Loving God, Loving Others
📅 D AT E & S P E A K E R
August 30, 2026 · Speaker: Pastor Rich Franz
📖 S U N D AY M E S S A G E
God's Timing
Series: Let's Talk About It
Rich continues his series "Let's Talk About It" with the message on "God's Timing". Read II Peter 3:1-10 to prepare your heart for this Sunday.
🎵 W O R S H I P S O N G S
Do It Again, Praise You Anywhere, Holy Forever, Trust In God, Good Plans
📣 C H U R C H U P D AT E S
Main Bldg Bathrooms — The permits are approved and we will be getting a construction schedule soon. When work begins the Men's and Women's bathrooms in the main building will be unavailable. We will have to use the new bathrooms in the Connect Center and the 2-Story bldg. It will be an inconvenience but with a major upgrade to come.
Shuttle Service — There will be no shuttle service at the 8AM service for the summer. We will still provide shuttle service from the park for the 9:30AM and 11AM services.
Rapha Mission Trip — Rapha International is planning its yearly Medical-Dental trip to Cambodia in January 2027.The dates are January 7-21. Non-medical people may apply, as well as medical or dental professionals. The biggest need is willing hands and hearts to serve "the least of these". Some of the highlights of the mobile clinics are triage, consultation, pharmacy, dental, eyeglasses and a prayer station. If you are interested,please contact Dee Perconti 727 453-2346 and she will put you in touch with the Rapha leader of the trip.
Hiring Update — We are pleased to announce that Noah Duston has accepted our offer to become our Assoc. Pastor - Student Ministry, leading our 6-12th graders to a closer relationship with Jesus. Noah starts on 9/6 - plan to meet him after each service.
Get To Know — If you have a chance, consider taking Jared or Rick, our new pastors, out for a lunch or dinner to get to know them. You'll be blessed.
Welcome — We have added Kathy Johnson as a contractor to assist us in our Human Resources upgrades and Patricia Dean has joined the staff as our full time Office Manager. Please welcome them when you see them.
📌 A D D I T I O N A L U P D AT E S
Visitors: We have so many 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 and share the good news. Don’t forget to invite all our visitors back to worship with us again. Also, invite them to your class or small group. Let’s help them get connected.
Central Partners: Central partners, we appreciate your heart for worship, giving, caring, and serving here at Central. We are grateful to God for you. We love your desire to be devoted disciples of Jesus. YOU are a blessing to Central in so many ways. The Lord has brought you here to be a part of His kingdom work.
Prayer Requests: Please continue to submit prayer requests on our Connection Cards, Linktree, or through our Central App. You can also stop by our Prayer Room at any time 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.
Reviews: Has a class, group, worship song, message, or friendship at Central shaped your faith journey? We'd love for you to share it and encourage someone else on theirs.Central Reviews can be found on Facebook, Instagram, and Google Maps.
🤝 V O L U N T E E R S N E E D E D
Parking Ministry — Martin Mickey · martin_mickey@hotmail.com
Shuttle Ministry — Bill Phillips · 1969firebird1@gmail.com
Safety Team — Law enforcement/medical exp. · Rob Breese: pewter55@msn.com
Children's Ministry — Laura Fischer - Laura@centralstpete.com
Worship Ministry — Scott Browning - scott@centralstpete.com
Production Ministry — Audio/Video Production exp. - scott@centralstpete.com
🏗 PA S S T H E B AT O N
God is doing amazing things through your generosity!
✓ Done Connect Center Bathrooms — completed & beautiful!
✓ Done New Men's Restrooms (2-story bldg) — completed.
In Progress Main Building Bathrooms — Permits APPROVED!
Construction schedule to follow.
✓ Done A/C Unit Replacements — Unit #1 completed
Planned Main Worship Space Renovation — coming!
Planned Mortgage Payoff — the goal!
Give online or in-person at centralstpete.com/pass-the-baton
🙋 W E ' R E H I R I N G
Worship Pastor
Interviewing candidates, scheduling a visit
Please pray the Lord brings the right people!
🙏 C L O S I N G W O R D
"Be bold and share your Jesus story. Your FIRST testimony is the joy they see on your face. Let them see Jesus' love in you — then they will want to know more."
👥 Y O U R E L D E R S
Your Elders and their groups (Partner Last Names) and emails
Rich Franz - rich@centralstpete.com
Will Crandle - (A–Cau) · will.rutha.ccc@gmail.com
Rob Breese - (Cha–Dif) · pewter55@msn.com
Brent Winner - (Dis–Gess) · brent.winner@myfwc.com
Bob Edwards - (Gil–I) · robedwards83@yahoo.com
Rudy Gonzalez - (J–Mar) · rudygshow@gmail.com
Bob Strube - (Mas–Rag) · rstrube1@msn.com
Sal Perconti - (Ram–Z) · sal@perconti.com
Loving God, Loving Others
⏰ Sunday Services: 8AM · 9:30AM · 11AM
📍 6161 22nd Ave N, St Petersburg, FL
📞 727-343-6161
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