Sunday, November 26 – Reign of Christ Sunday
Dear Centenary Church Family:
I pray that you enjoyed a Happy Thanksgiving Day, and that the blessings of the day and season will sustain you in the days ahead. Our special thanks to Cathy & Michael Savoia and all who assisted them in preparing and serving our annual Thanksgiving Day feast to those who gathered together at Centenary yesterday.
Read MoreSunday, November 19 – Thanksgiving Sunday / Stewardship Sunday
Dear Centenary Church Family:
“We Gather Together to Ask the Lord’s Blessings” in our Sanctuary at 10:15 AM on this Thanksgiving Sunday, November 19th. The children of our church will enter during this opening processional hymn bearing gifts of food for our distribution to families in need. Michael Savoia will bring a word to the children before those in Pre-K through 12th grade are dismissed for Sunday School classes. My morning Message, Relax, is drawn from Jesus’ words from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 6:25-33. We will also hear a reading from the Prophet Joel 2:21-27. During the Offertory time, our Chancel Choir will sing two Thanksgiving anthems: Now Thank We All Our God by J. S. Bach, as arranged by Michael Larkin; and, Sing to the Lord by Alec Rowley. As the choir is singing, you will be invited to bring your offerings and your 2007 Commitment Cards forward to the Altar Table for presentation and blessing. (Ushers will also be available to receive offerings and Commitment Cards from persons who are not comfortable walking up to the Chancel area.) Our Celebration of Found Coins is designated for the Casa Paula Children’s Street Ministry in Mar Del Plata, Argentina.
Read MoreSunday, November 12, 2006 – Sacrament of Christian Baptism
Dear Centenary Church Family:
We will gather in our Sanctuary at 10:15 AM this Sunday, November 12, for Worship and Sunday School (Pre-K through 12th Grade Youth). Assistant Pastor Terrilisa Durham Bauknight will bring a word with the children. We will celebrate the Sacrament of Christian Baptism for Harrison William Pearce and Andrew Thomas Pearce, twin sons of Todd and Julie Pearce, and brothers of big sister Alyson Grace Pearce, who were born on July 5, 2006. My morning Message, The Gift of Passion, will be based on the Gospel reading from Mark 12:38-44. We will also hear the Epistle reading from 2 Corinthians 9: 6-15. The Chancel Choir will sing Make Me a Channel of God’s Peace, a choral setting of the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi, composed by Sebastian Temple and arranged for choir by Jane Holstein. Our Celebration of Found Coins will be designated for the Casa Paula Street Ministry for Children in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Read MoreSunday, November 12, 2006 – The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost /The Sacrament of Christian Baptism
9:00 AM Adult Class (Topic: In the Dust of the Rabbi: Becoming a Disciple)
10:15 AM Worship
Preacher: John D. Painter Theme: The Gift of Passion
Lectionary Readings: Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 Hebrews 9:24-28
Psalm 127 (or Psalm 42) Mark 12:38-44
Music: Chancel Choir will sing Make Me a Channel of Your Peace (Prayer of St. Francis) by Sebastian Temple, Choral Setting by Jane Holstein
Celebration of Found Coins: Casa Paula Children’s Street Ministry in Mar del Plata, Argentina
“Becoming a Disciple” Is the Theme of the Adult Class Study: In the Dust of the Rabbi: Becoming a Disciple is the theme of the Adult Class study through November 12. This five-session DVD series, featuring master teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan, explores what it means to be a follower of Jesus, not only in the first century, but now in the 21st Century. The series is beautifully filmed on location in Galilee and Asia Minor, a region where the rabbinic practice of selecting disciples (talmidim) was well known, and where disciples walked the walk Rabbi Jesus taught them. If you’ve never been to the Holy Land, the Vander Laan videos, part of the Faith Lessons of the Bible series, are the next best thing to being there. Join us for this exciting study from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. Sundays in the Sunshine Room.
Read MoreSunday, November 5th – All Saints’ Sunday / Sacrament of Holy Communion
Dear Centenary Church Family:
We will gather in the Sanctuary for our annual observance of All Saints’ Sunday at 10:15 AM on November 5th. I will offer a word to the children before they are dismissed for Sunday School classes (Pre-K through Senior High youth). My morning Message, The Grace to Forget, will be based on the readings from Revelation 21:1-6a and John 11:32-44. We will lift up for honor and remembrance the names of those members and friends of Centenary who have entered eternal life since All Saints’ Sunday last year. During the Offertory, the Chancel Choir will sing My Faith, It Is an Oaken Staff by T. Lynch, and arranged by Hans Vigeland, and will offer Blessed by the Bread, Graced by the Wine by Mary Kay Beall as we receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion. Our Celebration of Found Coins for November is designated for the Casa Paula Children’s Soup Ministry in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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