We are happy to announce that CenterPoint has a new pastor! This past Sunday we voted unanimously to call Rev. Jonathan Robson to lead us forward, and we are deeply encouraged as we begin this new chapter in our story. We are also especially thankful for our search committee (Greg Gardner, Cori Close, David Conrad, Deanna Hamilton, Mike Kooi, David Osborne, Lynn Peacock, Chris Rubottom, Amanda Short and Karen Story) and their dedicated, tenacious effort to find our next pastor.

The Robson family will be joining us in mid-July after completing their service at the African Bible College in Lilongwe, Malawi. During the transition, we will continue to pray for each other and deepen our connection as we’re able. Below is the first of these efforts, a letter from Jonathan to the CenterPoint family.

Please join with us in welcoming Pastor Jonathon Robson and his family.

June 8 was our introductory meeting for the Women’s Summer Book Study, a discussion and prayer group focused on Ann Voskamp’s memoir One Thousand Gifts. We meet June 15 to begin discussion on chapters 1-2. If you can’t make every study or missed the first one, please join us anyway. We are just excited to be getting together weekly with the women of CenterPoint. This study is open to all adult women and runs through August 10. See the Ministries page for more information.

Beginning Sunday, July 3, we will be relocating our Sunday worship service to our 1200 South Monroe property for the duration of the summer (we will be meeting at the same time: 5:00 pm). Stay tuned for more details as we will likely be asking for help to set up a nursery and classroom in the next couple of weeks.

It’s time to sign up for the church-wide picnic for our first visiting pastoral candidate. We’ll be picnicking at Myers Park May 15 at 12:00 p.m. Because our candidate is coming from the northwest, we thought it would be fun to give him an old fashioned southern welcome. That’s why our theme is southern cooking. What will you bring?

All CenterPoint men are invited to the Kooi home for breakfast with the visiting pastoral candidate, Sunday, May 15 at 8:30 a.m.

The Search Committee has invited two candidates to CenterPoint. The first visit will take place May 13-17 and the second will be May 20-24. Both weekends will provide multiple opportunities to spend time with the candidates. Be sure to mark your calendar and stay tuned for more details.

In lieu of our normal gathering, the North Community Group will be attending the Seminole Women’s Basketball Selection Party in the President’s Box at Doak Campbell Stadium Monday @ 6:30 pm. This is not exclusive to community group, and any and all are welcome. We’ll be hanging out with lots of other fans to find out who our opponent will be in the NCAA tournament.

If you would like to participate in a brainstorm discussion about the possibility of a VBS program this summer, we will have a brief meeting this Sunday, March 13th right after church. Please take a few minutes to look at the VBS program we are considering and what it will involve. Contact Amanda with questions.

Former CenterPointer Bryan Loney will be in town and speaking at the evening worship service this Sunday, March 6. Bryan has been at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis completing a Masters of Divinity degree and will be moving, along with his wife and daughter, to Boston to plant a church with a planting network affiliated with Christ the King Presbyterian Church. Bryan and his family were among our first members and continue to be dear friends of CenterPoint. We look forward to hearing what God has been doing in the Loney family and how He is moving them towards church planting in Boston.

Beginning Sunday, March 6, the high school guys will be meeting for Bible study immediately following the evening worship service. Gather in the lobby following service for more details.