SUNDAY • DECEMBER 1, 2024
“Hope Made Possible” Isaiah 11:1-10
Preaching
Rev. Dr. P. Glenn Kinken III Senior Minister Liturgist
Rev. Meg Peters Associate Minister of Outreach
Music
Keith Byrd Alternative Music Leader
Zakiyyah Niang, vocals
Ahmad Johnson, vocals
Rodney Archie, vocals
Noah Clark, guitar
Doug Wright, bass
Jacob Anflick, drums
CHRISTMAS EVE AT CENTENARY
We invite you to our Christmas Eve offerings as we anticipate the birth of Jesus Christ.
9:30 AM
• Pre-School Pajama Party Community Room
2:00 PM • Candlelight & Communion Memorial Auditorium
4:00 PM • Children’s Christmas Eve Sanctuary
6:00 PM • Candlelight & Communion Memorial Auditorium
11:00 PM • Candlelight & Communion Sanctuary
ADULT FORMATION
SAVE THE DATE!
Centenary Women’s Retreat
April 4-6, 2025 Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center
CHILDREN’S
MINISTRY
NO CHILDREN’S WORSHIP TODAY
Today, rather than leaving for children’s worship, K-3rd graders will remain in the service with their grown-ups to participate in worship and communion together. If you did not pick up a worship bag on your way in, they are available in the narthex and outside the East transept. We look forward to having your child join us for children’s worship next week!
PARTNER WITH US TO HELP FEED KIDS IN WINSTON-SALEM
We will be sending extra food home with children to help make up the difference during Christmas break in addition to partnering with the Backpack Program organized by Second Harvest Food Bank. Please consider a financial donation to help make this possible. If you’re interested or have questions, please contact Anna Thomas (athomas@centenaryws.org/ext. 1332).
KIDS DAY IN SATURDAY • DECEMBER 14
9:30-11:30 AM Infants through 2nd graders are invited to join us for a morning full of holidaythemed fun including crafts, games and more. The cost is $5 per kid. Register using the QR code, registration closes on December 11. Contact Anna Thomas (athomas@ centenary-ws.org) with any questions!
IMPROMPTU PAGEANT
SUNDAY • DECEMBER 22 • 10 AM
Join us as we gather in the Sanctuary where everyone will choose a costume and take part in creating a beautiful picture of what the first Christmas might have looked like as the story is told through rhyme and song. There will be no Sunday school for elementary aged kids. Stay tuned for specific items we will be collecting for our Tree of Warmth.
CONGREGATIONAL CARE
REFRESH PRAYER SERVICE
WEDNESDAYS • NOON – 12:45 PM SANCTUARY
Enter from Fifth Street for a service of prayer. 12:00-12:15, silent meditation; 12:15-12:45, prayer service. Come be refreshed and renewed in the middle of a busy week.
HEALING HANDS MINISTRY
FIRST MONDAYS • 10 AM - NOON GATHERING ROOM
Calling all knitters and crocheters! Join us for a time of fellowship, instruction, and service as members create prayer shawls, lap throws, and other handmade items to provide a tangible blessing for people experiencing loss, crisis, or other need for prayerful care. Items are prayed over and blessed to be given away to others in time of need. No experience is necessary. Contact Rev. Oliver Helsabeck or Dianne Moore for more information.
MEN’S MINISTRY
THEOLOGY ON TAP
DECEMBER 3 • 5:30 PM
Centenary UMC Men invite everyone to join them for the Advent Theology on Tap gathering. We will gather at Lesser Known Brewery (901 South Broad Street) on Tuesday, December 3 from 5:30 pm - 7 pm. Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy fellowship and help support a number of ministries with a gift. For more details, please contact Tom Lawson at 336-577-2223.
THURSDAY MORNING FELLOWSHIP
DECEMBER 5 • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
COMMUNITY ROOM
We will gather in the second floor Catering Kitchen for coffee, biscuits, and fellowship. Then we move to the Community Room for prayer, announcements and a brief program. You may enter the East Building from the 4 1⁄2 Street or 5th Street entrances. To learn more about Men’s Ministry at Centenary, contact Chris Munnelly, Tanner Robinson, Michael Rogers, or Tom Lawson.
MUSIC & ARTS
A THRILL OF HOPE: ADVENT WITH MUSIC & ARTS
You are invited to spend the Advent season with us as we prepare for the joy of Christmas.
Tuesday • December 3 • 7:30 PM
Sanctuary
Piedmont Wind Symphony presents Holiday Bells, a Benefit Concert with the Centenary Chancel Choir
Sunday • December 8 • 11:00 AM
Sanctuary Children’s Choirs in Worship
Sunday • December 8 • 4:00 PM • Sanctuary WSSU Singing Rams present Great Joy!
Sunday • December 15 • 5:00 PM
Sanctuary Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
Sunday • December 22 • 6:00 PM
St. Paul UMC
A Christmas Collaboration at St. Paul United Methodist Church with the Centenary Chancel Choir.
UNITED WOMEN IN FAITH
SANCTUARY ORNAMENT
The Centenary ornaments have arrived and are ready for pick up. You can pick up ornaments at Nourish on Wednesdays from 5:00-6:00 pm or on Sundays after the 9:00 and 11:00 o’clock services. We will have the ornaments at the 4 1/2 Street entrance on those days. If you need to arrange a different time please contact Susan Grubbs at shgrubbs4@gmail.com. Ornaments are also available to purchase. We will be at the 4 1/2 Street entrance during Nourish on Wednesdays and at 10:00am on Sundays. We will be on the front lawn on Sundays after the 11:00 am worship service.
YOUTH MINISTRY
Today
10:00 am: Youth Sunday school 11:00 am: LTN set up
Noon – 2:00 pm: Love Thy Neighbor & Medical Clinic
2:15 pm: LTN clean up
December 3
8:00 pm: Twin City Conference Basketball game – Centenary vs. St. Paul’s
December 8
10:00 am: Youth Sunday school
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Middle school youth group
6:15 pm - 6:45 pm: Youth Dinner 6:45 pm - 8:00 pm: Senior high youth group
CONFIRMATION 2025
Starting on January 8, 2025 (through May 18), we invite all 7th graders to join our Confirmation class. We will meet each Wednesday night from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm to learn about God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the spiritual life, and how they form us and help us to change the way we live our lives. The hope is that through these experiences, you will come to encounter Jesus in a very real way and that encounter will change the way you live your life! For more information contact Tammy Pollock (tpollock@centenary-ws.org).
TRUST – A RETREAT FOR JUNIORS & SENIORS
In a world that continues to spin in uncertainty and chaos, we invite all our Juniors and Seniors in High schoool to retreat away, January 10-11, 2025, to the beautiful mountains at Blowing Rock Conference Center near Bass Lake. We will spend the weekend remembering our Confirmation and how we continue to live trusting the Lord in all things. Together we will rest, remember, and recommit ourselves to the One who reaches out to us in love. The cost of the retreat is $150 per person. For more information contact Tammy Pollock (tpollock@centenaryws.org)
LOOKING AHEAD
December 13: Sixers! Goes to Tanglewood for a hayride
December 15: Annual ALL Youth Christmas Party
December 22: ALL Youth Christmas Coffee House
December 29: New Year’s Eve, Eve Party (@ Bowlero)
January 8: 2025 Confirmation begins January 10 & 11: Junior/Senior Retreat to Blowing Rock
February 23: Love Thy Neighbor Annual Fundraiser
For more information or to sign up to receive Youth Ministry updates by email, contact Tammy Pollock (tpollock@centenary-ws.org). Follow us on Instagram @centenary_youth.
ANGEL TREE
Thank you for your continued support of this mission opportunity! If you’d like to sponsor an angel, please contact Anna Thomas (athomas@centenary-ws.org/ext. 1332). We ask that gifts be returned by Wednesday, December 4. You can put them at any of the three Angel Trees around the church. On December 8, from 3-5 pm, we will have a wrapping party to wrap all of the Angel Tree gifts! Grab the whole family and join us!
