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Confirmation Drive Thru Parade: Sunday, September 20 | 1:30-2:30pm | The congregations are invited to celebrate our confirmands and this next step in their faith through a parade! Honk, wave, make signs and congratulate the teens! The building will not be open, and we ask parade participants to remain in their cars.
Youth Fall kick-off: Wednesday, September 23 | 6:30-7:30pm | A night of escape room virtual fun to start our school year together! Zoom link will be sent out in the weekly youth e-newsletters.
Interested in serving on the Centennial Anti-Racism Team? We’ve started a new team in response to Christ’s call for a just and compassionate world (Matthew 25). For more information, contact Karensa Fischer at patinapatina [AT] me [DOT] com.
Sign up for new Small Groups! Missing your church family? We are too! Join a small group this fall to engage with your community, continue to develop your faith and grow in the love of God and neighbor. This fall’s small groups are especially focused on anti-racism. Let us commit once again to being authentic, thinking and active disciples of Christ who go out and build loving and just communities. Check the website or [CLICK HERE] to sign up!
Minnesota Annual Conference Love Offering: Each year, churches in the Minnesota Annual Conference take a Love Offering for missions in conjunction with the Annual Conference Session, which was held last Saturday via Zoom. As we do each year at Centennial, we receive a Love Offering to send to Annual Conference. The Love Offering provides the opportunity to be light and hope for those crying out for love, compassion, justice, and grace in their lives. The funds from this year’s offering will to go to four projects: Simpson Housing Services (40 percent), Emma Norton Services (40 percent), Joyce Uptown Foodshelf (10 percent), and the Committee on Native American Ministry Diaper Drive (10 percent). If the Spirit moves you to give, you can find out more about these important ministries at [CLICK HERE]
Prayer Buddies 2020-2021 - Sharing life, stories, and prayers between generations for the year ahead. Sign up [HERE] by Wednesday September 16th and we’ll match you with a Prayer Buddy. Each month you’ll receive a prompt inviting you to share a piece of your life story (maybe your favorite holiday tradition, a funny joke, or things you’re thankful for), along with a suggestion of how you can be in prayer for your Buddy. Letter writing is strongly encouraged!
Join us for our Lunch Bunch! Are you tired of physical distancing and would like to get together with other seniors? Then come to our virtual lunch outing, our Lunch Bunch on alternate Wednesdays! We meet during the noon hour to meet each other, check in, play BINGO and watch something pleasant on the screen. Participants can Zoom in on regular telephones or on devices that connect to the internet. Seniors outside of our regular service area are welcome to join in, too! Call the St. Anthony Park Area Seniors office at 651-642-9052 to find out how to join in.
Church and Society invites you to learn more about our committee's ongoing activities in the greater Roseville and St. Anthony Park areas. If you would like to receive our C & S September Update/Minutes, let us know. Also, you are invited to join our next Zoom meeting on Monday, October 5th at 7:00 p.m. Contact Bonnie Koch, toouray [AT] aol [DOT] com, or Anita Mayfield, k [DOT] anita [DOT] mayfield [AT] gmail [DOT] com for the Zoom link.
UMW Clothing/Household Collection: On October 17 & 18 in the Roseville campus parking lot we will be collecting items for the Department of Indian Work. Needed are WINTER clothing for children and plus sizes for women as well as men and other sizes. Household items such as towels, bedding, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items and masks for all ages. PLEASE place items in paper grocery bags and label contents. No donation hours as yet. The Collection will be a drive by and drop off. Questions? Contact Bonnie Bougie 612.916.9851 or Pauline Richards 651.324.4655
Habitat for Humanity/ Holy Hammers 2020 Project
The Holy Hammer 2020 project has completed its modified 8 week schedule. Centennial was well represented at the building site that saw a number of changes due to the COVID-19 situation. We had an 8 instead of 10 week build time, all volunteers worked shorter hours, were masked, kept social distancing when possible, disinfected a lot and provided their own food and beverages. Because of changes in scheduling there were no specific days with just Centennial members on site but many did coordinate times to be together. We were able to contribute monetarily from our special Easter offering and other congregational donations. To see pictures of the progress on the twin homes at 588-90 Wells Street, St. Paul go to the following link: [CLICK HERE]
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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