We'll have a low-key celebration of Central Christian's 115th anniversary on Sunday. (Don't forget to reset your clocks so you're not early.) We'll share breakfast together before worship, which should be an enjoyable way to kick off the day.
In worship, we'll continue our focus on faith stories by considering the faith story of Central Christian. Sunday we'll look at Central Christian's history -- 115 years of ministry in the community of Fairmont.
Not all churches make 115 years -- in fact, a great many do not last more than a couple of generations, so we have much to celebrate. But we also have much to learn. How are we like the church that started 115 years ago? How are we different? Do we know much about our past -- our heritage?
Unlike some churches, not one member of our congregation was around when Central Christian first worshiped together in 1893. We don't know a lot about them, and we have few definite reminders of our predecessors -- some photographs, some names, a stained glass window from the previous church building. Of course, we've not totally lost our memories -- we have long-time members (some of 60, 70, even 80 years).
So what is our heritage? And how should that heritage influence what we should do in the future? This is a part of our shared faith story that we will think about on Sunday.
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