Making a Difference
At Central, we believe God calls us to make a difference in our community and our World. Our missions are a critical part of our identity as a community of believers, sharing God’s love through service. Members of Central are involved in many causes throughout our community and our World. Our Missions & Outreach Team strives to find new and innovative ways to support these efforts.
It is our core belief that we can best make a difference by building relationships and walking in partnership with local people who understand their communities and who are striving to build their communities into strong and healthy societies. In keeping with this philosophy, we have adopted Rachel’s Children’s Home, Go Guatemala and the Cambridge Self Help Food Bank as our primary missions.
Together with our partners, we are striving to build God’s kingdom both at home and abroad.
Rachel's Children's Home
Central supports Rachel’s Home, an orphanage and Christian school for the child victims of Lesotho’s AIDS crisis.
For more than 10 years, Central has walked along-side Godwill & Hilda, the couple that runs Rachel’s Home, as they show God’s love to orphaned and vulnerable children. At Rachel’s Home, these children find a safe and loving Christian environment where they can begin to recover from the trauma they’ve faced. They also have a chance to attend school, maybe for the first time in their lives. Rachel’s Home is a place of hope.
With our partners, we continue to fund the orphanage, the school and the tuitions of the students attending secondary and post secondary institutions.
For more information, please click here.
Cambridge Food Bank
Central supports the Cambridge Food Bank.
The Cambridge Food Bank serves the City of Cambridge and Township of North Dumfries, which together have a population of approximately 145,000. The Food Bank helps more than 2,000 individuals and families each month, and distributes food to 26 community organizations.
Every Sunday, Central collects food for the Cambridge Food Bank. Please, even if it’s just one can, bring something for the food-bank. Every little bit counts.
Want to learn more? Click Here!
Go Guatemala
Central continues to support our friends in Cubulco, Guatemala. The chicken project startedwith our 2018 mission trip. A need was identified to help struggling families become more -sufficient. Alejandro and Kathryn Ortiz spent two years in Guatemala, serving and ministering to the local community. Though they have returned, the projects that they started continue and we continue to support them.
You can support this project too. For more information, please visit our Guatemala page.
News From Missions
Baby Steps
In our first week, we brought in 35 jars. Thank-you everyone who has participated thus far. We're starting a bit late this year, so we'll have to...
Meet Palesa
Meet Palesa. Palesa is the newest arrival at Rachel's Home. Her story is an all too familiar one. Her mother was unable to support her and she was...
Rescue Junction Performs at Central
Rescue Junction performed before an enthusiastic crowd at Central on Saturday evening. Their energetic performance and uplifting brand of gospel and...
Easter at the Food Bank
How often are you up at 5:00am on a Saturday morning? Well, that's what time Carol, the peer health worker arrived at the Food Bank to prepare a...
Thank-you Central
Thank-you again Central for supporting our mission at Rachel's Home. Our Easter breakfast was a success again this year, with roughly 50 people...
Mpho
Mpho is one of our high school students. She's in her final year at Morate, a high school in Leribe. Mpho is a graduate of Rachel's Home. She's...
Malitha
Meet Malitha. Malitha is the newest member of our family at Rachel's Home. Malitha is about 5 years old. Her father is in prison and she was...
Rachel’s Home Update
The new children have settled in at Rachel's Home and are doing well. Here are some pictures that Hilda recently sent us. [metaslider id=17268]
Easter Breakfast
YOU are INVITED for Easter Sunday Breakfast Hosted by Elsie March 27 at 9:00 a.m. All proceeds to support the Lesotho Education...
