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Central Baptist Church 1500 Courthouse Road Richmond, VA 23236
Messenger October 2012
Courthouse at Powhite
www.centralbaptistchurchrva.com
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C E N T R A L B A P T I S T C H U R C H M I N I S T R Y N E W S March / April 2019
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Ash Wednesday Service: March 6
6:00 p.m. Kids Service in the Little Chapel 6:30 p.m. Adult Service
“Search me, O God, and know my heart … lead me on the eternal path.”
~Psalm 139
Ash Wednesday is the service that begins the church season of Lent: the season in which we prepare ourselves for a journey of
self-examination, confession, and penitence. Join us as we gather for a time of reflection and renewal.
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH MINISTRY NEWS
March / April 2019
Observing Holy Week and Easter at Central
Palm Sunday April 12
11:00 a.m. – Special worship with leadership by our children. CBC children will collect new t-shirts for the clothing closet at
Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Maundy Thursday April 18
5:00 p.m. – Dinner Reservations requested through the church office.
6:00 p.m. – Kids Maundy Thursday Service
6:30 p.m. – Service of Shadows
Our remembrance of the Passion of Christ will involve a sharing of Communion and then
journeying to the cross with scripture and song. Through all of the elements, we will reflect on
Jesus’ last hours, from the last supper to his trial and crucifixion. Join us, as the choir leads us
through this meditative evening of prayer and promise.
Easter Sunday
April 21
8:30 a.m. – Worship Celebration
9:00 a.m. – Community Breakfast (free) Reservations requested through the church office.
9:45 a.m. – Sunday School
11:00 a.m. – Worship Celebration
Mission Week of Prayer: March 3—10
During the week of March 3—10, we invite you to take time each day to intentionally pray for a few of our mission partners and mission projects. A prayer calendar has been included in this month’s Messenger. On March 3 and March 10, you are invited to give above your regular tithes and offerings to fund mission endeavors. You may give to Central for local missions and/or through Central to the CBF Offering for Global Missions, the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering or the Alma Hunt Offering for VA Missions.
Mission Madness
Pray for our youth and leaders as we travel to Mission Madness in Williamsburg, VA the weekend of March 22—24. We always enjoy serving with our fellow Baptists and spending time together!
CARITAS Thank You Thank you to all the volunteers who served our CARITAS guests by setting up, cleaning up, cooking dinner, packing lunches, and washing laundry. Three adults and six children spent the week in our fellowship hall eating, playing, and enjoying the community of CBC. We celebrate with our new friends as both families have now moved into permanent housing.
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Sundays
Sunday School (all ages)...9:45 a.m.
Worship...11:00 a.m.
Youth Table Talk...5:00 p.m.
Nursery/Extended Session are always available. During Worship, children (K-3rd) may leave the sanctuary at a designated time for Children’s Church.
Wednesdays
Supper...5:15 p.m. (starts)
Kids Music & Bible Study...6:00 p.m.
Adult Prayer & Study...6:00 p.m. (nursery available)
Adult Choir...7:00 p.m.
Check the calendar for exceptions at
cbcrichmond.org.
Worship Schedule
Staff Email Addresses
David Turner Senior Pastor
Nelson Taylor Music & Worship
Abby Pratt Associate Pastor for Family Ministry & Missions
Allie Osborne Ministry Assistant to Children
Nicole Averette Financial Administrator
Beth Jones Communications Administrator [email protected]
Church Office (804) 794-8055
Central Hymnbooks Continue to Bless... Spring Break VBS: April 1—5
Students 4th—8th grade are invited to spend Spring Break with the CBC Family Ministry at church and in the community! Each day is dedicated to learning how to care for ourselves and for the things around us. Students will explore what the Bible says about caring for God’s creation, and will practice caring through various activities and games. The deadline to sign up is March 17. If your child is participating, please consider volunteering for a day or part of a day.
In 2015, with the donations of many of you, we replaced our old 1981 Baptist Hymnals with the new Celebrating Grace hymnals. Over the years since, I held onto the old hymnals, hoping for new places where they may continue to bless. As of today, all of our old hymnbooks have found new homes.
A few years ago, thirty copies went to a small congregation in Chesterfield County and thirty went to serve as an additional worship resource at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. In 2018, our own Krista Mann Manuel took another thirty to enhance chapel worship at The Crossings at Bon Air, Independent & Assisted Living with Memory Care Center where she serves as Chaplain and Activities Assistant. One of the residents there is Elna Salmon, a member of Central and a regular attender of the weekly chapel services Krista leads. Krista states:
“We are doing regular ‘hymn sings’ now thanks to the generosity of Central! This gift was such a blessing to us!!”
And finally, as of this past January, the remaining 190 hymnals are being shipped to the Lott Carey Baptist Mission School in Liberia! Here are words of appreciation I just received from the principal:
“Dear Nelson, Greetings to you. I am Emile Sam-Peal, 2000 BTSR graduate. Deb Loftis told me that your church donated many hymnals for our school. Please convey our thanks to the church family. I serve as Principal for the Lott Carey Baptist Mission School in Brewerville, Liberia with 376 students. We have daily devotions and sing hymns. The hymnbooks will be used during our daily devotions, a very good way to teach hymns to our students and young people, so they have an appreciation for hymns and not just praise choruses. Hopefully some of them will take the time to meditate on the words. We have students who are Muslims and they learn and sing the songs, a way to witness and introduce them to Christ. Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers and thank you very much. Blessings to you”
So, each Sunday as we are worshiping and celebrating in song with our new hymnbooks, know our old books are continuing to bless through song both near and far.
Sing-cerely, Nelson
Easter Eggstravaganza & Walk with Jesus Experience
Saturday, April 13 / 11:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
CBC family and community friends are invited to join us on Saturday, April 13 for the annual Easter Eggstravaganza! This year, families are invited on an interactive adventure to experience Easter by walking with Jesus. You will join Jesus in the major events that lead up to the resurrection: Palm Sunday, The Last Supper, Gethsemane, Good Friday, and Easter. There will also be an Easter Egg Hunt, hot dogs, and fellowship. In preparation for this event, we need volunteers with a variety of skills to decorate rooms, build staging material, create costumes, lead stations, donate candy, fill Easter Eggs, and hide Easter Eggs. Drop off candy donations in the Welcome Center (please no peanut products). Contact Allie Osborne or Abby Pratt if you would like to volunteer your time and/or resources, or to learn more about the Walk With Jesus program.
Child Dedication
Have you welcomed a new member into your family and would you like to celebrate him or her through dedication? This Mother’s Day (May 12) we invite families to dedicate children, celebrating the gift they are to our families and the faith journey we will nurture, partner, and support them along. Please contact Abby Pratt or David Turner to learn more about dedication.
Dietrich Scholarship We invite to apply: church members who are actively involved at Central Baptist Church; who exhibit qualities of leadership within their school, church, and community; and who show an investment in faith, the church, and the future of the church. Applications are now available in the Welcome Center and the Church Office. The deadline to apply is Sunday, April 28.
Zach Long is a senior at Monacan High School. He enjoys playing golf and watching sports. He will either go to the University of Virginia or the University of Georgia where he plans to study business and later work in Sports Administration. His dream job is to be a College Athletic Director.
Caroline Sundberg is a 3rd grader at Sabot at Stony Point. Her favorite parts of the day at school are research workshop and project because she loves to read and write; especially about history, and writing in cursive is a plus. If she could, she would eat chocolate all day, every day. She loves to laugh, is always creating something and her favorite color is blue.
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