TOP ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Worship Time: Starting on September 20th we will be shifted our worship time to 10:00am! You can find more details on this change and what Sunday mornings will now look like in the Centennial News (emailed & printed).

Monthly Community Meal & Jigsaw Puzzle Race: Wednesday, October 7th, 5:30pm, Roseville Campus Fellowship Hall. Join us for our first community meal of the program year! In October we will be serving soft and hardshell tacos, refried beans, Spanish rice, and ice cream sundaes for dessert. To help us make enough food and to accommodate dietary restrictions, please sign up ahead of time if you can. We have a physical version at the sign-up center, or you can access a digital version HERE. Also after the meal at 6:15pm join us for a Jigsaw puzzle race! Open to all ages and abilities.

Worship

Worship at Roseville is at 10:00am
Preaching This Week: Pastor Jin Hur
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Current Sermon Series: The Prize of the Heavenly Call - September 20th - October 11th
This Week's Musicians:
Chancel Choir; Jerry Salitros, director
Trevor Wolter, organist & accompanist

3rd Sunday Celebrations! Led by Pastor Bitrus, during worship at both campuses on 3rd Sundays, we will be inviting congregation members forward who have celebrations  (birthdays, anniversaries, triumphs) to share and be prayed for.  We look forward to celebrating milestones with you!

Star Words: As the Magi were led to Jesus by the guidance of the star, Star Words are spiritual focus words that were distributed on Epiphany Sunday.  These words are intended to inspire reflection, growth, and discernment throughout the year. Sign up on our website or email cumc@centennialumc.org to receive weekly prompts for the year of 2026. If you did not receive a star word on January 4th and would like one email Pastor Whitney | wsheridan@centennialumc.org
Music at Roseville: Contact Jerry Salitros at jsalitros@centennialumc.org
Volunteers Needed: A/V, ushers, greeters, communion servers, hospitality, worship leaders, musicians. Mark on your connect card.
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Service Opportunities

Office Volunteers Needed: We are looking for a small pool of volunteers who would like to help out with communication & office needs both weekly or more seasonally. Examples of tasks would be printing bulletins/newsletters, cutting connect cards, helping with mailings, etc. If you are interested or have any questions please reach out to the Communications & Office Manager | amcclintock@centennialumc.org

UWF Shred Right: Saturday, October 3rd, 9:00am-11:00am, Roseville Campus Parking Lot. Wondering how to safely dispose of your old tax and confidential papers? UWF will host a drive-thru paper shredding event to securely shred your documents! Donations support missions that empower women & support families in marginalized communities. Every paper shredded is a step towards a cleaner; healthier Earth for all! Question: contact Janet Folsom 612-396-9654 

UWF Collection: Saturday, October 3rd, 9:00am-11:00am, Roseville Campus Parking Lot. Drive by - drop off — in our parking lot. We are collecting for Project Home. Needed are basic household essentials to set up a household —slightly used. Linens need to be new. An items list is posted on the UWF Bulletin Board next to the Library. Questions: Carol Johnson 612-719-4107. Or Deb Wright 651-210-0491

Speaking Up for Democracy sessions are revealing personal and deep commitments to democracy, justice, and the community-wide topic of healthcare these days -- what we want for ourselves and everyone else. We are choosing strategic actions to reach voters. You are still welcome to join, as the current groups will collaborate on actions. SAP will begin the series on September 13 from 9:15-10:30. We welcome you too Constance Gruen cgruen50@gmail.com or 651-925-9929 Amy Swalley lundswalley@gmail.com or 612-750-9783
Care Team Volunteers needed! Do you have spiritual gifts of care, service, and compassion?  The Care Team needs you!  Centennial UMC's Care Team offers friendly visits and calls, provides rides to church and medical appointments, and offers help with light housework and errands.  Training and support provided by Care Team lead Peggy Rhodes and Pastor Bitrus Bamai.  If interested, please reach out to Peggy Rhodes | peggy.l.rhodes@gmail.com
Coffee Hour Volunteers: Volunteers are always welcome and needed  for the Sunday Coffee Hour at the Roseville Campus. [CLICK HERE] for easy online sign-up . If the link is not for you, please sign up on the paper form at the Roseville sign-up center or email Dodie |  dodiewoodis@gmail.com with the Sunday(s) you are available.
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Discipleship

2026-2027 Children & Youth Registration is now open!: In accordance with our Safe Sanctuaries policy, all children involved in Sunday School, Youth Group, or any music groups must be registered. Registering gives us helpful information about emergency contacts, behavioral information, parental contact information, media release consent. It is most helpful if you register ahead of time, but if you haven't registered yet and bring your child to Sunday School, no worries we can get you registered then. REGISTER HERE

Joyful Ringers: Wednesdays,7:45pm-8:15pm, Roseville Campus. Youth interested in handbells? We will be starting up Joyful Ringers again this year, our youth hand bell choir. The group is open to youth 9 and older.  Practices will be on Wednesdays from 7:45-8:15 at the RSV campus. Contact Mark Meyer for more information | m1meyer@protonmail.com, 651-486-0757.

United Women in Faith Unit Meeting: Thursday, October 1st, Roseville Campus Linden Lounge, Fellowship & Dessert at 6:00pm and program at 7:00pm. Learn about the prison system, programs and Native Americans at the Shakopee Facility. Elizabeth Richards, Director of Victim Services at the MN Dept of Corrections will present what is being done to help this population, prevent recidivism & mitigate the impact on future generations. Questions contact Maureen Petersen 612.693.3359

Connectivity: Sunday, September 27th, 11:15am, Asbury 1/Hybrid. Our lesson/discussion will be led by Nickie Coby and Debby Newman on “How to Connect with People who have Disabilities”. Contact mdelong@umn.edu.
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Children & Youth

Register your children/youth for the 2026-27 Program Year!
Regular Children & Youth Ministry will be starting up soon, make sure to register your kids/youth.

Sunday School (FaithWalk): Kindergarten -5th Grade
Begins September 27th, 9:15am-9:55am
Parents/Guardians, please accompany your child to the FaithWalk room (Asbury 4) for check in.

Youth Group: 6th Grade - 12th Grade
 6:30pm-7:30pm
Parents/Guardians, please accompany your kid to the youth room for drop off. At the end of youth group, you can pick them up in Linden Court.

Volunteers needed: Faithwalk volunteers, youth mentors Contact: Rev. Lauren Rheingans | lrheingans@centennialumc.org  
2026-27 Children & youth registration

Community Announcements

Trunk or Treat: Saturday, October 24th, 4:00pm-6:00pm, St. Anthony Park Campus Parking Lot. It's almost that time of year again for our annual trunk or treat!!! Kid's and their families from the community join us for candy, cocoa, and fun! Not only do we want you to invite your neighbors, friends, and family, we also need your help to make this event possible. We are looking for volunteers to watch the attend to the building, run the cocoa bar, help with the fire pit, and of course to decorate their trunk! You can sign up to volunteer HERE, at the sign up center, or email amcclintock@centennialumc.org. We will also be taking candy donations starting September 27th! You can drop these off at the drop off center (inside the coat closet to the left of the church office. To accommodate kiddos with allergies please refrain from brining any candy with nuts.

Coffee Hour with the Pastor: Pastor Jin will be setting aside blocks of time where members and attendees can sign up for 30 minute slots to get to know Pastor Jin and he can get to know you better! The times and dates available are

September 29th from 11:30am - 12:00pm
October 13th from 10:30am-11:00am
October 21st from 3:00pm - 4:30pm
October 27th from 10:30am - 12:00pm

Book your slot HERE or you can email Pastor Jin | jhur@centennialumc.org
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Realm Connect

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Realm Connect is our online data base where you can access the online directory, sig- up for volunteer opportunities, view meeting minutes, and see all of your groups! We are integrating realm more and more for our internal communications so if you do not have a login yet, please contact Communications & Office 
Manager Annika, amcclintock@centennialumc.org or indicate so on your connect card so she can send you an invite link. If you want step by step help as well, contact Annika to set up a time to meet.

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