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
A Mother’s Health
As many of you know Hilda is the house mother to the fifty children that now call Rachel's House home. Â You may have a couple of children of your...
Ready to go!
The Lesotho Team is ready to go. Today, together, Â we had a wonderful worship service. Â It encouraged us all to live a life of mercy by living...
Follow Rachel’s Home on Twitter
Central churchgoers do you have Twitter accounts? Well, if you do you should be following Rachel's Home on Twitter! Stephanie Vizi tweets for...
{God’s Little Princesses} make a Quilt for Rachel’s Children’s Home Orphans
Tonight, my little princesses (God's Little Princesses is a small group I run for girls ages 5-10) were so excited to see the nearly finished quilt...
Dedication Sunday
It's hard to believe that we are a week away from departure day. Our team of 30 volunteers will depart from the church next Wednesday @ 1:30 pm....
Clear Answers
Yesterday, the day of the prayer post, all of the remaining money was given allowing the "new addition" team member to travel to Lesotho with the...
Student Specific Send Up 😀
There are students on the Lesotho Team, working hard to be prepared to take time off from classes and school work. Â They also have responsibilities...
Adding a Team Member
As mentioned earlier, one of the team members is unable to travel to Lesotho because of family sickness. Â Please continue to pray for this team...
Prayers in Preparation
As the team, heading for Lesotho, prepares to travel there are many pray needs. Â Many members of the team are struggling with their health because...
