Central Christian Church July 19, 2026 Weekly Update from The Elders Loving God, Loving Others 📅 Date & Speaker July 19, 2026 · Speaker: Arron Chambers 🎵 Worship Songs Graves into Gardens,  Battle Belongs,  Fight My Battles,  Reckless Love 📣 Church Updates Clothes Drive — Clothes Collection Drive - Central Christian Church is partnering with Clothes To Kids this year to help send kids in need from our local communities back to school with some basic essentials. We are collecting clothing donations through Sunday, July 26th. Please bring all NEW & like-new donations to the church lobby and place in the collection boxes. Thank you for helping us bless and support families in our community! No Shuttle Service — On Sunday, July 19th, the church vans will be in use by the high schoolers heading to camp. Therefore, transportation for Sunday worship services will not be available on July 19th. 2-Story Bldg — Work continues to progress on the new Men's Bathrooms - looking to complete by end of July. 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. 📌 Additional Updates 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. 🤝 Volunteers Needed 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 🏗️ Pass the Baton God is doing amazing things through your generosity! ✓ Done   -  Connect Center Bathrooms — completed & beautiful! In Progress   -  New Men's Restrooms (2-story bldg) — almost done, done by end of July In Progress   -  Main Building Bathrooms — contracts signed, permits applied for In Progress   -  A/C Unit Replacements — Unit #1 operational, new controller being installed Planned   -  Main Worship Space Renovation — coming! Planned   -  Mortgage Payoff — the goal! Give online or in-person at   centralstpete.com/pass-the-baton 🙋 We're Hiring Executive Pastor - Jared on the job Assoc. Pastor – Comm. & Connections - Rick Gross starts July 19th Assoc. Pastor – Student Ministry - Search in Progress Worship Pastor - Search in Progress Please pray the Lord brings the right people! 🙏 Closing Word "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." 👥 Your Elders 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 🔗 centralstpete.com