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Senior Recognition: Sunday May 31 | 1:00-2:00pm | Roseville Campus parking lot
Come celebrate our high school senior class of 2020! Graduates will be positioned around the outside of the church building and congregants will be encouraged to come and participate in a drive-by parade around the church building in one centralized location. Honk, wave, pray for and celebrate our amazing seniors! Please bear in mind that the building itself will not be open to the public. We ask parade participants to remain in their cars to keep the flow going and to minimize social contact.
Congregational Survey Executive Summary: The program assessment survey done across both campuses in January is completed. The executive summary is available at [CLICK HERE]. Our church council (both campuses included) is working with what we have learned. Thank you for your participation!
A Church Conference will be held Tuesday, June 16, at 7:00pm for the election of officers. All church members invited. This will be on Zoom, with Zoom instructions forthcoming.
Centennials Kids On A Mission goes Virtual: June 13-19 | Online & at Home. VBS is back, with a twist. We'll meet online for opening and closing sessions, with at home activities in between. Our focus will be on environmental justice and awareness with a big picture goal of enabling students to be good stewards of our environment. In order to ensure we have enough supplies for each family, please sign up no later than Friday June 12th. There will be a VBS kit supply pick up on the Sunday June 14th from 12-2pm in the Roseville campus parking lot Sign-Up Here
Church Buildings Closed at this time: Just a friendly but important reminder that our church buildings are closed except for deliveries, repairs, recording of online worship, and essential functions. If you have a need to talk to one of our staff (clergy or lay), please email or call and we will look forward to working with you. Thank you for helping prioritize the safety of our staff, church members, and community members. We have a reopening taskforce that is at work.
College Graduation Announcements: We celebrate Karen Ketola who is receiving her associates degree in child development from Hennepin Technical College. Karen is already working full-time at the daycare center of Medtronic. Congratulations and God bless in this new season of your life, Karen!
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Editor’s note: Got a college grad in the family? Let your church family know—just submit your announcement to Destiny at dbrekke [AT] centennialumc [DOT] org.
We are One Body: The Church - Help our FaithWalk kids engage in faith formation and learning even at a distance. Throughout the summer FaithWalk kids will be focusing on 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 and Romans 12:4-8, among others. And we need your help! We’re looking for short video clips of YOU, doing what you love! Read a story, tell some kid-friendly jokes, teach a life skill (like how to change a tire), give a lesson on cooking/cleaning/sewing/gardening/painting/
insert your talent or passion here - the possibilities are endless! Contact Pastor Jen if you'd like to 'raise your hand' and take part in this new way of helping kids explore their faith this summer. janderson [AT] centennialumc [DOT] org
Devotions from The Upper Room devotional magazine are available by going online: Because of COVID 19, the physical copies of the Upper Room are not available. However, for many devotional thoughts you may go to [CLICK HERE]
Committee members & officers: If your term of office is not ending June 30th and you need to discontinue your volunteer role with the church, please let Pastor Brian from the Nominations Committee know at bhacklander [AT] gmail [DOT] com. Thank you for serving Christ and sharing God’s love in this way!
Virtual Small Groups: We hope all our small groups will continue meeting and connecting with one another virtually. Consider using Zoom or phone calls to stay connected.
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Zoom: cloud based service for voice and/or video conference calls, up to 100 people. If your group/class would like to use Zoom, please contact Dennis Webster at dwebster [AT] centennialumc [DOT] org for detailed instructions.
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Good old fashioned phone calls: Please remember to check in on the members of your group (& others). See how folks are doing, share your highs and lows, and pray for one another.
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.
Garden Team: The Church Garden Team will be maintaining the church grounds this spring and summer and doing some spring planting as we are able to meet safely not in a group. We also welcome individual involvement through our weekly schedule of garden maintenance that individuals/couples do each week of the summer. No gardening experience is necessary! Also in May, there are some ornamental grass divisions and will be some hosta divisions available free to church members who may be working on their own gardens-we are doing some dividing of perennials around the building. Please call or email if you would like some of these plants. Contact us if interested in the Garden Team. Kathy and Norm Nelson 651-633-0836 or nknelsonnb [AT] gmail [DOT] com.
“Be aware of what is not canceled because of the coronavirus, including:
Getting Outdoors: NOT CANCELED
Music: NOT CANCELED
Family: NOT CANCELED
Reading: NOT CANCELED
Singing: NOT CANCELED
Taxes: NOT CANCELED
Laughing: NOT CANCELED
Hope: NOT CANCELED
Let’s Embrace What We Have.“
- Ted Bowman
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