March 15, 2024


cc_logo.png

Palm Sunday

We will meet at Centenary at 9:45 am to process together to Second Presbyterian.


Also, you are invited to gather for coffee and treats following the Palm Sunday service. This gathering will be held in the street level social hall Sunday March 24. Greet church family and welcome spring.


Easter Sunrise Service at 7:00am at Hollywood Cemetery.

If you would like to help greet or serve communion at this service,

please contact Jonathan Fuller - jonathanfuller@vaumc.org.


All services held at Centenary will be livestreamed.

GATHERING | REACHING | SERVING

Worship jpg.jpg

Sundays at 10:30am

In person and online.

Bulletin

Click here to watch at Church Online

Save the date! ~ May 19, 2024


The Serving Team invites the congregation to a Mission Fair, immediately following the service on May 19. At the Mission Fair, you'll get a chance to visit local organizations offering volunteer opportunities. As you make your way through each booth, you will earn a ticket. The ticket(s) will allow you to build an ice cream sundae. We hope to see you all there!

********************************


The Serving team will begin sharing volunteer opportunities

with the congregation



Our first opportunity is with the Clean City Commission and

a spring clean-up at Roy West Park, the morning of March 16, 2024. 

If you are interested, click the button below.

Sign Up Here

Friday Walk-In Lunch Program Grant

from Bon Air UMC


Centenary is extremely grateful to Bon Air UMC and the Wenger Grant Selection Committee for the 2023 funding. The grant supported approximately 25% of the expenses associated with the Friday walk-in feeding program. These expenses include security staffing, supplies (coffee, iced tea, condiments, consumables, and standby food items not available from Food Lion/Feed More), casual labor, and foot care supplies. The impact on the local community was significant....

Read More Here

The Cotton Patch Gospel


We continue to meet Sunday mornings in Fellowship Hall at 9:00am. Join us as we watch and discuss Tom Key and Russell Trez’ stage adaptation of radical preacher and New Testament scholar Clarence Jordan’s Cotton Patch Gospels, with music by the late Harry Chapin (Cats in the Cradle). Led by Rev. Brooke Willson.

Zoom Bible Study

Wednesdays at 10:00am


Join us as Pastor Matt leads us through a look at the scriptures for the upcoming Sunday. Contact the church office to be put on the Bible Study email list and have a reminder email with Zoom information in your email inbox every Tuesday!

MORE NEWS

Our new Centenary/Ginter Park Circle will meet next Wednesday,

March 20 at 1:30pm

at Ginter Park UM Church

at 1010 W. Laburnam Ave... with parking right at the side door! We are very excited about this new joint venture and would love for you to join us! Call the church office for more information. 

***************************************************

Geranium Sale

$4.50 for a 4.5” pot


The geraniums come in red, pink and white. You may order a specific color, but color is not guaranteed. Orders due by March 31. Plants arrive April 20. To order or for more information, please contact the church office.



THIS WEEK AT CENTENARY


Sunday, March 17 @ 9:00am - The Cotton Patch Gospel Class- Fellowship Hall

@ 10:30am - In person and Online Worship


Monday, March 18 @ 5:00pm - Change the World/RVA


Tuesday, March 19 @ Noon - AA - Room 106

@ 7:00pm - Church Council - Zoom


Wednesday, March 20 @ 10:00am - Bible Study - Zoom

@ 1:30pm - United Women in Faith at Ginter Park UMC

@ 7:00pm - Choir Rehearsal


Friday, March 22 @ 10:30 am - Walk-In Lunch

@ Noon - AA - Room 106


Sunday, March 24 @ 9:00am - The Cotton Patch Gospel Class- Fellowship Hall

9:45am - Gather to process to Second Presbyterian Church

10:00am Blessing of the Palms at Second Presbyterian Church

@ 10:30 am - In person and Online Worship

After Worship - Coffee and Treats in the social hall


Online Giving Made Easy


Use the QR code to quickly get to

our online giving page.

CONTACT US

cumc map.png

804-648-8319

www.centumc.org


Rev. Matt Bates - srpastor@centumc.org

Carina Brackin - dirmusic@centumc.org

Office/Laura Nealley - admin@centumc.org

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.