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Dear Centenary Family,
As we enter the summer season, I pray that as you travel and spend time with family and friends, you will be renewed and refreshed in mind, body, and spirit. We all need a change of pace and scenery from time to time, especially since it’s been difficult to do those things the last couple of years. We often forget that one of the ten commandments is to remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy. Even God took a day off after the work of creation!
We are going to try something a little different this summer as
the pace for most of us changes.
During the months of July and August,
we will worship at 10:00am, online and in person,
rather than 11:00am.
I hope you’ll keep that in mind and worship with us online or in person.
I’ve been thinking a lot about how we rebuild the church as we recover from the impact of the pandemic. Three words have come to my mind as I have tried to organize my thinking about how we move forward as a congregation. Renew, Rebuild, Reach Out. We all need to experience spiritual renewal. Together, we will need to rebuild our ministry. And those two things are foundational to our calling to reach out in service and witness to the world.
Many observers of the post-pandemic church believe we cannot simply put in place the programs we had before the pandemic. And they point out that there is a real spiritual hunger in our world. The main thing we have to offer the world is a life-giving relationship with the God made known to us in Jesus Christ. The changes brought on us by the pandemic are challenging and many of us are grieving the loss of what once was. But many see this time as an opportunity for us to reclaim our core reason for existence. We will need to help each other grieve the losses we’ve experienced through the pandemic, while also helping each other see the new and hopeful possibilities before us.
I’d love to hear how you are finding renewal and your ideas about how we can help each other find our spirits refreshed, renewed, and re-energized so that we can together forge a new path forward.
Peace,
Matt
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REMINDER! Church Online is now the exclusive place to watch our live streamed Sunday morning services. Church Online provides a wonderful viewing experience with improved audio/video, the bulletin and online Bible on the same screen, and the opportunity to chat in a more private and secure environment. You can access Church Online via the highlighted links here, or via the "Watch Now" button on the homepage of our website.
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NEW WORSHIP TIME FOR JULY AND AUGUST
One service at 10:00am
Starting July 3
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Smethie Circle - UMW
June 15 at 11:30 am
Meet at Roma’s Ristorante Italiano
at 8330 Staples Mill Road
Patsy Marrs Wilson will present a program about
United Methodist Family Services.
All women are invited to join us!
Please RSVP to Leah Hundley lchphn@gmail.com
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Henry Ossawa Tanner, Christ and His Disciples on the Sea of Galilee, ca. 1910, VMFA, 2002.514 | |
On Sunday, June 26 join us after the church service for lunch and to experience a beautiful and inspiring art exhibition: Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France!
We will meet at the BEST café (inside the museum, near the Main entrance) by 12:45 pm for a quick lunch and enter the exhibition at about 1:30 pm. Lunch costs are approx. $10-12 and the timed entry exhibition tickets are priced as follows:
- $16 Adults;
- 12 Seniors 65+
- $10 Youth (age 7–17) and Students with ID
- Free for VMFA Members.
Everyone will pay for their own ticket – once you sign up, you can get your ticket ahead of time or the day of – but it might be best to get it earlier. Karen Junker can get your ticket ahead of time for you, if you’d like – please let her know at kdalyj@verizon.net.
Please sign up online here or at church (bulletin board across from the kitchen) and be sure include your email address – and please bring a friend, if you’d like!
Karen Daly Junker will send the group some background material ahead of time, highlighting certain paintings with biblical themes, and especially the work of artist Henry Ossawa Tanner.
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Hey, Graduate!
Do you know a graduate? If so, we would like to celebrate with you. Please send the following information to the church office:
- the graduate's name,
- the school they graduated from
- next step plans
- relationship to church members
We will publish the list in an upcoming newsletter.
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Wednesday Bible Study
at 10:00 am
Led by Rev. Matt Bates, we meet via Zoom and look at the scripture for
the upcoming Sunday.
If you would like to join us,
please contact the church office to
be added to our email list. An email with the upcoming scripture and all
the Zoom information is sent
out on Tuesdays.
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Congratulations to
Molly Monaghan
Exceptional Education teacher
at Wilder Middle School
She recently was named winner of the 2022 Henrico County Christie Award as the Exceptional Education Teacher of the Year.
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Please join me in wishing Megan O’Brien a very fond farewell. Megan has been our extremely capable alto section leader since June of 2021. A new job in the medical field will unfortunately conflict with our services and rehearsals. Megan joined Centenary recently and so will be cheering on the choir from the pew when the new job allows. Best wishes for the future!
~ Stan Baker and the Chancel Choir
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Remembering Charley Webber
Please join Charley's Family
Monday, June 20, 2022 at 1:30 pm
Cedarfield Fellowship Hall ~ 2300 Cedarfield Parkway
Informal
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There’s always a lot of unseen work going on at Centenary and it all helps us with our mission. A few weeks ago, Ryland Bailey spent several long, hot days in the attic of our building redoing one of our old air handlers. Look at the before (right) and after (below).
Ryland repainted the condensate pan with no rust paint, removed old insulation, and replaced it with new Styrofoam insulation., as well as installing new piping. There’s another air handler to be updated and Ryland plans to tackle that in cooler weather. When you see Ryland, thank him for his work!
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Archie Branham - friend of Merle and Betty Brown, as he has started treatment for prostate cancer.
Mary - a friend of Lorna Leake, who needs prayer.
Alex Hundley - while he serves in Saudi Arabia. His address during his deployment is:
SPC John Alex Hundley
HHB 3-4 ADAR
Unit 61376
APO AE 09877
Heidi Kara - Heidi asks for prayers as she prepares for surgery. Her surgery has been rescheduled for June 14. Get well wishes can be sent to: Heidi Kara, 400 South Pine Street, Richmond, VA 23220.
Louise Smith - Betty Robertson asks for prayers for her mother, Louise Smith. Louise is the oldest member of the congregation at 106 years old! You can send cards to Louise through her daughter - C/O Betty Robertson, PO Box 69
Crozier, VA 23039.
Vicki Willson and family - upon the recent death of Vicki's father, Raymond Lee Barger.
Please continue to keep these people in your prayers. Cards and notes are always appreciated!
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AJ Crick - Morningside of Bellgrade, 2800 Polo Parkway, Room #133, Midlothian, VA 23113.
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Phil Crick - Morningside of Bellgrade, 2800 Polo Parkway, Room #144, Midlo, VA 23113.
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John Seyfarth - 1600 Westwood Ave. Room 109, The Hermitage, Richmond, VA 23227.
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Phyllis Stump - The Hermitage - Mulberry 110, 1600 Westwood Ave, Richmond, VA 23227.
Metro Richmond at Prayer
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June's Prayer: We pray for the Churches and religious institutions of Metropolitan Richmond.
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Prayer for this week: For all who seek God on behalf of others; for pastors, ministers, missionaries, lay leaders, congregants, intercessors and other servants of Christ.
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Mission
Our mission is to change the world through love.
To acknowledge God’s love is, for each of us, a life-changing event.
As followers of Jesus, we share God’s love for all people, and work together to make our world a better place, one life at a time.
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