Sunday, August 6thSacrament of Holy Communion / VBS Sings in Worship
Dear Centenary Church Family:
As the fourth day of our Fiesta! Vacation Bible School draws to a close, I have to share with you the fun and excitement which has been happening here at Centenary all week with a wonderful host of helpers and teachers who have been guiding over 80 children as they learn about Jesus. Tomorrow will be the final morning of VBS, and the children will have a special presentation and then we’ll share in a picnic for everyone on the front lawn to close another successful VBS program. Thanks to so many who have contributed so much of their time, energy and themselves to VBS this year.
Read MoreSunday, July 30, 2006The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
Dear Centenary Church Family:
On Sunday, July 30, we will gather for Worship and Summer Sunday School at 9:30 AM in our air-conditioned Sanctuary. I will offer a special word with the children, and also share my morning Message, A Boy and His Lunch, based on the miracle story of Jesus’ feeding of the multitudes in the Gospel of John 6:1-21. We will also hear the Epistle reading from Ephesians 3:14-21. For our special music, baritone Lester Gesteland will share Cat Steven’s arrangement of Morning Has Broken, text by Eleanor Farjeon. Our Celebration of Found Coins is designated for the Capital Campaign Fun at Aldersgate Center.
Read MoreSunday, July 23, 2006
Dear Centenary Church Family:
We will gather in our air-conditioned Sanctuary at 9:30 AM this Sunday, July 23rd, for Worship and Summer Sunday School. Assistant Pastor Terrilisa Durham Bauknight will share the Word with the children and also bring the morning Message, Please Take Your Vacation, using the Gospel reading from Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 as her text. We will also share in the Epistle reading from Ephesians 2:11-22. Soprano Nancy Conroy will sing Domine Deus, from the “Gloria” of Antonio Vivaldi. Our Celebration of Found Coins for July is designated for the Aldersgate Center Capital Funds Campaign.
Read MoreSunday, July 16, 2006 Youth Sunday / The Word in Film
Dear Centenary Church Family:
Greetings from OBX!! Tina and I have been enjoying our time here exploring North Carolina’s Outer Banks. We’ll be packing our bags into the car tomorrow morning to begin our return trek north to NJ, and expect to arrive back in Metuchen sometime Saturday evening. It will be good to see many of you this weekend at Centenary.
We will gather at 9:30 AM this Sunday, July 16th, for Worship and Summer Sunday School in our air-conditioned Sanctuary. Members of our United Methodist Youth Fellowship (UMYF) will lead us in Worship on this summer Youth Sunday. And for those of you who want to rise and shine a little earlier this Sunday, a light, continental breakfast will be served by the UMYF beginning at 9:00 AM in Room 20. An unusual feature of the service this Sunday will be the morning Message, which will be offered through the medium of film: The Word in Film… In addition to the film which we will watch in Worship, there will also be a special children’s film offered during the Summer Sunday School following the message with the children in Worship. The Scripture readings for our service this Sunday are 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 and Ephesians 1:3-14. Our Celebration of Found Coins is designated for the Aldersgate Center Capital Campaign to assist with rebuilding facilities at our Annual Conference camps, conferences and retreat center which were recently destroyed by fire.
Read MoreSunday, July 16, 2006The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost / Youth Sunday
9:00 AM Light Continental Breakfast for this who wish to arrive early for Worship
9:30 AM Summer Worship Service and Children’s Worship/Sunday School Program
Members of our United Methodist Youth Fellowship will lead the Worship Service.?
The Word in Film…
Lectionary Readings: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Ephesians 1:3-14
Psalm 24 Mark 6:14-29
Celebration of Found Coins (Barrel Offering) is designated for the Aldersgate Center Capital Campaign.
Summer Worship & Church School at 9:30 AM
Worship and Church School / Children’s Worship-Sunday School will held at 9:30 AM through Sunday, September 3rd,. (Except there will be no Children’s Worship/Sunday School program on September 3rd.) Please make note of this seasonal change in our Church School and Worship schedule for the Summer. On Sunday, September 10th, we will begin a new Sunday morning schedule with Church School and Worship at 10:15 AM. (The Senior High Youth & Adult Classes will continue to meet at 9:00 AM.) Watch for further details in upcoming editions of The Lamplighter.
Sunday, July 9, 2006The Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 AM Summer Worship Service and
Children’s Worship/Sunday School Program
Dear Centenary Church Family:
Greetings from Arlington, VA, where Tina and I have been enjoying several days of touring in Washington, DC, after an enjoyable four day stay at Rehoboth Beach, DE…which was founded as a Methodist Campground in the latter part of the 19th century. While we did not join the estimated half million people gathered at The Mall Tuesday evening for the Independence Day festivities and fireworks, we were able to view the aerial displays from across the Potomac in Arlington and were impressed with their brilliance and magnitude. (We also saw a holiday fireworks display on the beach at Rehoboth on Sunday evening.) In the past two days we’ve had the opportunity to visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Library of Congress, Capitol Hill and The Mall, and the National Museum of Natural History…all venues we would recommend to any of you should you visit our nation’s capitol. One thing we have discovered is the ease of mobility in this great center using the clean and efficient Metro system. This morning we are leaving for Kill Devil Hills, NC, where we look forward to spending the next week along the beach on the Outer Banks.
Read MorePodcast – July 2, 2006
The Right Equation: Faith + Grace = Amazing Results
A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. Terrilisa Durham Bauknight
at Centenary United Methodist Church
Metuchen, New Jersey July 2, 2006
Lectionary readings: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 and Mark 5:21-43