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After months of planning and preparation, CCC Youth head to West Virginia. This is a powerful opportunity for our young people to stretch their hearts, serve others, and witness the impact of faith in action. They will work hand-in-hand with people whose lives look different from theirs, but whose needs and hopes echo our own. Through service projects, prayer, and fellowship, they’ll experience what it truly means to be the hands and feet of Christ.
There’s nothing like ice cream on a warm, summer night. Bring the whole family! We’ll meet outside at the picnic tables, near the playground, for good conversation and ice cream. Choose from more than 200 flavors – soft or hard. RSVP to Claudia. We’ll meet at Eskimo King (29 Market Street, Swansea, Mass.) – where “Ice Cream Rules!”
Let’s meet after Worship for “fresh Mexican fusion food” – your choice of lunch or brunch – and fascinating conversation at this Wayland Square eatery. Check out the extensive menu Check out the extensive menu and RSVP to Claudia. We’ll meet at Diego’s Providence (192 Wayland Avenue, Providence).
This is CCC Youth’s second mandatory team-building events in preparation for the Youth Service Trip to West Virginia. Please join them as they work on the building skills they’ll need: listening to instructions, using tools, and creating physical projects. And all Central members and friends – both youth and adults – are welcome to join in. Please RSVP to Cristina. We’ll meet up at Chapel Hall.
Today we commemorate the end of state-sponsored slavery in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, slavery ended with an order from General Gordon Granger to the state of Texas, the last to end slavery. It took 156 years to honor this milestone as a federal holiday. So, please take a moment to celebrate this essential step towards freedom for all people while also acknowledging that we must still work to eliminate the legacy of slavery in our great nation.
In preparation for the Youth Service Trip to West Virginia (July 5 to 13), CCC Youth will participate in two mandatory team-building events. And all Central members and friends – both youth and adults – are welcome to join in. For Community Clean-up Day, we will partner with other local organizations to spruce up our neighborhood. Register with Cristina by Sunday, June 8. We’ll meet at Central and leave from there.
The CCC Players present “The Real Inspector Hound,” the first theatrical production on the new Chapel Hall stage – directed by Liam Newberry and featuring a cast of Centralites. This one-act play by Tom Stoppard is a parody of stereotypical parlor mysteries in the style of “The Mousetrap,” by Agatha Christie. Admission is $5. There are matinee and evening performances in Chapel Hall.
On Sunday, June 8, during Worship, Central’s Children’s Choir will present “Once Upon a Parable” with words by Grace Hawthorne and music by Terry Kirkland. The musical tells of a rich person’s preoccupation with things that don’t matter. Discovering what really counts, the rich person learns a valuable lesson, and you might, too, as our Children’s Choir tells the story through drama and music.
All are invited to a morning of fellowship and learning. Reverend Vanessa Cardinale, Associate Director of the Center for Transformational Leadership, and Jeremy Langill, Executive Minister of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches, will lead two informative talks about the work they are doing and how we can be a part of it. Please RSVP to tinyurl.com/RISpringMeeting, and join us at Newman Congregational Church (100 Newman Avenue, Rumford).
Support CCC Kids in their special collection for the Egg-a-Day Childhood Nutrition Program in Haiti. This program currently provides high-quality protein (hard-boiled eggs) to 550 Haitian children in two schools. $2.84 provides one egg for one Haitian child every school day for a month! That’s less than $35 a year! Pick up a plastic egg in Chapel Hall and return it your donation
