Sunday, August 30, 2009 – The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 AM — Worship & Summer Sunday School
Preacher: John D. Painter Theme: Hearing & Doing – Living & Giv-ing
Lectionary Readings: Song of Solomon 2:8-13 James 1:17-27 Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9 (or Psalm 72) Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Music: TBA
Celebration of Found Coins: Metuchen-Edison Area Interfaith Clergy Association
10:45 AM — Fellowship Time
Summer Worship & Sunday School will be held at 9:30 AM. through Sun-day, September 6, 2009. (Note: There will be no Summer Sunday School sessions on the holiday weekend of September 6.) On “Homecoming Sunday,” September 13th, we will re-sume our regular schedule with Worship and Sunday School for Pre-K through 12th Grade Youth at 10:15 AM. The Adult Class will also resume its sessions at 9:00 AM on Sep-tember 13 in the Sunshine Room. Save the afternoon of Sunday, September 13 for our an-nual “Homecoming Picnic” at Merrill Park in Colonia (Rain Date: September 20). Details in the September edition of The Lamplighter, weekly Worship bulletins, and in weekly Centen-ary E-pistles to those for whom we have E-mail addresses.
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A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. John D. Painter at Centenary United Methodist Church Metuchen, New Jersey August 23, 2009
Text: Ephesians 5:15-20
Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. —Ephesians 5:15-20, NRSV
Sunday, August 23, 2009 – The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 AM — Worship & Summer Sunday School
Preacher: John D. Painter Theme: An Attitude of Gratitude
Lectionary Readings: 1 Kings 8: (1, 6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43 Psalm 84
Ephesians 5:15-20; 6:10-20 John 6:56-69
Music: TBA
Celebration of Found Coins: Metuchen-Edison Area Interfaith Clergy Association
10:45 AM — Fellowship Time
Summer Worship & Sunday School will be held at 9:30 AM. through Sunday, September 6, 2009. (Note: There will be no Summer Sunday School sessions on the holiday weekend of September 6.) On “Homecoming Sunday,” September 13th, we will resume our regular schedule with Worship and Sunday School for Pre-K through 12th Grade Youth at 10:15 AM. The Adult Class will also resume its sessions at 9:00 AM on September 13 in the Sunshine Room. Save the afternoon of Sunday, September 13 for our annual “Homecoming Picnic” at Merrill Park in Colonia (Rain Date: September 20). Details in the September edition of The Lamplighter, weekly Worship bulletins, and in weekly Centenary E-pistles to those for whom we have E-mail addresses.
Read MoreSunday, August 16, 2009 – The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 AM — Worship & Summer Sunday School
Guest Preachers: Scott and Meg Rambo
(Visit www.wgm.org/rambo to learn about the Rambos and their mission.)
Lectionary Readings: 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Ephesians 5:15-20 Psalm 111 John 6:51-58
Music: Dee Gillet, soprano – Doxology by Rick Vale & Sandi Patti
Celebration of Found Coins: Metuchen-Edison Area Interfaith Clergy Association
10:45 AM — Fellowship Time
Summer Worship & Sunday School will be held at 9:30 AM. through Sun-day, September 6, 2009. (Note: There will be no Summer Sunday School sessions on the holiday weekend of September 6.) On “Homecoming Sunday,” September 13th, we will re-sume our regular schedule with Worship and Sunday School for Pre-K through 12th Grade Youth at 10:15 AM. The Adult Class will also resume its sessions at 9:00 AM on Sep-tember 13 in the Sunshine Room. Save the afternoon of Sunday, September 13 for our an-nual “Homecoming Picnic” at Merrill Park in Colonia (Rain Date: September 20). Details in the September edition of The Lamplighter, weekly Worship bulletins, and in weekly Centen-ary E-pistles to those for whom we have E-mail addresses.
Read MoreWhere Do I Go to Give Up?
A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. John D. Painter at Centenary United Methodist Church Metuchen, New Jersey August 9, 2009
Read MoreSunday, August 9, 2009 – The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 AM — Worship & Summer Sunday School
Preacher: John D. Painter Theme: Where Do I Go to Give Up?
Lectionary Readings: 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Psalm 130 John 6:35, 41-51
Music: TBA
Celebration of Found Coins: Metuchen-Edison Area Interfaith Clergy Association
10:30 AM — Fellowship Time
Summer Worship & Sunday School at 9:30 AM
Worship and Summer Sunday School will held at 9:30 AM through Sunday, September 13. Please make note of this seasonal change in our Worship and Sunday School schedule for the Summer. (There will be no Summer Sunday School sessions on the holiday weekend of September 6.) On Sunday, September 13th, we will resume our regular schedule with Wor-ship and Sunday School for Pre-K through 12th Grade Youth at 10:15 AM. The Adult Class will also resume its sessions at 9:00 AM on September 13. Save the afternoon of Septem-ber 13 for our annual “Homecoming Picnic” at Merrill Park in Colonia. Details in the September edition of The Lamplighter, weekly Worship bulletins, and in weekly Centenary E-pistles to those for whom we have E-mail addresses.
The Message in the Munchies
A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. John D. Painter at Centenary United Methodist Church Metuchen, New Jersey August 2, 2009
Text: John 6:24-35
So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
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