Sunday, May 13, 2007 – The Sixth Sunday of Easter / Mother’s Day

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Festival of the Christian Home
9:00 AM Adult Class – Nooma
10:15 AM Worship (There will be no Sunday School Classes today)
Guest Preacher: The Rev. Marcia McFee Theme: Be the Body
Lectionary Readings: Acts 16:9-15 Revelation 21:10, 22-22:35
Psalm 67 John 14:23-29

11:30 AM Fellowship Time
11:30 AM Men’s Chorus Rehearsal

Music: Our Chancel Choir will sing Now Let Us All Praise God and Sing by Gordon Young during the Offering.

Sermon: “Breaking Down the Barriers”

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A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. John D. Painter at Centenary United Methodist Church Metuchen, New Jersey May 6, 2007

Text: Acts 11:1-18

These weeks after Easter are a good time for the Church as it always has been to ask: Is the resurrection of Jesus capable of evoking a new people, a new family that is different and dis-tinctive?

Proof of the power of the resurrection is the quality of the Easter community as we see it in Acts. Few barriers were stronger in those early days of the new Church than the wall between Jews and gentiles. Israel had survived through the ages because of its restrictive dietary laws that prohibited it from sharing at the table of gentiles.

Sunday, May 6, 2007 – Sacrament of Holy Communion

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Dear Centenary Church Family:

We will gather this Sunday, May 6, at 10:15 AM in our Sanctuary to celebrate The Fifth Sunday of Easter and to share together in the Sacrament of Holy Communion. I will share a word with the children, after which they and youth through 12th grade are invited to participate in Sunday School classes. My morning Message, Breaking Down the Barriers, will be based on the readings from Acts 11:1-18 and John 13:31-35. Our Chancel Choir will sing Hallelujah, Amen (From “Judas Maccabaeus” by George F. Handel) by Patrick M. Liebergen during the Offering, and I Remember You by Gene Grier during the serving of Holy Communion. Our Celebration of Found Coins for May is designated for the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Emergency Appeal for New Jersey Flooding.