The First-CentenarianThe First-CentenarianVolume 12, No. 11 August 9, 2019Volume 12, No. 11 August 9, 2019

Prime Time Wednesday Begins August 21Dinner at 5:15 p.m. Classes at 6 p.m.

Children’s Music, Children’s Activities & Youth at 6 p.m.

Make PRIME TIME WEDNESDAY dinner reservations by 4 p.m. Monday.

Call 756-2021, ext 3123 or EMAIL foodrsvp@fcumc.org

August 21 - Hamburger Steak w/Onions, Mac & Cheese, Peas & Carrots,

Caramel Cake, Chef SaladAugust 28 - Baked Ziti, Roasted Veggies,

Garden Salad, Garlic Bread, Coca Cola Cake, Chicken Caesar

$25 max per household. $8 adults. $5 children & youth.

With an adult meal, children 3 & under eat free. Thank you for keeping your dinner reservations current. We pay in advance

for the number of meals we order.

Children’s Music, Children’s Activities & Youth at 6 p.m.

We Are Family! A Traditional Family Picnic

Second Annual Prime Time Wednesday Kickoff

August 14 5-8 p.m.Oak Street Center

Main dish and grilled cheese provided

Bring a side dish or dessert, and bring a donation for the church’s Hearts and Hands Fund.

Fabulous door prizes and prizes for bingo winners!

IT’S FREE, AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.IT’S FREE, AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.

Coordinated by United Methodist Women

BOARD GAMES • BINGO • PUTTING GREEN • PIE CONTEST

Fabulous door prizes and prizes for bingo winners!

A TraditionSecond Annu

Children’s Choirs!Our two Children’s Choirs

will begin fall rehearsals on Wednesday, August 21.

The Pre-School Choir is for 4 yr – 1st grade. The Elementary Choir includes children in

2nd – 5th grades. We are looking forward to wonderful activities in this new season!

First Things First Marriage ClassMrs. Gena Ellis and Mr. Chris Ownby, from First

Things First, will lead a Wednesday class called Seasons of Love on August 28, September 4, 11, 18, 25 and October 2, from 6 p.m.-7 p.m.

If we’re being honest, every marriage is full of ups and downs. Some years may be exciting and fresh, and others may be a little lackluster and dull. Seasons of Love will guide you to connect on an even deeper level with your spouse and breathe more life into your relationship as you refl ect on the past and prepare for the future together. Couples will gain practical marriage tips, get to know each other on a deeper level, and have tons of fun while playing games!

Financial Peace UniversityWe will start our Financial Peace University journey

August 21. Join us for this 9 week fi nancial class that will teach everything from saving, dumping debt, insurance, investing and more. Hope to see you there!

You can sign up online (https://www.fpu.com/1093228) or by contacting Krista Condor at kcondor@joyfulgirl.net. The course membership is $129 and can be purchased online or through the teacher. Scholarships are available.

Discipleship Essentials – A Guide to Building Yourself In Christ, taught by Dr. Mark Gooden, continues. Books available for purchase. Contact Nancy Morgan (nmorgan@fcumc.org or 423-756-2021).

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CLERGY CORNER (cont’d)it, the focus is not on ourselves but on serving and glorifying God. The Vine and Nave are not the only places where we worship. God created us to work and to worship – for us as resurrection people.

–– Clark

Recently First-Centenary, The Scenic City Women’s Network, and the Chattanooga Institute for Faith and Work hosted a video broadcast of a live event from Dallas, Texas called, “Work As Worship.” Those are three words we do not often hear in that order. Our context of the word “work” should be both that which is fi nancially paid as well as unpaid. Most people reading this will spend (or have spent) half of their lives engaged in work.

For some, work is something that has to be done to pay for the things they need and beyond that, the things they want. For many, work is self-satisfying, self-fulfi lling and for the most part enjoyable. But work as worship?

When we accepted Jesus Christ as our savior, we began a lifetime journey to serve as a whole life disciple. We are called to serve Christ through all of our roles in life, especially the one where we spend most of our waking hours. God gave each of us talent and passion to be used in work. Your work matters to God because the people with whom you work with matter to God.

When we do our work with excellence, integrity and diligence we are living out, avodah...the Hebrew word that, depending on its use, means service, or work, or worship. For us the world is not divided into compartments of sacred and secular. Regardless, if we love our work or just tolerate

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Pastoral Care OpportunityAugust 28 - September 18, 6-7 p.m.

“Caring Congregation”First-Centenary is known as a Faith Community and family

that truly cares for others. You are invited to become part of our Congregational Care Ministry Support Team. Join other faithful members us as we seek ways to more effectively share in enhancing lives during diffi cult times. This four-week study will address areas of support in ministries of presence related to: 1) Listening, 2) Prayer, 3) Visitation, and 4) Grief and Bereavement. Please contact Nancy to pre-register. Books are available for $10.

SAVE THE DATE: Bonhoeffer Sermon Application StudyAugust 28 – September 18Wednesdays, Room 1051:30 – 2:30 p.m.

A Letter From CampThis year you

sent 64 Centenary children to Camp Lookout! This

is the most we have ever sent to spend a week surrounded by God’s beautiful gift of creation. The following thank you note is from a rising high school junior

who has been in The Centenary since Kindergarten. She was selected to work at Camp through the Volunteer in Training program. She eloquently told the story of what your generous gift of camp scholarships each summer means to these children.

Thank you.

Dear Sponsor,I had the wonderful opportunity to work at Camp Lookout for the

month of June. During my time there, one thing I enjoyed was seeing the First-Centenary kids interact with other kids and learn more about God and his creation. Thank you for providing these children with the chance to learn, participate, and explore what Camp Lookout has to offer. One of my favorite activities as staff, was catching the campers as they came to the end of the zipline and asking them, “Was that fun?!” It made me realize my time as a camper and how First-Centenary sponsors have helped me go to camp for 10 years. It is such an amazing thing and I can’t wait for next summer.

Thank you, Chantal NizigiyimanaChantal, is currently a Passport Scholar attending a summer program at Smith

College and studying global women’s health.

Christmas in July Please return Christmas shoeboxes by Sunday, August 11.

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The First-Centenarian Summer ScheduleThe First-Centenarian will be published on

August 23. Beginning September 6, we go back to weekly distribution.

First Centenary United Methodist Women are grateful to our congregation for supporting the

Potato Bar Lunch July 28! We are pleased to announce that with the donation of much of the food and labor we have $831 for

mission giving! Thank each of you!

Fellow parishioners: Through your thoughtful generosity in 2018, First-Centenary’s giving to Holston Home for Children – www.holstonhome.org – was among the top 12 churches in the Conference. On behalf of the children served by Holston Home, thank you.

Holston Home was founded in Greeneville, Tennessee by Elizabeth Wiley in 1895. Mrs. Wiley believed every child had a right to food, shelter, education and to be taught about a loving Heavenly Father – a promise continuing to this day. In 1904, Mrs. Wiley established Fifth Sunday offerings, and First-Centenary predecessors were among the fi rst to participate. First-Centenary has a long-standing connection to Holston Home. Rev. Ned Wiley, former Centenary Pastor, was Mrs. Wiley’s grandson, and former First Methodist Pastor Robert Wilcox served as President of Holston Home following his service in Chattanooga. Each year hundreds of children and their families fi nd new life through the gifts of churches throughout Holston Conference. In sharing in this ministry through our giving, we, at First-Centenary, are making a difference!

–– Pete Palmer, Holston Home Trustee

It’s time for a new semester to start which means that The LOFT college ministry is about to kick off! This semester we will meet

every Wednesday to either worship or serve the Chattanooga community. We will do 5 service projects throughout the semester in which students can receive community service hours.

Our fall semester kickoff party, LOFTaroo, will be on Wednesday, August 21 at 6:30 p.m. We will have live music, free food, games, giveaways and more!

For more information about The LOFT, follow @theloftchatt on instagram or email Rachel McIntyre Smith at rachelmcintyresmith@gmail.com .

CEC Playscape Transformation Update

Excitement continues to build as we were treated to a design reveal last week! The committee was impressed, including our preschool member shown here.

A New Season of MusicChancel Choir begins August 7

(Wednesdays at 7 p.m.)

Chancel Ringers will begin on August 28 (Wednesdays at 6 p.m.)

Aldersgate Vibrations will resume on August 29 (Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.)

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PAIDChattanooga, TNPermit No. 428419 McCallie Avenue

Chattanooga, TN 37402 Dr. C. Mark Gooden,Senior Pastor(423) 756-2021www.fi rstcentenary.com

FIRST-CENTENARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH P. O. Box 208Chattanooga, TN 37401

SUNDAY WORSHIPAugust 11, 2019

Ninth Sunday after PentecostSanctuary at 8:30 & 10:45

What does it Meme? – Too Big for Your Britches

2 Samuel 18:5-35Dr. C. Mark Gooden

The Vine at 10:45 a.m.What does it Meme? – A VERY Bad Hairday

2 Samuel 18:5-35Rev. Will Lauderback

Reading from the LectionaryIsaiah 1:1, 10-20

Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Luke 12:32-40Televised sermon by Rev. Lauderback – What does it Meme? A Talking Donkey

Televised on Channel 12, WDEF-TV at 6 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. each Sunday.

Mustard Tree Worship at 5 p.m.in The Vine – Rev. Barry Kidwell

August 18, 2019Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sanctuary at 8:30 & 10:45What does it Meme? – Missing the Funeral

Matthew 8:18-22Dr. C. Mark Gooden

The Vine at 10:45 a.m.What does it Meme? – Missing the Funeral

Matthew 8:18-22Rev. Will Lauderback

Reading from the LectionaryIsaiah 5:1-7

Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19Hebrews 11:29-12:2

Luke 12:49-56Televised sermon by Dr. Gooden –

What does it Meme? – Too Big for Your Britches

Televised on Channel 12, WDEF-TV at 6 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. each Sunday.

Mustard Tree Worship at 5 p.m.in The Vine – Rev. Barry Kidwell

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Move Up Sunday August 11The Children and Youth

will have our Annual Step Up Day, as we transition from one Sunday School Classroom to the next, on August 11. Our First Kids KINDERGARTENERS & SIXTH GRADERS will have their Move Up Goodbye Parties

from 9:30-9:55 a.m. (Parents/Guardians invited!) Then we will travel as a group to the First Kids/Shouting Stones Parent Orientation.

Mark your calendars and plan on joining us!

Thank you & Farewell Recital, Sunday, August 11Jeron Burney is headed to graduate school at

the University of Notre Dame near South Bend, Indiana. In appreciation for the generosity of the First-Centenary congregation, Jeron will present a farewell recital in the Sanctuary on Sunday, August 11 at 2 p.m. Plan to come and enjoy some of Jeron’s favorites that he has sung in worship and recitals. While serving as one of our Chancel Choir Scholarship singers, our church made it possible for Jeron to study opera in Italy, and tour Ireland with the UTC Chamber Singers. We are going to miss him, but are proud of his accomplishments and we cheer him on to the next big step in his life.

Jeron Burney