Great mid size church w/ emph. on missions

Posted bycarlynyon 3/26/2008

I've attended Central UMC for over 20 years; have attended others, but keep coming back to Central. Primarily traditional, Central has recently started incorporating some Praise and Worship style music which has been well received with the addition of 3 Praise Teams, including a Teen group but still offer the traditional organ music and weekly Chancel Choir which remain top notch. Central has an active Sunday School, youth group, children's choir, and Vacation Bible School, with weekly Bible study groups for adults. The pastors are both well educated, warm, and approachable. Central demonstrates a strong commitment to mission giving, both locally and globally, offering outreach worship services at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission and Covenant House twice a month. They recently raised funds and sent a team to Uganda to build a home to house 8 orphans. They continue to be actively involved in recovery efforts post Katrina.