April CBA News

A Word from Your Mission Strategist, Steve Laughman

After much anticipation Centennial will finally be able to host missionaries from around our state, nation, and world. Your mission team began planning FOCUS 2020 in the summer of 2019. The uncertainty that came with the pandemic caused us to reschedule several times. Unless the Lord returns or something crazy happens, we expect to host REFOCUS on April 30 and May 1, 2022. Praise the Lord!

Most of the information you need is on the front page of this newsletter, so I will not repeat it here. But I do want to emphasize that this only happens every five (or eight) years. Your mission team has worked very hard to make sure this is a worthwhile experience for not only our churches, but also our missionaries. We have two stated goals: 1) to show our churches how God is using our partnership in missions to reach the world, and 2) to be a blessing to the missionaries we invite to be here. We want them to know how much we love and appreciate them and the work they are called to do.

Every church in the Centennial Association has been given the opportunity to have a missionary speaker in the Sunday morning service on May 1. Be sure to support them as they come to share their stories. Then on the evening of May 1, we will all join together in a Celebration of Missions worship service at Mountain View. We hope your church will plan to join us that evening for a time of worship, testimonies, and Q&A with the missionaries.

I am so thankful that God is still calling people to missions. Perhaps there are some in your own church whom God is calling. This may be the spark that starts the journey for them. We are the Church, and if we are not going or sending, then who will? My prayer is that REFOCUS will help us prioritize missions in our churches, in our families, and in our individual lives. May the Lord find us diligently working when He returns.