Sunday, March 23, 2008 – EASTER Sunday

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Dear Centenary Church Family:

At 1:48 AM this morning the Sun passed directly over Earth’s Equator on its journey north, marking the beginning of Spring. The first full Moon of Spring will occur tomorrow and, according to the formula adopted by our forebears in the faith at the First Council of Nicaea in A. D. 325, that means this Sunday, March 23, is Easter…the earliest Easter Day since 1913! We will have several opportunities to celebrate this great Day of Resurrection at Centenary.

A Donkey or a Rolls?

Posted by admin on Mar 18, 2008 in Podcast, Sermons | 0 comments

A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. John D. Painter at Centenary United Methodist Church, Metuchen, New Jersey March 16, 2008 (Passion/Palm Sunday)

Sunday, March 16, 2008 – Passion/Palm Sunday

Posted by admin on Mar 10, 2008 in Sunday Worship | 0 comments

Dear Centenary Church Family:

With the ringing of the hand bells by our Harris Ringers in a Palm Sunday Fanfare by Henry Purcell (as arranged by Martha Lynn Thompson), the reading of the Palm Sunday Proclamation from Matthew 21:1-11, our acclamations of “Hosanna in the Highest!”, and the singing of “All Glory, Laud and Honor,” we will begin our 10:15 AM Passion/Palm Sunday Worship Service at Centenary this Sunday, March 16. The Junior and Chancel Choirs will combine to sing Hosanna by Christian Gregor, arranged by Roberta Bitgood. Assistant Pastor Terrilisa Durham Bauknight will bring a special Palm Sunday message to the children,

I’ll Be Somewhere…Listening for My Name

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A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. Terrilisa Durham Bauknight
Centenary United Methodist Church Metuchen, New Jersey
Sunday, 9 March 2008 (The Fifth Sunday in Lent)

Text: John 11:1-45

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

Sunday, March 9 – The 5th Sunday in Lent / Daylight Saving Time Begins!

Posted by admin on Mar 6, 2008 in Sunday Worship | 0 comments

Dear Centenary Church Family:

We will gather in our Sanctuary for Worship at 10:15 AM (Eastern Daylight Saving Time) this Sunday, March 9, the Fifth Sunday in Lent. Michael Savoia will share a word with the children, after which those from Pre-K through 12th Grade youth will be invited to participate in Sunday School classes. Assistant Pastor Terrilisa Durham Bauknight will bring the morning Message, I’ll Be Somewhere, Listening for My Name, based on the Gospel reading of Jesus’ raising of Lazarus from the dead in John 11:1-45. We will also hear the Epistle reading from Romans 8:6-11. Our Chancel Choir will sing When Jesus Wept, by William Billings. Our Celebration of Found Coins for March is designated for the “Nothing But Nets” Anti-Malaria Campaign of The United Methodist Church.