CENTRAL TIME

The weekly e-newsletter of

Central United Methodist Church

All are welcome!

Central United Methodist Church, Spartanburg, SC - Wednesday, March 27, 2024

from the Choirmaster’s desk…

First of all, I would like to thank the dedicated members of the Chancel Choir for their beautiful and spiritually moving rendition of the Rutter Requiem on Palm Sunday. It’s clear that the Requiem is not only a favorite of the choir, but of the congregation as well. Thank you, members of the congregation, for your kind words of support and appreciation after the service.

Next, I’d like to ask you a question. When’s the last time you heard a sung or said Alleluia in our Sunday morning worship service? If you answered, “Sometime before the season of Lent began,” you would be correct! Historically, because of the penitential nature of the season of Lent, singing or saying the word "alleluia" has been suspended during Lent's forty days. The word is reserved until Easter Sunday, when often times every hymn in the service has a refrain of alleluias, and choir anthems also generously feature the word.

The omission of alleluia during Lent goes back at least to the fifth century in the western church. The hymn Alleluia, Song of Gladness, contains a translation of an 11th century Latin text that compares an alleluia-less Lent to the exile of the Israelites in Babylon. The text then anticipates the joy of Easter when glad alleluias will return in all their heavenly splendor.

The Chancel Choir, accompanied by Brian Dailey at the organ, will celebrate the joy of Easter with over 100 sung Alleluias spread over three anthems! We hope to see you in church then, and even earlier at the Maundy Thursday service at 6:30 PM.

Keith Jones 

Tuesday Bible Class

5pm (Fellowship Hall)

You are invited to join us!

We are reading the Gospel of Matthew.

All are welcome! - Andy Crosland, teacher

 Upstate Friends Meetings

All worship services will be held at 3:00 PM on Sundays and the Zoom connection is:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7045994999?pwd=L3VIdXZHNFZxVUNJSjhxa0dtUDlidz09

The Quakers meet in person on the first Sunday of each month in Central's Fellowship Hall.

The next in-person meeting is April 7, 2024

A social break follows the service with snacks.

The Worship Committee would like to thank Dr. Keith Jones, The Chancel Choir, and music ensemble for such a beautiful and poignant performance of John Rutter's Requiem presented to us on Palm Sunday. It was magnificent and it brought tears to our eyes!!!

-Jennie Montgomery, chair

BUILDING FUND EVENT

         The Building Fund Raising Committee plans to raise some additional money by selling parking spaces during Spartanburg’s Spring Fling. We will use Central’s parking lot and the lot across Church Street which some members use during Sunday services. This was done very successfully in the past when the youth held the event. We will need volunteers on Friday evening, April 26^th, all day Saturday, April 27^th, and Sunday afternoon, April 28^th. Each shift will be 3 to 4 hours and about 40 volunteers are needed to cover the necessary times.

         If you are willing to help with this project, please call the church office (582-7263) and leave a message or send an email to: Gina Hamer.

Memorial

To Bill Mount by J.P. and Catherine Baehr, Lamar & Page Baehr

Birthdays

March

28 Rosalie Atance, Elizabeth Zimmerman

29 Penny Holt, Lynn Proctor

April

1 Clara Maultsby, Tom Norrell

5 Lauren Dixon

6 James Ellis Griffeth, Addison Wolfe

7 Barbara Jurs

8 Debbi Herman, Lester Richards, Beverly Skinner

10 Mitch Kyllonen

11 Luther Rickenbaker

12 Joan Bilton, Joyce Coggins

13 Jordan Clark, Kim Retherford

14 James Pryor

15 Paige Wolfe

18 Paul Lansberry

19 Caroline Layne

21 Daune Teague

22 Creighton Sparks

23 Jason Calhoun, Claire Younger, Emma Younger

24 Kathy Quackenbush

25 Bralyn Crocker

27 Carl King

28 Richard Booth

29 Michael Henson

The Last Week

a study on what the gospels really teach about Jesus's final days in Jerusalem.

Wednesday Evening

6:30-7:30 PM

Upper Room Classroom at Central UMC

March 27 - Conclusion, led by Andy Crosland

Thursday, March 28

Maundy Thursday

6:30 PM

Sunday, March 31

Easter Sunday

11:00 AM

Scripture Reading:

John 20:1-8



Sermon: Weeping on Easter

Rev. Cam Treece, Preacher

Easter Sunday Celebration

March 31st, 2024

9:00-10:45 AM

(during Sunday School hour)

Altar Flowers

Please contact:

Kathy Worley, Memorial Secretary, to place flowers on the calendar. Thank you!

We have openings in

April & May.

 Call: (864) 978-0294

Please continue to pray for. . .



Members

Joanie Bilton, Thomas Bridges, Dianne Brown, John Burtnett, Dave & Eloise Clyburn, Doris Wilson & Mike Johnson, Joan Johnson, Sue Lowe, Mary Lou Miller, Jimmy Painter, Bob Perrin, Carolyn Rickenbaker, Barbara Ropp, June Sereque, Becky Smith, Wyatt family

Family & Friends

Adrianne, Beverly, Dwight, Jeff, Mary Beth (friends of Claudia Lange, Luther Rickenbaker's step-daughter), Greg Brown (relative of Dexter Bridges), Mark Campbell (friend of Luther Rickenbaker), Dee Dee Cantrell (friend of Paul & Sue Lansberry), Charlotte Hall, Danny Harling, Caroline Broyles Henson, Megan Kendall (friend of Nonie & Kathy Hudnall), Sheila Lindsey (friend of Patricia Painter), Jane McKenzie, Robbie Sholde, Griffin Rousseau and family (friends of Marty and Susan Taylor), Rachel Thompson (friend of Marty and Susan Taylor), Caroline Vizzuto (friend of David Earl and Jeannie Shelley's family), Ann Willard, Judy Workman, Becky Wyatt’s mother, and Lee Wylie

Members’ Extended Family

Martha Bordogna, Donna Copeland (Chuck Clark’s mother) Betty Jackson (Kay Lawrence’s mother), Ashley Parker (Kay & Jack Lawrence's son-in-law) and Martha Petoskey

In Assisted Living or Nursing Homes

Kathy Cann, Mary Hines, Gladys Hudgens, Mildred Ragan, & Tom Wilkes

Church Announcements for

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If you have an announcement that you would like to appear in the Central Time, Sunday bulletins, on social media, or on the church's website, please submit that information to: info@centralumcspartanburg.org before noon on Mondays. Thank you!

Ways to Give to Central

We continue to be deeply grateful for continued support of the mission and ministry of Central Church. There are a few ways to continue to make offerings extremely easy.

1. The US mail always works. We are at 233 North Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306.
2. Contact the Financial Secretary to set up a recurring gift through an automatic bank draft.
3. VANCO Mobile
4. On the homepage on the church's website there is a "Give" link. Once you set up that app any additional gifts are as easy as one or two clicks.

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Learning at Wofford

Wofford Lifelong Learning

Email us at . . .

lifelonglearning@wofford.edu

(864) 274-2917

Director, Lucy Woodhouse

Jenny Smart, Program Assistant

Lifelong Learning at Wofford

864-274-2917 (main)

864-597-5304 (direct)

Website: Lifelong Learning at Wofford

Spring Term 2024 - March 18-May 10

Lifelong Learning Spring Schedule



2024 Eva Hoffman Scholarship

   Applications for the Eva Hoffman Scholarship are being accepted through April 15. All undergraduate college students are invited to apply. Contact Henry Sparrow for details. 

Membership News

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e-newsletter, please email Gina Hamer, Central's Administrative Assistant or call the church office at (864) 582-7263.

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Central United Methodist

founded 1837

Palmetto Moravian Fellowship

The next worship service with the Moravians is scheduled for Sunday, April 7, at 9:00 AM in the Cannon Memorial Chapel - Central UMC.

Central Office Hours:



Monday through Friday

9:00am-2:00pm

Mission Statement:

"Our purpose is making

and nurturing disciples of Jesus Christ."