MAKE SPACE
Chances are, your calendar is already full. School projects, training camps, a new job or a new baby. We are forced to make space in our calendar for a lot of pressing things. In fact, many of us want to grow closer to God yet just don’t have the room. But as a church, we have a conviction that making space for God is the most important thing you can do for your life, your marriage/singleness, and your family this fall.
Step by step, we are going to follow Israel through the wilderness and make space for God to move in our lives again.
WEEKLY GIVING STATISTICS
(Fiscal Year Began June 1, 2021)
Last Week Weekly Need YTD
$2,890 $3,942 -$7542
JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
IN PERSON OR ONLINE:
2149 84th Street SW Byron Center MI 49315
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th AT 9AM OR 10:30AM
VISIT centergr.com/live OR centergr.online.church.
INFO, UPDATES & OPPORTUNITIES:
WELCOME HOME SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 18th
Join us TODAY for our fall kick off Sunday for either service (9 or 10:30a) with food, games, and ice cream to follow from 12-1pm!
CHILD DEDICATION - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2nd (9 + 10:30a)
Want to dedicate your child or children in service? We would love to join you on October 2nd at 9 or 10:30am. You can sign up here. Got questions? Email our Children’s Ministry Director at jen@centergr.com.
‘WOMEN’S FITNESS CLASS AT THE CENTER’
Ladies, have you been thinking about trying a fitness class? Look no further-
Lori’s got you covered!
Join us Saturdays for
8:15am WERQ and/or 9:00am Weights, Cardio & Abs
at the church.
Questions? Contact office@centergr.com
Looking forward to see you!
‘CENTER GROUNDS- Coffee & Community’
Made you look? Join us for coffee and a chat at the church!
When: Thursday mornings 8:30am-10am
Where: The Center Church foyer
Please check for updates on The Center Church’s Online Calendar.
Ready to serve on a team? We need YOU!
No matter what your passions or gifts are, or where you are on your faith journey, we have plenty of
opportunities to connect you with others through our serving teams.
Check out centergr.com/serve for more info.
Small Groups:
Looking to get connected?
Additional groups have been forming!
Please check out our online resources and visit centergr.com/discipleship for updates.
Looking for resources to ‘dig deeper’?
Interested in leading a Bible study but not sure where to start, what to study?
We can help! Just contact office@centergr.com and we can introduce and connect you to RightNow Media.
Check it out- it’s well worth your time.
MINISTRIES:
CENTER STUDENTS MINISTRY
Join us for YOUTH GROUP in the fall on Wednesday evenings, 7-8:30pm!
Contact john@centergr.com for more details.
Interested in serving in our Center Students ministry?
John would love to hear from you!
CENTER KIDS MINISTRY
CENTER MOMS is meeting on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8:00pm at
the church focusing on BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH LOCAL MOMS.
Look for other important updates in your inbox, Jen loves to keep everyone up to date on what’s happening in our Center Kids Ministry :)
Questions for Jen? Ready to serve? She’d love to connect with you at jen@centergr.com .
JOHN GORVEATTE II LEAD PASTOR || CENTER CHURCH
Key Passages:
Exodus 29:44-46
44 “So I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar and will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. 45 Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. 46 They will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.
Hebrews 9:11-12 NIV
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.