CPC Children's Christmas Pageant 2009

On December 6th, 2009, the children of Central Presbyterian Church performed a "Sing a Song of Christmas" pageant. They sang their hearts out and did a stellar job! After enjoying the pageant, we all shared in a wonderful meal.

The show in full swing.

"Sing a song of Christmas, sing of peace on the earth..."

The angels tell the Christmas story.

At rehearsal. Some of the leaders (from left to right): Pam Young, Patti Foster, Annalise Drake, Aura Emsweller.

The seating was dinner-theater-style. Allison Donaldson headed up a team to provide a delicious meal immediately following the pageant.

Great job, kids!

Youth Paintball Outing

There's no better way to show Christian love than to try to inflict maximum pain on one another with paintballs! (Well, almost no better way, maybe.)

Youth Lock-In

The Youth were "locked-in" to the church from 10:00p to 9:00a on Oct 16-17. Games, snacks, food, a discussion on persecuted Christians, and even a few minutes sleep were shared by all.

Most of our games were played in the dark and therefore did not lend themselves to photography. We coud take a picture of basketball, though.

No Lock-In is complete without pizza.

The girls compete in a game of Scattergories.

Harvest Party 09

Our fourth annual "Neighborhood Harvest Party" was another resounding success. Headed up by our Children's Ministry Coordinator, Patti Foster, we had close to 200 hundred people come and enjoy the festivities. Caroline Parker plays "Mega Ball."

"Amazon John" of Silly Safaris entertains the crowd.

Our gym was tranformed into carnival-central.

Katie Pimmler does some face painting.

We had two "Big Bounces"--one for the older kids and one for the little tikes.

Hunger Hike 09

Several of our families and youth participated in the annual Hunger Hike. We were able to raise over $500 to donate to local food banks.

Posing with an aardvark from Texas Roadhouse.

On the walk.

Montreat Youth Conference

Ten teens, four adults, and one two-year-old travelled from Central to attend "Youth Week V" at Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, NC. There were over a thousand other teenagers there that week (July 26-Aug 1). We rented a house in the mountains, enjoyed the beauty of the place, participated in the warm spirit of the conference, and heard several stirring messages which challenged us to put our Christian faith into practice. "World On Fire" was the theme of the conference, and we were called to help fight the wildfires that rage in our world (global warming, poverty, oppression, discrimination, etc.). We really bonded with each other and with other high schoolers from around the country. We hope to go back to Montreat again soon.

Lake Susan on a rainy day.

The youth using a giant umbrella they made out of a sheet.

Candlelight service by the lake on the last night of the conference.

Our Group (L to R): Andrew Meeks, Peg Wier, Allen Bol, Victoria Smith, Austin Hartz, Kate Wier, Jacob Smutz, Tori Sauer, Darryl King, Hannah Sauer, Katie Pimmler, Chris Burgess, Tobias Tillett, Rita Tillett, Wes Tillett.

Over 1,000 high school students sing their hearts out to God in the assembly.

Dunes Trip 09

A rainy day in Lafayette turned out to be a gorgeous day at Indiana Dunes State Park. Another great Dunes trip! The purpose of this trip is really quite simple: enjoy the outdoors, enjoy one another, enjoy God and the life He has given.

Ready for the ride. It's about a two hour drive to the state park from the church. We had another 15 people or so meet up with us at the Dunes.

Chillin' (and roastin') on the beach.

Cory painted the hood of her vehicle with chalkboard paint. She decorated it up to celebrate the Dunes Trip.

After an initial shock, the water temperature was actually quite tolerable, even bordering on enjoyable. :)

Duncan digs out. He was buried vertically in the sand up to his chin.