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
The Pick of the Crop
The Pick of the Crop Another week, another bad peach pun. We brought in 38 cans this week. That brings our total to 297. We’ve still got a long way...
A Sweet Harvest
25 Cans this week. This brings us past the halfway point at 259 cans. We have 9 weeks left. We need 27 cans/week to reach our goal of 500 cans....
Measuring the Fruits of our Labour
Sorry about the fuzzy math last week. We found some additional cans the didn't make the first cut. So, what is the count this week? 22 cans. This...
This week the Pits
Yes another bad peach pun. Our count was only increased by 11 cans. We're at 139. We still need 361 cans to reach our goal. The Cambridge Self Help...
Peach Cobbler
So folks, this week we cobbled together 26 cans. We're up to 107 cans. Thanks everyone for your efforts thus far. Don't forget to bring your cans to...
Fuzzy Math
Fuzzy indeed. We're up to 81 cans and counting. Keep up the good work Central! Don't forget to bring your cans on Sunday!
We’re doing Peachy
So folks, the count has begun. Thus far we've collected 32 cans of peaches for the Cambridge Self Help Food Bank. Don't forget to watch for sales....
A Peach of a Church
Central, here's your challenge. Providing fruit is always a challenge for the Cambridge Self Help Food Bank. We're a peach of a church. Let's prove...
Lunch for Lesotho
Don't forget to stick around after church on Sunday. Elsie is preparing a wonderful lunch. For $10/person, you'll get a home-cooked meal, and you'll...
