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The Centenary Connection April 2020 The Centenary Connection June 2021 1 Casey’s Corner Sunday Worship Update • In-person worship is at 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m. • Live-streamed worship is at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m., on our website (centenaryumc.com/sermons) or YouTube channel (search “Granville Centenary”). • The 8:00 and 11:00 services are traditional, and the 9:30 service contemporary. • Nursery care and Sunday school for children and youth are offered at 9:30 and 11:00. Children and youth go directly to their Sunday school classes. • The pews are no longer restricted, and masks are not required in the building. • Unvaccinated people and those at high risk are encouraged (but not required) to continue to wear masks. There will be no judgment in word or stare for mask-wearing choices. • Be aware that people have different comfort levels regarding physical distance, shaking hands, etc. Before you sit next to someone or shake a hand, ask. Then kindly respect the answer. • If you have a fever or feel ill in any way, please worship with us online. We don’t want to pass around a cold, the flu, COVID, or anything else! Communion in June We will celebrate Holy Communion on Sunday, June 6, in all worship services. For those who are in the sanctuary, individual, prepackaged cup and wafer sets will be available for you to pick up as you enter the sanctuary. You may also bring your own elements, if you prefer. For those watching from home, you’ll want to prepare elements (bread, pita, crackers, water, wine, juice) to be blessed. Daily Messages Pastors Casey and Bob post brief (5 minutes or less) daily messages on the church’s website (under the “sermons” tab), the church’s and Pastor Casey’s Facebook pages (facebook.com/centenaryunitedmethodist or facebook.com/casey.wilson.5811), and on Pastor Casey’s YouTube channel (search “Pastor Casey Wilson”). Check them out! CDs or DVDs of Worship or Daily Messages If you don’t have access to the Internet and would like to have audio (CD) or video (DVD) recordings of worship services and/or daily messages, please contact the church office. Giving Thank you for your ongoing financial support. There are many ways to give: • Mail your check to the church office. • Give online at https://www.centenaryumc.com/onlinegiving • Set up ACH (forms are at the Connection Center in the Lobby, or you may call or email the church office, and we’ll send you one). • Set up automatic bill pay through your financial institution. • Place your offering in the “Offering Boxes” at the sanctuary doors on Sunday mornings. 2 Summer Music Opportunity If you would like to provide music during Sunday services this summer, please contact Marcia Brannon at [email protected] or 740-344-7329. Altar Flowers If you would like to provide altar flowers for a Sunday service, please call the church office at 740-587-0022 or write your name to the calendar just outside the office. Women's Fellowship Events The Women's Retreat Committee is hosting a series of events to reconnect us and provide opportunities for fellowship and faith development. Dates: · May 28 · June 11 · June 25 · July 9 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: We will start in the sanctuary. Activity: We will stream content from The Gospel Coalition Women's Conference, which was held in April. If you're curious, you can learn more at the conference website: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/tgcw20/ To Register: Please sign up to attend by contacting Sharon Ryan or calling the church office. If you decide to attend last minute, you are still welcome! Content: Each time we gather, we'll watch two talks: 1. The main teaching will be on the book of James, through a series of talks by nationally-renowned speakers. 2. After a short break, you'll have a choice of topics for a second talk on a wide variety of topics. Here's a sample of some of the topics: - Steadfast hope in an Anxious World - Jesus, Women and the Race set before us - Motherhood in a Media Age - Leveraging Creativity for the Glory of Christ - True Beauty in an Instagram World - Help me teach the Bible: Putting together a Christ-centered Bible talk - Messy Beautiful Friendship: Learning to Love Others in a Christ-like Way - Mentoring Younger Women in the Faith We look forward to seeing you!! If you can only make a few dates, don't worry! Come to whatever you can and we will be overjoyed to see you. Bring a friend! 3 Summer Camp Are you looking for a unique, unforgettable, spiritually enriching experience? Summer camp may be just what you seek! The West Ohio Conference is currently enrolling for summer programming through Camp Otterbein, Camp Wesley, and Camp Widewater! Go to the following link to check out opportunities for all ages including family camp! https://www.westohiocamps.org/camp/ Thank You Dear Centenary Friends, Thank you for the lovely plants. The many cards, phone calls, visits, and prayers helped us very much in this time of our loss. Evelyn Butt and Family Thank You Carolyn Brubaker says "thank you" to her Centenary Church Family for remembering her 90th Birthday. She was amazed and so pleased with the number of friends who called and sent cards to acknowledge her special day. She wanted you all to know how happy she was to hear from you! Wood Samaritans Bird Houses Wood Samaritans are taking orders and selling birdhouses and feeders, for a limited time. Get yours before the sale ends at the beginning of June! The birdhouses are displayed in the Lobby at Centenary. Donations will be collected in the church office and will be put toward missions. 4 Bob’s Bible Bits I was listening to a rebroadcast of an interview with Chuck Colson, former Whitehouse special counsel for Richard Nixon. Chuck was converted to Christ shortly before he was sentenced to prison for his part in the Watergate scandal. His incarceration led him to begin a Christian Ministry called Prison Fellowship. He was appalled by the conditions inside the prison system and vowed to do what he could to introduce inmates to Jesus Christ in an effort to help them turn their lives around. On one occasion, with the help of many volunteers, he organized a program to provide Mother’s Day cards to prisoners so they could honor these special women. The idea was so popular that cards had to be ordered on three different occasions to fill the many requests. Over 1500 inmates were blessed by the thoughtfulness of Prison Fellowship. Because of its popularity, when Father’s Day rolled around, they decided to offer the same opportunity. To the surprise of the Prison Fellowship staff, not one card was requested. This alarming fact pointed to a serious disconnect between men in prison and their earthly fathers. The Bible has much to say to fathers about their role in the family. The Greek noun used in almost all occurrences is “pater.” The root of this word signifies a “nourisher,” “protector,” “upholder.” For those of you who are fathers or plan to be fathers, check out your expectations of your role with these descriptors. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word is “ab,” meaning he who represents the family relationship. Provers 17:6 says, “Grandchildren are the crown (delight) of old men. And the glory of sons is their father.” When Jesus is praying in the garden he uses a transliteration of the Hebrew word, “Abba,” or “Daddy,” when He is requesting that the cup of suffering be removed, but goes on to say, “not my will, but Thy will be done” (Mark 14: 36). We find another interesting use of “pater” in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, here describing a spiritual relationship, “…in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. I exhort you therefore, be imitators of me. (1Cor. 15b-16) Paul also instructs the Ephesians. After reminding them of the 5th commandment, “honor your father and mother,” he goes on to say, “fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Eph. 6: 4). John in his first epistle gives this strong exhortation, “I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one” (1 John 2:14). Near the middle of this month, June 20th to be exact, we will be celebrating Father’s Day. For those of us whose fathers have gone on to be with the Lord, hopefully, we will be honoring the part of them that has made us who we are. If your relationship with your father could use some repairing, what a great time to put differences aside and follow God’s command to bring honor to the one who, along with our mothers, made our earthly existence possible. If any of you fathers have seen something in this article that reminded you that you could be doing a better job as the Spiritual head of your family, I pray you will read these verses for yourself in your own Bible, mark them in some way, and go back and reread them often, allowing the Holy Spirit to speak to your heart. I promise you, this will be a blessing to you, to your family, and especially to your children.