Great Love, New Life
Week and Christ's Passion, we too are called into a life greater than our self-serving ventures and ambitions. In so doing, we prepare ourselves to be filled with love and new life which many waters cannot quench and which floods cannot drown.
Signposts of new life are also evident in our Atrium Gallery where Dr. Barbara Lister-Sink's watercolor pieces are on display through April. In addition, throughout Holy Week, paintings by Tennessee death row inmates depicting the fourteen stations of the cross will again be available for meditative viewing in our sanctuary, bearing witness to the spiritual truth that beauty is often born out of the darkest of circumstances.
Beauty out of darkness. Life out of death. Love out of ruin. These are the Easter promises on which we stand. This is the lifeblood of Resurrection that pulses through our veins and calls us into the depths of God's love.
- Jonathan Emmons, Director of Music Ministries
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The Artist in Us All
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March 10
Read on to learn about our new Music & Arts chairperson Dr. Steve Martin’s thoughts on how God inspires each and every one of us to create.
Artists begin with nothing more than dreams and potential. For some, that potential is seen in an empty canvas, a palette of paint, a marbled stone, or a lump of clay. For others, it is found on a blank page, in words, in notes of music or with instruments—all waiting to be painted, formed, written and played.
The dream, however, is what creates the inspiration. With the gentle play of lights and darks, the painter brings colorful hues to life expression. The sculptor molds and makes the clay to what they want it to become. The writer weaves a tapestry of words, creating subtlety of interest, painting pictures of the mind and windows to the soul. The musician brings the notes together harmonizing melodious sonnets.
Art is the expression of the artist’s intent. Some artists express the real, while others express the ideal. Some reveal the pleasantries of life, while others express their disdain. I suppose we all, in some way, are artists. Our lives are empty canvases, lumps of clay, collections of words, instruments of music — all waiting to be painted, formed, written and played.
Like the artist, we can express the realities of life, filling our witness with clutter and worldly overtures, or we can strive toward creating the beautiful vision of God’s presence in our lives. The choice is ours. This is not denying who we are, but affirming what we believe. It is not forgetting the great responsibility we have in impacting the world for the sake of the Gospel, but allowing our spiritual lives to be directed as God would lead.
In painting, the use of darks is just as important as the use of lights when bringing color to life. In sculpture, the shadows formed are as crucial to the work as the clay and stone itself. In writing, the winding plot is as relevant to the narrative as the conclusion. And in music, the rests are as integral to the song as the crescendos. It is not the dominance of either, but the sharing of both, indeed, the tapestry of all, that makes the artful expression complete.
Carillonneurs in Worship 11:00 AM
March 24: Palm Sunday
Children in Worship 11:00 AM
March 31: Easter
Brass in Worship 11:00 AM
Help your child see their artistic potential: register them for . . .
CMA CAMP 2024
• July 15-18, 2024
• 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Infants - Rising 5th Graders
• Offerings include singing, handbells, handchimes, creative movement, art, Kindermusik, and more! Snack is provided daily.
For life is a collection of dreams and potential. The secret is in finding the right inspiration. As the Psalmist reminds us:
“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; and in that truth I know very well…”
Psalm 139: 14
The week ends with a camper-led worship service on Thursday at 12:30 PM followed by refreshments.
Don’t miss out on this fun-filled week!
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LORIA
Francis Poulenc
Join the Chancel Choir as they sing one of Poulenc’s most celebrated works with the Greensboro Symphony, Piedmont Wind Symphony, and members of the Greensboro Symphony Master Chorale.
April 6, 8:00 PM
The Steven Tanger Center
April 21, 3:00 PM
Centenary United Methodist Church
Join us at 11:00 AM worship on May 5 as Centenary’s children and youth lead music alongside young people from accross the Triad!
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LENTEN NOONTIME MUSIC SERIES
Every Tuesday in Lent ● 12:00 - 12:30 PM ● Sanctuary
March 12: Virginia Sheffield, soprano
March 19: Myron D. Brown, piano
March 26: Meditations on the Seven Last Words (Alan Keely, narrator)
STATIONS OF THE CROSS EXHIBIT
March 25 & 26 from 1:00 - 7:00 PM ● March 27 & 28 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ● Sanctuary
A self-guided journey of paintings tracing the steps of Jesus to the Cross
MAUNDY THURSDAY WORSHIP
March 28 ● 7:00 PM ● Sanctuary
Holy Communion and Stripping of Chancel
GOOD FRIDAY TENEBRAE SERVICE
March 29 ● 7:00 PM ● Sanctuary
Featuring “Stations of the Cross” illustrations painted by Tennessee men on Death Row and Franz Liszt’s The Fourteen Stations of the Cross
EASTER SUNDAY WORSHIP
March 31 ● 9:00 AM in Memorial Auditorium ● 11:00 AM in the Sanctuary
Contribute by emailing Virginia Sheffield, vsheffield@centenary-ws.org
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