Dear Central Family,
We miss each other. We miss seeing real people and being in God's presence together. We know that God is everywhere and yet we also know that something special happens when followers of Jesus come together. After several meetings with the Building Re-Open Task Force and a meeting with the board, we are moving forward slowly with in-person worship. This will begin by invitation only on July 5. Please see the date information below. Every person will have one opportunity in July to attend. 

There is a lot of information. Please read this carefully and several times. You are sure to miss things the first time. 

Let me first say, we will continue to livestream our service every Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. and the content will stay online after that time. No one should feel any pressure to attend in-person gatherings until you are ready. We are all at different comfort levels interacting with people during this time. All of us are at different risk levels. Many things are still unknown and information is varied about Covid-19. Please take your time and know that you are a loved and valued member of our family whether you are with us online or in person. And let's be family during this time. If you are not seeing someone, give them a call and catch up with them. No guilt. No pressure. Just a message that you care about them and want to connect. 

Also, if you are not feeling well for any reason, please stay home and join us online. 

Expect Different
It is important for you to understand that as we begin service in-person, it will be different than it has been before. Our goal is to reduce the number of places or things that multiple people might touch and create space so that germs cannot spread. 

--We will not have a separate KidCentral space. Children of all ages will be in service with us. (Some of us are just older kids at heart anyway!) We will have an activity pack each week for children to use during service and take home with them. 
--We are not opening any in-person Sunday School classes at this time. 
--A box for offering is just inside the sanctuary. No offering plates will be passed. Feel free to continue online or mail in giving. 
--No bulletins will be handed out. We will continue email communication. 
--We will wait to participate in Communion until at least September. 
--Our music will be listening (not singing) to 1 or 2 songs from the front. You are invited to participate with your hands and your heart.  


--We will wear masks. Please bring your own if you have one. We will also have some available at the door. (Masks will only be removed by those speaking or singing while on the platform.)
--We will all enter through the south entrance. 
--We will wait in line to be ushered in one family group at a time. Look for x's on the sidewalk to stand 6 feet apart. 
--We will be ushered to seats assigned in order of your entry. Seats will be spaced apart throughout the sanctuary. 
--We request that you use the bathroom before you come and after you get home to limit use in the building. If you must use a restroom, please use the north platform doors to enter the lobby and then re-enter through the south entry.
--We will be ushered out after the service through the south and west doors much like at a wedding. Please be patient and wait until an usher releases you. 

Expect God 
One of the greatest blessings of my life has been learning that God meets me in a variety of different ways. God first spoke to me in the quiet of my bedroom as I read a scripture. I have felt the presence of the Holy Spirit pour over my body while in my Dining Room holding a screaming baby. I have experienced a deep peace entering as a stranger into a liturgical Presbyterian church as they carried a large candle and Bible down the center aisle. I have been overwhelmed by the greatness of God while reading a book simply describing the character of God. I have danced with the Spirit's joy in a Pentecostal church as the only white person in the room. God has met me at a homeless shelter where I had to yell to be heard because there was no microphone. God has met me as I stood alone in our sanctuary crying out to God in grief. 

I fully believe that God can meet us wearing masks. I fully believe that God can meet us while we sit quietly and listen to someone else sing. I fully believe that God can meet us in the eyes of a child who turns around to look at the stranger behind her. I invite you to be praying that God would meet you in a new way in the coming weeks. Expect different. Expect God. 

God goes before us. 

Pastor Joanna

July Services - Special Invitation Only
As we are working to maintain the safety of our congregation, staff, and volunteers, we have decided to do a slow-reopening of the building that allows every person (who wants to) to attend a service once in July. This allows the staff and volunteers time to work out all the new details and keeps numbers in the building low for safety. Our hope is to move to two services in August which will likely have space for all to weekly attend who are able and desiring to do so.

Below, please see a list of dates and names to see which Sunday you are invited.

Please RSVP by replying to this special invitation with
{your name} and
{yes + number of people} OR {no}.

If you have been sheltering with someone and would like to sit with them, please enter the sanctuary together to be seated together. 

If you'd like to be moved to a different day, you can request a day and we will let you know if that will work. We cannot promise you anything but your assigned day. 

If we have missed a name, please let us know so that we can invite them as well. 

If you'd like to come additional Sundays, sign up to volunteer! We need ushers, greeters, and sanitizers.