We journey through the season of Advent we have the great opportunity to celebrate together the greatest gift ever given the world. God came to us in Jesus Christ.

“For God so loved the world, he sent his only Son…”

The one thing that unites us at Centenary is that we are all recipients of this gift. Another thing that unites us is our desire to respond in gratitude to this wonderful gift, doing all we can to make sure others know that this gift is for them as well. This is also a season in which we review our ministry over the past year and look forward to what God is calling us to do in 2023.

As we look towards 2023, let us join together in thanking God for all God’s blessings and asking God what we are called to do in response to God’s grace and goodness.

As we move forward into a post-covid world we thank you for your faithful commitment to the mission of Centenary throughout the pandemic. You have been amazingly generous. Even in challenging times, we all can take pride in the impact our ministry has continued to make in our city and beyond. For our ministry to move forward and move beyond the recovery phase of Covid’s impact into a time of new birth and vitality, your giving is critical. Your actions make a difference in our efforts to usher in God’s reign here in Richmond and beyond! 

Below are links to our Stewardship letter, which contains more information, our budget and instructions about online giving.

Sundays at 10:30am

In person and online.

Facebook is back! We have added our Sunday morning worship livestream back to our Facebook page. Facebook is able to have automated close captioning which we hope will be helpful! Unfortunately, we do still have issues with Facebook muting some of our music. This doesn't always happen, but if you choose to watch our live stream through Facebook, please be aware that we have no control if the audio cuts out during the musical portions. 

We now also offer a live stream of the worship service on our website. This does not have closed captioning or the wonderful interactive opportunities of Church Online , but it does offer an easy way to watch the service on your phones.

We continue to recommend Church Online as our preferred viewing platform.

It offers the best viewing experience, along with opportunity to chat with our

online community and access the bulletin and Bible with one click!

As our tradition, our Christmas Eve offering will go to United Methodist Family Services.

UMFS is an unwavering champion for high-risk children and families in Virginia. UMFS serves children in foster care and children struggling with mental health and behavioral challenges. They provide foster care and adoption programs, specialized education schools, and mental health programs. Your support of UMFS through this offering will help high-risk children achieve a brighter future. Thank you for supporting this transformative ministry.

Do you enjoy sending

Christmas cards?

We have two ways to spread

the love and joy of the season.

We will send Christmas greetings to our military Veterans at McGuire Hospital again this year. There will be a box located at the entrance to the Sanctuary for your cards, which will be delivered to the hospital on December 18. Please address the envelopes with: To a Veteran, To a Hero, To a Brave Person, etc. Inside the card please thank them for their service to our country, their devotion to freedom, their sacrifice, admiration for their service, etc. Please sign your card.  Thank you for taking the time to acknowledge these women and men after all they have done in service to our country. 

We also have the opportunity for you to share the holiday spirit with our own homebound congregation members. We have a mailing list with 15 addresses and also have a limited supply of Christmas cards. If interested in spreading the joy of the season in this way, please contact the church office.

An Advent Journey

Characters of Christmas

Our Wednesday morning Bible study will take a break and we invite you to join us for a Zoom Bible study each Thursday evening during Advent as we take at look at he Characters of Christmas. We will see what we can learn about preparing our hearts for Christmas from some of the people, some well-known, others less so, who find their way into the story of Advent and Christmas. Each Thursday, we’ll talk about the Gospel readings from Matthew we’re using in Sunday worship. An email will be sent out each Wednesday with the Zoom link.

• December 8 - I Don't Like Advent - I'm Ready for Christmas
• December 15 - Joseph - Matthew 1:18-25
• December 22 - Mary - Luke 2:1-20

Star of Wonder

The Central Virginia Masterworks Chorale will present Star of Wonder on Friday, December 8, 2022 @ 7:30pm at Grace Baptist Church in Richmond and on Sunday, December 11, 2022 @ 3:00pm at Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church in Ashland. 

Tickets: www.cvamc.org. 



Nancy & Vic Grand and Marilyn Gerde perform with the Chorale.

Online Giving Made Easier

To make online giving even easier, we are introducing a QR code for our online giving webpage. Simply scan the QR code with your smartphone’s camera or QR reader and you are ready to go. You do not need an account in Realm to give! You can give one time or set up recurring giving from our giving page. The QR code will be available in the “Upcoming Events” area of the bulletin. Thank you for your support of the many ministries here at Centenary.