Sunday, November 2, 2008 – The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost / All Saints’ Sunday / Sacrament of Holy Communion
9:00 AM — Adult Study – Serious Answers to Hard Questions 10:15 AM — Worship and Sunday School (Pre-K through 12th Grade) Preacher: John D. Painter Theme: God’s Gift All Saints’ Readings: Revelation 7:9-17 1, John 3:1-3, Psalm 34:1-10, 22, Matthew 5:1-12 Pentecost 25 Readings: Joshua 3:7-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13, Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37, Matthew 23:1-12 Music: Chancel Choir: Saints Bound for Heaven arranged by Matthew Burton; Baritone Solo by Lester Gesteland: The Beatitudes 11:45 AM — Fellowship Time 11:45 AM — Junior Choir Rehearsal 6:30 PM — Centenary Youth Fellowship (7th-12th grade) Celebration of Found Coins: Katrina (Bishops’ Appeal for Churches)
The Greatest Commandment (Times Two)
A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. John D. Painter at Centenary United Methodist Church Metuchen, New Jersey October 26, 2008 Text: Matthew 22:34-46
When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Read MoreSunday, October 26, 2008 – The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost / Reformation Sunday
9:00 AM — Adult Study – Serious Answers to Hard Questions 10:15 AM — Worship and Sunday School (Pre-K through 12th Grade) Preacher: John D. Painter Theme: The Greatest Commandment (Times Two) Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 34:1-12, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8, Psalm 90:1-6, 12-17, Matthew 22:34-46 Music: Chancel Choir: Rise Up, O Children of God by Mark Patterson 11:30 AM — Fellowship Time 11:45 AM — Junior Choir Rehearsal 6:30 PM — Centenary Youth Fellowship (7th-12th grade) Celebration of Found Coins: 2008 CROP Walk (October 19)
Sunday, October 19, 2008 – The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost / 2008 Children’s Sabbath
9:00 AM — Adult Study – Serious Answers to Hard Questions 10:15 AM — Worship: Children’s Ministries Director Cathy Jean Savoia and the children and youth of Centenary will plan and lead the service for Children’s Sabbath 2008 Lectionary Readings: Exodus 33:12-23, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Psalm 99, Matthew 22:15-22 Junior Choir: There Was a Man Names Jonah by George Mulrain, arr. Michael White 11:30 AM — Fellowship Time 6:30 PM — Centenary Youth Fellowship (7th-12th grade) Celebration of Found Coins: 2008 CROP Walk (October 19)
Sermon: Hospitality of the Heavenly Host: a Subversive Invitation
A Sermon Delivered by Keith A. Swatzel, II at Centenary United Methodist Church Metuchen, New Jersey October 12, 2008
What is Heaven like? I think everyone has a very unique vision of God’s kingdom. Maybe it’s a mountaintop retreat with a warm fireplace and a Sealy Posturepedic sleep system. It could be a field of strawberries next to a whip cream factory or a big dining room with a never-ending buffet prepared by Emeril Agassi.
Read MoreSunday, October 12, 2008 – The Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost / Laity Sunday / Youth Sunday
9:00 AM — Adult Study – The Parables of Jesus 10:15 AM — Worship and Sunday School (Pre-K through 6th Grade) Preacher: Keith A. Swatzel, II Theme: Hospitality of the Heavenly Host: A Subversive Invitation Lectionary Readings: Exodus 32:1-14 Philippians 4:1-9, Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23, Matthew 22:1-14 Chancel Choir: Este Momento by Pablo Sosa 11:30 AM — Fellowship Time 11:45 AM — Junior Choir Rehearsal Celebration of Found Coins: 2008 CROP Walk (October 19)
Sermon: Moses vs. the Big Mac
A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. John D. Painter at Centenary United Methodist Church Metuchen, New Jersey October 5, 2008 (World Communion Sunday)
Text: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
Then God spoke all these words:
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me.