Gaspar marveled at the wonders of this mysterious contraption. Balthasar was so far away, yet looked so close when gazing through this little window.
“Wonder is the only adequate launching pad for exploring this fullness, this wholeness, of human life. Once a year, each Christmas, for a few days at least, we and millions of our neighbors turn aside from our preoccupations with life reduced to biology or economics or psychology and join together in a community of wonder. The wonder keeps us open-eyed, expectant, alive to life that is always more than we can account for, that always exceeds our calculations, that is always beyond anything we can make." - Eugene Peterson
Today’s micro-challenge: Take a walk or drive around your neighborhood, and enjoy the lights and decorations with child-like wonder.
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Mission Ministry This Week
We continue to seek to meet the needs of those who are most vulnerable in our community. We are regularly packing food to be distributed to those in need. You can help. Join one of our small food packing teams. If you are interested in helping to pack UFOs, you
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Virginia Annual Conference Report
The Virginia Annual Conference 2024 was a memorable and inspiring conference. After a lengthy time of division and conflict, the denomination is focused on the way forward while embracing our Wesleyan heritage. We want the members of the CUMC congregation to have easy access to the dynamic teaching and inspiring
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Virginia Annual Conference 2024 Report and Photosby Kim Wu on July 5, 2024 in Recent Events
The Virginia Annual Conference 2024 was a memorable and inspiring conference. After a lengthy time of division and conflict, the denomination is focused on the way forward while embracing our Wesleyan heritage. We want the members of the CUMC congregation to have easy access to the dynamic teaching and inspiring
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A Reflection on Annual Conference
The following reflection was written by Kim Wu. It’s been two weeks since the conclusion of the Virginia Annual Conference, and my soul still feels captivated by it. After a season of sadness over churches who chose to disaffiliate and after the recent General Conference, I was looking for some
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Explorations Class
Are you new to the faith, or new to the Methodist Church? Or perhaps you have been attending for a while, but still have questions about the faith or why the church does things a certain way. This summer, our Deacon, Rev. Phil Mohr will be leading a class for
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Backpack Collection
We are collecting 200 new school backpacks for Centre Ridge Elementary School this summer. Select the age and gender of the recipient on the sign up form. Please return all backpacks by August 9.
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United Women in Faith (UWF) Salad Supper Photos
The Centreville United Women in Faith (UWF) hosted a salad supper on Monday evening. Guest speaker was Jim Lewis, project-manager and author of a Civil War Trails historical marker in Centreville. Jim shared a fascinating local story that began with a relic hunter coming across the skeletal remains of a
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White House Ornament Sale
The Centreville United Women in Faith (UWF) is pre-selling White House Ornaments. All orders must be placed by July 24, and are pre-paid. The price is $24 per ornament. This year’s ornament honors President Jimmy Carter. The ornament’s anchor shape, an iconic symbol of hope, represents Carter’s service in the United States
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Book Club
Meet with others to discuss a chosen work of fiction through the lens of your faith. This group meets once a month on a Sunday evening via Zoom. Contact Margaret Welker at mwelker@centreville-umc.org to learn more or sign up below. All are welcome! Here are the book club selections for the
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Moms Group Activitiesby Kim Wu on June 14, 2024 in Upcoming Events
Are you fully in your Mom Era, but still craving the fun and connection you had in your days of attending youth group? CUMC’s newest group is the one for you! MOMS: Moms Offering Moms Support meets twice a month. -Go out on the town for some grownup fun (time and location TBD each month). Contact Jane
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Host Food and Fellowship
Please help us extend the hospitality of Jesus to members, newcomers, and guests in our Fellowship Hall every Sunday from 10:30-11:00. Here’s how to help: 1. Pick a date and sign up! 2. Provide 3 food options for 50 people. Popular suggestions include trays of cookies, fruit, veggies, donut holes,
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2024 Graduate Paradeby Kim Wu on June 6, 2024 in Recent Events
This year we celebrate 35 graduates - high school, undergraduate, and advanced degree recipients.
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Pizza with the Pastors
Anyone who is new to Centreville UMC or has been attending for a while but wants to get to know us better, is invited to come and enjoy pizza with the pastors! Pizza with the pastors will be offered roughly once a month at 12:15 PM on Sundays in the
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Confirmation 2024 Photos
We joyfully received six confirmands into our congregation on Confirmation Sunday. These confirmands went through months of study before arriving at the decision to join Centreville UMC. A popular part of the confirmation process is the weekend retreat. This year, our confirmands went to the Claggett Center.
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Sneedville Mission Trip in Review
May 5-11, 8 current and former members of CUMC participated in our church’s 31st mission trip to Sneedville, TN. Sneedville is in Hancock County, not far from Cumberland Gap, and is surrounded by the Appalachian Mountains. It is rugged and beautiful, and one of the poorest counties in the United
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Sing and Ring in Pictures
On Sunday evening, we celebrated our Children's Music Ministry. We enjoyed the sound of handbells with our Rejoicing and Joyful Noise Ringers, and the sound of voices raised in joyful praise with the Cherub and Carol vocal choirs. We also presented hymnals to our sixth graders. What a great year
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ESL Graduation Spring 2024
Congratulations to our English as a Second Language students and teachers on another great semester.
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CUMC Art Gallery in Photos
As part of our "Sense-Ability" sermon series, we had an art show to highlight how we use our sense of sight to experience God. Members of the congregation loaned us their own artwork that expressed where and how they see God in the world.
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Devotion
Here's a devotion written by a member of our congregation, Kim Noble: Matthew 18:20 (NRSVUE) For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” Exodus 20:12 (NRSVUE) Honor your father and mother. I planned to visit my parents in Arizona the first week in
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