"More Than Dollars and Cents" In churches, we often consider stewardship to relate only to money and finances. In the fall, many...

Pushing Past Fear Have you ever considered that the Resurrection didn’t heal Jesus of his wounds? When he saw the disciples again after...

Well, it is the week after Easter. The flurry of Holy Week activities is over, and the rush of Easter morning is behind us. And yet, it...

This Sunday is Palm/Passion Sunday. It’s called Palm Sunday because we remember Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem at the beginning...

"We're on a mission from God." A recurring theme in the classic movie The Blues Brothers is that the dynamic duo of Jake and Elwood are...

Salvation 101 Even people who don’t follow Jesus are familiar with the Bible verse John 3:16. It appears everywhere in our culture—on...

This Sunday, we remember the Transfiguration of Jesus. The Transfiguration is one of the five major milestones in the gospel narrative of...

From Pastor Vann No Time to Lose As we get older, we tend to dwell on the past. We think about mistakes we’ve made and fantasize about...

From Pastor Vann Seen and Seeing Most of us want the people we care about to SEE us. In other words, we want them to perceive who we...

From Pastor Vann Baptism of the Lord This Sunday, we remember the Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ. His baptism perplexes many people...

From Pastor Tyler As a child growing up, my grandmother always insisted on having her Christmas decorations down before New Year's Day,...

From Pastor Vann Magnificat Mary, the mother of Jesus, takes center stage on this Fourth Sunday in Advent. We will read and explore the...

From Pastor Vann What is Advent? Advent begins this Sunday, December 3rd, and lasts until midnight on Christmas Eve. The four weeks of...

From Pastor Spivey A Message from Centenary’s Church Treasurer & Stewardship Chair Our budgeting process: Every year we establish an...