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Are you part of a group that wants to help us feed our hungry neighbors? Consider providing food for lunch on a Tuesday or Thursday or breakfast on a Sunday morning! On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we need volunteer groups to bring in lunch for about 120 people and serve it from 10:30am - noon. On Sunday mornings, we ask volunteers to bring breakfast for 50 people and serve at 9am. Sign up HERE or contact Amy for more details.

Choir rehearsal will start back in February!
There will be two sessions to choose from this season:
Wednesday evenings 6:30pm - 8:00pm
or
Thursday mornings at 9:00am
Both rehearsals will work on the same music to sing on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday.
All rehearsals held in the Kids’ Room.
If you have any questions, reach out to Ezra.

Join us at Bay Harbour UMC (3459 FM Rd 518 East, League City, TX 77573) on February 5th for an evening of worship with other United Methodist Churches in our area.
Our very own Ezra will be leading worship with leaders from Bay Harbour, League City, Dickinson and Watershed UMCs. All are welcome to come sing with us starting at 7pm!

Central's Kids Ministry volunteers are offering a night of childcare for kiddos ages 0-9 at Central on Friday, February 13th, from 5:30-8pm. There's activities, dinner and fun planned for all little attendees while parents are enjoying their free evening. All our volunteers are trained in our Safe Sanctuary policies, background checked and dedicated to making this a fun evening for all.
Click HERE to register your kids or become a volunteer with our Kids Ministry. Contact Chad with any questions.

Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Central’s Social Team invites you to join us for the Mystic Krewe of Aquarius annual “Fat Tuesday” Parade on Tuesday, February 17th.  Let’s meet up in front of Leland House (2711 Market St.) around 6pm before the parade kicks off at 6:30. If you have any questions, reach out to Bryce.

Join us on Wednesday, February 18th at 7pm as we start the season of Lent with an Ash Wednesday contemplative service in the sanctuary.

“Lent marks the forty days leading up to Easter, mirroring the forty days Jesus spent in the wilderness…It’s the downward slope of God—the Great Descent, where the whole Church walks toward the cross. Of course, the cross isn’t the end of the story, but this season of grief is carved out to acknowledge the reality of Christ’s sacrifice. And the reality of suffering that so many of our circumstances reflect too—our own pain and grief and despair. Easter is coming, yes. But for now, we sit in the ashes of our broken dreams and broken hearts, knowing that God sits here with us.”
-Kate Bowler

This year during Lent, groups at Central will read Zach Lambert’s book, Better Ways to Read the Bible. In this compassionate guide, Lambert dismantles four common lenses for reading the Bible that lead to harm, then offers four new lenses that promote healing and wholeness. This book welcomes all Christians--regardless of background, doubts, or wounds--to reengage Scripture in life-giving ways. 
More details on groups and times will be announced soon. In the meantime, go ahead and grab the book from your favorite retailer!

“At Central, however, waiting does not feel like an individual task. We are not waiting in isolation. We wait as a community.” 

Read Dawn's full reflection and past editions of FRC here. If you have a story about Central that you'd like to share, feel free to reach out to Dawn!