Centennial Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)
Centennial Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
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Newsletter Highlights April 24, 2008
Sermon
Series – “Christians and the Church in Changing Times” For the next
few Sundays, we will explore during worship what it means to be Christians and
the Church in the post-modern age of the 21st century. What
are the marks of this post modern time? How are we in fact living out our faith
differently in the church and in our own lives?
How is God calling us to live as Christians in our changing time? Join us
as we seek God’s guidance in worship of our Redeeming Lord! LASAGNA
LUNCH – Sunday May 4 Our
Mission Trip group is holding a Lasagna Lunch fundraiser after worship on May 4.
We will serve lasagna, salad, drinks and dessert.
Your free-will donation for the meal will go toward our Mission Trip this
summer serving the poor in Appalachia near Cosby, TN.
We have ten signed up to go on the trip.
Join us for a delicious Italian lunch and to support this hands-on
outreach in the name of Christ. MOTHER’S DAY BANQUET— “Songs of a Mother’s Heart” The theme of
our Mother’s Day Dinner on Friday May 9th at 6pm is “Songs of a Mothers Heart”. Our own Sweet Adeline Quartet will be
performing after the meal. We also have a surprise bit of entertainment by one
of our talented young people. Chef Bret Foland has promised a great dinner of
Orange Glazed Chicken, Couscous with Dried Fruit, a vegetable and Strawberry
Short Cake, plus Coffee, Tea, and Lemonade.
The men of Centennial will again be serving the meal. Tickets are $7 for
adults, $4 for ages 6-12, under 6 are free.
Please get tickets in advance, as we need to have an accurate count. You
may contact Diane Harsha at 530-0706, Deb Reed at 838-8045 or Darla Hummel at
662-4681 for tickets. Tickets are
also available in the Church office from 8am -2pm. Come join us and may God be
with each of you. Steve
Brienen
PS. I still don’t know what “Couscous” is. PENTECOST CELEBRATION
DELAYED This year Pentecost falls on Mothers Day, so our Worship Committee has
decided to change our Pentecost Celebration to May
18. That
way we can give each day, Mothers Day and Pentecost, its own emphasis. The Pentecost Offering, will be received May 11 & 18.
This “over and above” offering is used for the development of new
churches. 50% of the Offering remains in IL and 50% goes to the general church
for starting new congregations in areas of the country in which we have few
Disciple congregations. We have several new congregations in IL, mostly in the
Chicago area. Please support these congregations with your gifts to the
Pentecost offering and your prayers. YOUR MOTHER’S PICTURE In
preparation for a special Mother’s Day worship presentation, the worship
committee would like pictures of Centennial member’s mothers, and CCC members
with their children. Intergenerational pictures of mothers and daughters would
be great. Each church member will get 1 slide and no more than 2 pictures per
slide. Turn in your pictures to the church office. Be sure to put your name on
the back and your picture will be returned to you. You can also email your
photos to the church. Pictures must be turned in by May 2. For questions see
Gwen Peebles or anyone from the worship Committee. Photos
of very large groups won’t show up nearly as well as simpler photos will. GIFTS GIVEN Centennial
Christian Church would like to acknowledge a gift in memory of Dr. Earl E. Lutz given by Karen Ogan. We
would also like to extend gratitude for an Honorarium
given in honor of Wolff Starke given by Karen Ogan. LETS CELBRATE! Emily
Williams will graduate from Eureka College! The Williams family is celebrating
with a Graduation Open House. Join Emily for cake & punch on Sunday May 4th
from 4-7pm at 810 W. Shermoor, in Peoria, IL. Call 309-693-1154 to RSVP. To
my Centennial Friends, Thank
you so much for your concern and prayers for me while at St. Joseph Hospital.
And a special thank you to Pastor Joe in coming to the emergency room to be with
Jane to make sure I was going to be alright. It was very much appreciated. And
I thank my daughter Jan for writing the note to the Pantagraph because of all
the people mentioned, definitely need our praise. I
give a special thank you to my Dr. Valentine who is such a caring and loving
person and trusted Jane in keeping a close watch on me for him. And
above all I thank God for loving and caring about me so that I can get my
strength back and a full recovery. In
Christ’s love, Marilyn
Sherman Hey everyone,
I'm very excited to announce that Larry and I are expecting a baby!
Baby Lyons should be arriving on September 27th. We are waiting to be
surprised about the gender of the baby. I'm in week 18 now, and besides
the usual tiredness I am feeling well.
We are still living in the Chicago suburbs. I will be starting my
3rd year this fall with Wheeling School District 21 as an elementary art
teacher. I'm still working out what my maternity leave will be. Larry and I also
bought our first house in Rolling Meadows last summer-a cute 3 bed, 1 bath
ranch, with a 2 car garage. The garage was a must for those of you that
know Larry and his classic car addiction. Take care, and I would love to
hear from you! Love,
Melinda Lyons (Hummel) STAMP
OUT HUNGER!
It
is time once again for the Letter Carriers Annual Food Drive. This year it will
be Saturday, May 10th. Collect and bag non-perishable food items and place them
by your mailbox. Your letter carrier will pick up the bag and deliver it to
local food pantries. This drive really benefits the community. Food pantries run
low at this time of year. We would benefit from you extra support
Dana St.
Hilaire Food Drive
Coordinator Dear Friends, Steve and I just want to thank
everyone at Centennial who prayed for us and a special thanks for those who fed
us and wrote us letters. If you have been on this weekend retreat you know that
there is NO words to explain the feelings that we are feeling.
We are still on a high and putting
into practice everything that we have learned.
Our family thanks you for your support and we will never forget our 1st
family, no matter where we end up. God bless you all, Michelle and Steve Ludwig A CHORAL CONCERT Cantus
Novus (Pastor Joe’s Choir) Michael Fitch, Director Welcome
in spring with beautiful music from one of the area’s top vocal ensembles Saturday, April 26 7:00 pm St. Luke Union Church 2101
E. Washington St. Selections include music from
Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli and Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes Admission by Donation at the Door GLOBAL
MINISTRIES SAYS THANK YOU ! Please
receive our heartfelt gratitude for your recent gift of $185 in support of the
work of Global Ministries. As you have requested you gift will be used for
ministries in Honduras. Gifts such as yours assure that more good ministry will
take place around the world by Global Ministries Partner churches, programs, and
councils of churches. Thank you for joining Global Ministries as we all walk
together with our partner churches and programs around the world on a
God-centered journey of mission. DISCIPLES
SEND 750+ GROUPS TO GULF COAST Disciples have exceeded
their goal of sending 750 volunteer work groups to the Gulf Coast to help in
hurricane recovery efforts. Leaders of Disciples Home Missions and Week of
Compassion formed a partnership two years ago, Disciples Hurricane Recovery
Initiative, that would strive to send hundreds of Disciples work teams to the
area between August 1, 2006 and August 30, 2008. So far, 753 teams are
registered. Despite having exceeded their goal, Disciples are reminded that
there is still time to join the effort. To read more, go to: www.disciples.org/dns/Releases2008/08033.html GENERAL
MINISTER MEETS WITH THE POPE General Minister and
President Sharon E. Watkins met with Pope Benedict XVI on Friday evening, April
18 in New York City. She was joined by two other Disciples clergy, Michael
Kinnamon, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches and Suzanne
Webb, President of Churches Uniting in Christ and pastor of Union Avenue
Christian Church in St. Louis, Mo. These Disciples were among about 250 church
leaders who joined the pope in an ecumenical prayer service at St. Joseph Parish
Church in Manhattan. To read more, visit: www.disciples.org/watkins/news/2008/04/17a.asp
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