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Friday Greetings - December 16

The past three Sundays, the sermon has centered on seasonal songs. The Christmas Eve message will be "O Holy Night." This Sunday's...

Friday Greetings - December 9

For the next two Sundays, the sermon will center on seasonal songs. Next week's message will be "Do You See What I See?" The Christmas...

Friday Greetings - December 2

For the next three Sundays, the sermon will center on seasonal songs. Next week's message is "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," and December...

Friday Greetings - November 18

This statement was accepted unanimously by acclamation at the Centenary UMC Church Council meeting on Tuesday, November 15, 2022....

Friday Greetings - November 11

Did you know Jesus talked about money and possessions more than anything else (other than the Kingdom of God)? Is there a Christian way...

Friday Greetings - November 4

Did you know ... there are places where the distance between earth and eternity is so small that you can sense something of the next...

Friday Greetings - October 28

Do you ever wonder if God really sees you, or if God cares? A man named Zacchaeus once did, and he got the answer to his questions....

Friday Greetings - October 21

Did you know that when you point the finger and accuse somebody of sin, there are three fingers pointing back at you? Pastor Spivey will...

Friday Greetings - October 14

Sermon Does God want Christians to "join up sides" and go our separate ways when we disagree, or does God want us to work things out and...

Friday Greetings - October 7

The next New Member Sunday is October 16th. There will be an informational meeting about membership immediately following the 900 and...

Friday Greetings - September 30

“Famous last words.” That expression brings to mind a sense of impending doom. Famous last words are what a person utters before making a...

Friday Greetings - September 23

From Pastor Spivey In a time of great uncertainty, the Prophet Jeremiah had a word of hope for God's people. Does that word still hold...

Friday Greetings - September 16

From Pastor Spivey Pastor Spivey will be preaching at 830 and 900 this coming Sunday on Luke 16:1-13, the puzzling Parable of the...

Friday Greetings - September 9

Names This coming Sunday marks the twenty-first anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. Did you know there are 2,938 names inscribed on the...

Friday Greetings - September 2

What does it really mean to carry the cross? What does really mean when Jesus says to the to the crowds to hate mother, father wife,...

Friday Greetings - August 26

You probably know John 3:16, “For God so loved the world …” but do you know John 3:17, or why it’s so often ignored? Is the Bible a book...

Friday Greetings - August 19

1. Have you ever heard that the God of the Old Testament is a deity of law and wrath and the God of the New Testament is a deity of love...

Friday Greetings - August 12

Bryan Huffman served as Associate Pastor of Centenary from 2007-2014. We are so happy that Bryan will be here this Sunday to share with...

Friday Greetings - July 29

Centenary United Methodist has the reputation—not only in New Bern but across North Carolina—of being a church where Jesus is lifted up...

Friday Greetings - July 22

There are a lot of moving parts in an authentic life of Christian discipleship, and no one excels at them all. It isn’t hard to find...