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Advent at Home: Ways to engage in the upcoming Advent season of expectation, waiting and preparing this year:
1) Join a small group. We'll be using Jorge Acevedo's book Sent: Delivering the Gift of Hope at Christmas "Two thousand years ago, a baby was born who changed the world. God sent Jesus, and today, you and I are sent to be his hands and feet, delivering God's gifts of hope to a world in need." Sign-up [HERE].
2) Follow along with the Advent Calendar which will be shared on Facebook and sent out via email.
30 Days Thankful: Throughout November watch the Centennial Facebook pages for daily posts, then like, share or comment to spread a little thankfulness all month long.
Special Church Conference Tuesday December 15 at 7:00 pm on Zoom: The church council is considering adding a new seat on the council, which calls for the church conference to approve. The new seat in this case would be for the chairperson/team leader of the new antiracism team, which has been at work since June to help Centennial seek racial justice. All members and clergy of Centennial are welcome to participate in this Zoom church conference. Zoom details and appropriate informational material are forthcoming.
Covid-19 Preparedness Plan Approved by the Trustees. This calls for very gradual reopening [CLICK HERE] starting with small groups and then in-person worship very gradually after that. For the whole plan, which will evolve as needs and conditions change, go to [CLICK HERE].
The Church and Society Committee would like to thank the congregations for their response to the Kids in Need/School Tools campaign. Church donors contributed $990 and Faith Walk contributed $100 for a total of $1,090 for this drive to support our school children in need of school supplies. Thank you!
Centennial's Meals on Wheels team is short 2 routes. Drivers Roseville's group is very careful, and has good practices in place. If anyone has an hour or two, to spare, once every 3 weeks, Contact Mary Ann Krinkie at 651-484-2297 or mjkrinkie [AT] gmail [DOT] com.
Online Worship to continue for 2020: the Church Council has decided out of an abundance of concern for the health of our worshipers that there will be no in-person worship for the remainder of 2020. With no singing allowed, no hugs or handshakes which are so important to church being church when we are in person, and social distancing which would reduce the size of any worshiping group to fifty or fewer in the Roseville or SAP sanctuary, we believe that we can offer better worship experiences online, and we welcome your continued feedback on what we are presently doing from each campus. Of course, if conditions greatly improve we would look forward to reversing this announcement. We strongly encourage all Centennial members and friends to join a small group or class, as well as worship with us online regularly. Please focus all the more on praying for one another and our world. The buildings’ doors may be closed, but the church is open to share the love of Jesus wherever God’s people go every day. - Church Council Person Derek Vandenburg
We are still doing Church! Here’s just a glimpse of what is happening in these stay-at-home times at Centennial:
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Children’s activities & devotions from Pastor Jen and Amanda shared online with children & parents.
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Middle school & senior high online activities and gatherings from Amanda and Derek.
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Sunday online worship from both campuses—huge thanks to our invaluable tech coordinators, John Misa at Roseville and Hal King & Eric Bjorklund at SAP.
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Sunday morning Zoom adult classes continue from Roseville campus—Connectivity through the Houses & DeLongs, and the Twenty-Something group with Pastor Brian.
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Sunday morning Zoom Bible study continues from SAP campus with Pastor Whitney.
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Video devotionals continue from Pastor Brian.
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Our various ministry teams are still meeting via Zoom (or Google Docs)—Missions, Church & Society, Children’s & Family Ministry, Church Council, Finance, Trustees, Staff—just to name a few! (By the way, all of these include members from both campuses.)
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Be watching for NEW initiatives…and keep checking in with each other one-on-one and in your circles, small groups, and classes!
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We may not be able to worship in-person yet, but as the song goes, Yes, we’re the Church together!
Prayer Chain available for your requests: Do you have a prayer concern for yourself or a loved one? The Centennial prayer chain exists to share your concerns with God and others. Contact Julie Elholm in the church office at jelholm [AT] centennialumc [DOT] org. with your prayer request and indicate if it is to be shared with the congregation or just the pastoral staff.
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