“#FOR PEOPLE” I WEEK 5
Who are you for? Throughout Scripture, God’s people wrestled with this puzzling question. Our world is full of examples, news reels, memes, and blogs about who we should be against. However, Jesus actually challenges His people to love a different way. A path to reach out without compromise. A path to reconcile but not forget. A path to invest in others without neglecting your soul. This is the call to the Church in our day - to be for people again??? Join us as we journey to love people like Jesus. This Sunday 10 AM.
WEEKLY GIVING STATISTICS
(Fiscal Year Began June 1, 2020)
Last Week Weekly Need YTD
$ 2,487 $2,661 $28,655
JOIN US FOR WORSHIP IN PERSON OR ONLINE
AT OUR NEW LOCATION!!!
2149 84th Street SW Byron Center MI 49315
SUNDAY, MAY 9 AT 10AM
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GOOD TO KNOW:
Looking for resources to ‘dig deeper’?
Interested in leading a Bible study but not sure where to start, what to study ?
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NEWCOMERS’ LUNCH:
Are you ‘new’ to The Center Church? Looking for a way to get connected?
Join us Sunday, May 16th at 11:30am at the church. We are looking forward to getting to know you!
Please contact office@centergr.com to sign up.
OPPORTUNITIES:
Hand2Hand Ministry: UPDATE!
The Center Church is scheduled to provide and pack lunches for Hand2Hand on May 24th.
Ready to serve in this ministry?
Please contact office@centergr.com for more details or put your name on the sign-up sheet located by the worship center, and we’ll get you connected.
Want to get your entire family involved? Help us collect the foods listed below.
WANTED:
Cans of Pasta (Ravioli, Spaghetti, Spaghetti & 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:
* 1st Annual Hope Unexpected Golf Outing*
Fundraiser for one of our favorite ministries!
Join us Saturday, June 19 2021 at Briarwood Golf Club, 9am.
Need more info? Please contact hopeunexpected.org/golf-outing,
or chat with Charlie at church.
INFO:
SMALL GROUPS:
LOOKING TO GET CONNECTED? WE WILL HAVE MORE GROUPS FORMING THIS FALL!
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:
Join us for YOUTH GROUP at our NEW LOCATION!
Contact jon-michael@centergr.com for more details.
Interested in serving in our Center Students ministry?
Jon-Michael would 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? Ready to serve? She’d love to connect with you at dani@centergr.com .
JOHN GORVEATTE I LEAD PASTOR
“#For People” WEEK 5 I Young People Part 2
KEY PASSAGES: 1 Kings 19 NIV
Elijah Flees to Horeb
19 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”
3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.
All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6 He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.
7 The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” 8 So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. 9 There he went into a cave and spent the night.
The Lord Appears to Elijah
And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
14 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
15 The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. 16 Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. 17 Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. 18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
The Call of Elisha
19 So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. 20 Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said, “and then I will come with you.”
“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”
21 So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.