A Note From Pastor Cowser “What Does a Disciple Look Like?”I give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each other. This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, when you love each other.–John 13:34-35 (CEB) When we think of what […]

A Note From Pastor Cowser Our Vision for the Future“We’re Back, Now What?” Like many of you, I have been longing for the day when we could safely gather for in-person worship services. Virtual Church has been great and we will continue to build our online worship services and digital ministry, but I have prayed for

A Note From Pastor Cowser Update on Church Reopening In Response to May 13 Change in CDC GuidelinesDear Center Grove Family and Friends:Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.You have probably heard the May 13th announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that those who have received the

A Note From Pastor Cowser “Let us Go to the House of the Lord” “I was glad when they said unto me, let us go to the house of the Lord.” -Psalm 122:1(KJV)-After months of waiting, I am excited to announce that on Sunday, June 6, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. we will move into Phase

A Note From Pastor Cowser “A More Excellent Way” “But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.” -I Corinthians 12:31-I have found that it is much easier to point fingers than it is to not only provide a solution but to be willing to work toward a

A Note From Pastor Cowser “Are You Listening?” “Then you will call upon me and go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.” -Jeremiah 29:12- Are you listening to God? No, really? In all that you have going on in your life, do you take time to really listen for God’s voice?

ATTENTION CENTER GROVE MEMBERS:  Center Grove will hold a Called Charge Conference virtually on the Zoom platform on Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. The item of business to discuss is the recommendation from the Staff/Pastor-Parish Relations Committee to approve Chris Nabors to begin his candidacy for ministry in The United Methodist Church. All members are invited and encouraged

A Note From Pastor Cowser Dear Center Grove Family and Friends:Today, I write with a sigh of relief, but still a sense of pain. Relief that after almost a year of anxiously waiting, the verdict of the Derek Chauvin Trial has affirmed what many of us already felt and knew in our hearts. I am relieved