CEF Manasota 2024 Ministry UpdateAs we have launched into a new year, we look back on ministry success in 2023 and we look forward to what awaits in 2024. Over the past year we ministered to more than...  Read More

Officer Ordination and Installation“The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.” -1 Timothy 3:1 We will ordain and install a new class of church of...  Read More

Volunteer Spotlight – Security Team“And I said to them, ‘Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are still standing guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoin...  Read More

Looking for a 2024 Devotional?“In Sunday Matters, Paul David Tripp presents fifty-two reflections on the beauty and benefits of gathering together as a church, encouraging you to participate weekly in...  Read More

5 Prayers for CPC in 2024“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus through...  Read More

Building Project Phase 1 – Office MoveLast Sunday at CPC, the Session announced Phase 1 of our new building project. This first phase will consist of moving the church office into a portable on-site o...  Read More

An Abundant Ministry Part 5 – A Blessing Is Given“And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disci...  Read More

Extend an Invitation“82% of people would come to church if a friend invited them.”-Results of a Lifeway Research Poll Does the statistic cited above shock you? It certainly shocked me the first time I...  Read More

Giving Tuesday – A New Way to Give“On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.” -1 Corint...  Read More

The Least of These“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’”--Matthew 25:40 Once many years ago, I was doing an an...  Read More

An Abundant Ministry Part 4 – Preparations Are Made“There were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, ‘Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.’ And they did so, and had them ...  Read More

Mission Update – Fall Fest“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”- Jeremiah 29:7 Christ ...  Read More