September 3, 2021
In person
and Online
Worship
Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
Join us in our beautiful sanctuary or online at
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8am-Noon

Contacts
804-648-8319
www.centumc.org

Email Addresses
Rev. Matt Bates

Rev. Tim Gerde

Stanley Baker

Office/Laura Nealley
An Update from Clara Biswas

Dear friends,
 
Greetings from Cambodia. I am sending you Street Children Ministry Newsletter from July to August 2021. As you know I will be retire on the 31st of August 2021. So, this will be my last newsletter to all of you.

On behalf of the children and community people I am working with (Cambodia Street Children Ministry), I want to thanks all of you from the bottom of my heart for your prayer and support to my project work and support me as a missionary. Without your prayer and support I won’t be able to touched so many people’s life.

It has been a beautiful experience working with Cambodia Street Children Ministry with the support from GBGM, UMC, and UMW. I want to thanks to all my host family that I stayed with during my Itineration for their hospitality, love, and care. I will continue to pray for all of you and remember you .

Please pray for me for my new journey as I will return to my home country (Bangladesh).

Thank all of you.
May God Bless You,
Clara Mridula Biswas
More Mission News
In a previous newsletter, we listed several mission opportunities, local, regional and global. You can read about them, please check out this article which will remind you of how you can help.
Fellowship Opportunities
Charming Eastern Shore Virginia Day Trip
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Centenary and Kenwood UMCs and Friends

7:30 a.m. Kenwood UMC (Ashland) Pickup—Arrive at Kenwood by 7 a.m.
8 a.m. Lakeside UMC (Henrico) Pickup—Arrive at Lakeside by 7:30 a.m.
Return to Richmond around 10 p.m. 
Cost of the Trip $157 – Payment due as soon as possible.
Please contact the church office for more information.
Join Clergy Against Racism
for a Thursday evening book study.
September 9 - October 14.
Over the course of the study, we will gather in small groups to discuss Jemar Tisby’s book,

Sign up through this link to join the discussions of
this important book. We will meet at
Second Presbyterian Church on Thursdays from
6:15 pm - 7:45 pm, with a Zoom option.

We look forward to learning and listening together!
United Methodist Women Meeting
September 15 at 1:00pm
The next UMW meeting will be at Leah Hundley's home on September 15 at 1:00 pm. Lunch will be provided. Rev. Tim Gerde, our Coordinator of Older Adult Ministries, will speak on the ways to include shut-in members, and how we can help. All are invited. Please RSVP to the church office by September 13.
We will be outside unless it is too hot.
Everyone is welcome to drop in on Tuesdays at 11:00 am for a chat, a prayer, or wherever the spirit may lead.

No pre-registration is required. Questions? Please contact Tim Gerde.
Keeping You Informed
Congratulations to
Penny Speidel
for having two of her paintings selected for display at MCV recently in an event sponsored by the National Arts Program. You can view some of Penny's lovely paintings here.
The Upper Room
The September/October issue of the Upper Room is not yet available online. We have paper copies available in the office. The link will be included as soon as it becomes available.
September 6 - Office Closed/Labor Day

September 7 @ 11:00 a.m. - Drop In Cafe

September 15 @ 1:00 p.m. - Smethie Circle
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