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Sunday, March 17, 2019- Second Sunday in Lent
8:40 a.m. Early Service
10:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship
Dr. Matthew D. Bates will preach a sermon entitled
"
You Can't Stop God from Loving You!
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Come join your church family and friends on
THIS
Sunday, March 17,
following the 11:00 a.m. service for a Soup Cook-Off. Bring your favorite soup or stew to share and enter into the friendly competition. In addition to this event being a great time to fellowship with your church family and friends, it is one of our fund raisers to support Centenary as we continue to participate in Rise Against Hunger. All donations collected will go to cover our fees to participate in the Rise Against Hunger program.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pecans:
Going, Going, Gone!! The Smethie Circle of our United Methodist Womens Group have sold out of their pecans, but the good news is the sale will be back again in the fall!
An Altar Flower Liner is Missing!:
We have 2 green heavy plastic liners for our weekly altar flowers and currently one is missing! Please check around at home and perhaps you have one that you borrowed to take flowers home. If so, please let me know so we can get it back in rotation with Coleman's for our weekly altar flowers! Thanks. Sharon Steele, Altar Flowers Chair, 912-2549.
This is an image of what the liner looks like:
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Join us
Saturday, May 4, 2019
from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Moss on the James Chapter of the P. Buckley Moss Society Eleventh Annual Tea Party Fundraiser to benefit:
The event will take place at The Markel Corporation Conference Room (4521 Highwoods Parkway, Glen Allen, VA 23060).
Donation: $36.00 per person.
Checks can be made out to:
P. Buckley Moss Society
Each person is invited to bring a teacup and saucer to be used
at the Tea Party.
A silent auction bidding opens at 12 p.m. and lunch service
will begin at 1 p.m.
Come and bring family members and friends- all are welcome!
Please RSVP by mailing in the RSVP card below and check no later than Monday, April 15. Flyers and RSVP cards can also be found on the bulletin board across from the kitchen.
Questions- call Bob Almond at 804-833-3355 or
Pat Whitlow at 804-335-7632
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Change the World RVA is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Another Woman's Treasure - an accessories bazaar benefiting Change the World RVA. We are collecting jewelry and purses to donate to the sale. A collection box is in the office. The bazaar is on
Friday, April 13, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and
Saturday, April 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bon Air United Methodist Church.
Contact Meredith Thrower (mersanderlin@yahoo.com) if you have any questions.
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Faithful Aging Conference
Culpeper Baptist Church on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
See the attached flyer with more information
or see Tim and Marilyn Gerde who will be
attending the conference.
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Facebook Update
Thanks to everyone who has liked/ loved/ shared/ and commented on our Facebook posts recently. With your help, our posts have reached 2,470 people in the last 28 days (many of them in the past week).
Facebook is a team effort. Thanks to everyone who contributes photos and ideas for posts. We can always use more!
Any photos from Centenary events and gatherings can be sent to the church office or emailed to
Rachel Bates at:
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Geraniums come in multiple colors (we will take orders for specific colors but
cannot guarantee specific colors
Colors are as follows:
coral
, hot pink
,
salmon
, red, and white
They are $4.50 each and please make
CHECKS OUT ONLY to UMCOR. Please turn in all money for orders to Pat Shipley.
The sign-up sheet can be found on the bulletin board across from the kitchen. For additional information, see Pat Shipley.
The last day for orders and to turn in money for orders is Sunday, March 24.
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Thursday, May 2, at 6 p.m.
Quiche and salad dinner at the home of Mary E. Vetrovec. All the ladies of the church are invited. Please bring a quiche, salad, dessert or bread to share.
Take a Peak at our UMW All Stars and the Blankets They Made for the Linus Project:
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Ten-Day British Landscapes Trip
Featuring England, Scotland, and Wales
You are invited to join a travel group from Centenary and friends on a special planned trip by Collette Travel Group. The ten-day trip is scheduled for
September 19 - 28, 2019
. If you are interested, please sign up on the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board across from the kitchen and pick up a brochure.
If you have questions before the meeting, please contact Bob Almond via email at
bob.almond@verizon.net or at (804) 833-3355.
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Joe Kokoski
Jenny Bush- friend of Leah Hundley, is diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma.
Patsy Marrs Wilson- recovering from hip replacement surgery
Deirdre McElroy- good friend to Gwynn Henderson, who has been battle cancer for the past 4 years with amazing strength and fortitude
Phyllis Stump in the recent loss of her sister in Louisville, KY
Lila Irby (home after recent hospitalization)
R.B. Bennington
Lucille Hunt (recovering at home)
Wendy Tisdale-- family friend of Agatha and Christina Kidd, diagnosed with staged 4 lung cancer
Mark Inge
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Beth Hensley
John Vetrovec
Madison Lee
Amy Bates
Logan Lewis
Lucille Hunt
James Wickham
Phil Crick
Julie Lee
Barbara Pierson
Charles Craig
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Photo of the Week!
Don't forget that this Sunday is St. Patrick's Day! But just in case you forget, the office leprechaun visited early and has left a bit of green that you can wear in case you forget :).
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Visit Us: 411 E. Grace St., Richmond, VA 23219
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