Summer 2025

This summer we're looking forward to many ways to get connected with each other! Please check out these events below and stay tuned for more!

Traction Ministry Work Day

Saturday June 28 from 10am-2pm in Pawtucket, RI

Join us every 4th Saturday as we partner with Traction Ministry!

You are invited to volunteer with CSC at Traction, a ministry which models resource sharing such as building The Black Block, a Black economic hub in downtown Pawtucket, RI. We will serve and learn with this ministry by cleaning and doing light maintenance work.

 

Sign up here by June 26 so we can coordinate rides!

 

Tentative Schedule:
9 AM – leave Central Square Church, 5 Magazine Street (gather in lounge for carpooling)
10 AM – Meet at Still on Main mini-mall, 250 Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860
1 PM – Break for lunch in the area & updates from Leslie
2 PM – Leave Pawtucket

Free Friday Flix + Picnic at the Esplanade

Friday July 11 - Picnic at 6pm, Movie at Sundown

Join us for a picnic and Moana 2 at the Hatch Shell!

Everyone is invited to the Charles River Esplanade on Friday, July 11th for Free Friday Flix! We’ll be gathering at 6pm to picnic and fellowship before watching Moana 2 at Sundown. Bring your dinner, blankets, snacks, and lawn chairs! Invite friends and neighbors to this event! Please sign up here so we can look out for you and sit together!

Vacation Bible School (VBS)

July 21-24 from 6-8pm

Register a Child or Volunteer for VBS 2025!

Vacation Bible School (VBS) is an annual camp where kids (PreK to rising 8th Graders) learn Bible stories, play games, do crafts, and worship God! This year, we are once again teaming up with Pentecostal Tabernacle Church to create this fun experience for children in our churches and the wider Cambridge community. We will offer a family meal beginning at 5:30pm and VBS programming from 6-8pm. Volunteers are needed to lead stations, facilitate groups, lead teens, serve meals, decorate, and more!

Learn more, register a child, or sign up to volunteer at centralsquare.church/vbs.

July 21-23: Pentecostal Tabernacle North (77 Columbia Street)

July 24: Celebration Night at Clement Morgan Park 

Board Game Night

Saturday August 16 (time TBD)

Join us at the church for an evening of games and fellowship!

More info soon!

Church Clean Up Day

Sunday August 24 following the Service

Help us tidy up the church building before Fall Kickoff!

Join us after the Sunday Service as we clean up our church. Pizza will be provided!

Our primary place where we hope that individuals and families will grow as followers of Jesus, together - find out more

If you’re looking for a small group to grow with God and in community, check out our house churches. We hope that you will find encouragement for your spiritual journey.

Past Events

Cambridge Juneteenth Parade

Thursday June 19 from 10am to 4pm

Volunteer with CSC at the Cambridge Juneteenth Parade!

The Urban Missions Committee (UMC) is looking for volunteers to help with the annual City of Cambridge Juneteenth Parade on 6/19 (10am-4pm).  Volunteers will provide on-call help as needed for speakers, music, arts and crafts activities in Riverside Press Park. (Tasks might include setting up tables and chairs, providing instructions to participants, distributing food and snacks.)

The parade will begin at the corner of Pleasant St and Mass Ave and will be ending at Riverside Press Park (343 River Street) with music, food, and fun for all ages.

For more information and to sign up to volunteer visit centralsquare.church/juneteenth.

Overnight Church Retreat

Saturday June 21 to Sunday June 22 at Grotonwood

Join us for CSC's first ever Overnight Church Retreat!

The retreat will be a great opportunity for the entire church community to come together and deepen our relationships with one another and with God. We encourage everyone who considers CSC to be their church to join us!

This is our first overnight retreat and we are excited for the extra time together. We hope everyone will join us overnight (Saturday to Sunday) if possible! However, day options (Saturday Only) are available if needed.

Rev. Lorraine Thornhill, a pastor and spiritual leader in Cambridge, will be our speaker for the weekend!

Our Sunday Service on June 22 will be at Grotonwood at 10:30am. This portion is free for everyone to attend as there will be NO SERVICE happening in Cambridge at 5 Magazine Street.

 

Find more details and register here!

Thursday June 12 is the final day to register.

Soccer Nights

June 23-27 from 6-8pm at Donnelly Field

Register a Child for Soccer Nights!

Soccer Nights is a free summer evening soccer clinic offered to children ages 5-12 that seeks to promote athletic skill, leadership development and citywide unity in neighborhoods throughout Greater Boston. In previous years, we served over 200 children at our Central Square site. Whether as a volunteer or a participant, we encourage you to invite your friends to join alongside you!

Soccer Nights is run in collaboration with Pentecostal Tabernacle, Reservoir and other area churches.

 

June 23-27, 2025: 6-8 pm
Donnelly Field, 61 Willow Street Cambridge, MA

Volunteer or register your child at soccernights.org/central-square.