We want to make Centerpointe beautiful and festive for Advent and Christmas by hanging LOTS of lights around the campus that will be seen and enjoyed not only by us, but by our Ironwood neighbors, and all who drive along Valley Avenue. Many hands will make “light” work so plan to come and lend yours on Saturday, November 12, 9am-noon.

Centerpointe Care Connects train lay persons to come alongside those in need. They learn to offer a non-judgmental ear, a compassionate shoulder and much heartfelt prayer. The breadth of ministries includes formally ordained Deacons, intensively trained Stephen Ministers, and specially called Care ministers. Their cycle on service can range from arranging for meals, errands, or transportation to investing an hour over a cup of coffee to committing to meet for an hour a week for up to a year.

If you or someone you know finds themselves:

• experiencing the loss of a loved one
• battling a terminal illness
• enduring hospitalization, nursing care
• experiencing marital separation, divorce
• involved in a traumatic accident
• isolated with loneliness
• coping with relocation
• exhausted by elder care
• damaged by physical/emotional abuse
• facing life changes/loss in general (aging, health, coping)
• managing birth of child, parenting challenges
• addressing aging children (leaving for college, military, marriage)

Centerpointe Care ministers are called by God to extend Christian care for up to several months to those who are in the midst of trial and stress. Ministers are specially trained to provide caring, confidential, and non-judgmental listening and support. Their role of care giver allows them to accompany and support their care receiver through difficult times.

Level of Preparation, Commitment, and Frequency of Care

Stephen Minister
• 2 year active role
o 6 months covering 50 hours small group training
o 18 months readiness to care or engaged in a care giving relationship
• Monthly small group meetings where prayer, advice, and counseling is provided
• Weekly meetings one-on-one with assigned care receiver

Deacon
• 3 year active role
• Monthly small group meetings
• As available to orchestrate support services to those in need

Centerpointe Care Minister
• 1 year active role
o 1 month covering 10 hours small group training
o 11 months readiness to care or engaged in a short term care giving relationships
• Monthly small group meetings where prayer, advice, and counseling is provided
• As needed meetings one-on-one with assigned care receiver
• Curriculum
o Care Ministers will meet for two five hour sessions covering topics like Caring for
Those Who Grieve, Reflective Listening, Maintaining Confidentiality, Knowing When to Escalate, Maintaining Healthy Boundaries, Empathy, Sympathy, and Over Identification.

If you are interested in serving as a Care Minister, please contact the church office to learn when the next training classes are scheduled.

There is a lot going on in our little coffee shop! CenterPerk is going green and selling books. On Sunday mornings we are trying to be environmentally friendly. If you bring your coffee cup we can start saving ours. Go crazy and bring a cup that would be a great conversation starter. Don’t worry, your cup will be filled up with hot coffee goodness on Sunday too.

Bonus! We are selling books in CenterPerk to draw you closer to Christ from, Faith and Evangelism, Christian Living, Bible Study, and Spiritual Growth. Titles include: The Me I Want to Be, The Purpose Driven Life, Holy Discontent, Too Busy Not To Pray, Crazy Love, and many others.

The songs we sang in church on June 20th are listed below. You can find most of them either on itunes or on amazon.com. Enjoy!

9:00am Traditional/Blended Service:

“O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing” by Tom Fettke, Carl Gotthelf Glazer, Lowell Mason, and Charles Wesley

“Shout to the North” by Martin Smith found on the album “Revival at Belfast”

“He Knows My Name” by Tommy Walker found on the album “Never Gonna Stop”

“Rise Up O Church of God” by Joseph Barlowe, William P. Merrill, and Aaron Williams

10:30 Contemporary Service:

“Because of Your Love” by Paul Baloche found on the album “A Greater Song”

“The Lord Reigns” by Gateway Worship found on the album “Wake Up The World”

“No Greater Love” by Matt Maher found on the album “Alive Again”

“He Knows My Name” by Tommy Walker found on the album “Never Gonna Stop”

“You, You Are God” by Gateway Worship found on the album “Living For You”

“You’ll Come” by Hillsong Live found on the album “This is Our God”