9:00 AM– Adult Study: Serious Answers to Hard Questions (Sunshine Room)
10:15 AM– Worship & Sunday School (Pre-K through 12th grade)
Children’s Message: Pastor John Painter
Preacher: John D. Painter Theme: An Unimaginable Treasure
Lectionary Readings: Judges 4:3-7 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Psalm 123 Matthew 25:14-30
Music: Chancel Choir - I Will Lift up My Eyes by John Carter
Celebration of Found Coins: Katrina (Bishops’ Appeal for Churches)
11:30 AM – Fellowship Time (Room 20)
11:45 AM – Junior Choir Rehearsal (Music Room)
5:00 PM – Centenary UM Youth Fellowship Sunday Night Live (Bridgewater)
5:30 PM – Staff-Parish Relations Committee (Sunshine Room)
6:30 PM – 2008 Church Conference (Sanctuary)
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This Sunday - November 9, 2008 - The 26th Sunday After Pentecost

9:00 AM– Adult Study: Serious Answers to Hard Questions (Sunshine Room)
10:15 AM– Worship and Sunday School (Pre-K Children through 6th Grade)
Children’s Message: Pastor Keith Swatzel
Preacher: Keith A. Swatzel, II Theme: A Placeof Covenant-Making and Discipleship
Lectionary Readings: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Psalm 78:1-7 Matthew 25:1-13
Music: Chancel Choir - Here I Am by Daniel L. Schutte, arr. Jack Schrader
Celebration of Found Coins: Katrina (Bishops’ Appeal for Churches)
11:30AM - Fellowship Time (Room 20)
11:45 AM - Junior Choir Rehearsal (Music Room)
6:30 PM - Centenary Youth Fellowship (7th-12th Grades) (Youth Room)
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9:00 AM — Adult Study – Serious Answers to Hard Questions 10:15 AM — Worship and Sunday School (Pre-K through 12th Grade) Preacher: John D. Painter Theme: God’s Gift All Saints’ Readings: Revelation 7:9-17 1, John 3:1-3, Psalm 34:1-10, 22, Matthew 5:1-12 Pentecost 25 Readings: Joshua 3:7-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13, Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37, Matthew 23:1-12 Music: Chancel Choir: Saints Bound for Heaven arranged by Matthew Burton; Baritone Solo by Lester Gesteland: The Beatitudes 11:45 AM — Fellowship Time 11:45 AM — Junior Choir Rehearsal 6:30 PM — Centenary Youth Fellowship (7th-12th grade) Celebration of Found Coins: Katrina (Bishops’ Appeal for Churches) [Continue Reading...]

A Sermon Delivered by The Rev. John D. Painter at Centenary United Methodist Church Metuchen, New Jersey October 26, 2008 Text: Matthew 22:34-46

When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” [Continue Reading...]