The Central Link Newsletter - 9/20/26

Please join us on Sunday, September 20, for worship as we welcome new members to Central UMC!

Central will host a Blood Drive this Sunday, September 20th, from 9:30 AM–2:30 PM. The Big Red Bus will be parked in the lower lot near Barden Street. Your donation can save lives—please consider giving! See Irene Ward with any questions.

You are encouraged to click on the link below to schedule your appointment for your donation:

Our Memory Care Ministry continues this week! Please join us on Thursdays at 5:30 P.M. Over four sessions in September, we will cover:

• Caregiving & Disease education
• Communication & Behavior
• Supporting a loved one's independence
• Planning ahead

 
All materials are free, but registration is strongly encouraged! Please call the office at 704-289-3186 or click the link below:

We are in need of Communion Stewards for our worship services on October 4, November 1, and December 6. Stewards assist with the distribution of communion during the first Sunday service of the month.

You can sign up in a variety of ways: in person during Sunday service, by speaking to Erica Kirby, calling the office at 704-289-2186, or clicking one of the links below:

This month we will continue our Shareback supporting Chalk It Up 2 Love, a school supply collection and distribution that helps local Title I schools start the year strong. Your donations will go directly to students and teachers who need a little extra support to kick off the school year.

Let’s come together to make a difference in our community and show a little love through something as simple as a box of pencils or a pack of notebooks. Items can be dropped off at the shareback table in the hallway by the Prayer Garden. Thank you for giving generously! Below, you can find the list of preferred items as well as a link to the Amazon wish list!

Preferred Items:

• Cow Print Notebooks (Wide & College)
• Notebook Paper (Wide & College)
• 1 Inch 3 Ring Binders
• 1 Subject Spiral Notebooks (Wide & College)
• 24 Count Crayons
• Colored Markers (Jumbo & Fine)
• Colored Pencils
• Dry Erase Markers (Black)
• Child Scissors (Blunt & Pointed Tip)
• 3x3 Post-It Notes
• Earbuds/Headphones
• #2 Yellow Pencils
• Backpacks

Click the button below to access the Amazon wish list: 

New Beginnings Circle will resume this Monday, September 21st at 6 P.M. in the Hospitality Room.  Please contact Linda Deese with any questions.

Please join the United Women in Faith at luncheon in the Family Life Center. This event will be held between services. The cost of attendance is $10 per person, and money will be collected at the door.

Menu: Chicken Tetrazzini, Caesar salad, Roasted vegetables, garlic bread, and a variety of homemade desserts, tea, and water

Reservations Preferred:   Call the Church Office    704-289-3186

Central will host a mobile Common Heart Food Pantry on Tuesday, October 13.  Volunteers are needed to help set up for this event.  Many hands make light work! Please contact David Paschal at djp5616@gmail.com with any questions or to volunteer.

On September 15th, we held our first Chalk It Up 2 Love distribution of books and school supplies. We served 63 classrooms and honored teachers' requests for their students' needs.

This is our 14th year serving the Title 1 schools in our neighborhood. We absolutely could not do this without this congregation's generosity. I thank you for every notebook, pack of paper, pencils, earbuds, and headphones that you donated. I appreciate every dollar you graciously gave to help purchase items to use when they went on sale.

Because you gave generously, from your heart, a teacher has the necessary supplies to give to their students who come to school with very little. Because of what you gave, a student has been gifted with the necessary tools to fully participate in class. Every gift matters!

We here at Central United Methodist Church continue to demonstrate that we are the hands and feet of Jesus. I thank you for walking on this journey with me.

Sincerely,
Virginia Duncan

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