Revised 4/27/08 DLS

Central Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dauphin at Ann Street, Mobile, Alabama

To Know Christ and To Make Him Known

Our Vision:

• WE ARE a community across all boundaries of race, social class, life style, culture, and gender, united by our fervent belief in Christ.

• WE ENVISION a church committed to living the call of God, nurturing each other and inviting those beyond our doors into the transforming love of Jesus Christ.

• WE WILL be God's people acting out God's call in our lives and in the world, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Our Core Values:

• Reaching out to those beyond our doors
• Being guided by Christ as a church to seek God's will
• Affirming that all members are called to ministries of God
• Binding members to one another
• Developing a deeper relationship with the living Lord Jesus Christ
• Recognizing that all people are God's children without regard to social barriers

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).

Services held each Sunday:

• 8:55 AM: Contemporary Worship Service, "Son" Room
• 10:05 AM: Sunday School for all ages. Creative Arts Camp is held each summer.
• 11:00 AM: Traditional Morning Worship, with nursery and Special Care for children through Kindergarten. Communion is served the third Sunday of every month.
• 1:00 PM: Worship of the New Hope Korean Presbyterian Fellowship in our Chapel.

Thought for Meditation - "The Bible teaches that the Christian should be law-abiding. The Bible also teaches loyalty to country. The government of God is to be our model." - Billy Graham

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 April 27-May 4, 2008

Sunday, April 27
     8:55 AM    Contemporary Worship, "Son" Room
    10:05 AM   Sunday School for All Ages
    11 AM    Traditional Worship, Sanctuary
    12 Noon    Confirmation in Church Retreat
    1 PM    New Hope Korean Presbyterian Worship
    5 PM    Youth Group
Monday, April 28
    NEWSLETTER ARTICLES DUE
Tuesday, April 29 - Worship Bulletin Deadline
    1 PM    Adults Intro to Computers & Internet, Library
    1:30 PM    Staff Meeting
    7 PM    Boy Scouts, Troop 1
Wednesday, April 30
    3:30 PM    Children's Assisted Tutoring, Library
    7:30 PM    New Hope Prayer Service
Thursday, May 1
    8:30 AM    Homeless Coalition, Bellingrath Hall
    11:30 AM    Golden Oldies
    5:30 PM    Praise Team Rehearsal
    6:30 PM    Hand Bell Choir Rehearsal
Friday, May 2
    9:30 AM    Women & the Word Bible Study, Parlor
    7:30 PM    New Hope Bible Study, Chapel
Saturday, May 3
    
Sunday, May 4
    8:55 AM    Contemporary Worship, "Son" Room
    10:05 AM    Sunday School for All Ages
    11 AM    Traditional Worship Service, Sanctuary
    12 Noon    Cinco de Mayo Lunch & Talent Show
    1 PM     New Hope Korean Presbyterian Worship
    5 PM    Youth Group

Our Officers

Click Here for 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 INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK

The Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN; website http://www.familypromise.org/) of Coastal Alabama (http://www.IHNCoastalAL.org), Lee Walker, 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, Spanish Fort Methodist, and Spanish Fort Presbyterian.

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

Volunteers are the most important aspect of a functional Interfaith Hospitality Network. The experience of successful IHN 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:

• Host Coordinator: Schedules evening and overnight volunteers, works with Meal Coordinator Jo Jane Van Hook
• Laundry Coordinator and workers: Washing towels and sheets
• Dinner preparers
• Activity workers: To work with guest children after dinner
• Dinner and Evening hosts
• Overnight hosts
• Breakfast preparers

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 IHN Host Coordinator Lee Smith at the email address or number below.

The IHN Host Group at Central is looking for some floor lamps to use on the 3rd floor when the Church is hosting the IHN guests. If you have any floor lamps you can part with, please bring them to the church for use.

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

Resources:

• Christmas Ornament-making Party, 2003
• Children and Youth Handbell and Choir, 2004
• Recent Sermons Delivered at Central Presbyterian Church
• This Month's Calendar
• Prayer Concerns
• Recent Newsletters

 

Our Staff and Officers

• Our Staff:
  • Minister of Word and Sacrament- Interim, Dr. Tom Boone, ThomasBoone@mac.com
  • Dara Walker, Coordinator of Neighborhood Ministries, DaraWalker@bellsouth.net
  • Rev. Samuel Yoo-Chang Bang, Minister to the New Hope Korean Presbyterian New Church Development, YooChangBang@yahoo.com
  • Patti O'Rourke, Administrative Assistant, CPCMobil@bellsouth.net
  • Donald H. Stewart, Organist, Dohart32434@webtv.net
  • Frank Moorhead, Pianist & Asst. Organist, FrankMoorhead@gulftel.com
  • Denise Warren, Nursery Caregiver
• Our Officers:
  • Treasurer: Carlton Kirk
  • Clerk of Session: Larry Brown, Larry.Brown@amequity.com
  • Deacon Moderator: Marcia Mayberry, Mayberry13@comcast.net

Neighborhood and Foreign Ministry

• Neighborhood Ministry:
  • Media Center, with computer classes for adults and children
  • Party-celebrations for neighborhood children, such as parties at Halloween.
  • We have begun a new ministry for homeless families, through the National Interfaith Hospitality Network, whose local director is Lee Walker, e-mail LeeFamilyPromise@bellsouth.net. We're very excited about this opportunity to minister to our neighbors, and welcome any and all assistance (see above).
  • We are a Partner-in-Education with the nearby Leinkauf School.
  • Sunday School and Worship for our "Special Friends" (mentally challenged adults).
  • Financial support for The Service Center of Catholic Social Services; one of our Elders sits on their Advisory Board
  • As noted above, our chapel is the meeting place of the New Hope Korean Presbyterian New Church Development; hymns are bilingual and sermons are delivered in both English and Korean.
  • A monthly "Loaves and Fishes" offering to help feed the Homeless in Mobile, and volunteers to help serve their meals.
  • Outside groups, such as The Boy Scouts of America, frequently use our facilities for their meetings.
  • We send financial support to several other organizations both within and without the PC(USA). These include The Presbyterian Home for Children in Talladega, Alabama and Habitat for Humanity.
• Foreign Missions:

  • We help support the churches El Buen Pastor, Kopoma, Mexico, El Divino Redentor, Maxcanu, Mexico, and are in Presbytery partnership with the Mayab Presbytery of Merida, Mexico, sending both financial support and volunteer aid each year. We go twice yearly to Merida, Mexico, and the surrounding area, for Missions projects. Click HERE to see pictures from the trip in January 2007.

  • We give a monthly "Two Cents a Meal" offering to support a clinic in Haiti.
  • We help support Dr. Wiley Smith, a Medical Missionary in Belize (formerly The British Honduras).
  • We have contributed to the support of a reforestation project in Madagascar under the sponsorship of PC(USA) Missionaries Dan and Elizabeth Turk. You can e-mail the Turks at the address DanielLTurk@hotmail.com. Click HERE to see newsletters and pictures illustrating their ministry.
  • We support financially many other foreign mission causes, both within and without the Presbyterian Church (USA). We have recently sent financial support to the PC(USA) Disaster Relief Fund for Malawi, Heifer Project International, and Interchurch Medical Assistance.

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:

• Adult classes include:
  • Upper Room Class on Third Floor, taught by Farouk Hassan and Kent McPhail. This is an open Bible study discussion and exploration. Most recently they have studied The Purpose-driven Life by Rick Warren.
  • Judge Edington Bible Class, meeting in the Parlor. This class is taught by "Skeeter" McClure and David Smith. It is a book-discussion group, discussing works such as Dallas Willard's Renovation of the Heart..
  • Louise Lindy Bible Class, taught by Jo Jane Van Hook. This class uses The Present Word series from the PCUSA. They have full discussions of the selected scriptures, and relate scriptures and printed material to our present lives.
  • The Special Friends Class, led by Barry Miller. This is a class for mentally challenged adults.

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.

Our Links:

• The Presbytery of South Alabama, our governing Presbytery
• The webpage of our youth
• Our Denomination, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Our "virtual" Bookstore (with a 20% discount when accessed online), http://www.Cokesbury.com
• The summer camp of our presbytery, Camp Pinetreat
• The Jewell Ellen Smith Homepage: Christmas and Easter plays, and other writings, by the mother of one of our Elders.
• Cemetery Survey, Columbia, Alabama, by Janie E. Wood, another of our Elders
• Cemetery Survey, Columbia, Alabama, in PDF format
• "Our" missionary, Dr. Wiley Smith
• Presbyterians Today, newsmagazine of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
• Midnight Oil Productions, telling the Story in a New Light through professional-quality worship media that your church can afford.

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 if you have any questions.

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Dr. Smith lives at the retirement community of Westminster Village, Spanish Fort, Alabama. Click HERE for further information about this retirement community.

Our particular thanks to Allen Watkins Smith for assistance with this webpage.

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