2018 Through Centenary Windows September/October

OUR CLERGY AND STAFF Reverend Dr. P. Glenn Kinken III Senior Minister gkinken@centenary-ws.org Reverend Bret Cogan Assoc. Minister of Spiritual Formation & Education bcogan@centenary-ws.org Reverend R. Craig Ford Associate Minister cford@centenary-ws.org Dr. Robert E. Frazier Director of Music and the Arts rfrazier@centenary-ws.org Reverend Kate May Associate Minister with Children kmay@centenary-ws.org Reverend Jeremy Pegram Assoc. Minister of Evangelism & Engagement jpegram@centenary-ws.org Tamara M. Pollock Director of Youth Ministries tpollock@centenary-ws.org Mary Ann Wexler Executive Director mwexler@centenary-ws.org Susan Bates Organist and Music Associate sbates@centenary-ws.org Martha Bassett Alternative Music Leader mbassett@centenary-ws.org Kristy Eaton Contributions keaton@centenary-ws.org Sandra Gramley Congregational Care Coordinator sgramley@centenary-ws.org Stacy Holley Exec. Assistant to Senior Minister sholley@centenary-ws.org

OUR PAGES Table of Contents/Clergy and Staff ~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Worship in the Park ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 From the Editor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Rise Against Hunger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Ministry Spotlight: Haiti Mission ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 Page Eight: Come Home~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8 Coming Home: Julie Drinkard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10 Jeremy Pegram: Ye Who Are Weary~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Kate May: Already/Not Yet~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Haven: Maps & Locations~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tammy Pollock: Authentic Action~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bret Cogan: One Size Fits All ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Calendar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Memorials & Honoraria~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Members & Starting Point~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ads ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glenn Kinken: Anchoring Our Souls ~~~~~~~~~ Renovation Worship Schedule~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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OUR COVER The resurrected Lord is the Head of the Church. He is seen revealing his human nature in his pierced hands and his divine nature in the kingly purple robes and crown. In his hand are the scriptures––the Word of God (verbum Dei). From around him emanate rays indicating the Holy Spirit. Behind him is the cross (red).

You can learn more about the windows of the church by reading Centenary United Methodist Church Symbols: The Story Told in Glass, Stone and Fabric.

For a video tour of the ministry and office spaces located at The Haven, scan the QR code below.

John Markle Director of Operations jmarkle@centenary-ws.org Doug Peninger Director of Communications dpeninger@centenary-ws.org Debbie Pilson Director of DAYBreak/Respite Care dpilson@centenary-ws.org John Rogers Director of Information Technology jrogers@centenary-ws.org

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From the Editor During this season of homecomings and reunions, we thought it might be a good time to pause for a few moments and consider what being “home” at Centenary was all about. After a wonderful summer of vacations and relaxation, it’s time to come back to church and get busy!

“Anchoring Our Souls.”

If you have been away, whether for the summer or for a while, welcome home! You may notice some physical changes to our campus. The majority of our offices and educational spaces have moved over to The Haven.

Be sure to see the maps on pages 17 and 18 to make sure you know where everything is.

Our children’s ministry has now moved to the second floor of the 1930s building. Be sure to read the article from Rev. Kate May as we learn about “already/not yet.”

As always, there are numerous ways to stay connected and involved at Centenary. Get out your calendars and take note of all the opportunities available to you to come home and be inspired as well as make a difference in the kingdom. Our Transformation on Fifth continues and I hope you will be a part of it.

Two articles, one from guest writer Rebecca McNeely, and the other from our youth, discuss what it’s like coming home from mission trips and what emotions they experience coming back to a regular routine.

We hear from folks who have come back to Centenary and also from folks who share memories of what their definition of home is all about.

Of course, our Senior Minister, Rev. Dr. Glenn Kinken, closes out our issue as he shares

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I’ll see you at Centenary! 

Doug Peninger Director of Communications

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Home Is Where the Hope Is

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ver since I was a little girl, there has been one statement that has always been associated with travel in my family. It comes from my grandfather.

He was a voracious traveler – for both business and pleasure – but he would say to us, time and time again, that “the best part of any trip is coming home.” To him, it meant that your travels, no matter the destination or reason, had been safe, and that you had made it back to the comforts of where you belonged. It’s still a sentiment my entire family echoes often.

Rebecca McNeely Guest Writer

And “home” is an easy basic concept. It is, simply, where we live. Where we lay our heads at night.

But, as we grow up, we realize that our physical address is not always the only place we feel like we are at home. We can feel like we are at home when we visit places that have become,

over time, big parts of our stories. For me? I feel at home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC, in the stands of Carter-Finley Stadium during a Wolfpack football game, or in San Diego, were I spent several of my college summers. Home means we feel like we are supposed to be there. They are places that get in our blood and stay there. Places that hold pieces of our hearts.

For me, in the last three plus years, another place has taken up a huge part of my heart in feeling like home: Haiti.

It started simply enough – the Sunday bulletin one week at Centenary listed the details for the upcoming October mission trip to Portau-Prince with Haiti Outreach Ministries. I motioned to my mother, sitting next to me, and pointed to the announcement. “I want to do this,” I mouthed. Her eyes got big, but she

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nodded in agreement. And that was that.

A few months later, I walked off a plane in Port-au-Prince with a dozen other team members. It was hot, it was humid, and the metallic sounds of a steel drum band in the airport welcomed us to the city. The next two days were a whirlwind. My head was on a swivel as I took in sights, sounds and smells that I never could have imagined. I will not lie – it was overwhelming to say the least. An assault on all of my senses. It was poverty like I never could have dreamed I would witness first-hand.

I was glad I had made the trip, yes, but did I really think it was ‘for me’ based on the first 48 hours there? No, no I didn’t.

But then, it clicked. It clicked with a little boy who rushed up to us outside of the site where we were staying and begged for chocolate. We didn’t have any, but there was something about this kid that was magnetic. We were told what was known of his

story later and it broke me. It broke all of us. But we were reminded that what they see in us coming there, willingly visiting a place that has seen the worst of the worst, is that they matter. We were told, over and over by folks there, in Creole-accented, broken English, that we bring them HOPE. And after that, I was hooked.

Since then, Haiti feels like a form of home to me. I have been back twice since, and I will continue to go for as long as I can. I have never experienced the love of Jesus like I do there, and feel sure I will never experience it in such a way anywhere else.

And the actual coming home from there? It is not easy. Especially the first time. I wasn’t prepared for the breathing room I needed when I returned from that trip. I felt shell-shocked, drained, helpless. I was in an admittedly horrible mood for a few days. I couldn’t sleep. What could I really do to make a difference there, in a place that needs more than I could ever, ever do?

I could go back. I could go back and love on the people and get to know their stories and join in their joys and their sorrows. I could praise God with them for the very few things that they DO have, for which they are more grateful than I have ever, ever witnessed.

I could let them know that their home is a place of love, of beauty, of HOPE. That now? Now their home feels like home to me, too. And when I step off the plane there now? It feels like my grandfather was right, that the best part of any trip is coming home. 

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hen I think of home, I think of a place where’s there’s love overflowing. I wish I was home, I wish I was back there with the things I’ve been knowing. For many of you, you immediately recognized those lyrics from The Wiz. I remember when that production first came out and Diana Ross sang those magical words. Later, and more recently, the incredible Kristen Chenowith pounded out those lyrics on an episode of Glee.

Doug Peninger

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Brennan

Every day, when I arrive home and pull into the garage, I can hear the excited sound of love overflowing through the cacophony of sound produced by barking dogs. My chow chows, all five of them, Brennan, Bailey, Mabel, Tanner and Lola, always welcome me home with wagging tails and “sugars” as I walk in the door. I love how each one has their own special way of saying hello. Brennan always crouches down and her tail is wagging so fast, she can’t wait to play. Bailey barks and barks and normally waits until last to say hello. Mabel, she loves to dance. Now, by that I mean that she likes to raise her front paws for me to hold as we share a kiss. Lola, now she’s the real kisser, always has been. Then, there’s Tanner, he has the sweetest song that is a combination between a bark and a howl. I look forward to this exchange each and every time I come home.

Bailey

Mabel

I would feel safe in saying that for as many members as there are at Centenary, there are as many definitions of what home is. For some, it’s family, for others it’s their pets and still for others, it’s the memories contained in the rooms of the structure. It’s Christmas dinners and weekend movie nights snuggled together on the sofa. It’s slow-cooked dinners with friends all huddled in the kitchen as you share stories and laughter. It’s markings on the wall to measure how tall each child was at an important date in their lives. It’s the flower bed of perennials that you welcome back each spring as they give so freely of their beauty.

It’s the place where everyone accepts you for exactly who you are, warts and all.

I know I‘ve shared this story with folks before but I feel it bears repeating. When I think of Centenary being my church home, two memories always come to mind, both from my time singing in the choir. For many years at the annual Lessons and Carols, the Chancel Choir sang an arrangement of Silent Night by Craig Courtney. This arrangement is a favorite of mine and I know many others.

In the middle of the anthem, there is an instrumental transition to a new key and as the strings swell to a new major chord it feels like Christmas has arrived. When we were singing this anthem, I always knew I could look over to Mandy Ryan in the soprano

Tanner

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Lola

section. She felt it too. She and I always shared a tear and a wink because we connected with Christmas at that moment.

Another story, which happens to be about singing at Christmas Eve worship, comes to mind. While Peter Graves was serving as our Senior Minister, I had been given the gift of singing O Holy Night at the 11 pm worship service. Suffice it to say, the service went very long. There was preaching and communion and other special things during the service. When the time came to sing the solo, it was already 12:45 am, yes, 12:45 am. My body was done. As I sang the first verse, I knew I was in trouble. High notes? What high notes? I basically had nothing left. I remember Tammy Pollock looking to me from the nave with this “are you okay?” look. She knew by my facial response that it was going be a struggle. Anyway, I got creative

with the ending. Was it my finest solo ever?

Hardly. But that’s where grace steps in and family loves on you anyway. It didn’t matter that it wasn’t my best, although at the time I was embarrassed by it. I knew my church family still loved me and supported me.

What memories do you have at Centenary? What new memories would you like to create? If you have been away for a while, come home. If you want to re-engage in the ministry of the church with our exciting fall offerings of ministry, come home. If you want to be surrounded by a family that loves, come home. Our doors are open and we have an amazing future. Come home and be a part of it. 

While you are away from our church home, we invite you to worship with Centenary on your computer, smart TV, smartphone, tablet, or whatever electronic device that has access to the Internet. Our Live Stream worship will be there for you. Be sure to sign in so we may be in connection with you. Join us for worship each Sunday at 11:00am.

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Who Says You Can’t Go Home?

Julie Drinkard Guest Writer

When I heard that this issue of Through Centenary Windows would revolve around the theme of “Coming Home”, I felt a deep sense of connection to the idea. I recently just “came home” myself after living in D.C. for eight years and Atlanta the four years before that. As an only child, I’m surprised my parents even let me move down the street.

us back.

But I’m not unique in this situation. I bet many of you reading this right now at one point or another came back to your roots; and really, “home” can have so many different meanings.

But for this article’s purpose, Centenary is the home that welcomes us when life unloads its burdens onto our shoulders, and when we want to share the most celebratory of news—its steadfast presence reassures us that no matter how far we wander, the lighted path will guide

Below is an excerpt of my interview with the Coans (edited for brevity and clarity), which I hope finds its way into your heart and reminds you why so many of us call Centenary our “home.”

I was given the chance to interview Lee and Marty Coan, a young couple who recently joined as members of Centenary. Lee grew up at Centenary and is now back with his wife, Marty, and their sweet son Boone, to join our community and worship with us.

Where did you both grow up? And what other place did you live before settling down in W-S? Marty: I grew up in Atlanta (Decatur; near Emory). I went to undergrad and graduate school at UGA before moving to Augusta, GA for my clinical fellowship at Medical College of GA. From there I moved to Winston-Salem.

Lee: I was in Charlotte a few years before my family returned to Winston-Salem.

I went to the McCallie School in Chattanooga for high school and then on to UNC-Chapel Hill.

Following a brief stint as a raft

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guide in Colorado, I returned home to Winston-Salem.

Lee, what was your experience growing up at Centenary?

I enjoyed the Sunday school program and was a member of the affiliated Boy Scout troop (Troop 920). I absolutely loved the Scouts, going all the way through the program to Eagle rank, and really appreciated the church’s support of it. I also enjoyed volunteering at the Samaritan Ministry with my parents.

Marty, where you a member of another church before joining Centenary?

Yes, I was a member of Oak Grove UMC in Decatur, GA. I was baptized and confirmed there. I served as an acolyte, went to Vacation Bible School each year, and taught the 2-year-old Sunday school class for many years. I was also pretty active in their youth group.

Did you ever think you would “come home” again?

Marty is very interested in being involved with DAYBreak and has already spent one morning with them and plans on more regular attendance during the school year when she’s not also chasing Boone around.

We also have fun looking for the food of the month and bringing it in for Loaves and Fishes.

How does the timing resonate with you that you’re coming back to Centenary just as Rev. Kinken is coming on as Senior Minister?

Pretty cool. We missed him/his family the first time around, so we are lucky to be part of this second leg.

Finally, give us a few fun facts about yourselves and your family!

1. People never know who’s who with our genderneutral names.

2. We both were rowers – Lee in high school and Marty in college.

Lee: When I left for Colorado I didn’t know where my life would take me; however, I’ve always had a strong connection to Winston-Salem. I’m the 5th generation of Coans here in town and the 2nd generation at Centenary.

3. We have two dogs: Madison (13, very good, loves to fetch) and Traveller (9, very bad, loves Lee)

Marty: I haven’t left Winston-Salem since arriving, but I can say that I immediately felt at home at Centenary.

Being from a formal Methodist church, this fit what I knew. We were married here before I officially joined.

I tried a few other churches before settling but none suited me like this one.

5. Marty is learning to quilt, likes baking pies, and loves practical jokes.

We definitely want Boone to participate in Sunday school, so he can explore his faith and find like-minded friends. Lee obviously hopes he’ll join the Boy Scouts.

Our goal is for him to love life, love God, and be a responsible and caring person, which is no small chore, and we need our church village to help.

Are you involved in any areas of Centenary besides attending worship service?

We’ve been working with a few other families to form the Young Adults With Pizzaz Sunday school class.

The “with Pizzaz” was added after someone counting the class census told us our name needed more Pizzaz.

We liked the idea and adopted it. We also hope to get back into Lee’s prior volunteering with the Samaritan Ministry, especially as Boone gets older and can go with us.

4. Lee collects records and loves rock climbing and working on his 1998 Jeep Wrangler.

6. Boone likes trucks and raisins.

Thank you to Lee and Marty for their participation and for coming home.

And just because it’s now stuck in my head, here’s a catchy quote from a song I was humming while thinking through this topic that’s so near and dear to many of our hearts: “Who says you can’t go home? There’s only one place they call me one of their own.”

-- Bon Jovi / Jennifer Nettles,

“Who Says You Can’t Go Home”

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Come Home

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n the church tradition of my childhood, it was customary at the conclusion of the sermon for the congregation to stand and sing an invitational hymn. It was the hope that the Holy Spirit would use the stirring lyrics of a hymn to compel anyone attending the service to approach the altar to either make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ or recommit one’s life to the Lord. “Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling” found on page 348 of The United Methodist Hymnal was one such hymn.

The refrain, “Come home, come home; you who are weary, come home; earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, calling, O sinner, come home!” and the gentle tune in which the hymn is sung does two things for me. First, when hearing the words sung, if I close my eyes, I see an image of Jesus Rev. Jeremy Pegram with arms open wide welcoming jpegram@centenary-ws.org his brothers and sisters into his presence. Secondly, they remind me of the much needed comforts and familiarities of home.

Recently, I read an article by Michael Hawn that quoted The United Methodist Hymnal editor, the Rev. Carlton R. Young, who notes: “This is a typical lullaby in the gospel hymn tradition that characterizes Jesus as a mother, gently rocking and comforting a child…” I couldn’t agree more, but would also add this hymn makes one have a sense of home. I’m not thinking of home as a dwelling with a street address made of brick and mortar. I’m thinking of home as a place where Christ is present.

spaces, the sanctuary and auditorium, through the week sit empty and feel empty.

I don’t feel the warmth and comfort of home there. But then Sunday comes!

Come Sunday, when our church family spills into pews and chairs, our worship spaces take on new life and new meaning.

Seeing the sanctuary filled with people whose souls have heard Jesus softly and tenderly calling and beckoning them to come and gather, that, my friends, is when something mysterious and yet holy occurs.

Home becomes palpable. Home, through Christ and his people who are gathered, becomes a reality. My hope and prayer is that I am not alone in feeling this way.

It’s my desire, as one of the ministers of Centenary, for every person that crosses the threshold of our entrances to feel at home. It is my desire for the weak and weary to find solace, Sabbath, and serenity as they settle in for worship. Most of all, I hope all persons would feel at home with Jesus Christ at Centenary.

I wonder if the churches of my childhood misplaced the hymn in their worship services. Perhaps this hymn should serve as our call to worship, but most of all a call for all Centenary worshipers to be present for worship and to fill our spaces so that all can feel at home. “…Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling…come home!” 

During the week, I have the privilege of walking through our beautiful gothic sanctuary and our auditorium – the two spaces where we gather for worship on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. There is beauty in the stained glass. There is beauty in the carved wood work. There is beauty is the needlepoint cushions we kneel on to receive communion at the chancel rail. But those SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 | 12 | CENTENARY UNITED METHODIST

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Already/Not Yet

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e watch a lot of HGTV at our house. I love seeing homes transformed, sometimes in ways that make me wonder why they didn’t just tear down the whole thing and start fresh, and other times with just a little paint and creativity. The thing that rarely gets talked about, shown, or even considered by me is what happens to the family in the meantime? While they are looking for their dream home, while their dream home is being renovated, what is their life like? I imagine that the answer to why we don’t see that part on TV is that it is probably often not glamorous or flattering. So if that is the case why do people put up with it? I suggest Rev. Kate May that it is because they have a dream, kmay@centenary-ws.org a dream of a preferred future and that they have the opportunity to have glimpses of that preferred future along the way.

In Biblical commentary about the writings of Paul, scholars use the phrase “already/not yet” to talk about the kingdom of God and the way it is coming on the earth. With Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, the kingdom of God has become a reality here on earth, however it is not yet fully realized. I would like to suggest that we ourselves are preparing for an “already/not yet” phase in the life of Centenary.

We are committed to a preferred future for our facilities, but before we can get there we have to be in the “already/not yet.” We have to move out of our space that was not ideal so that it can become a dream space. While we wait, our temporary space may not be flattering or glamorous, but while we wait we will get glimpses of our preferred future and be able to dream of a space that gives us the opportunity to do ministry in new and exciting ways!

like for children’s ministry? We get to move into The Hub! What we are excited about is that all of our ministries will happen in one very compact space which gives us ease of inviting friends and lots of opportunities for fellowship! When you drop your children or grandchildren off for nursery you will come to The Hub, be greeted by our excellent nursery staff and check-in using the computers we have been using in the 1960s Building lobby. As always your children will continue to receive loving care while you worship. When you bring your children to Sunday school, our kindergarteners through 5th graders will continue to use a modified large group/small group model that will allow us to have small group leaders that do not need to be intimidated by teaching a class for an hour. Instead, they can focus on building relationships while learning and being led by a large-group leader who is a member of our children’s ministry staff. When our kindergartners through 3rd graders leave worship in the Sanctuary, we will spend our children’s worship time in The Hub before returning to the sanctuary. When your family comes to children’s music ministry on Wednesday evenings, we will have dinner in the dining room and then all choirs will meet in the rooms in The Hub. It is our hope that during this “already/not yet” time we can re-connect with one another as we continue to offer excellent ministry in new and innovative ways while working within our temporary space. Bring your family up the stairs by Glad Tidings and check us out in The Hub! 

So what does the “already/not yet” space look

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OVERVIEW During the renovation of the 1930s and 1960s buildings and the elevator, approximately 60% of the Centenary campus will be closed. Sunday school classes, conference rooms, rehearsal spaces, offices and more have been relocated to different spaces and buildings. As we journey through the Transformation on Fifth, please use this guide to assist you in locating where your ministry area or meeting space has moved to. Areas which are not being moved are the music suite and the business office.

MINISTRY AND OFFICES AT THE HAVEN 633 W. 4th Street

The main entrance is located at the red awning on 4½ Street. Park in the 4 ½ lot.

Be sure to refer to the The Haven Floor Plan on pages 17 and 18.

THE SHALOM PROJECT • FIRST FLOOR • SUITE 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107

Shalom Office Shalom Office Shalom Office Shalom Medical Clinic Shalom Medical Clinic Shalom Medical Clinic Shalom Medical Clinic

YOUTH MINISTRY SUITE • FIRST FLOOR • SUITE 108 108-A 108-B 108-C 108-D 108-E 108-F Youth Commons

Donald Mitchell • Food Services & Security Youth Room Tammy Pollock • Director of Youth Ministries The Prayer Room Tyler MacDonald • Youth Ministry Assistant Parents of Teens, Confirmation, Conference Room Middle High Room & Kitchenette

CITY WITH DWELLINGS • FIRST FLOOR • SUITE 110 110-A 110-B 110-C 110-D 110-E 110-F

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MINISTRY AND PROGRAM STAFF SUITE • SECOND FLOOR 201 202 203 204-205 206-207 208 209 210, 211, 212 213 214 215 216 217

Debbie Pilson • Director of DAYBreak/Respite Care Martha Bassett • Alternative Music Leader Electrical Back Pack Ministry United Methodist Women Shining Light on Mental Health Stephen Ministry Conference Rooms Loaves & Fishes Office Loaves & Fishes Pantry Loaves & Fishes Consultation Loaves & Fishes Pre-Stock Loaves & Fishes/DAYBreak Common Area

CLERGY AND PROGRAM STAFF SUITE • SECOND FLOOR 218 219 220 222

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Maintenance Kitchen & Breakroom John Rogers • Director of Information Technology Reverend Kate May • Associate Minister with Children Ashley Maner • Children’s Ministry Assistant Reverend R. Craig Ford • Associate Minister Sandra Gramley • Congregational Care Coordinator Reverend Jeremy Pegram • Associate Minister of Evangelism & Engagement Reverend Bret Cogan • Associate Minister of Adult Formation & Education Doug Peninger • Director of Communications Reverend Dr. P. Glenn Kinken III • Senior Minister Stacy Holley • Executive Assistant to Senior Minister Print Shop Philip Henderson • Communications Assistant & Print Shop Manager 203

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WORSHIP, EDUCATION AND CONFERENCE ROOMS IN MAIN CHURCH BUILDING & THE HAVEN CHILDREN’S MINISTRY • SECOND FLOOR • 1930s BUILDING 211 Infant Nursery 212 2 Year Old Nursery 213 Toddler Nursery 216 K-5th Grade Sunday School Children’s Worship

Carol & Crusader Choirs 221 3s and Pre-K Nursery Play and Worship 222 Ready, Set, Go SUNDAY SCHOOL • 10:00 AM 108-F The Haven Parents of Teens 110-F The Haven Mission Possible 118 Parlor Whitfield/Foundations 119 Chapel Chapel Class 120 Dining Room Mark Bible Class 210 The Haven Sycamore Tree 211 The Haven Celebration 212 The Haven Forum 1 224 Glad Tidings Reading Room Young Adult Auditorium Come As You Are Auditorium Common Cup The Hub Children’s Sunday School WORSHIP SERVICES 11:00AM Sanctuary Traditional Sunday (Includes Children’s Worship) 9:00AM Sanctuary Rejoice! Sunday(Includes Children’s Worship) 8:30AM Auditorium Simplify Sunday 7:00PM Auditorium Roots Revival Wednesday

Learn more about the Capital Campaign and The Transformation on Fifth by scanning the QR code.

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Authentic Action

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Luke 4

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ach summer we journey through the hot days of vacation by taking two groups of teenagers on mission trips. We plan, we pray, we hope, we organize details, all to help our youth go out into the world to become instruments of God’s grace who courageously resist the principalities and powers that oppress life and creatively reveal the reality of God’s love.

After all, that is what Jesus did and what He invited us to do as well. This summer was no different! We took our first group of thirty up to Weaverville, NC, where we spent the week loving on and doing home repair work for Mr. Benny. Through yard work, scraping paint, repainting, tearing one roof off and replacing it, and tar-sealing another, we were able to share the unconditional love of Christ with Benny. He was in awe that his home was being repaired but more than that, he was delighted that our youth spent part of their summer vacation to come be with him!

The second trip of the summer was to New Orleans, LA. We had a group of thirty senior high students and five adults run head on into this historic community to, again, serve wherever we were needed. All along the way we encountered people who were curious about who we were and what we were doing.

And after we shared with them our mission and love for Jesus, you could see bright smiles erupt on their faces and, with a nod of their head they gave us blessing after blessing. We often go on these trips with the assumption that we are the ones bringing goodness and love to a broken and hurting world. As so often is the case, we come away with the greatest joy and blessings…isn’t that the way it is supposed to work?

Here is what a couple of our youth had to say as they came home to Winston-Salem: I have been on six mission trips with Centenary so far, and they are always a highlight of every year. New Orleans was no exception. After a long, grueling bus ride, we were greeted with a city bursting with culture and color. The people we met were full of the Spirit and didn’t hesitate

to share their passions with others. I prayed the Lord’s Prayer with a developmentallydisabled older man who cried when I left (at Kingsley House); I listened to an exhausted man who had poured his life and all his savings into a ministry to get at-risk teens off the street (APEX); I danced and sang to the radio with developmentally disabled employees at a Mardi Gras bead-sorting factory (ARC); I sang and lifted my hands alongside our Catholic sister church in response to the praise band at a (very) charismatic Baptist worship service (City of Love Church). We ate and sang and laughed and cried. So many lasting friendships were made as we crossed so many borders. On mission trips, you soon find those borders are invisible: whether denominational, racial, intellectual, or socioeconomic. On mission trips, New Orleans especially, we learned two words that always go together: love everybody, everybody love. I’m counting down the days until next year.

~ Sarah Frisbie

This mission trip has given me the unique opportunity to strengthen the bond I have with the people in my “church family” and allowed me to welcome even more people into it. My experience at the sites where we worked was nothing short of life changing. Getting to know the people of Kingsley, ARC, Love 365, and APEX completely changed my outlook on the people of New Orleans. New Orlean’ians are filled to bursting with love and life. Now that this trip is over I find myself wishing I could go back to re-experience the laughter, music, friendships, and, most of all, the love of the people from YouthWorks!, St. Barnabas Catholic Church, and New Orleans. I am forever grateful to the Centenary Youth Ministry for giving me the opportunity to serve people in mission for the past two years and I will cherish every moment spent on these trips for the rest of my life.

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~ Noah Peebles

Just as Jesus came out of prayer and solitude to heal the sick, welcome the outcast, and celebrate with friends (Lk. 4:1819; Jn. 12:1), so we also seek to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in a way of life rooted in the Beatitudes that witnesses to Christ’s love, passion, and joy. Communal practices of Sabbath, prayer, discernment and accompaniment find their fulfillment in actions with youth that make visible the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Young people desire opportunities to participate in Christ’s healing and liberating activity within the world (mission trips, Love thy Neighbor, etc.). Companions of our youth ministry seek to support youth and adults in becoming instruments of God’s grace who courageously resist the principalities and powers that oppress life and creatively reveal the reality of God’s love. (adapted from the work completed in the Youth Ministry & Spirituality Project and printed in the book Growing Souls by Mark Yaconelli.)

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One Size Fits All

R

ecently I went to one of the local Big Box hardware stores, and let’s be honest... it is a Big Boy’s toy store. I was on a mission in search of some gloves to wear while working on removing mildew from the siding of my house. I found the isle where the gloves where located; once there I found the gloves with a rubber coating I was looking for but to my surprise they were labeled one size fits all.

Undeterred I tried them on and immediately realized one size does not fit all! I Rev. Bret Cogan felt as if I was a bcogan@centenary-ws.org young boy again wearing the gloves of my step father. Sure my hands fit into the gloves but my fingers did not begin to reach far enough into them to make them even remotely reasonable to use!

One size fits all is a phrase we are familiar with, but I suspect I am not alone in the discovery that this principle does not really apply to everything in our lives. One place I believe this is true is within our faith journey. Our formation, as the followers of Jesus, does not happen the same way for any of us. Sure there are specific ideas and paths we tend to follow, but often we also discover side trails and places along the way where we want to stop while others desire to move on. You will hear me say God is not adverse to our diversity, after all

none of us who are image bearers of the Divine have fingerprints that are the same!

God’s desire is for each of us to grow into this image, becoming fully human and fully mature in our faith, trusting completely in God’s love and presence in our lives. Paul echoes this in his letter to the followers of Jesus in Ephesus (Ephesians 4:12-13) where he calls us to truly embrace the truth that God’s desire and purpose is for us and to realize we have already been given what we need to grow into the body of Christ; where each of us reaches maturity within our understanding of God’s call within our own spirit, building unity among us despite our differences.

Here again the idea of one size fits all comes up short as James reminds us in his letter (1:2-8) that we are sure to encounter moments in our lives together that will test us, challenging us to allow the flow of God’s spirit within and around us to do its work in opening our eyes to what is lacking in our understanding of God and our faith in the message of Christ. James reminds us that when we find ourselves in these places, all we need to do is cry out for wisdom, faith, strength, courage, patience.... whatever it may be, trusting we will be given what we need as we continue our journey of faith formation and maturity.

Many of you have heard by now that my faith journey started with the Quakers in Ohio where I grew up. Before that I had not spent much time in church, although I

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was baptized as an infant in the Zion United Church of Christ.

After my father died, when I was five, my mother stopped going. It was in high school that my journey began again when I met a girl who I was interested in getting to know better invited me to come with her to Young Life. I never got the girl but I guess you can say Jesus got me! I had one of those born again experiences where overnight my life was turned inside out and I realized there was a place for me in the love of God. As I heard the message of God’s love for us through the teachings of Jesus it was like finding a glove that fit perfectly. I knew I had found my place, a place where I was loved and safe within the arms of God. In many respects, my journey is unique, and yet it over laps, and is also overlapped by so many others.

Our lives leave finger prints on one another as a reminder that we are part of something much bigger than us. Helping us realize this journey we are on is truly our own, but we do not travel by ourselves.

Our common touch point being God’s love and presence within and around us. This is where we find a home we can come back to no matter where we have wandered or how long we have stopped along the way. This is where we realize one size does truly fit all as we are embraced by God’s love and mercy, even when the glove we try on may seem a little too big. 

Be sure to mark your calendars with the events on these pages. For the most current information, be sure to see the Sunday bulletins and the church website.

September

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October

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Memorials

We remember the saints who have gone before....

Capital Campaign

Luck-Willis by Sam & Mary Ceile Ogburn, Sandra & Wayne Shugart, the Delta Leta Sisters: Judy Collora, Karen Henline, Anne Jordan, Meredith Leatherwood, Shelia McCoy, Donna Moore, Sandy Morris, Lynn Parsley, Linda Sherford-Reeves, Linda Southard, Julie Strauss, Robin Thomas, Barbara Twining, and Jane Yates. In memory of William G. White Jr. by Tim Isley.

In memory of Mary Faye Reavis Farrell

by Judith Salisbury. In memory of Wanda Gail Luck-Willis by Elizabeth Post. In memory of Robert “Bob” Eugene Smith

by Mary Austell Smith. In memory of Nancy Clendenin Spach by Susan & Paul Armstrong. In memory of Jonathan “Jon” Karl Vickers by Susan & Paul Armstrong.

In Memoriam Martha Hanes Womble June 17, 2018 Roger E. Schultz June 22, 2018 Nancy Clendenin Spach July 3, 2018

DayBreak/Respite Care

Centenary Fund In memory of Betsy Ivey Sawyer by Henry & Dyeann Jordan. In memory of Beverly Barrett Isley by Bo Kenan, Baker Kenan, and Charles Kenan, Hayden & Mary Kepley.

In memory of Bynum E. Tudor Jr. by Tim Isley. In memory of Carolyn Beam Branton

by Wilba Brady, Nick & Ahwanda Jamison, Hayden & Mary Kepley. In memory of Jean Weaver Stevens Stockton by Henry & Dyeann Jordan. In memory of Jonathan “Jon” Karl Vickers by Wilba Brady, James & Dawn Davis, Kenneth & Diane Graham, Anne Haxton, Dylan Jackson, Michael & Sandra Lawless, Ken & Virginia Lowery, Martha Martinat, Michael & Sally Mowrey, Janice & Michael Ryan, Kitty & Keith Soper.

In memory of Martha Bond Hilburn by Virginia & Larry Shackleford. In memory of Martha Hanes Womble by James Hancock.

In memory of Nancy Ann Carter Pollok by Pam & Rob Saunders, Ronald E. Wooten.

In memory of Nancy Clendenin Spach by Wilba Brady, Bobbi Caldwell, Tom & Megan Lawson, Mr. & Mrs. James E. Martin, Martha Martinat. In memory of O’Briant “Dick” Roger Ayscue by Ken & Pam Haisty, Bill & Janet Snow. In memory of Reverend Doctor George Parks Robinson by Hayden & Mary Kepley, Henry & Dyeann Jordan, Wilba Brady. In memory of Robert L. Tudor by Tim Isley. In memory of Roger E. Schultz by Sandra & Wayne Shugart, Phyllis Slawter. In memory of Samuel L. Sanders by Tim Isley. In memory of Sara Marie Pate Chambers by Anne & Tom Pierce. In memory of Shirley Long Hammill

by Marilyn Crisp, Sue & William Kimbrell, Walter & Catherine Long, John & Rebecca Long. In memory of Thomas A. Sanders Jr.

by Tim Isley. In memory of Walter Eugene Johnston lll by Betty & Ben Cone Jr., Dr. & Mrs. Louie Patseavouras and Stephen Patseavouras. In memory of Wanda Gail

In memory of Rachel Malcolm Smith by Caroline Mitchell. In memory of Nancy Clendenin Spach by Alma Thompson. In memory of Jonathan “Jon” Karl Vickers by Caroline Mitchell. In memory of Martha Hanes Womble by Alma Thompson.

General Offering Fund In memory of Jonathan “Jon” Karl Vickers

by Mr. & Mrs. David R. Morgan.

Missionary Friendship Fund In memory of Nancy Clendenin Spach by Ruth Deudney, Sally McLeod, Sam & Mary Ceile Ogburn, Tom & Anne Pierce, Fillmore Williams.

Music & the Arts Ministry In memory of Roger E. Schultz by Phyllis Dunning

Sacred Music In memory of Carolyn Beam Branton by James & Ann Blount.

Stephen Ministry In memory of Jonathan “Jon” Karl Vickers

by Ruth Deudney.

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Shirley Long Hammill July 3, 2018 Jonathan (Jon) K. Vickers July 6, 2018 Roger Irvin Sutton July 12, 2018 Wanda Gail Luck-Willis July 21, 2018 Jane Secrest Fuller Niven August 3, 2018 The ministers and members of Centenary Church extend their deepest sympathy to the bereaved families and pray they may know the comfort and peace of our Heavenly Father.

Honoraria

We celebrate the kingdom of God among us...

Capital Campaign In honor of Tom & Nancy Cannon by the Wednesday Morning Bible Group. In honor of Reverend Craig Ford by Bob & Ann King.

In honor of Khaki Parks by Jim & Dianne Iseman.

Centenary Fund In honor of Nancy Cannon by Marsha Bledsoe. In honor of Dek Driscoll by Marsha Bledsoe. In honor of Tom Lawson by Marsha Bledsoe. In honor of Tanner Robinson by Marsha Bledsoe. In honor of Carol Telly by Harry & Nancy Underwood.

DayBreak/Respite Care In honor of Barbara Earnest by Elizabeth Glenn.

General Offering Fund In honor of Reverend Lory Beth Huffman by Danny & Lauren Frye. In honor of Reverend Jonathan Brake by Danny & Lauren Frye.

In honor of Reverend Sarah Howell-Miller by Danny & Lauren Frye.

Love Thy Neighbor In honor of Sue Stephens by Marsha Bledsoe.

Senior Adult Ministry In honor of Reverend Craig Ford by the Thomas Crichlow Family.

Sacred Music In honor of Michael Dickey by Ruth Deudney.

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New Members

We welcome you in Christian love...

Jim & Merry Jean Beres

Josh & Amy Parris Taylor

Begin your journey to Centenary membership with Starting Point.

Starting Point is a four-week series of meetings that will give you tools to form a deeper connection to Centenary and make a decision about joining the church.

Members of our clergy team will be at each session, so they can get to know you and you can get to know them. You will also have a chance to get to know other people who are beginning the journey to membership.

October 14, 21, 28, and Nov. 4 • 4:00PM-5:00PM • Dining Room October 14 • Introductions/What We Believe October 21 • What We Do/Spiritual Formation October 28 • Who We Are as Centenary United Methodist Church November 4 • Understanding Membership To Register: Contact Stacy Holley (336-397-1359)/sholley@centenary-ws.org Sign up Online at www.centenary-ws.org/sign-up Centenary United Methodist, 646 W. Fifth St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101

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| senior minister |

Anchoring Our Souls

I Rev. Dr. Glenn Kinken gkinken@centenary-ws.org

n Thomas Wolfe’s book You Can’t Go Home Again, the main character, George Webber, writes a book about his hometown. George’s novel exposes family stories and townsfolk for who they are, as he sees them. As you can imagine, the people of his hometown don’t see themselves as George sees them. They do not recall the events as George tells them, nor appreciate his outlook on their burg. In fact, their outrage sends him out of the country in search of his real identity. In the story George says, “You can’t go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man’s dreams of glory and of fame ... back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time – back home to the escapes of Time and Memory.”

It is tempting to believe that George’s assertions are true. I respectfully disagree, however. I have come home both to the city where I grew up, but also to the church of my youth. Over the last few weeks as I have walked through the halls, sat in worship, learned about our ministries, and met with many of you, I have found myself surrounded by a flood of memories. I remember ushering at the 8:45 am service, youth group meetings in 114 (maybe even hanging out the windows to greet friends arriving for UMC), and the people who sat in the pews around my family in worship. I often wonder if I turn the corner a little more quickly what

glimpses of my past might I encounter?

These memories have left me pondering what home really means.

One of the definitions of the word home found in the Webster’s dictionary is “a familiar or usual setting : congenial environment; also: the focus of one’s domestic attention.” Home is most assuredly that, but I propose that home is that place which shapes our being and is the foundation of how we act out in the world. It is that physical place– be it the place we grew up, the summer camp we attended for multiple summers where we gained confidence for life, that vacation cabin that has been in the family for generations, or the house where we raised our children, and so forth-- that holds a special spot in our heart. Home is the place in which our lives are anchored. When we return home, we experience a peace like no other, one that is both physical, metaphorical, and spiritual all at the same time. In that peace we find the renewal of our soul.

As I listen to your stories and think over my life, I realize that Centenary is home to many of us. It is in this place that we learned the simplest of Bible lessons – “Love your neighbor as yourself,” sung timeless hymns such as “A Charge to Keep I Have,” learned how to put our faith in action through hands-on mission opportunities, realized the value of serving the church through altar guild, or come to understand that this is the one place all people, young and old alike, are welcome and accepted just as God

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created them. You come (home) to worship not only praising God but also seeking healing from the week past and strength for the week to come.

Our church is the place where we find peace and the renewal of our souls. Centenary is our home – anchoring our souls for daily living – and holds a special place in our hearts. For that I give thanks.

Summer has come to an end and the fall is just beginning. There are many wonderful activities and ministries which will be starting over the next few weeks. There are a few new faces on our staff and

new opportunities to learn and grow in faith. If you have been away -- not attending/ participating regularly in the life of Centenary – for the summer, I hope that you will reverse that trend. If your absence has been longer, I invite you to come back, to come home. No matter how long you have been away, as you return, I suspect that you will find Webster’s “familiar setting” and in it a place where your soul is rejuvenated. The transformation that is happening here is exciting and yet through it all Centenary is still home. I look forward to seeing you. 

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Traditional Worship Sunday 8:30 am Memorial Auditorium

Sunday 9 am Sanctuary Includes Children’s Worship

Sunday 11:00 am Sanctuary Includes Children’s Worship

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