Archive for May, 2009

9:00 AM — Adult Study – Storm Troopers of Christ
10:15 AM — Worship & Sunday School (Pre-K through 12th Grade)
Preacher: John D. Painter Theme: Fireflies and Faith
Lectionary Readings: Acts 2:1-21 Romans 8:22-27
Psalm 104:24-34 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
Music—Chancel Choir: Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré
Celebration of Found Coins: Joy to the World Heifer Project
11:30 AM — Fellowship Time
11:45 AM — Men’s Chorus Rehearsal
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A Sermon Delivered by
The Rev. John D. Painter
at Centenary United Methodist Church
Metuchen, New Jersey
May 24, 2009
(Ascension Sunday)

Text: John 17:6-19
“I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given
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