Would you like to help Welcome Children and Families on Sunday morning? Our Welcome Team needs new members for this 9:30 to 10:45 AM opportunity to greet folks coming into the Education wing. Would you like to help with the snack and the welcoming of children into their Sunday school class. It's an opportunity to get to know some of the children at Central. Please contact Rev. Ginnie if you are interested. 

You will need Safe Church training to volunteer or chaperone with children and youth. For youth, 12 and older, who hang out with younger children, it is important to have this training. For parents who find themselves at gatherings or practices with the youth, it is important as an example and a practice to attend Safe Church Training. Please consider attending on September 22 from 9:30 to 10:45 AM in one of the Window Rooms in the Fellowship Hall. If you are interested, please sign up with Rev. Ginnie.

On September 8, we ask parents of children and youth to come to the CE Wing and register their children and youth for church activities. 

For our younger (3 & 4 year olds) children, Peggy Brodnax and Gracie Theobald will be learning and playing and building community with you. 

The K to 2nd Grade children will meet in Room 207. The children will hear our sacred stories of the Old and New Testaments, stories of Baptism, Communion, and other stories of the church. The children will wonder about God's presence in the stories and in their lives. The will have a time of play and a time to share "the feast". We are using the curriculum Godly Play.

The 3rd to 5th graders will hear stories of the old testament. They will have a sharing time and fun activities. We will be using a combination of Godly Play and a Lutheran curriculum called "Connect" which is specially focussed on tweens.

If you have any questions, please be in touch with Rev. Ginnie. 

On September 1, there will be no children's Sunday school, but there will be childcare for infants to 6 year olds.

On September 8, we ask parents of children and youth to come to the CE Wing and register their children and youth for church activities.   

Youth worship this Fall will be focused on Matthew 5 and 6. The youth will gather, share, sing and do activities to help them to focus on the sacredness of all life. Fellowship always follows the worship time. For more information, contact Lacey Brown.

Practical Theology:  

A Just Peace Covenant Community

Sundays, 9:30 to 10:45 AM 

Room 206, Education Wing 

Resuming September 15, 

Sundays, 9:30 to 10:45 AM

(Fellowship Hall, Steinhaus Library)

Rev. Michael will host a three-session Inquirers' Series from 9:45 to 10:30 AM in his conference room (office suite).  The sessions are designed for visitors to get to know him and each other a little better and explore both Central and the United Church of Christ. Attendees, of course, are not required to join following the sessions, but may if they feel ready to do so. The next "joining day" will be September 29. To register or for more information, email Rev. Michael.

Since 1984, Lena's Place Coffeehouse is a monthly opportunity to experience an eclectic mix of acoustic artists in a coffeehouse atmosphere. Lena's is staffed by volunteers. 

This month's musician at 9 PM is Vanessa Deliz, a singer/songwriter born and raised in the city of Miami, FL and now residing in Atlanta. 

Donations ($5 is suggested) are accepted to benefit Central's "Lena Werking Fund" for local charities. All proceeds in September go directly to Men Stopping Violence. 

If you would like to volunteer, please contact Rev. Ginnie.

from 5:45 to 6:30 PM 

PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME.

YOGA For All Levels: 6:30 to 7:30 PM 

PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME.

For more information on the Fall schedule, go to Meetup.com

Questions, contact Rev. Lou Kavar,

Spiritual direction is a process through which an individual explores, develops, and deepens the spiritual dimension of life with the aid and guidance of a director or coach. It is a process whose focus is to better integrate the spiritual dimension of life with other life dimensions, including relationships, work, and leisure interests.

The Rev. Lou Kavar is available to you as a spiritual director.  For more information, contact Rev. Lou (Click here).

For Plymouth Harbor:

Hospitality Volunteers Needed 

Plymouth Harbor needs volunteers to sit by the entrance doors and welcome the participants and their families on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.  Most people arrive between 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM, making this very appreciated contribution an easy morning. Please contact Kay  if you are interested.

THCA Wants to Get Fresh!!!

Toco Hills Community Alliance would like to expand our food pantry offerings to include produce and other fresh foods.  Much of these products are available at little or no cost to us, but, WE NEED REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS!  Among our eight churches, there have to be people with an old fridge in their garage or a chest freezer in their basement that is not being used. If you would like to make a tax deductable donation, or have a strong back and/or a truck, please contact  Mary Louise Wilson. Stay tuned to hear how God provides!

The story is that a long-time member of Central, Trudy Sanford, brought a fig tree from the Holy Land many years ago. It continues to bless us with its beauty and figs next to the pond by the front entrance of the church. Does anyone know more of the details of this story? Please contact Rev. Ginnie.