Archive for March, 2008

Dear Centenary Church Family:

The Third Sunday of Easter is observed as Native American Ministries Sunday in our United Methodist Church. Members of our Centenary United Methodist Youth Fellowship will lead us in our 10:15 AM Worship service as we share in prayers, acts of worship, and music reflective of Native American Christians. We will begin our time of Worship with a congregational Act of Centering drawn from the a traditional prayer of the Lakota Tribe. (more…)

A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. John D. Painter at Centenary United Methodist Church Metuchen, New Jersey March 30, 2008 (The Second Sunday of Easter)

Text: John 20:19-31
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” (more…)