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Central Presbyterian Church (USA)

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Dauphin at Ann Street, Mobile, Alabama

View of stained glass window over Advent Wreath
To Know Christ and To Make Him Known

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Our Core Values:

Good News!

Central Presbyterian Church announces that we have two new co-pastors, the Revs. Chris and Karen Bullock, beginning July 1. Here is their Announcement (.pdf file).

Welcome!

Central Presbyterian Church (USA) is located at 1260 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama 36604-2546. It is at the Northeast corner of Dauphin and Ann Streets, directly across from the Alabama School of Math and Science. We can be contacted by telephone at (251) 432-0591, by fax at (251) 432-0592, and by e-mail at CPCMobil@bellsouth.net. Click HERE for a brief history of Central Presbyterian; click HERE to download a brochure about Central (PDF Format, requires (free) Adobe (Acrobat) Reader v. 4 or later, available from http://www.adobe.com).

Map to Central

Our Leadership:

Services held each Sunday:

 

Click Here for God's Simple Plan of Salvation

Our beautiful Sanctuary is a popular place for weddings. Please feel free to telephone or e-mail us if you would like to consider using the Sanctuary for your wedding.

Church Calendar for  July 5 - 12, 2008

Sunday, July 5
   
10: AM    Joint Worship Service, Sanctuary
    11 AM    Fellowship Luncheon, Bellingrath Hall
    1 PM    New Hope Korean Presbyterian Worship
Monday, July 6 
    

Tuesday, July 7 - Worship Bulletin Deadline
   
1-3 PM    Adults Introduction to Computers and Internet, Library
    1-3 PM    Food Pantry
   
7 PM        Boy Scouts, Troop 1
Wednesday, July 8

    7:30 PM    New Hope Prayer Service
Thursday, July 9
    5:30 PM    Praise Team Rehearsal
Friday, July 10
    11:30 AM - Loaves and Fish Ministry
    7:30 PM    New Hope Bible Study, Chapel
Saturday, July 11
    
Sunday, July 12
    9 AM    Contemporary Worship, "Son" Room
    10:05 AM    Sunday School for All ages
    11 AM    Traditional Worship Service, Sanctuary, Communionl
    1 PM    New Hope Korean Church

Our Officers

Click Here for a recent The Cornerstone, the weekly bulletin of the 9 AM Service (PDF file)

Click Here for The Discipleship Journal One-Year Bible Reading Plan (PDF file)

The Food Pantry is in need of canned fruits and vegetables (especially green). While you are doing shopping at the grocery store, please pick up extras for our Food Pantry. We are also starting to collect the Bruno's Ham coupons. If you shop at Bruno's and do not plan on using your coupons, please donate them to the church.

THE FAMILY PROMISE NETWORK

The Family Promise Network (website http://www.familypromise.org/) of Coastal Alabama (http://www.IHNCoastalAL.org), Teressa Ramsey, ,  Director, office telephone (251) 441-1991, provides a way to enable religious groups to unite hearts to provide shelter, meals and compassionate assistance for homeless families. Congregations have found that the Network provides an effective way to be involved in a hands-on outreach program that serves the poor and fosters congregational unity and interfaith cooperation.

A few of the other area churches which are part of the (Gulf Coast) Network are Government Street Presbyterian, All Saints Episcopal, First Baptist, and Spanish Fort Presbyterian.

In the program, Central furnishes clean, safe, overnight lodging and nutritious meals for up to fourteen guests for one week per quarter. Central also houses the Family Promise Day Center.

Volunteers are the most important aspect of a functional Family Promise Network. The experience of successful Family Promise programs elsewhere suggests that we need around 50 volunteers to make this thing go. Please consider volunteering your time when we're hosting the families at Central.
Volunteer opportunities include:

Please give this opportunity to serve the Lord and the citizens of our community your careful thought and prayers. Should you feel led to volunteer, please let us know of your wish to help as soon as possible. If you haven't participated in Host Week and are interested in helping, please get in contact with Central's Host Coordinator Lee Smith at the email address or number below.

Lee Smith, email DSmith1204@aol.com, (251) 626-4496

Resources:

 

Our Staff and Officers

Neighborhood and Foreign Ministry

Fellowship Opportunities

The "Golden Oldies" for women and Central Seniors are some of the many groups meeting at our church, usually on a monthly basis. A Church-wide Fellowship Luncheon is held monthly after 11 AM worship, usually on the third Sunday of the month.

Christian Education News

Central has Sunday School classes each Sunday morning, 10:05-10:50 AM, for all members and age groups.

Sunday School, Classes Meeting as Follows:

The Sunday School Program for children Pre-School to Senior High has taken on a new format this school year. Classes are broken into three age levels: Pre-School-First Grade, Second thru Fifth Grades, and Middle School-High School. All the classes meet on the Second Floor, on the Parking Lot side of the building.
The classes will have six-week sessions surrounding one topic/theme. The kids will divide into their groups and study the same theme, but in many different ways. Currently we are in the 4th week of studying the calling of the disciples. The kids have looked at what a disciple is, how Jesus called his disciples, who Jesus called, and what does that mean to them today. They are learning scripture verses and applying them to their situations at home and school.
All of this is learned through various means. The kids have made a movie, cooked, created their own disciple banner with symbols like we have in our sanctuary, and created crafts. This hands-on approach not only is aimed to teach the children the truths of our faith, but also to make Sunday School FUN! Be on the lookout for what the kids are doing!
If you know a neighbor child, grandchild, or a Central child that is not currently in Sunday School, please encourage them to come join us! It is newcomer friendly! And good old-fashioned fun!

Our morning classes will finish up about 10:50 AM. Please join back up with your children at that time.

Children and Worship

All ages of children are invited to the 9 AM and 11 AM worship. An extended Sunday School time is provided during the Worship Service for children ages Birth-Kindergarten. This meets on the First floor nursery and 2/3 year old rooms. Paid childcare providers lovingly staff this time with the younger children.

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If you aren't already a member of Central, we would love to have you as our guest at a worship service. Please call the number above or e-mail us at