“JESUS PEOPLE”
We’re all entering 2021 with big hopes and dreams - new cars, new jobs, maybe even new children! Could these be small in comparison to the hopes and dreams God has for us? What if, in the midst of the uncertainty and opportunity this year brings, God wants us to not just accumulate more or relax more but to become more?
What would 2021 be like if we became known as “Jesus People”? Join us this Sunday as we study Jesus’ conversation with His people scattered throughout the ancient world. By learning from their failures and their victories, we will seek to become “Jesus People.”
WEEKLY GIVING STATISTICS
(Fiscal Year Began June 1, 2020)
Last Week Weekly Need YTD
$3,415 $2,661 $16,831
JOIN US FOR WORSHIP IN PERSON OR ONLINE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 31 AT 10AM
VISIT centergr.com/live OR centergr.online.church.
THANK YOU for joining us last Wednesday for our Worship and Prayer Night!
THANK YOU, LORD, for making this dream of ours, a physical church home, a reality.
GOOD TO KNOW:
Would you like to dive deeper into last Sunday’s sermon content?
Join us online for “BEYOND THE WEEKEND” Wednesday evenings, 8pm!
centergr.com/live or centergr.online.church
OPPORTUNITIES:
Hand2Hand Ministry: More Updates coming soon.. Stay tuned!
The Center Church is scheduled to provide and pack lunches for Hand2Hand once in April and twice in May this year, including special bags for the end of the school year.
Want to get involved? Involved and serving already?
Look no further!
WANTED:
Cans of Pasta (Ravioli, Spaghetti, Spaghetti and Meatballs, Spaghetti O’s, etc)
Boxes of Macaroni & Cheese
Cans of fruit
Cans of veggies
In addition, the following items are always appreciated:
- Oatmeal packets
- Granola bars/protein bars
- Individual fruit cups
- Individual sized cereal boxes
- Microwave popcorn packets
- Trail mix
- Granola bars
- Fruit snacks
- Fruit cups
- Pudding cups
- Peanut butter/cheese cracker packets
- Meat sticks
- Any kind of small bagged snacks (Goldfish Crackers, Animal Crackers, etc)
Donations may be brought to church, but a socially distanced pick up can be arranged at Byron Community Ministries as well.
Thank you for your support!
Any questions? Please contact office@centergr.com for more info and we will get you connected.
HOPE UNEXPECTED:
A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone that helped us surpass our goal of 36 gift cards!
THANK YOU for being the hands and feet of Jesus.
UPDATE on how you can get involved to follow soon.
INFO:
SMALL GROUPS:
LOOKING TO GET CONNECTED? WE HAVE A SPOT FOR YOU!
PLEASE CHECK OUR ONLINE RESOURCES; SOME OF OUR SMALL GROUPS MAY BE MEETING DIGITALLY
DUE TO COVID-19.
Visit thecentergroups.churchcenter.com for more info.
CENTER STUDENTS MINISTRY:
Please stay tuned for updates and contact jon-michael@centergr.com for more details.
He’d love to hear from you!
CENTER KIDS MINISTRY:
Look for 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? She’d love to connect with you at dani@centergr.com .
JOHN GORVEATTE I LEAD PASTOR
“Jesus People” WEEK 5
KEY PASSAGE: Revelation 2:18-27 NIV
To the Church in Thyatira
18 “To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you, 25 except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
26 To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations— 27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’—just as I have received authority from my Father.