WE’RESOGLADYOU’REHERE!
Central is a church family doing our best to love God and love people. As we worship, our prayer is you are encouraged and will encourage others in Jesus’ name. If you have questions or would like to talk, text CONNECT to 618.242.4185, a pastor will reply. Also, you may talk with a pastor in the BLUE ROOM (in the atrium).
NEWTOCENTRAL?
If you’re a first-time guest, please fill out an information card. Bring the completed card to the info desk in the atrium, and we’ll donate on your behalf to LIFEBOAT, a homeless shelter in Mt. Vernon. #TogetherWelove
LESSONNOTES
September 25 & 27, 2020
We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about His power and His mighty wonders. For He issued His laws to Jacob; He gave His instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born—and they in turn will teach their own children. So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting His glorious miracles and obeying His commands.
Psalm 78:4 – 7
Why don’t we communicate values well?
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Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith.
1 Peter 5:8 – 9
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We will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, Who is the head of His body, the church.
Ephesians 4:15
“It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to fall into sin.”
Jesus in Luke 17:2
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Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13
How can we better communicate truth?
How can a young person stay pure? By obeying Your word. I have hidden Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
Psalm 119:9 & 11
You must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it.
1 Peter 3:15
They will be My people, and I will be their God. And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship Me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants.
Jeremiah 32:38 – 39
Commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.
Deuteronomy 11:18 – 19
When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 9:36
You should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:1
Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness.
Ephesians 6:14
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Me.”
Jesus in John 14:6
Unless otherwise noted, all Scriptures are from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, Second Edition Copyright © 1996, 2004, Tyndale Charitable Trust. All rights reserved.
2020THEMEVERSE
Fix your eyes on what lies before you. Proverbs 4:25
BYTHENUMBERS: September 18 & 20, 2020
Total Attendance: 2,250 Onsite: 1,214 Online: 1,036
Giving: $64,510.92 [YTD: 89% of need or -$236,216]
WAYSTOGIVE
- Place checks/cash in the blue boxes in the Worship Center tunnels.
- Use your credit or debit card at the giving kiosk in the atrium.
- Visit centralnow.com/give
- Text “GIVE” to 517.201.0330
WHAT’SGOINGONATCENTRAL
BSF WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY
Thursdays: 6 pm | ZOOM online only
Central is again offering a weekly women’s Bible study through Bible Study Fellowship. This Fall, they’re studying Beginnings: A Study of Genesis. Learn more at bsf.org
HOPE GROUP
Mondays: 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Center (Door 1)
This support group is for those who have lost a loved one. Email info@centralnow.com or stop by the info desk for a pamphlet.
CENTRALSERVEDAY
Saturday, October 10 | Community-wide
We’ll mobilize the entire congregation in a day of community impact. Maybe more than ever, our world needs to see the love of Jesus. From cooking to construction, painting to prayer shawls, and everything in-between, there will be a way for EVERYONE to get involved! God may have an encounter planned to change someone’s life, maybe even your own! Sign up NOW for a project! Go to centralnow.com/serve. Sign up as an individual, group, or family.