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Christ Our Light is our five-part Advent series that guides you through the story of Christ’s coming by reflecting on the meaning behind each Advent candle. Each week illuminates a key aspect of God’s redemptive plan—revealing how Jesus fulfills ancient prophecy, enters our world in humility, brings joy to the lowly, offers peace from heaven, and ultimately shines in the darkness as the eternal Light of the world. This Advent Devotional serves as a companion to the series for you to utilize on your own, with your household, and/or with you Life Group each week. Each week of Advent you are invited to read the Scriptures, reflect on the devotional, light the Advent candle, and pray. Let this season draw you closer to Christ—our true Light who shines in the darkness. read more

The elders met again this past Tuesday for our last meeting of 2025. Much of our prayer time was spent in praise for the year our Lord has given us. We feel an immense privilege to simply be a part of what God is doing through Central. We thanked God for all of those who gave their life to Jesus and also those that were baptised this past year. We are in awe of the growth in all of our campuses, not merely the growth in the number of people attending regularly, but primarily the spiritual growth of our church community. Praise God for all he is doing in His church! May He continue to guide our paths and keep us humble and obedient. read more

Christ Our Light is our five-part Advent series that guides you through the story of Christ’s coming by reflecting on the meaning behind each Advent candle. Each week illuminates a key aspect of God’s redemptive plan—revealing how Jesus fulfills ancient prophecy, enters our world in humility, brings joy to the lowly, offers peace from heaven, and ultimately shines in the darkness as the eternal Light of the world. This Advent Devotional serves as a companion to the series for you to utilize on your own, with your household, and/or with you Life Group each week. Each week of Advent you are invited to read the Scriptures, reflect on the devotional, light the Advent candle, and pray. Let this season draw you closer to Christ—our true Light who shines in the darkness. read more

Christ Our Light is our five-part Advent series that guides you through the story of Christ’s coming by reflecting on the meaning behind each Advent candle. Each week illuminates a key aspect of God’s redemptive plan—revealing how Jesus fulfills ancient prophecy, enters our world in humility, brings joy to the lowly, offers peace from heaven, and ultimately shines in the darkness as the eternal Light of the world. This Advent Devotional serves as a companion to the series for you to utilize on your own, with your household, and/or with you Life Group each week. Each week of Advent you are invited to read the Scriptures, reflect on the devotional, light the Advent candle, and pray. Let this season draw you closer to Christ—our true Light who shines in the darkness. read more

Christ Our Light is our five-part Advent series that guides you through the story of Christ’s coming by reflecting on the meaning behind each Advent candle. Each week illuminates a key aspect of God’s redemptive plan—revealing how Jesus fulfills ancient prophecy, enters our world in humility, brings joy to the lowly, offers peace from heaven, and ultimately shines in the darkness as the eternal Light of the world. This Advent Devotional serves as a companion to the series for you to utilize on your own, with your household, and/or with you Life Group each week. Each week of Advent you are invited to read the Scriptures, reflect on the devotional, light the Advent candle, and pray. Let this season draw you closer to Christ—our true Light who shines in the darkness. read more

Christ Our Light is our five-part Advent series that guides you through the story of Christ’s coming by reflecting on the meaning behind each Advent candle. Each week illuminates a key aspect of God’s redemptive plan—revealing how Jesus fulfills ancient prophecy, enters our world in humility, brings joy to the lowly, offers peace from heaven, and ultimately shines in the darkness as the eternal Light of the world. This Advent Devotional serves as a companion to the series for you to utilize on your own, with your household, and/or with you Life Group each week. Each week of Advent you are invited to read the Scriptures, reflect on the devotional, light the Advent candle, and pray. Let this season draw you closer to Christ—our true Light who shines in the darkness. read more

Instead of starting our monthly Elders meeting with the customary intercessory prayer for the church and individual needs within the church, this time we met as elders with the pastoral team over dinner prior to the meeting. It was a great time of sharing as well as reciprocal prayer by and for the pastors and elders. This shared dinner is scheduled twice a year. Once in the spring and once in the fall. read more

As one of the newest members to the elder team, it is my privilege to provide the Elder’s update for this month. This past Tuesday, we met as an elder team and started our meeting on our knees in prayer. We began by Ernie reading a short except from “Center Church” by Timothy Keller and then individual elders praying over three basic traits, or postures, of frontline prayer. read more

Tonight, we delved into the heart of our Christian mission - the Great Commission. This powerful mandate from Jesus isn't just a suggestion, but a call to action for every believer. We explored the four imperatives: go, make disciples, baptize, and teach. The Great Commission reminds us that our faith isn't meant to be passive; it's a dynamic journey of growth and outreach. As we reflected on Jesus' words in Matthew 28:18-20, we were challenged to consider how we're living out this calling in our daily lives. Are we actively seeking to share the gospel, or have we become comfortable in our faith? The imagery of passing through waters of judgment, like Noah and the Israelites, beautifully illustrates our baptism - a powerful symbol of our new life in Christ. This message urges us to step out in faith, to be intentional in our discipleship, and to remember that as we go, Christ is with us always. How can we align our lives more closely with this mission, allowing the transformative power read more

The Elders met once again this past Tuesday, and as we do with every meeting we began on our knees in prayer for our church. We brought before the Lord many items of praise and the many burdens that people in our congregation carry. Congregation members are welcomed and encouraged to come so that we can pray with and for them as well. We also welcomed two new elders, Travis and Leonard, who were commissioned this summer. Please lift these two men in prayer as they serve Central in this new capacity. God has provided us with tremendous leaders and we praise Him for that! read more