Our Annual Christmas Eve Service is tonight at 5:30 pm. The Church office will be closed tomorrow in Observance of the holiday. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas!!
Announcements
Our Third Annual Wrap It Up!
Overwhelmed by the thought of holiday gift wrapping? Let us do the work at Wrap-it-Up! On Saturday, December 14 & 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Central Presbyterian Church, you can bring your items to the Youth/Activities building to have them wrapped. The price list is as follows:
Small Gifts-$3.00—–CD’s, Books, jewelry, candles.
Medium Gifts-$5.00—-Shirt sized boxes, board games, dolls, calendars, and shoe boxes.
Large Gifts-$10.00—-Large clothes boxes, coats, small kitchen appliances.
All benefits from Wrap it Up will benefit Central Presbyterian Women’s Missions. For more information or to volunteer, contact Laura Pierce (870-247-5392) or the church office (870-879-9074).
The Moravian Love Feast!
The Annual Moravian Love Feast, our unofficial start of Advent, is planned for this Sunday, December 1st, at 5:30pm. The Love Feast is a tradition at Central. Members will bring sweet breads, soups, and sandwiches to be blessed and shared. Also, Hot Wassail, a warm spiced cider beverage, will be served. We gather as members of the family of God, and together we will seek God’s blessing for our community and our world.
For a little background on the Moravian Love Feast click the link below!
Central Past and Present
Central Presbyterian Church as an improved Flickr page! There is a link on the side of this site to go to CPC’s Photostream or you can click HERE! We’ve been uploading old photos and new photos on a weekly basis. We just added photos from this years Trunk or Treat! We hope everyone enjoys these photos!
Trunk or Treat 2013!
On Sunday, October 27, at 5:00 p.m. Our cars will be parked around the parking lot with the trunks open and children will then visit each trunk to receive treats! All are invited to come and join us for games, food and fellowship. Put on your favorite costume or come as you are and join the fun!
Kingdom Rock Registration Open!!
Kingdom Rock Vacation Bible School Registration is now open!! The Kingdom Rock Crew of Central Presbyterian Church and First Presbyterian Church-Pine Bluff invites children (Pre-K to entering 7th Grade) to join us in Standing Strong for God! The fun begins August 1st and ends August 3rd!
This year children will recieve Bible Memory Buddies! They can be used in conjunction with the Bible Memory Buddies App for iPhone and Android phones! To be part of all the excitement of Kindom Rock:Where Kids Stand Strong for God! REGISTER HERE!
We’re Headed To Murry’s!
We’re taking another field trip to Murry’s Dinner Playhouse on July 13th! We’ll be seeing Southern Crossroads. A joyous, funny and frequently touching show set in the midst of the Great Depression, Southern Crossroads follows a traveling family of singers and musicians who arrive at their new gig finding the doors locked and the theatre out-of-business. Knowing that “the show must go on,” this gifted family of musicians decide to bring entertainment to the locals regardless, treating them to an old-fashioned, high-spirited Southern jamboree with songs like “Mountain Dew,” “I’ll Fly Away,” “Midnight Special,” and “House of the Rising Sun.” Deadline for reservations is June 30th. The cost is $35 per person. We’ll be leaving the church at 5pm and will be returning around 10:30pm.
New Hymnals Are Coming!!
The CPC Worship and Music Committee, with help from our Choirmaster Marty Shell, are pleased to announce that the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song has presented the PC(USA) a new Presbyterian Hymnal, Glory to God! The hymnals will be publish in the fall of this year at a price of $20 per hymnal. But, if you order a copy before May 31st, there is a discount that brings the price to $15 per hymnal. If you wish to sponsor a copy for the church, please fill out this order form and return it, with payment, to the church office. For more information about the new hymnal visit THIS WEBSITE!
Holy Week Activities
Holy Week begins this Sunday with Palm Sunday, March 24th. Following Palm Sunday Worship we’ll be dedicating our new playground! Thursday, March 28th, we’ll be holding our annual Maundy Thurday Meal. This will be a Last Supper Meal and will include commnuion elements. Our Sanctuary will be open for quiet meditation from 1-3pm on Good Friday, March 29th. Services for the Resurrection of the Lord/Easter Sunday will include a Breakfast at 8am, Egg Hunt at 9am, and worship at 10am, on the morning of March 31st. During worship we’ll be collecting our One Great Hour of Sharing offering. For more information on this please watch the video, available below or at the “click to read more” link below!
Ash Wednesday Observance
On February 13, an Ash Wednesday Service will be held at 5 :30 p.m. in the church sanctuary. All are invited to attend.
Ash Wednesday begins the day after Shrove Tuesday and is the first day of Lent as celebrated by Western Churches. For 14 centuries the season of Lent has been a time for self-examination and penitence in preparation for Easter. The name comes from the Saxon lengten-tide referring to the lengthening of the days and the coming of spring. This 40-day period of abstinence recalls the fasts of Moses, Elijah, and Jesus, ail of which, according to scripture, lasted 40 days.
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