The OAC offers a time of art ministry each Thursday morning. It has proven to be an important ministry for many of our guests who come into the OAC. Oftentimes, they use art as a way to express what is going on in their lives. It can be very therapeutic to those who take part in this ministry. We are currently very low on the supplies that we have in stock for art, and we are asking for your help in replenishing our supplies. The items are:

• Firewire line or another item to string necklaces and bracelets
• Drawing paper
• Drawing pencils
• Paper plates
• Stencil books
• Scissors (there's currently only one pair)
• Old magazines for collages
• Ink pens
• Embroidery floss
• Cardstock
• Envelopes and postage to send cards on special occasions

You may leave your contributions in the OAC barrels (labeled for food donations) located throughout the church. Thanks in advance for your contributions! If you are ever interested in being a part of the art ministry, we would welcome you on Thursday mornings! Click here for more information about the Central Outreach & Advocacy Center.

The months of July and August are transitional months as we give thanks for the ministry of our current cohort of Resident Pastors--Erika Rembert, Catherine Neelly, and Emily Wilmarth--and welcome our next cohort--Sharon Junn, Caitlin Foley Phillips, and Kate Taber. 

To read the Summer 2010 edition of The Epistle which looks back at the past two years of Erika, Catherine, and Emily's ministy among us and looks forward to Sharon, Caitlin, and Kate's ministry, click here.

Erika Rembert, Catherine Neelly, and Emily Wilmarth

For additional information about Central's annual retreat to the mountains of North Carolina, click here

For registration form for this year's retreat, click here