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Friday Greetings - February 25

This week, we step into Luke's account of the Transfiguration story. This is literally the mountaintop of mountaintop experiences. Have...

Friday Greetings - February 18

For those of us who grew up attending church and youth group, there is something deeply sentimental about the hymn, “We Are One in the...

Friday Greetings - February 11

Susan Pate Greenwood served as Senior Pastor of Centenary from 2007 to 2014. We are so happy that Susan will be here this Sunday to share...

Friday Greetings - February 4

At the risk of a dated reference, Joan Osborne once sang, If God had a face what would it look like?/ And would you want to see if,...

Friday Greetings - January 28

Bill Sherman served as Senior Pastor of Centenary from 1989 to 1996. We are so happy that Bill will be the first of our former pastor’s...

Friday Greetings - January 21

We're praying and wishing everyone the best through the storm this weekend and any metaphorical storms that may be invading your life...

Friday Greetings - January 14

Few stories are more well known that the story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding feast. Chances are you have seen comics and...

Friday Greetings - January 7

Paul begins his letters in the New Testament with thanksgiving, usually “giving thanks for you and your faithfulness.” Romans begins,...

Friday Greetings - December 17

Among the preacher types there is something of a rant about the Mark Lowry song, “Mary did you know.” Several of my friends are insistent...

Friday Greetings - December 10

We sing, “Joy to the World, the Lord is come. Let earth receive her king.” At some level the only joy our world can ever know comes when...

Friday Greetings - December 3

On the cabinet in our kitchen are gold-painted letters spelling “Peace.” They are part of the Christmas decorations, and somehow the...

Friday Greetings - November 26

The word Advent comes to us from Latin and the word ‘advents’ meaning, ‘coming.’ It is a time for us to reflect on the coming of Jesus...

Friday Greetings - November 19

Throughout the Bible and history, we hear and read Jesus called by a variety of names and titles. On this Sunday each year, the Sunday...

Friday Greetings - November 12

In our Book of Discipline, the Charge Conference is described as “the basic unit in the Connectional system.” It is the means by which we...

Friday Greetings - November 5

The story of the widows mite. You know it. A woman gives her last two coins to the treasury of the synagogue. She is faithful and...

Friday Greetings - October 29

The plans are underway for the refurbishment of our sanctuary and updates to our kitchen. The playground is already being installed. We...

Friday Greetings - October 22

Shakespeare famously wrote “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Names are a significant part of our sense of identity and...

Friday Greetings - October 15

Understanding our place in the universe and the general order of things is in many ways the essence of worship. It is a moment to declare...

Friday Greetings - October 8

“People basically do what they want to do.” I can hear my mother’s voice even as I type those words. She’s right, you know. As a basic...

Friday Greetings - October 1

My mother frequently opines, “if I had known grandchildren were this much fun, I’d have had them first.” Now that we have a grandchild,...