This Week's Feature:
Ghana Mission Discussion
Joan Watkins, Tommy Abernathy and Will Grice recently returned from a 17 day mission trip to Ghana, West Africa. This Wednesday night (May 7) during Refuge, Will and Joan will talk about some of the highlights from the trip, and then we will have a panel discussion about mission work in general but specifically the CYM trip to Ghana next year.
Thanks
The CYM would like to extend a special thanks to all those who assisted us with Spring Into Action. We got a lot of work done that would not have been possible without proper supplies, equipment and know-how. We truly appreciate your sacrifice and committment to our youth ministry!Welcome
Welcome to the home of the Central Youth Ministry on the web. We are glad that you have visited our site and encourage you to look around to find up to date information about what is going on in our ministry. Our goal is to know God, know each other, and serve the world. This simple philosophy is at the heart of what we believe it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.
On this website, you will find links to our favorite publications, photos of recent events, and commentary from Will Grice as well as teens who live out their faith every day. In addition, you can see what is happening from week to week and leave your feedback through our web polls.
It is our prayer that you will join us, as Paul put it, in pressing on "toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3: 14).
Ephesians 5:1-2
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."What Use Is That?"
Many people have a tendency to say what they know they should, but do only what they want. The priest and the councilman gave lip service to this man who was in trouble. They said things that sounded good, but they did not back up those words with tangible action. James asks the question, “If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, be warmed and filled,’ and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?” (James 2:15-16). This statement comes just after he essentially says that pure religion is to help those who cannot help themselves (James 1:27). James, here, is trying to get across the point that Christianity is just as much about doing as it is anything else. This brings us to the book of Galatians.
After explaining how we are to “walk by the Spirit”, Paul recommends that we “not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.” He continues “Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness…bear one another’s burdens…for if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself…so then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially those who are of the household of faith” (Galatians 5:25-6:10). The point here is simple: help each other out, but in doing so do not think that you are better than everyone else.God has given us as Christians the responsibility to serve the world, especially those people who belong to Him. We cannot serve with arrogance, thinking that we are superior. Remember that the friend was only able to save the man from the pit because he had once been trapped in the pit himself. It is only when we realize that everyone can contribute to God’s family and that everyone is just as important as we are that God can truly use us to bring glory to Him and save a lost world. Let us pray that God develops within each member of Central’s youth ministry the humble heart of a servant.

