-39. Be thinking about why God gave us His Spirit, why we need it, why YOU need it.
Worship songs for this Sunday are: Take You at Your Word, I Speak Jesus, Rest on Us, Abide.
REMEMBER that starting next Sunday, on September 7th - our Fall Kickoff Sunday – our Second Service will start at 10:45 AM. First Service will still begin at 9AM. So going forward from that date, Sunday services will be 9am and 10:45am! This should help ease our congestion in the parking lot between services.
Our Fall Festival is coming up on Saturday, October 18th at Northwest Park. We still need more volunteers to make it happen. If you want to be a part of this great outreach event, you can sign up to volunteer here… Fall Festival Volunteer Signup
Looking for another opportunity to serve? Our Women’s Ministry is looking for a few people to provide childcare during their Thursday morning Bible Study class starting September 11th at 9:45am. The class will last for 8 weeks. If you can serve/help, contact: dana@centralstpete.com michele@centralstpete.com
Our new Baby Nursery is now open. We’re excited about this new space and the opportunity to care for your babies/grandbabies while providing an opportunity for parents to attend service, classes, or small groups. This will also open up more classroom space for our toddlers, as those classes continue to grow.
Please continue to park at Northwest Park and use one of our beautiful shuttles on Sunday morning. It will be a great help with parking for our many Visitors every Sunday if you can use one of our vans. The later start time for second service should make it easier to shuttle from the park.
I hope you have been keeping up with your Bible Recap study this week. This Sunday, August 31st, will be Day 243 – you should be reading Ezekiel 13-15 by this Sunday.
We have more ongoing facility projects coming up at Central. We FINALLY have received permits for our new bathrooms in the Connect Center and 2-Story building. We are anxious to get the new construction schedule from our contractor. Have you noticed the significant changes that are happening to our Lobby and Welcome Center? We still have some serious maintenance items coming up this fall with our AC, as one of our large 40-ton units needs replacement. A new unit has been ordered. We’ll continue to keep you appraised on that.
The Central staff & elders pray for the health and safety of you and your family every week. We pray for your physical health but also for your spiritual & emotional health. We pray that there will be harmony and unity within His church. Please continue to submit prayer requests on our Connection Cards, Linktree, or through our Central App. You can also stop by our Prayer Room on Sunday morning to submit a prayer or meet with a prayer warrior. We are a church that believes in the power of prayer and we see it working every day in our lives.
Thank you for being YOU and for staying connected here at Central! Are you attending that EXTRA class or connect group each week? What about discipling someone or being discipled? Are you active in our Women’s or Men’s Ministries? Get more involved.
There are always visitors, some new, some repeat, showing up every Sunday morning. What a blessing!! God brings them to us; it’s our job to make them feel welcome. Don’t forget to invite our visitors back to worship with us again. Invite them to your class or small group.
Take some time to introduce yourself to someone you meet that you don’t know this Sunday – they could be a Central partner you haven’t met or maybe a visitor. This may be your opportunity to tell someone the good news or to invite them to one of the connect groups you attend. Share YOUR Central story with others.
Be bold and share your Jesus story too.
Your Elders want you to know how much we value each of you and are always praying for you. Please remember to keep our staff & Elders in your prayers daily. They need your prayer support to do the kingdom work that they do.
Feel free to reach out to your Elder or any Elder with any questions or concerns you may have. The Elders are listed at the end of this email with the partners in their group, by last name.
YOU are a blessing to Central in so many ways.
The Lord has brought you here to be a part of His kingdom work. We appreciate your heart for worship, giving, caring, and serving.
