Dear Centenary Church Family:

We will gather in our Sanctuary for Worship at 10:15 AM this Reformation Sunday, October 28. Assistant Pastor Terrilisa Durham Bauknight will bring a word for the children, following which those from Pre-K through 12th Grade will be invited to participate in Sunday School Classes. My morning Message, A Magnifying Glass or a Mirror?, will be based on the Gospel reading from Luke 18:9-14. We will also share in the reading from the Epistle: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18. Our Chancel Choir will sing the lively Anthem, Rejoice, Triumphantly Rejoice! by J. Houston & S. Lawrence. Our Celebration of Found Coins is designated for the 2007 CROP Walk for World Hunger, which was held last Sunday afternoon.

Reminder of Upcoming Events this Weekend:

Kids’ Night Out — Friday, October 26 from 6:30-8:30 PM at Centenary.

Centenary United Methodist
Youth Fellowship
- presents -
A Night at the Movies
Saturday, 27 October 2007
7:30 PM – Until
Come have some pre-Halloween fun
Feature Presentation:
Monster House
(Columbia Pictures Rated PG. 91 Minutes. 2006)
Three teens discover that their neighbor’s house is really a living, breathing, scary monster but no adults will believe them. When they disturb the house creepy events start to take place and they must save the neighborhood in this animated adventure.
Donation: $3.00
Popcorn and Beverages available for purchase

Please be aware that videos, crafts and snacks will also be available for younger children for whom the Monster House movie may not be suitable.

PRAYERS REQUESTED FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS IN MISSION: We are thankful for the members of our Volunteer-in-Mission team who are bearing the personal expense and taking the time out of busy schedules to witness and serve in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from November 3-11. We lift our entire VIM Team before you for prayer as they prepare to travel to South America on the evening of November 3, and especially while they are serving there in mission in the name of Jesus Christ:
Maria Armington Arlene Gray John Painter
Giselle Esquivel Cordero Carla Gray Sue Poet
Mary Ellen Heim Emily Mochel Michael Savoia
Glenna Gundell Jodi Mochel Cathy Savoia
Kevin Mochel Hazel Srebi

Pastoral Coverage while Pastor John Painter is in Argentina (from 5:00 PM on Saturday, November 3, through Noon on Sunday, November 11) will be provided by Assistant Pastor Terrilisa Durham Bauknight. If you have need for pastoral care during this time, please call the Church Office during regular hours (9:00 AM-1:00 PM weekdays) or Pastor Bauknight directly at 908-419-4101.

Centenary Book Club: The Club will meet on Friday, November 2 at 7:30 PM to discuss Moloka’i by Alan Brennert. Interested persons are invited to join the Book Club or just attend a session that discusses a book that you find yourself interested in. The Club remains open to both men and women who are 18 years of ages and older.

Centenary will be serving dinner at the Ozanam Shelter on Monday, November 5. Please check the information on the bulletin board in the Narthex and sign up to assist with food preparation or serving in November. For further information, please contact Glenna Gundell (732-463-1431) or Mary Ellen Heim (732-548-2587) before November 3. Thanks.

Refreshment Sponsors Needed: Persons are invited to sponsor the time of coffee and refreshments following our upcoming Sunday Worship services. Please consider sponsoring a refreshment time and signing up for one of the available weeks on the 2007 Refreshment Chart posted in the Narthex. Thank you for providing hospitality on a Sunday morning.

Wanted: Children’s Sunday School Teachers for 2007-2008 – Are you looking to help guide a child through their spiritual journey, and become the happiest person around? Working with children can be very exciting and uplifting. Join us, and become a part of the Centenary Sunday School Team. Contact Children’s Ministries Director Cathy Jean Savoia for more information: 732-826-1921 or 732-548-7622 x12.
Acolytes Needed
Young persons in the Fourth Grade and above who are interested in serving as Acolytes in Worship are invited to contact Acolyte Coordinator Leslie Hale (732-906-8581) or the Church Office (732-548-7622 or CentaryUMC@aol.com) to receive information and to sign up to serve on a specific date this fall/winter. Pastor Painter and others from our Worship Committee will be available to assist any new Acolytes to undertake their important responsibilities. Those who have served as Acolytes previously are especially encouraged to place their names on the sign-up sheet in the Narthex.

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
Campbell Soup Labels – or rather the barcodes- are still being collected. There is a listing of exactly what is collected located on the United Methodist Women’s bulletin board adjacent to the men’s room off the narthex. You can put what you have collected in the basket in the library. These barcodes are sent to the Red Bird Mission in Kentucky, a United Methodist Mission. They use these coupons to acquire educational equipment for their mission school.
PECANS, PECANS, PECANS: United Methodist Women will again be selling pecans, cashews, pistachios, candies, trail mix, etc. this year. So don’t go out and buy any pecans from anyone else. We will have the pecans, etc. in the fall, hopefully by mid-October for your holiday baking.
MITTEN TREE: Once again we will have our Mitten Tree in the Narthex. Look for it right after Thanksgiving. Bring hats, gloves, mittens, scarves until early December. These gifts will be sent to Red Bird Mission in Beverly, Kentucky – the heart of Appalachia. This is a United Methodist Mission and these gifts are greatly appreciated by the folks who live in the area and go to the Red Bird Mission School.

Some Thoughts for This Week:

Without mistakes there is no forgiving. Without forgiving there is no love. – Mother Teresa

A happy person is not a person in a set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. – Hugh Downs

We must not only give what we have; we must also give what we are. – Cardinal Mercia

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive. – Anais Nin

Too often we see the Bible through whatever lens we get from our culture. – Brian McLaren

To walk with God, we must make it a practice to talk with God.

Happiness does not come from doing what you want, but wanting what you do.

The only limits to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with a strong and active faith. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshiped. – Evelyn Underhill

Hold hands tightly; hearts gently.

The only people to get even with are those who have helped you. – Anonymous

We may love God too little, but we can never love God too much.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly…. – Antoine de Saint Exupery

Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

If courtesy is contagious, we need to start an epidemic.

Next Sunday at Centenary: November 4, 2007:
8:00 AM- Dreaming Fellowship Church Worship (Sanctuary)
9:00 AM – Adult Study — Israel-Palestine (Sunshine Room)
10:15 AM– Worship and Sunday School (Pre-K through 12th Grade)
The 24th Sunday After Pentecost / All Saints’ Sunday
Sacrament of Holy Communion
Preacher: Terrilisa Durham Bauknight Theme: Saints Among Us
All Saints’ Readings: Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 Ephesians 1:11-23
Psalm 149 Luke 6:20-31
11:30 AM– Fellowship Time (Room 20)
5:45 PM– Junior Choir Rehearsal (Music Room)
6:30 PM– CUMC Youth Fellowship (Youth Room)

All Saints’ Sunday, November 4, 2007: At our 10:15 AM Service of Worship on Sunday, November 4, 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 5, 2006, 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 10:00 AM on Thursday, November 1, so that they may be included. You may leave those names with Mary Kay Dangremond by phone during regular Church Office hours (9:00AM-1:00 PM weekdays), or provide them to the Church by E-mail (CentaryUMC@aol.com ), Fax (732-548-6256), or regular mail.

Fall Back…
Eastern Standard Time Returns on Sunday, November 4, 2007
Remember to turn your clocks back one hour before you go to bed next Saturday evening, November 3, or you will be an hour early for Church School and Worship on All Saints’ Sunday November 4. Enjoy the annual gift of an extra hour of sleep J.

Prayer for the Week of October 28: With hands held high we celebrate your love, O God, so wide and deep, so complete and all-encompassing. How can we ever express how thankful we are? How will we ever tell you what you mean to us, especially when our spirits are low and our lives filled with regret? How can we share the indescribable joy that lies within us as we live in hope and walk within your grace? Thanks be to you, O God. Amen.

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

Shalom, John