Sunday, January 27, 2008 – The Third Sunday After the Epiphany

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9:00 AM Adult Study – Nooma
10:15 AM Worship & Sunday School (Pre-K Children through 12th Grade Youth)
Preacher: Terrilisa Durham Bauknight Theme: United in Division We Stand
Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 9:1-4 1 Corinthians 1:10-18
Psalm 27:1, 4-9 Matthew 4:12-23
11:30 AM Fellowship Time
5:45 PM Junior Choir Rehearsal
6:30 PM Centenary United Methodist Youth Fellowship
Music: Our Chancel Choir will sing When I Survey the Wondrous Cross by Gilbert M. Martin.
Celebration of Found Coins: Raritan Valley District Church Union

Sunday, January 20 – Human Relations Day

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Dear Centenary Church Family:

We will gather on this Second Sunday After the Epiphany–January 20, 2008–and observe Human Relations Day. Falling on the Sunday before the observance of the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., our Centenary United Methodist Youth and their advisors will lead us in a service that focuses on Dr. King’s dreams of freedom and justice.

Remembering Whose You Are

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A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. John D. Painter at Centenary United Methodist Church – Metuchen, New Jersey January 13, 2008 (Baptism of Christ) Text: Matthew 3:13-17

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, sud-denly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” —Matthew 3:12-17, NRSV

Sunday, January 13, 2008 – The Baptism of Christ

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Dear Centenary Church Family:

Bring Water for the Service of Reaffirmation of our Baptismal Covenant this Sunday: The First Sunday After the Epiphany is traditionally observed as “The Baptism of Christ” in the liturgical calendar. This Sunday, January 13, 2008, we will have the opportunity to share together in a Congregational Reaffirmation of the Baptismal Covenant during our 10:15 AM service of Worship (using The Baptismal Covenant IV in our United Methodist Hymnal). Our worship service will encourage us to recall our baptismal covenant with God. As we remember our Baptism, the visual symbol will be the basin and water. Water is a central Christian symbol that reminds us of the cleansing power of God’s presence, and of our own Baptism, in which God has claimed us for all time.