CU Connector OUR MISSION AT CENTRAL UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IS TO SEEK, SAVE, SUPPORT, SHAPE, AND SERVE TH IS PRESENT AGE.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: FYI
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Prayer Focus
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Upcoming Small Group Study
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Daily Devotional Readings
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To every thing there is a season...
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Puzzle Page
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Church Humor
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During the month of January we spent four weeks in corporate prayer, fasting and study. We focused on gratitude, faith, vision and commitment. I was overjoyed to see how many of you faithfully attended prayer services and bible study. By most accounts it also appears that many of you sincerely sought the Lord for guidance and direction for 2013. My prayer is that you are walking closer with God than when you began on January 7th and that you are committed to building on your relationship with God and your church family. As we press toward the mark of Excellence in All Things I encourage you to remain focused on our 2013 ministry focus and the Jesus Test Ministries. Every ministry and member should be asking … “am I operating in excellence”? As we ask ourselves this vital question, I trust you will answer honestly and know that there is always room for improvement. There are so many wonderful things going on at the Union I am proud and thankful to serve as your pastor. The Black History Month committee has planned a great month of festivities so please be sure to avail yourselves of every opportunity to actively participate. Please be prayerful about our evangelism efforts and actively support the Upward Sports Program, AWANA and Sunday School.
We have renamed and are redirecting the focus of our college ministry. We realize that there are many young people in the congregation between the ages of 18 – 27 that are either not college students or have graduated from college. Therefore, we have changed the name from “College Ministry” to “Young Adult and College Ministry.” So if you are in that age group or even a little older we welcome you to join in with this group and get involved with your church family. Just see Reverend or Sister Rashidi and tell them you want to be a part of what’s going on. If you sing, dance, rap, step, write or have other talents, God wants you to use them at the Union for His glory! I’m also excited about our new Communications Ministry Team that will be debuting this month. The purpose of the communications Ministry Team is to enhance communication opportunities using a multitude of communication p la tfo rms a nd methods. The team is working to integrate our communication efforts using our existing methods such as, the CU Connector, web page, church bulletins, and calling
post with Facebook, text messaging, Twitter and some interactive methods to allow us to have virtual meetings and the like. Wow, we’re really moving into the 21st Century. Sister Yolanda Surrency has agreed to chair the team and she has an outstanding group of people working with her. Currently we have Angela Brice, Tunisha Clark, Elaine Dawsey, Marjorie Golphin, Joselyn Miller-Jackson, Rebecca Mungin, and DeDe Simmons. Please pray continually for the success of your Communications Ministry team as they strive for
EXCELLENCE IN ALL THINGS!
Finally, our architect is in the final stages of designing our new church building. The development committee is inviting all members to come out to review the plans on Wednesday February 6th at 6:30 p.m. I hope you will do your best to make it. In His Service, Pastor K. Daniel Dawsey