Caring & Serving

Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”

Life can be full of joy. Life can be filled with sadness, too. Jesus asked Peter to demonstrate a love for Christ by caring for His sheep. The CAYA family desires to live in this charge by walking with you through those experiences in life that make us laugh as well as those that make us cry.

 

Baby & Child Dedications:

Dedications are special moments in the life of parents, their children, and the CAYA Family. Dedications allow an opportunity to honor God for the gift of a child, to charge the parents to grow their children in a life that demonstrates a love of God, and an opportunity for the community to agree to live in a manner that supports the family. Dedications can be for children of any age to whom parents have been gifted – from newborns to any newly adopted child in the family. 

 

Baptisms:

Christians are baptized as a public sign of their faith and dedication to Christ. To better offer understanding of what baptism symbolizes we offer a preparation class for all those interested. For children, we also encourage parents to participate. At CAYA we celebrate Baptism by celebrating during the Sunday Morning Worship Service. These services are special and unique  allowing time for personal testimonies, worship, praise, and the Baptism as the central focus of that day, followed by a community dinner. 

 

Child loss & Miscarriage:

One of the most misunderstood and unspoken areas of loss is that in miscarriage and child loss. If Christians hold true the sanctity of human life then we should also hold true the depths of life loss, even for those whom we’ve never seen the faces of. We treat these losses with the same urgency and significance of any life loss regardless of age. If  you, a spouse, or a loved one has suffered a miscarriage or child loss of life through whatever circumstance, even if a great amount of time has passed, the pastor, his wife, and the CAYA Compassion Ministry are available for support and help. 

 

College Life:

The ministry leadership at CAYA has had great experience supporting college students at both private and state institutions. We can resonate with many of the realizations that college life can bring: away from home for the first time, life on campus, maintaining a faith filled life, independence, academic stress, sexual purity, and more. CAYA desires to walk with college students as they work through these and many other issues. We also encourage you to stay after church for our “CAYA Overtime” where you can directly ask the pastor questions pertaining to the sermon and anything else that may be on your heart. Also, if there are a group of students that wish to meet for lunch, the pastor is also available to join with you for a “Tabletop Discussion” during lunch.

 

Funerals:

Loss of life at any age is a difficult time for family, friends, and many more. Do you need someone to walk with you, help in planning a service, or need someone to officiate a service and/or burial for your family? Are you in need of help in choosing songs and Scriptures? Whatever the need, please let us know.  

 

Health Care Visitation:

Sometimes we need someone to pray for us or someone we love? Sometimes we need someone to just sit and listen when there is pain? Many times we can’t come to the church to get it if someone is hospitalized or shut in at home. If there is a serious illness, hospitalization, or condition in which you are in need, let us know. The pastor or someone from our CAYA Compassion Ministry team will do our best to be there for prayer, for support, and for simply having a shoulder to lean on.  

 

Marriage Counseling & Weddings:

We believe that in counseling couples for marriage, we are building relationships for life. We offer a marriage counseling program a little different than most. The Pastor and his wife believe in a couple to couple mode of counseling. Our “Couple to Couple” ministry  prepares those for marriage through a series of informal sessions over lunch and/or coffee and is intended to be a real, rich, and relevant look into marriage. Counseling is not exclusive for those who are members of the CAYA Fellowship.