‘FIGHT MY BATTLES’ I WEEK 3

Pandemics. Politics. Racial Inequality. The economy. It seems as though we wake up every day in the middle of a battlefield. We see the division, feel the anger, and hear the rallying cries, we often don't know what side to stand with or what conflict to enter into. But have we ever asked ourselves if we are choosing the right battles? Are we using the right tactics in the midst of the fray? And does God define winning the same way we do? Join us as we explore battles that were overcome throughout the Old Testament and what those victories reveal to us about the battles of today.

WEEKLY GIVING STATISTICS
(Fiscal Year Began June 1, 2020)

Last Week Weekly Need YTD

$3,060 $2,533 $8,450

JOIN US FOR ‘FIRST FRUITS DAY’

AT THE CENTER CHURCH

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 AT 10AM!

DO YOU FEEL CALLED TO JOIN US IN OUR GIDEON CAMPAIGN?

TODAY IS ‘FIRST FRUITS DAY’!

‘FIRST FRUITS DAY’ is the day we are bringing pledges and cash/digital offerings to God as a way to kick off

our Gideon Campaign with a bold step of faith.

Come prepared.

WHAT IS THE GIDEON CAMPAIGN? Visit centergr.com/gideon

MORE QUESTIONS? CONTACT office@centergr.com

GOOD TO KNOW:

We are observing the Kent County Health Department’s recommendations and have agreed to align with BCCS in their re-gathering plan which includes extra cleaning of surfaces before/after services, encouraging masks, and spacing out seating.
As always: If you are experiencing COVID-like symptoms, please worship with us online.
Our Center Kids Ministry is open!
We are taking extra precautions like sanitizing toys, using an air purifier, spacing out our classrooms and a safe check-in process.
The Center Students are meeting again!

WE ARE CONTINUING OUR ONLINE WORSHIP SERVICE ON SUNDAYS, 10:00AM.

CHECK OUT centergr.com/live OR centergr.online.church.

SMALL GROUPS:

WE’LL BE LAUNCHING FALL SMALL GROUPS SOON. STAY TUNED!

*DUE TO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES (COVID-19):

PLEASE CHECK OUR ONLINE RESOURCES; SOME OF OUR SMALL GROUPS MAY BE MEETING DIGITALLY.

Visit centergr.com/nextsteps for more info.

CENTER STUDENTS MINISTRY:

YES! We’re meeting again.

Grab a friend and join us tonight from 6:30pm-8:30pm.

Questions about our Center Students Ministry?

Please contact lindsey@centergr.com

CENTER KIDS MINISTRY:

NEWS!!!

Our Center Kids Team is blessed to have Dani Tanner stepping in as our Kids Director!

Dani comes with tons of passion and a background in childhood education which will serve our kids and families incredibly well as we are navigating through this challenging season together.

Do you have any questions for Dani? Do you feel called to serve in our Center Kids Ministry?

Please contact dani@centergr.com

OPPORTUNITIES

HAND2HAND MINISTRY: UPDATE!

Looking for an awesome opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus?

Look no further! The Center Church family is in charge of providing food items and volunteers to pack as well as deliver/drop off the filled bags for November and December this year.

Your entire family can participate :)

We will have a shopping cart dedicated to Hand2Hand sitting in the foyer that is ready to be filled with the needed goods; we’ll have a printed list of items needed for you to take home at the Welcome Table.

List of suggested food items for donation:

cans of soup (e.g. chicken noodle, tomato, beef vegetable, etc.)
macaroni and cheese
plastic jars of peanut butter
plastic jars of jelly
Chicken Helper
cans of fruit and/or veggies (no peas)
individual sleeves or bags of crackers (e.g. Goldfish, Ritz, saltines, etc)
oatmeal packets
granola bars
fruit snacks

Any questions? Please contact office@centergr.com for more info and we will get you connected.

HOPE UNEXPECTED:

The Center Church takes part in the Hope Unexpected Ministry.

Please contact office@centergr.com if you are interested in serving. We’ll get you connected!

JOHN GORVEATTE I LEAD PASTOR

‘FIGHT MY BATTLES’, Week 3

KEY PASSAGE: 2 Kings 7:3-16 NIV

The Siege Lifted

3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘We’ll go into the city’—the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die.” 5 At dusk they got up and went to the camp of the Arameans. When they reached the edge of the camp, no one was there, 6 for the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!” 7 So they got up and fled in the dusk and abandoned their tents and their horses and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives. 8 The men who had leprosy reached the edge of the camp, entered one of the tents and ate and drank. Then they took silver, gold and clothes, and went off and hid them. They returned and entered another tent and took some things from it and hid them also. 9 Then they said to each other, “What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.” 10 So they went and called out to the city gatekeepers and told them, “We went into the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a sound of anyone—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were.” 11 The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported within the palace. 12 The king got up in the night and said to his officers, “I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving; so they have left the camp to hide in the countryside, thinking, ‘They will surely come out, and then we will take them alive and get into the city.’” 13 One of his officers answered, “Have some men take five of the horses that are left in the city. Their plight will be like that of all the Israelites left here—yes, they will only be like all these Israelites who are doomed. So let us send them to find out what happened.” 14 So they selected two chariots with their horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army. He commanded the drivers, “Go and find out what has happened.” 15 They followed them as far as the Jordan, and they found the whole road strewn with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown away in their headlong flight. So the messengers returned and reported to the king. 16 Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So a seah of the finest flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, as the Lord had said.