From the Pastor Planning Together Today, To Build Together Tomorrow

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1 Mission/Purpose: We Exist to: Love God. Love People. Make Disciples Vision: To be changed by Christ to love and serve in the streets of Shelbyville & the World Centenary United Methodist Church Shelbyville Ky Vol 14 No 9 September 2010 From the Pastor Planning Together Today, To Build Together Tomorrow We are excited to announce the schedule for a series of cottage meetings regarding next steps toward a possible building addition. The purpose of these meetings is to share information with, and receive information from, as many of our congregation as possible. The meetings have been scheduled on various days of the week and at various times to encourage participation. The schedule is as follows: Tuesday, Sept. 7, 7:00 p.m. home of Jim & Terry Coots, 65 Weissinger Ct. Sunday, Sept. 12, 12:30 p.m. home of Jeff & Chellie Gaither, 19 Cherokee Rd. Friday, Sept. 17, 2:00 p.m. home of Whitie & Bonnie Burks Gray, 286 Joyes Station Rd. Sunday, Sept. 19, 6:00 p.m. at Centenary (for youth during CYF) Sunday, Sept. 19, 7:00 p.m. at Centenary - room 206 Monday, Sept. 20, 7:00 p.m. home of Kenny & Annie Gardner, 152 Shelly s Place Thursday, Sept. 23, 7:00 p.m. home of Ron & Bev Worley, 305 Cranbourne Grange Kenny Gardner, Jim Coots, and I are planning to attend all of these, seeking consistency in what is shared and heard. We will share the steps and work that have brought us to where we are, as well as the proposals of the most recent building task force that have been affirmed by the Church Council. Our hope and desire is to get enough feedback to discern what our next steps should be. We will have sign-up sheets for the various meeting times on the bulletin board across from 206 and the Choir Room. You may also indicate your intention to participate by calling ( ) or ing (centenaryumc@insightbb.com) the church office. With anticipation, Pastor Mark

2 2 FOWL with AL & Annual Fall Hunting Kickoff and Wild Game Feast It is the time of year again where wild animals from all over the nation scatter due to preparations for Centenary s Wild Game Feast! On September 18 th at 6:00 pm at Floral Hall on the Shelby County Fairgrounds the Annual Fall Hunting Kickoff and Wild Game Feast will offer a wild game buffet, entertainment from the southern band Cynthiana, silent and live auction items, and highlights of the ministries at Centenary UMC. The menu, ticket prices, live auction items, and a sample of some of the silent auction items are listed below. Following the event on Saturday we will also have the Wild Game Buffet available after Sunday School and the 11:00 service. All proceeds benefit Centenary UMC Youth Ministries! Menu: Pheasant Divan, Venison Meatloaf, Turkey Bites, Dove Bites, Pork BBQ, Hot Dogs, Chicken Nuggets, Sides, Desserts, Drinks. Sample of the Silent Auction Items: UK and U of L Autographed Memorabilia, Local Restaurant Gift Certificates, Shelby County and Martha Layne Collins all Sports Passes, Rounds of Golf at The Greenbrier Lexington, KY, The Cardinal Club, and Clear Creek Golf Courses, Perfect North Ski Lift Tickets and Rentals for 2, White Water Rafting Trip on the Ocoee River, Guided Rock Climbing in Red River Gorge, Donations from local area businesses. Live Auction Items: Colorado Elk & Mule Deer Hunt for October of 2010, Wood Duck & Deer Hunts in Western Kentucky, Turkey Hunt in Southern Indiana, and a local Quail Hunt. Ticket Prices: $12 Individual for Food & Entertainment, $25 Immediate Family of Four, $50 Immediate Family, Entertainment and a guaranteed 1 in 50 chance to win a Mathew s Z7 Bow or a TC Muzzle Loader Bone Collector. Kids Korner Over 30 children learned about Stop, Drop & Roll and other safety tips during the August Kids Korner event. Shelbyville Firefighters: Sgt. Brad Haymond, John Hance, Andre Cardwell and Cory Robinson brought a fire truck and braved intermittent showers to tell kids and volunteers the latest safety rules. Kids Korner has invited the Shelbyville Police Department to join us for our October 16 th event. ACTIVITIES Greeters - month of September- Seekers Sunday School Class Ladies Lunch Bunch - Travel to Indiana and become a Hoosier for a day. We will lunch at Cricket s Café enjoying an extensive menu of: baked potatoes, salads, sandwiches and if we arrive early-breakfast. We will leave at 10:45 am arriving around noon and returning around 2:30 pm. Ladies Lunch Bunch will have trips in October and November so if you have suggestions please contact Eleanor ( ).

3 3 Red Bird Mission - Centenary will be a part of the Conference Red Bird Mission trip on Sept led by David Pratt. As you know the needs are great in the rural Appalachian area. If you wish to donate items for Red Bird Mission, arrangements have been made for transporting items during our mission trip (Needs List is on the bulletin board outside the office). Please have items to the church by Sept. 5th and designated RED BIRD MISSION. Continue to pray for this trip and the families to be served. Methodist Home Annual Day Sept, 11 - UMH is asking for assistance in obtaining auction items for their Annual Day Friends of the Children Auction. In addition to the live auction, there will be a silent auction and bake sale. You may send or bring your donations to the Versailles Campus, Admin. Bldg, 2050 Lexington Road, Versailles. In order for your item to be included in the Live Auction, please have the items there by noon and Friday, Sept. 10 th. Item suggestions available from the church office Methodist Home Golf Scramble Friday, Sept. 17 th. Early registration $70. Tee times 8:00 am and 1:30 pm lunch provided. Lynn Swigert is getting together a team from CUMC contact him for info swigert@bellsounth.net This is the same weekend that our youth will be on retreat, so we will not be taking the bus. We would like to carpool for those interested. Those riding together will leave at 8:30 a.m. Call ( ) or the office to let us know your intention of riding together. You may register for this event with the Conference office online by clicking this link: What does it mean to be a missionsminded church?? How do I live an intentionally "missions focused" life?? Can I really pattern my life after Christ's as he ministered to others?? How do we live out the Great Commission both personally and corporately as a church family?? These are the great challenges of our times in what some have termed the "post Christian" era. We at Centenary are pursing the answers to these questions in the most practical of ways. Make plans now to attend the Global Outreach Weekend which is coming in November....it will change the way we see ourselves as a church and perhaps the way we live... don't miss it. Friday evening, November 12, 6:30; Saturday, November 13 from 8:30 to 1, and our entire Sunday morning time as a congregation on November 14. Look for more details in the coming weeks ahead, but put it on your calendars today! Laity Day Apart Saturday, Sept 25 Memorial UMC, Elizabethtown, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Registration $10 includes lunch Registration deadline: Friday, Sept. 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 9/1 Wednesday Catered Meal/Programming 6:00 Handbells resume 7-8 pm Choir 8-9 pm 9/5 Holy Communion 9/6 Labor Day Observed Church Office Closed 9/7 Cottage Meeting-Coots 7 pm 9/8 Regular Wednesday Programming/Rehearsals 9/9 Lay Leadership Meeting, 2 pm Local Missions Meeting, 6 pm 9/11 Annual Day Methodist Home in Versailles Men s Small Group, 7:45 am In-Door Movie Night, 6:30 pm 9/12 Teacher Training during SS Hour Red Bird Mission Team Commissioning/Departure GROW Team Meeting, 4:00 pm Cottage Meeting-Gaithers 12:30 9/13 Church Council, 6:30 pm 9/15 Regular Wednesday Programming/Rehearsals 9/16 Membership Care Team Meeting, 7 pm 9/17 Methodist Home Golf Scramble Cottage Meeting-Grays 2:00 pm 9/18 Kids Korner, 10-noon Fowl w/ Al-Floral Hall 6-8 pm 9/19 Cottage Meeting for CYF-6:00 pm Cottage Meeting Fellowship Hall-7:00 pm 9/20 Cottage Meeting-Gardners 7 pm Sr. Team Meeting, 7 pm 9/21 Ladies Lunch Bunch-Crickets Café-IN, depart 10:45 am Harriet Poynter/Lucile Smith Circle pot-luck, 6:00 in fellowship hall 9/22 Quilters, 1 pm Regular Wednesday Programming/Rehearsals 9/23 Cottage Meeting-Worleys 7 pm 9/24 Jr. High-Aldersgate thru 9/26 9/27 SPR Meeting, 6:30 pm CYF Adult Team, 7 pm 9/28 Missions serving at Victory Baptist God s Kitchen 11:30 am Finance Meeting, 6:30 pm 9/29 Regular Wednesday Programming/Rehearsals

4 4 Age 60 or older? Take note: New Senior Adult Ministry program to kick off on October 2 Whether you are a new member of the senior adult club or you feel pretty comfortable using your Medicare card, take note of a new ministry team and activities designed especially for you! New programming for adults age 60 and over is in the works. A kick off event, including dinner and entertainment, will be held on Saturday evening, October 2, 6 pm at the church. Save this date and make plans to attend. You won t want to miss out on the quarterly fellowship and social activities, which could include day trips to historic sites, concerts or plays. The new ministry s focus is on building connections among our own adult members and creating an outreach for others in our community. The planning team members include: Sue Brewster, Jeannette Ernst, Patty Ethington, Dr. Kenny Gardner, Cheryl Gibbons, Caroll Rice, Eleanor Warford, and Bev Worley. Still not sure if you qualify? Check out these warning signs: Do your knees buckle, but your belt won t? Do you have more hair in your ears and nose than on your head? Is your favorite game Sag you re it? You ve still got it, but nobody wants to see it? You start making the same noises as your coffee pot? These days, an all-nighter means not having to get up and go to the bathroom? Are you old enough to be the President's father? Remember Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates? If you answered yes to two or more of these questions, then our new Senior Adult ministries opportunities are for you. Stay tuned for more information on the October 2 event and how you can become involved! PRAYERS AND PRAISES Pray for us Robert Raisor and Family Bill Furrow and Family Nancy Moore Linda Woodward Louis and Wanda Pendleton Kathy Lanpher, Carol Furrow s daughter Garnet Brown, Linda Sanford s father Eve Lawson Lewis Henry Cleveland Mason Bertram Christy & Jason Vaughn Marion Tharp, Clyde s father Ed Hays, Lynda Tharp s brother Richard Dreher, Glen s father Zach Poehlein Red Bird Mission Team Military and Their Families Our Country and Its Leaders Thank you! Your thoughtfulness is very much appreciated. We would like to thank the men and ladies that built the ramp. Janice has already used it. It really comes in handy and dad doesn t have to help Janice. We really like it. You all did a very good job building it. Thanks once again. God Bless you all. Harold and Janice Mitchell and daughter Connie E. Kinney Sympathy to Sympathy to: Dave Krause family on the passing of his grandmother. John Haynes family on the passing of his mother. Emma Ellis on the passing of her niece. Memorials Centenary acknowledges memorial gifts in memory of Fernando Bronx Isa from Larry and Karen Crouch to the Endowment Fund In memory of: Caroline, Larry Crouch s sister from Clyde and Lynda Tharp to Local Missions- God s Kitchen. Congratulations Baptisms of : Tong Le Bradley, daughter of Gregg and Tammy Bradley. Stella Grace Dippolito, daughter of Mike and Jill Dippolito

5 5 Adoption of Sloan Sofia Gregory, daughter of Steve and Wendy Gregory BIRTHDAYS 9/1 Linda Sanford Molly Sullivan 9/3 Sally Brown 9/3 Ryan Hood 9/6 Sarah Krauss 9/7 Bill Hisle 9/10 Brandon Hobbs 9/14 Patty Ethington 9/15 Pam Hickman Holt Tripp 9/16 Melissa Goodlett 9/17 Dick Burnett Dan Hardesty Patty McGuire 9/18 Meghan Stucker 9/19 Robert Barber 9/20 Renee Clark 9/21 Carol Furrow 9/22 Eddie Hayes 9/24 Amanda Gibbons 9/25 Suzanne Insco 9/27 Donald Durden Susan Lee 9/29 Jason Whisman 9/30 Connie Combs Nanette McCarty CENTENARY YOUTH FELLOWSHIP CYF News September 2010! School has kicked back into session and so has CYF even though we did not really skip a beat over the summer! We have a lot of fun events on tap for the fall so be sure to look below for an explanation of them all. Find out even more info at Weekly Programming Sunday Mornings: 8:48 Service, 10:00 Sunday School, 11:00 Traditional Service Sunday Nights: 5:30 Doors Open, 6:00 Sr. High Crave and Jr. High Crave Groups, 7:30 Parents Pick Up (note that we are not providing dinner on Sunday Nights) Wednesday Nights 6:00 Dinner (please bring $6.00), 6:30-Sr. High Crave Groups and Jr. High Crave, 7:50 Parents Pick Up FOWL WITH AL September 18 & 19, see insert! Go to and click on Youth and Wild Game Feast for more info. Jr. High Retreat September This year our theme is "Unwritten" and comes from 2 Corinthians 3 stating, "You, yourself are Christ's letter..." We will talk about how God does have a plan for your life, but how that plan unfolds is partly up to you...you are UNWRITTEN! Retreat Cost: $45 if registered by September 22nd. $60 if registered after September 22nd. Go to and click on Youth and Jr. High Fall Retreat for more info! Sr. High White Water Rafting October The trip will begin Friday morning as we head to Kodak United Methodist Church in Kodak, TN (just 25 minutes from Gatlinburg) where we will be staying the first night. Friday afternoon will be spent in Gatlinburg and the surrounding area where we will hike and take in the Gatlinburg experience. Friday Night we will stay at Kodak UMC and then wake up Saturday morning to head to the Nolichucky River where we will spend 6 to 8 hours conquering class 4 rapids! Lunch is included on the river. After conquering the Nolichucky we will head to Copperhill, TN where we will stay at White Water Express Camp Ground and wake up Sunday morning to head on a 2 hour quest to conquer class 4 rapids on the Ocoee River. After conquering the Ocoee we will head home to recover. If you can do the math you will notice that this trip provides 8 to 10 hours of White Water Experience (and trust me...this White Water is not like the Cumberland, Papa Smurf). Trip Cost: $100 if registered by Sunday, October 3rd. $115 if registered after October 3 rd. Go to and click on Youth and Sr. High White Water for more info. Derek s Weekly Schedule Sundays, 8:30-12:30, 4:00-8:30 Monday 8:30-5:00 Tuesday 8:30-5:00 Wednesday 2:00-9:00 Thursday 8:30-5:00 **Schedule may vary due to attending meetings, sporting events, school events, and doing ministry. I m available at

6 6 CHILDREN We hope everyone is settling back into school and is looking forward to fall beginning. Centenary's Children's Ministries is looking forward to all of the fun and exciting things we are planning for the children and their families for the fall. We are very excited about our Wednesday evening children's programs beginning once again. Our children's choir programs begin every Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m.- 7:00 p.m., followed by our age appropriate children's classes held from 7:00 p.m.-7:50 p.m. Our preschool and kindergarten classes are led by Tammy Bradley; our 1st-2nd grade classes are led by Louise Pratt. The 3rd -5th grade girls class is led by Amy Waggener and Frances Brown and our 3rd-5th grade boys class is led by Andy Aitken. We hope all of you will join us for our exciting programs on Wednesday evenings and please invite friends and family to join us as well. We will be hosting a movie night on September 11th, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall. Please bring blankets or lawn chairs to sit in for enjoyment of viewing the movie. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. Please watch for more information about the featured presentation that will be shown. MUSIC It s hard to believe September is already here! Our ensembles are back in full swing with many exciting things coming up in the near future. Our Handbell choir will resume rehearsals on Wednesday, September 1st from 7:00-7:50. The Handbell choir is open to everyone regardless of skill level. The Handbells will be having a great time preparing for Thanksgiving, Advent, and the Christmas seasons. Speaking of Advent and Christmas, I am proud to announce this year s Christmas Cantata entitled Winter s Grace. This year s cantata features beautiful Christmas songs from around the world set to beautiful music from Joseph Martin. We have plenty of cantata books and individual practice CD s so if you are interested in singing with us, please come sign up for this year s cantata and get your book! We are practicing Cantata music each Wednesday night from 8:00-8:30. Even if you can t make every rehearsal, I still invite you to come and sing. We have a place for you and you will want to be a part of this year s cantata! If you enjoy speaking or being dramatic, this year s cantata also has many narrator roles and opportunities to showcase your acting talent! Take a look at the Cantata rehearsal schedule below and feel free to contact the church office, Mark your calendars for Centenary's annual "TRICK OR TRUNK" which will be held on Sunday, October 31st from 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. in the church parking lot. There will be many trunks filled with treats for the children, food, games and wonderful fellowship for this afternoon together. We hope you will decorate your trunks, fill them with lots of treats and come out and enjoy this amazing afternoon for Centenary's children and the children of our community! Children's Ministries will be having a fall fundraiser beginning Sunday, September 12th. Our ministry team will be selling cake pans and many kitchen items that you can have engraved with names, initials and symbols. These items would make wonderful Christmas gifts for friends and family. We will be having the items displayed and will be taking orders for them on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings beginning Sunday, September 12th. We appreciate your support of our ministry fundraiser; the funds raised will go towards the continual support of CUMC s children's programming. We appreciate everyone s support and prayers as we begin our fall programming for our children of Centenary and our community. God Bless, Tammy Bradley, Director of Children's Ministries a choir member, or myself to get more information or a cantata book! There are so many exciting things happening in the Worship Arts Department and I invite you to get involved. From strings to singing, acting to assisting with A/V, there are so many different places where you can get involved and help further the Kingdom of God. Keep watching and listening in the weeks to come. There are many exciting things on the horizon. For His Kingdom, Matthew Kimmons info@matthewkimmons.com 2010 Christmas Cantata Rehearsal Schedule Sept 8 (Carols of Promise and Praise, p55) 15 (Carols of Adoration, p42) 22 (A Winter s Song, p9) 29 (Celebration for Advent, p20) Oct 6 (Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love, p32) 13 (Fall Break, No Rehearsal) 20 (Let the Earth Resound with Praise, p67) 27 (What Strangers are These, p77) Nov 3 (Canticle of Peace, p88) 10 (A Silent, Holy Night, p97) 17 (Rehearse 1 st half of cantata) 24 (Thanksgiving- No Rehearsal) Dec 1 (Rehearse 2 nd half of cantata)