Archive for October, 2008

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) (more…)

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.” (more…)