introduction

Two years ago, when my husband and I started attending services at Central, we sat a few rows back. But after about a month, I found myself compelled to move closer. I could tell that something remarkable was happening, so forward we went!  Every week now we sit on the very front row, waiting and watching to see what new work of the Gospel will arrive in our communion together.

At Central, we are a community made up of the poor and the prosperous, the safe and the weary, the suffering and the well, and somehow, this collection of people creates a portal to the divine. I hope to share in this newsletter segment exactly what happens here from the perspective not of a pastor or someone formally trained in theology, but of a parishioner, a participant, a simple witness to the beauty of this place.