Volume XXXVII September 30, 2015 Number 40 What Is Inside Flu Shots Next Week page 2 XYZ Next Week page 3 YOUTH Activities & Events - page 4 TRUNK OR TREAT page 5 UMW Meeting page 6 MOBILIZING THE COMMUNITY page 7 CENTRAL'S CHILDREN'S MINISTRY In wrapping up our Rotation Sunday School unit "Elijah," our elementary children sang in ALL THREE SERVICES this past Sunday. They sang "Days of Elijah" and did an excellent job! This performance was to show our congregation a part of our Children's Ministry. CHURCH WIDE PICNIC LAST SUNDAY! Thank you to Jet and Bryn Taylor for opening Sugartree Farms to Central this past Sunday afternoon. The beautiful landscape was only surpassed by the fun we had! We did get some of the liquid sunshine about an hour into the picnic, but it only added to the fun! Adults had a beautiful pavilion in which to stay dry while the children did what children do best play in the rain! Thanks to all who brought 4-wheelers and go carts and were willing to share with all! Thanks also to Mr. Trevor (Gore) who gave all terrain rides in his Jeep with the top down in the rain!!! As always, thank you to our staff for their never ending, behind the scenes work - John Drake for making sure the grill was ready for highway travel, Tyrone Rush, Justin and Brandon Boston for all of their help in preparation for our event. A SPECIAL thank you to Brooks Hunter and Brandon Boston for cooking in the rain! Your efforts were much appreciated and enjoyed!
CURRENT EVENTS WELCOME!! We are proud to announce and welcome Mrs. Jan Hitt to the Central Church Staff team. Jan is our new Financial and Facility Manager. We look forward to working with Jan for many years to come. This Week At Central Sunday, 10/4/15 8:00 a.m. - Breakfast 8:30 a.m. - Worship 9:00 a.m. - Choir Rehearsal 9:45 a.m. - Connect Service/SS 10:55 a.m. - Worship Service 4:30 p.m. - Youth Praise Band 5:30 p.m. - Youth Worship 5:30 p.m. - thezone 5:30 p.m. - Club412 Monday, 10/5/15 10:00 a.m. - Easy Chair Yoga 3:00 p.m. - Prayer Shawl Tuesday, 10/6/15 6:00 a.m. - Ledbetter Bible Study 6:30 a.m. - Pratt Bible Study 9:30 a.m. - Women's Tues. Bible 10:45 a.m. - XYZ 6:30 p.m. - Praise Band Practice 6:30 p.m. - Boy Scout Meeting Wednesday, 10/7/15 4:00 p.m. - Flu Shots 5:00 p.m. - WNL Meal 6:00 p.m.- Adult/Children Programs 6:00 p.m. - Beth Moore Study 6:00 p.m. - Yoga Class 6:00 p.m. - Youth Worship Thursday, 10/8/15 6:00 a.m. - Allred Bible Study 6:30 p.m. - Connect Band Friday, 10/9/15 11:00 a.m. - Williams Bible Study 11:30 a.m. - Lunch Bunch WEDNESDAY NITE LIVE - OCTOBER 7, 2015 WNL MEAL - 5:00 P.M. Adult menu: Salad Table, Fried Catfish & fries, turnip greens, green bean casserole, mixed garden peas, baked potatoes, rolls, & assorted Desserts. Cost: $6. Kids menu: Chicken nuggets, french fries, and assorted desserts. Cost: $3. (maximum family cost is $20) Please call the church office at 601.693.1521 no later than 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6th to make reservations. If you would like to be on the standing reservations every week, just let us know. TIME FOR FLU SHOTS AGAIN! WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH - 4:00-6:00 P.M. We will once again be offering flu shots but the location has changed to the church office area. The flu shots are given in conjunction with Anderson Regional Medical Center. There is no cost for this immunization with either Medicare or your personal health insurance. (Cost is $25 without insurance or medicare) Come, get your immunization, then eat, fellowship, and join us in our community group! CARE PACKAGES FOR JOHN AND HIS TROOPS THANK YOU TO EVERYONE for contributing to the care packages for John and his troops. Because of your generosity, we can continue to send the care packages on a regular basis. You may bring your items to the Prayer tent in the Fellowship Hall on Sundays or drop them off in the church office during the week. (Cards can also be dropped off in the basket.) Some of the suggested items are: gum, mints, crackers, cookies, hard candy (nothing that melts easily but hard candy is a big hit), word search or crossword puzzle books, sanitizing wipes, and water flavored packets. If you need information about purchasing coffee gift cards, you may call the church office at 601.693.1521. NOTE: We especially need beef jerky, slim jims, foil packed tuna or foil packed chicken, and individually packed peanut butter.
CHILDREN S MINISTRY OPERATION SHOEBOX - NOVEMBER 4TH WE NEED SHOEBOXES!!! Shoeboxes are need that have the removable tops for our Operation Shoebox. Please drop them off in the Crossing where you will also find a list of suggested items we need to go in the shoeboxes. A few of the suggested items are: small toys, stuffed animals, wrapped hard candy, socks, t-shirts, caps, and crayons. (No guns, tanks, army men, etc.) November 4th will be here before we know it! SENIOR ADULT MINISTRY LUNCH BUNCH MEETS EVERY FRIDAY AT CENTRAL!! FRIDAY, October 2, 2015-11:30 A.M. - ADULT ACTIVITIES ROOM XYZ (XTRA YEARS OF ZEST) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015 - FELLOWSHIP HALL 10:45 A.M. PROGRAM: The Meridian High School Lamplighters MENU: Salad Table, Roast Beef Au Jus or Southern Breaded Chicken Tenders, Creamed potatoes & gravy, Turnip greens, Field peas, Breaded okra, Rolls, & assorted desserts. Meal cost: $6
YOUTH MINISTRY YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunday School meets in the youth worship room on 4th floor this Sunday, October 4th. We will look at Psalm 26 & Job 1:1, 2:1-10. Youth, we invite you to come join in the study of God's Word! OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD MISSION: We are still collecting funds for OCC. Parents, this is a good opportunity to continue teaching your child about giving. We have easily collected over $50! Praise God! Let's keep it up! Our goal is to wrap, pack, and send 54 boxes! We can and will do it! FAMILIES AND FRIENDS! Let's go to a Christian Concert festival in Lucedale, MS! DATE: 10/17/2015 ( Sat 1:00PM - 9:00PM CDT ) Sign up today by following this link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f044faea929a0fd0-praise Praise in the Park Concerts & Fellowship Praise in the Park is a neat little concert/festival type environment with Christian artists/vendors. It s held in the great Metropolitan city of Lucedale, MS! It begins around noon [or so] and ends at 9 p.m. Casting Crowns will be in concert there. This event will take place on October 17th. For more info about Praise in the Park, please see this website: http://www.praiseinthepark.org/ Advance tickets are $12.00; but if we get at least 15 folks, we can receive a discount price: $10. Yay! We can take the church vans, but your family is more than welcome to drive your own vehicle. This is a family event so bring 'em all! What to do next? Sign up by Tuesday, October 13th by 5:p.m. and submit a payment of $10 per person to the church office by the same date, please! Alright, get to signing up!
PRAYER CONCERNS In order to keep everyone better informed of current concerns, names will remain on the Prayer Concerns list in the "Call" for only two weeks unless there is a new concern. 2015 TRUNK OR TREAT The time is upon us! It is time to sign up to sponsor a trunk for one of our favorite church wide events! Beginning this Sunday you may sign up in the Crossing, or through your Sunday School classes! We encourage families, classes, friends, to sign up for this fun event! You can pick your own "non-scary" theme for your trunk! Pinterest has some great ideas, or you can check out our video in the Crossing from past events! Don't miss out on the fun! If you are not sponsoring a trunk but would like to participate in another way, we need extra candy, small prizes, etc., to help out those who do sponsor a trunk, and cupcakes for our cupcake walk! We hope to see you Sunday, October 25th at 4:30 p.m.! Eddie Baker Ann Bonner Nolan Brown Marlene DeBerry Deanna Denny Sondra Nelson Trenia Reynolds Jimmy Rush Bettye Williams MILITARY PERSONNEL Rev. John Branning Blaine Crouch (nephew of Tim & Becky Sollie) Chris Lafferty (Christie Rainers's Son) All U.S. Military Personnel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO: ~Ruby Robinson, following the death of her sister, Virginia Louise Sims of Brandon, who passed away nd Tuesday, September 22 in Brandon. Her funeral th was held Friday, September 25 at Cedar Grove United Methodist Church in Raleigh, MS. ~Amy Roller (Paul) and family, following the death of her father, Charles Raymond Pearson, who passed th away Monday, September 28 in MS State Veteran s Home in Oxford, MS. He chose to donate his body to science thru the Genesis Legacy of Life program. st Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 1 at 3:00 p.m. at New Hope Church of God, 209 West Street, Batesville, MS with visitation at 2:00 p.m. prior to the service. Memorials may be give to New Hope Church of God. FINANCE AND STEWARDSHIP STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT Some people say, Give till it hurts. But God recommends that we give until it feels good. Brian Kluth
MISSIONS AND EVANGELISM UNITED METHODIST WOMEN MEETING We will have an interest meeting for ladies, (ages 25-35) on Wednesday, October 7th in the Parlor during the Wednesday Nite Live meal time. The meal starts at 5:00 p.m. We invite you to drop your kids off, eat, and fellowship with ladies who will tell you about United Methodist Women's groups. For all the circle groups that already meet, please have at least two representatives from your circle to share what UMW is all about! If you have any questions, please call Kristina Crabtree at the church office (601.693.1521). ASLANe MISSION September has flown by because we have been having fun with ASLANe's Mission. You have this mission through your gifts to the thrift store and through support those who needed identification to further work toward jobs and moving out of homelessness. You did that church! If you ever get the need to clean out your house or storage units, ASLANe's Mission could always use your items to support their purpose in opening a women and children shelter or maybe you just love to thrift. You can always find good treasures! HAITI MISSION TRIP - MAY 22-28, 2016 The purpose of this trip is to be the hands and feet of Jesus through the avenue of education. In Haiti, the average child will only complete the sixth grade and then be sent to work. We have been talking with the Haitian Pastor of their Hope Center in Thoman. He believes in the power of education for the greater purpose of these children. The school is a Christian school, where they are learning educational knowledge through the avenue of God. What a great mission opportunity to be involved. We have 12 spots available for this team mission trip. More information to come! FOOD FOR THE JOURNEY [suggested Bible readings for October 5 - October 11, 2015] Morning Noon Evening Mon. October 5 Isaiah 58 Psalm 118 Luke 22 Tue. October 6 Isaiah 59 Psalm 119:1-24 Luke 23 Wed. October 7 Isaiah 60 Psalm 119:25-51 Luke 24 Thu. October 8 Isaiah 61 Psalm 119:52-72 John 1 Fri. October 9 Isaiah 62 Psalm 119:73-104 John 2 Sat. October 10 Isaiah 63 Psalm 119:105-128 John 3 Sun. October 11 Isaiah 64 Psalm 119:129-152 John 4
WORSHIP 8:30 246 Attendance September 27, 2015 Live Streaming - 22 9:45 SS 70 234 On Call Pastor October 2 - October 4, 2015 JONATHAN CRABTREE CELL: 601.831.8280 View service live at 8:30 and 10:55 Sunday morning here: View previous services here: 10:55 197