Dear Centenary Church Family:

We will join many churches and synagogues across the nation this weekend to observe Children’s Sabbath during our 10:15 AM Service of Worship. Children and Youth of our congregation will provide leadership during the service, including a special Children’s Meditation, How Did Bible Heroes Pray? Our Junior Choir will offer Sing a Jubilant Song by Dave & Jean Perry. The morning Message will be a special video presentation, Help Kids Around the World. The Chancel Choir will sing Come As a Child by Sherrie Porterfield. Our Celebration of Found Coins will be designated for the 2006 CROP Walk for World Hunger which was held last Sunday, October 15th.

Reminder: Centenary UM Youth Fellowship will meet for Friday Night Live at the Valentine’s Home (25 Coan Pl., Metuchen) tomorrow, October 20, at 7:00 PM.

Memorial Service for Shirley Rush: Saturday, October 21 at 10:00 AM at Centenary UM Church.

Sunday Adult Class at 9:00 AM in the Sunshine Room: In the Dust of the Rabbi: Becoming a Disciple is the theme of the Adult Class study through November 12. This five-session DVD series, featuring master teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan, explores what it means to be a follower of Jesus, not only in the first century, but now in the 21st Century.

Appeal for Diapers and Infant/Toddler Food for Amandla Crossing: Your assistance is needed to provide diapers (sizes #4, #5 & #6…not pull-ups) and infant & toddler food for children at Amandla Crossing. Please bring the items to Centenary and leave them in the boxes provided in the Narthex. Thank you. —Your Mission Committee

Sunday, October 29, 2006
6:30 pm
SILENT NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

Featuring the original HORROR movie
The PHANTOM of the OPERA
Starring Lon Chaney
with
LIVE Piano Accompaniment by Jonathan Benjamin

Experience this horror film as it was originally presented

Popcorn/Candy Concession by the CUMC Youth Group
Get an early start to Halloween!

Centenary United Methodist Church
200 Hillside Avenue – Metuchen, NJ 08840
(732) 548-7622
Donations will be Accepted
A Fund-raiser sponsored by the CUMC Music Committee

OTHER MUSIC DATES TO REMEMBER: There will be several events sponsored by the Music Ministry throughout the year. If you are interested in helping with these events or serving on the Music Committee, please contact Alison Williams or Shirley Mosteller, or leave a message at the church office.
· Sunday, December 17th @ 6:30 PM: “Carols and Cookies”— A chance to sing your favorite Christmas carols during Advent! Bring your friends and neighbors and especially cookies to share!
· Tuesday, February 20th: A Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner, followed by a Jazz/Cabaret Evening to usher in Lent.
All are sponsored by the Music Committee and will be fund-raisers for the church. We hope they will be well attended. Let your friends and neighbors know!

Annual Halloween Trunk or Treating at Centenary—October 31st at 7:00 PM: Plan to come an enjoy the Halloween festivities in the rear parking lot as children in their Halloween costumes move among our vehicle trunks to receive their treats!

All Saints’ Sunday, November 5th: At our 10:15 AM Service of Worship on November 5th we will name and remember those members and friends of the Centenary Church Family who have joined the Communion of Saints since last November. If you have loved ones or friends who have died since November 6th, 2005, and you would like their names lifted up in memory during our All Saints’ Sunday Service, please provide that information to the Church Office by Wednesday, November 1st, so that they may be included. You may leave those names with Mary Kay Dangremond by phone during regular Church Office hours (9:00 AM-1:00 PM weekdays), or provide them to the Church by E-mail (CentaryUMC@aol.com ), Fax (732-548-6256), or regular mail.

Ozanam Shelter Dinner: Centenary will next be serving dinner at the Ozanam Shelter on Monday, November 6th. Please check the information on the bulletin board in the Narthex and sign up to assist with food preparation or serving. For further information, please contact Glenna Gundell (732-463-1431) or Mary Ellen Heim (732-548-2587). Thanks.

Calling All Cooks! Please put Saturday, November 18, 2006, at 6:59 PM on your calendars for a Pampered Chef fundraiser show to benefit the Centenary United Methodist Church budget. Watch for the flyer in the November Lamplighter for additional information, or speak with hostess Tina Painter (732-549-1786).

Refreshments: 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 available weeks on the 2006 Refreshment Chart in the Narthex. Information on what you need to provide is available from Pastor Painter or by speaking with Millie Pleuler (732-750-4434). Thank you for providing hospitality on a Sunday morning.

Some Thoughts for This Week:

I discovered I always have choices, and sometimes it’s only a matter of choice of attitude. – Judith M. Knowlton [adapted]

Before God we are all equally wise – And equally foolish. – Albert Einstein

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
- Dag Hammarskjold

Jesus went about doing good; Many just go about.

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays. – Persius

If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
- W. Somerset Maugham

What a child doesn’t receive he/she can seldom later give. – P.D. James

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. – Henry Ward Beecher

Prayer for the Week of October 22: O God, our thanks to you will never be enough, even though they come from hearts overflowing with gratitude. Our minds can never comprehend the dimensions of your kindness, O God, and our lives will never repay you for your understanding of our struggling journeys. Thanks be to you, O God, for every gift of grace and the hope that you renew in us at the beginning of each day. Amen.

Next Sunday – October 29, 2006:
9:00 AM – Adult Study (In the Dust of the Rabbi)
10:15 AM – Worship & Sunday School (Pre-K thru Senior High)
The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost / Reformation Sunday / Youth Sunday
Members of our Centenary United Methodist Youth Fellowship
will plan and lead our service and bring the morning Message to us.
Lectionary Readings: Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Hebrews 7:23-28
Psalm 34:1-8 (19-22) Mark 10:46-52
11:30 AM – Fellowship Time (Room 20)
5:30 PM – Junior Choir Rehearsal (Music Room)
6:30 PM – Silent Movie Night—Phantom of the Opera

I look forward to sharing with many of you in study, Worship and fellowship this Sunday at Centenary.

Shalom, John