Sunday, Jan. 12

Confirmand Breakfast / Rehearsal: 9 am
Worship: 10:30 am

The confirmation class has reached its final summit. The confirmands have written their faith reflections and will share some of them with the congregation as they lead the service and are confirmed. Prior to Worship, the confirmands and their families will enjoy a delicious, celebratory breakfast in the Fireplace Room prepared for them by the Board of Deacons – followed by confirmation service rehearsal. Please stay after Worship and greet Central’s newest members!

Wednesday, Dec. 25, 10:30 am

Central is one of few churches in Rhode Island to offer a service on Christmas morning. Ours is an intimate celebration of Christ’s birth. There’s no sermon, just a wonderful Christmas story and communion.  Please take an hour from your family celebrations to join your friends, neighbors, and people from out of town for a festive service that welcomes the Light of the World into our midst and into our hearts.

CCC Youth will be selling handmade Christmas wreaths to help fund next summer’s youth mission trip. And they need pinecones! So as you are cleaning your yard, walking your dog, leaf peeping, etc., please collect pinecones of any size or type and drop them off in the box labeled “Cones for Youth Group” in Chapel Hall. Then join us in the Makepeace Room on Saturday, Dec. 7, 11 am to 1 pm, to make the wreaths.

Saturday, Nov. 30, 12:30 pm

Central families and friends are invited to join CCC Youth at Church Beyond the Walls for worship and lunch. This remarkable street-church community builds solidarity among people from all walks of life: housed and unhoused, poor and privileged, churched and unchurched. Questions? Contact Susannah. We’ll meet at 275 North Main Street in Providence – and should be finished by 2 pm.

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 7 pm

This year, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church (50 Orchard Avenue, Providence) will host Providence’s Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. The service brings diverse congregations together in thanksgiving, while also celebrating and generating greater understanding of our differences and similarities. In the past, as many as 14 Providence congregations have participated, so bring your friends and neighbors! It’s wonderful to worship together, give thanks, and reflect on the many gifts we receive as part of a diverse, interfaith community.

Sunday, Nov. 24, 10:30 am

Central’s Festival Service of Thanksgiving is always warm, wonderful, and so musical – the perfect time to share our community with a friend, neighbor, or colleague. We have a lot to be grateful for this year: a wonderful new senior minister and a reenergized religious education program – just to name two. Please come for Worship, bring a friend, and then stay after to enjoy our wonderful community of faith during Coffee Hour.