GARDEN DAY AT CENTENARY
On Friday, April 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., join us for
Garden Day at Centenary, part of Historic Garden Week, presented by
the Garden Club of Virginia. The day includes a box lunch (pre
-ordered lunch $15 available for eat-in or takeout). Eat with
friends in the Fellowship Hall, tour our beautiful Sanctuary and
Chapel, and visit Virginia's Executive Mansion and Gardens decked
in spring blossom finery. The mansion is a few blocks away from
Centenary, a wonderful opportunity to entice friends and neighbors
to visit this special part of downtown Richmond. Admission is free.
Parking is available in the church parking lot at 4th and Franklin
Streets for $5.00. Order before Monday, April 25 with your name,
phone number, and number of lunches by signing up on the bulletin
board outside the kitchen, emailing
[email protected], or
phoning 804-648-8319. Payment for lunches may be made on that
day.
THE CONNECTION
April 2016
Phyllis Stump
We have received the ashes; we have celebrated with palms; we have
felt the passion and pain of our Lord; and we have rejoiced at His
rising and experienced the joy of Easter. What a wonderful
season.
Now we have another wonderful season ahead. First, uppermost in our
minds perhaps, is the progress that is being made daily toward our
kitchen renovation and new elevator. We are seeing the fruits of
our prayers and our generosity.
Some upcoming dates to plan for and look forward to include:
Sunday, April 10: Pray for General Conference The United Methodist
Council of Bishops has invited each annual conference to designate
one day to pray for the General Conference, which will begin
Tuesday, May 10th, in Portland, Oregon. Because the UMC has 131
annual conferences throughout the world, these days of prayer began
on Friday, January 1st, and will continue to the opening of the
General Conference on Tuesday, May 10th. Our bishop has selected
Sunday, April 10th, to be the Virginia Conference’s day to pray.
Saturday, April 30: STOP HUNGER NOW
God bless our efforts.
THEATRE OUTING
Sunday, April 10, at 2:00 p.m. join a group from Centenary as we
attend a Quill Theatre production of King Lear at the Leslie Cheek
Theatre in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In this most epic,
heart-rending of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Lear, the aging King of
Britain, intends to divide his kingdom among his daughters and live
out his remaining years untroubled. His attempt to force their
public declarations of love goes disastrously awry and leads to the
devastation of his kingdom, his family, and himself. Loyalty
crumbles in this fretful world, sanity is fleeting, and primal
emotion dominates. All that can be trusted is… nothing. Tickets
will be between $0 and $25 each depending on the size of our group.
Sign up on the bulletin board across from the kitchen.
Second Sunday of Easter April 3, 2016 Acts 5:27-32 Psalm 150 (UMH
862) Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 Third Sunday of Easter April
10, 2016 Acts 9:1-6, 7-20 Psalm 30 (UMH 762) Revelation 5:11-14
John 21:1-19
Fourth Sunday of Easter April 17, 2016 Acts 9:36-43 Psalm 23 (UMH
754 or 137) Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 Fifth Sunday of Easter
April 24, 2016 Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 148 (UMH 861) Revelation 21:1-6
John 13:31-35
The scripture readings are provided so that you may read and
reflect upon them during the days prior to each worship
service.
OUTREACH
“Come one; come all!” At 9:00 a.m. on April 30, we will join
together to pack 10,155 meals for our
fellow human beings who live in poverty. Prior to that date, please
make donations to members of
the Outreach Committee and note on the memo line of your check
“Stop Hunger Now,” so that we
can meet our goal of $2,944.05. At $.29 per meal, any donation ($1,
$10, $100, or more) will be
gratefully accepted as we strive to alleviate suffering and to
raise up in dignity those struggling to
survive.
FELLOWSHIP HALL CLEAN-UP DAY Mark this date - Saturday, April 16,
from 9:00 a.m. to noon - to prepare our church to host Garden Day
at Centenary. We need all hands on deck! Cleaning supplies will be
provided, but if you have a favorite cleaning supply or tool,
please bring it. A chore chart will be provided, but if you have a
pet chore, it is all yours.
ORGAN RECITAL We are deeply grateful to everyone who has made
contributions to fund the refurbishment and hope you will attend
the silver anniversary celebratory recital played by Christopher
Houlihan on April 29, at 7:30 p.m.
SUN MON TUES WED THU FRI SAT
Every Sunday
Prayer
Aunt Sarah’s
12:00 PM - AA
Every Thursday
Every Friday
Sole Ministries
10 ROA Orchid
11 Finance
20 21 Spring Golf
Centenary 10-4 p.m.
Here’s the answer:
ODE TO SPRING . . .
"The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with
an April day.
When the sun is out and the wind is still, You're one month on in
the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak, a cloud comes over the sunlit
arch, And wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March." - Robert Frost,
Two Tramps in Mud Time, 1926
"If Spring came but once in a century, instead of once a year, or
burst forth with the sound of an
earthquake, and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there
would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change! But now the
silent succession suggests nothing but necessity. To most men only
the cessation of the miracle would be miraculous and the perpetual
exercise of God's
power seems less wonderful than its withdrawal would be." - Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow
"Awake, thou wintry earth -
Your ancient gladness!" - Thomas Blackburn, An Easter Hymn
"Kind hearts are the gardens; kind thoughts are the roots; kind
words are the flowers; kind deeds are the fruits."
- English Proverb
William Bradford
WHO SAID IT?
As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled
hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation.
ACOLYTES 03 Christina Kidd 10 Nancy Grand 17 Isabel Junker 24 Katie
Shingleton ALTAR GUILD 03 Florence Clay Bishop 10 Kim Chen 17 Ginny
Jarvis 24 Nancy Grand BANNER BEARERS 03 Agatha Kidd 10 Vic Grand 17
Chris Junker 24 Ryland Bailey, Jr. COMMUNION STEWARDS 03 Vikki
Brock & Vicki Willson GREETERS 03 Susy Meyer & Herb Young
10 Doug & Patsy Marrs Wilson 17 Phil & A.J. Crick 24 Lee
& Mary Dobbs HALL MONITORS 03 Luke Wolfe Clint Jones* 10 Joe
Speidel Clint Jones* 17 Earl Siddons Justin Bates* 24 Herb Young
Wilbur Cheatham*
APRIL HELPERS
LAY READERS 03 Marshall Ballance 10 Vicki Willson 17 Jim Hill 24
Karen Junker TELLERS 04 Kim Golden & Nancy Cook 11 Kim Golden
& Nancy Cook 18 Ginny Jarvis & Sylvia Whaley 25 Ginny
Jarvis & Sylvia Whaley USHERS Robb Stottlemyer (Captain)
Charley Webber Norm Dinwiddie Jay Jones Serena Durst REMINDER: IF
YOU ARE UNABLE TO BE HERE ON YOUR SCHEDULED SUNDAY, PLEASE FIND A
SUBSTI- TUTE AND NOTIFY THE CHURCH OFFICE OF THE CHANGE.
COORDINATORS Lay Readers: Phyllis Stump (330-2544) Greeters and
Hall Monitors: Sylvia Whaley & Clint Jones (795-5492) Tellers:
Suzanne Ray (262-4854) Ushers: Sylvia Whaley & Clint Jones
(795-5492)
CENTENARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Minister to Senior Adults…….…..Cheryl Owen-Watson
Director of Music/Organist…………...Stanley M. Baker
Director of Membership Development…...….Ann Davis
Administrative Assistant………...……….Mandy Porter
Senior Accountant……………...…….…….John Lampe
Facilities Manager…………...…………..Al Richardson
…………………………………….……Alexandra Goia
……………………………………...…….Todd Minnich
………………………………..…….………...Sam Cook
Nursery Worker……………….…....…Melissa Martinez
Nursery Worker………………………...Mae Berglas
411 East Grace Street
