9:30 AM — Worship & Summer Sunday School
Preacher: John D. Painter Theme: An Easter Touch
Lectionary Readings: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 2 Corinthians 8:7-15
Psalm 130 Mark 5:21-43
Music—Roselyn Giordano, piano: Sonatina
Celebration of Found Coins: Elijah’s Promise
10:45 AM — Fellowship Time

Summer Worship & Church School at 9:30 AM Begins on Sunday, June 28
From Sunday, June 28, through Sunday, September 13, Worship and Summer Sunday School will held at 9:30 AM. 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 weekends of July 5 and September 6.) On 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 September 13.

Summer Music Volunteers Being Sought: Again this summer we will have volunteers provide music during the Offertory. The selection needs only to be about two minutes and can be vocal, piano or instrumental of any kind (accompaniment, if needed, will be provided by Jonathan Benjamin, Jim Sabo or Steve Mosteller.) A sheet has been posted on the Choir Room door for you to choose your preferred week, or contact Shirley Mosteller.

Persons are invited to sponsor the time of coffee and refreshments following our Sunday Worship services. Please consider sponsoring a refreshment time and signing up for one of the many available weeks on the 2009 Refreshment Chart in the Narthex. Information on what you need to provide is available on the information sheet attached to the Refreshment Chart. Thank you for providing hospitality on a Sunday morning.

Volunteers In Mission 2009 Trip
October 31, 2009 to November 7, 2009
Are you willing to give some of your vacation/spare time to join the Centenary VIM Team this year?
We are going to Goldsboro, North Carolina, to work in the United Methodist North Carolina Conference. Some of us will pack UMCOR, ZOE and NC Conference Kits in their warehouse, and some will go into the community to work on disaster recovery, repair and rebuilding construction projects. There will be opportunities to sew outfits for Haiti, book bags and tote bags for school kits; file; sort; answer phones; enter computer data; to list a few jobs that continue to grow.
We need to begin to plan for the Trip and must have our VIM Team identified before everyone leaves for vacation for the Summer. So—June 30th is the deadline for making an initial commitment to your Mission Committee. Our last trip to Argentina we had 14 volunteers—we are hoping a greater number will come together for this time. The cost will include $20 per night for housing and an undetermined amount for food (we will do our own shopping and cooking together so whatever menu we decide for each meal will determine what it will cost us to prepare it). We will decide together what transportation method we will use.
If you have any questions please call me at 732-463-1431,
or find me on Sundays after Service. —Glenna Gundell, Mission Co-Chairperson

2009 Summer Camp Programs
Aldersgate Center and Pinelands Retreat Center
Information about the 2009 Summer camping programs for children and youth (and some specialized adult and family programs) are posted on the Children’s Ministries bulletin board in the hallway alongside the Sanctuary. Copies of the brochure are in the literature rack in the Narthex. Please check out the dates and programs to see if your elementary-age child or Junior/Senior high youth may want to participate in a summer camp experience at Aldersgate Center (Swartswood, NJ) or Pinelands Retreat Center at Mt. Misery (Browns Mills, NJ). You may also check out the offerings and register online at either www.aldersgatenj.com or www.mtmisery.com. Scholarship assistance is available through the Church. Please speak with Pastor John Painter to get additional information about these programs, scholarship assistance, and appropriate registration forms.

Vacation Bible School—“Rome”—July 27-31: Strap on your sandals for fun, adventure and God’s love—in Rome! The children will explore a crowded Roman market place, tiptoe past Roman guards, encourage Christians in an underground church and visit Paul for daily discoveries about Paul’s life.
Rome…where the Bible comes to life! Race a chariot, try on a toga, and experience the power of Scripture and the courage of the early church.
Rome…where the Apostle Paul is your Bible teacher. Each day you will visit Paul’s cell, soaking in Scriptures as Paul shares what he’s writing and applies it to kids’ experiences.
Vacation Bible School will cost $15.00 per child. Registration forms have been sent to children who have previously attended VBS. If there are children that have not attended before and would like to do so, they may call the Church Office for a registration form at 732-548-7622.

Centenary United Methodist Women
DO YOU KNIT, CROCHET, OR DO ANY OTHER CRAFT?? It is not too early to think about doing something for the Women’s booth at the Metuchen Fair. The Metuchen Fair is the first weekend in October and we need many items to sell at the fair. This is our only fund raiser for the year. If you have any ideas or can make some items for the fair, please talk to Sylvia Woodfield (732-549-9042) and give her your suggestions. If you have an idea for a craft, let her know and we can arrange for a workshop so that others may share in the craft.

CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS and other related products – We are still collecting these labels for the Red Bird Mission. There have been BIG changes to the Labels program. The part of the label that we need is the UPC section along with the Labels for Education symbol. Please check out the UMW bulletin board (in the area near the Men’s Room) for more information on how these labels need to be collected. There is a basket in the Church Library to receive your labels. The Red Bird Mission, in Beverly, Kentucky, is a Mission Project of the United Methodist Church. The latest newsletter from the Red Bird Mission says they expect to be able to acquire a van in 2009 with their 1,600,000 points received from all the Labels that they received for the last two years

Summer Giving
Please faithfully use your offering envelopes during the Summer, and at every possible opportunity to help with the progress our Church is making in underwriting our ministry and mission this year. God is good to us, and one by one we can make a difference in sharing the gospel story, if we work together in the days ahead.
Thank you in the name of Jesus Christ for making ministry possible.

Do You Know Anyone in Need of a Sofa? Christine Rose has sent an E-mail: “I am looking to get rid of my living room sofa. It is about 80″ long and has three loose seat and three loose back cushions. It is cream with tiny slubs of blue and rust. There are no rips or tears in the fabric. The frame is in good condition, also. If you know someone setting up a household, this sofa is ideal. I am asking $25 plus the buyer must take responsibility for moving it out. I cannot help with that.”
Please respond to Chris Rose via E-mail at cerose1202@yahoo.com, or call her at 732-819-8540.

Some Thoughts for This Week:

The human heart in its perversity finds it hard to escape hatred and revenge. – Moses Luzzatto

Forgiveness creates an obligation for which there are no exceptions allowed. – Giovanni Papini, The Life of Christ

God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but God has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination. – Augustine [adapted]

The care of another–even material, bodily care–is spiritual in essence. Bread for myself is a material question; bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one. – Jacques Maritain

Why is it that we attribute our bad temper to being tired or worried or hungry; and we attribute our good temper to ourselves? – C. S. Lewis [adapted]

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. – Aesop

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness. – William Arthur Ward

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. – Mahatma Gandhi

Forgiveness is not an emotion, it’s a decision. – Randall Worley

If you wish to travel far and fast; travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. – Glenn Clark

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. – Martin Luther King Jr.

I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate. – George Burns

To err is human; to blame it on the other guy is even more human. – Bob Goddard

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a person, and then qualifies it with a “but.” – Henry Ward Beecher [adapted]

Success is deciding from the start what end result you want and creating the circumstances to realize that result. – Mark Victor Hansen

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. – George Bernard Shaw

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday. – John Wayne

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. – Charles Dudley Warner