RAISING THE PERFECT PARENT
Parenting is easy. Just kidding. Parenting is one of the most unique, challenging, and rewarding roles we can play in our family circles. For some of us we had the perfect parents and for others of us, they were perfectly absent. Whoever you find yourself raising today, we believe God wants to shape our perspectives as parents around His kingdom and His values. Over the next few Sundays, we will be exploring the traps of modern parenting and how the families of the Bible can help us grow into the parents we were designed to be. What if we could all learn how to be the perfect parents, God’s way? Join us Sunday at 10 AM for our brand new teaching series, Raising The Perfect Parent.
WEEKLY GIVING STATISTICS
(Fiscal Year Began June 1, 2021)
Last Week Weekly Need YTD
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JOIN US FOR WORSHIP IN PERSON OR ONLINE
AT OUR NEW LOCATION:
2149 84th Street SW Byron Center MI 49315
SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 AT 10AM
VISIT centergr.com/live OR centergr.online.church.
INFO & OPPORTUNITIES:
‘CAMPSIDE’ Men’s Discipleship Group
Are you looking to get connected in community but don’t know where to start?
Nik and the men in his discipleship group meet once a month- and as the group’s name gives away,
around a CAMPFIRE! Curious?
The next meet-up is scheduled for Saturday, August 28th.
Visit thecentergroups.churchcenter.com for more info.
Can’t wait to meet you!
‘LADIES’ WORKOUT AT THE CENTER’
Ladies, have you been thinking about trying a fitness class? Look no further-
Lori’s got you covered!
Join us Saturdays for
8:15am WERQ and/or 9:00am Weights, Cardio & Abs
at the church.
Questions? Contact office@centergr.com
Looking forward to see you!
‘CENTER GROUNDS- Coffee & Community’
Made you look? Join us for coffee and a chat at the church!
When: Thursday mornings 8:30am-10am
Where: The Center Church foyer
CENTER STUDENTS MINISTRY:
Join us for YOUTH GROUP at our NEW LOCATION on Wednesday evenings, 7-8pm!
Contact jon-michael@centergr.com for more details.
Interested in serving in our Center Students ministry?
Jon-Michael would love to hear from you!
*REBOUNDERZ Meet-Up*
Join us at REBOUNDERZ Jenison on Wednesday, August 18 at 6pm.
We’ll have a BOUNCY BLAST!!!
Contact jon-michael@centergr.com for details.
CENTER KIDS MINISTRY:
CENTER MOMS is meeting on Tuesdays (bi-weekly) from 6:30-8:00pm at
the church focusing on BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH LOCAL MOMS.
-Kids Care Provided-
Next meet-up: 08/17
Interested? Contact Dani at dani@centergr.com
Look for other important updates in your inbox, Dani loves to keep everyone up to date on what’s happening in our Center Kids ministry :)
Questions for Dani? Ready to serve? She’d love to connect with you at dani@centergr.com .
SMALL GROUPS:
Looking to get connected? We will have more groups forming soon!
Please check out our online resources; some of the Small Groups may be meeting digitally due to COVID-19.
Visit thecentergroups.churchcenter.com for more info.
Looking for resources to ‘dig deeper’?
Interested in leading a Bible study but not sure where to start, what to study ?
We can help! Just contact office@centergr.com and we can introduce and connect you to RightNow Media.
Check it out- it’s well worth your time.
BLAKE HICKS II EXECUTIVE PASTOR ZERO COLLECTIVE
Key Passages: Deuteronomy 6 NIV
Love the Lord Your God
6 These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. 3 Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
13 Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. 14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; 15 for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. 16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah. 17 Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. 18 Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, 19 thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the Lord said.
20 In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?” 21 tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. 23 But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. 24 The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. 25 And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.”