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
Persona Non Grata on CTV
Click to watch: Stephanie on CTV It was such a blessing to be able to share our mission on CTV. A big thanks to stylist, Avah...
Steph Appears on CTV
Stephanie Vizi, a member of our Rachel's Home mission team, appeared on the CTV-Kitchener's News @ Noon, Friday September 28th....
Rachel’s Home Newsletter
“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel is weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted because they are...
Frames for Rachel’s Home
Central, please donate your gently used frames and sheets of wood for the Persona Non Grata Art Show to raise funds for post-secondary scholarships...
Lunch for Lesotho
Join for lunch after the service. We will be serving corn on the cob, salads and desserts. Adults $10, Children under 8 year$5 Proceeds will support...
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor - Cambridge TimesCentral’s 2012 Lesotho mission team would like to thank everyone in our community who helped to make our...
Steph on CBC
Stephanie Vizi, a member of our Lesotho Mission Team, was interviewed on Metro Morning with Matt Galloway this morning. Steph was speaking...
More than Just a Food Bank
The Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank has been chosen as Central’s “local” mission project. The Food Bank reflects a common theme with our national...
The Persona Non Grata Art Initiative: Inaugural Art Show
persona non grata |pərˈsōnə nän ˈgrätə| noun ( pl. personae non gratae |pərˈsōnē nän ˈgrätē|): an unacceptable or unwelcome person. The Persona Non...
