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Spring Festival
Join us Saturday, April 8 at 12:00 pm for our annual Spring festival! We will have food, games and an egg hunt! Please register to make sure we are ready for you! Call the church office if you would like to volunteer at 901-774-7604.
Scholarship Continues Hopson’s Legacy
Read this story about the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry‘s new seminary scholarship dedicated to celebrating and continuing the legacy of Rev. Roger A. Hopson. The deadline to apply for this scholarship is March 30.
Women’s Month 2023
March, “The month of our founding as the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society in 1869 is the same month we introduce our new name for our new time: United Women in Faith!” March is the perfect time for us to honor our history by stepping boldly into our future. Join us in celebrating Women’s Month 2023!
Women’s History in the Methodist Movement
March is Women’s History Month, and the Methodist Church has a rich history of women’s leadership. Borrow these books to learn about this history and teach it to others. We also have some DVDs on general women’s history to add to your watch list.
- Online Resources
- UMC.org offers this helpful Timeline of Women in Methodism.
- The General Commission on Religion and Race celebrates women of color in our Methodist lineage with a great infographic and a litany of thanks for women of color leaders. They also offer ideas for worship, Sunday School, mission, outreach, and advocacy.
Women’s Month 2023
Join us Sunday, March 26 at 10:30 am. for our Women’s Day Service.
Our Guest Speaker is Dr. Karren Todd.
Dr. Karren Todd
Dr. Karren D. Todd is a dynamic speaker, powerful motivator, author and certified professional coach. After serving 15 years in full-time ministry, with eight years as Senior Associate Pastor, Karren shifted to serving God as the Executive Director of POWER Ministries, Inc and CEO of Empowerment Coaching and Consulting. Karren thrives at the intersection of spiritual and personal development which enables her to support clients in ministry and the marketplace.
Dr. Karren’s impact in the community is widespread. She has served on the Board of Directors for Leadership Memphis, the Memphis Urban League Guild and as a Clergy Coach for the Clergy Coaching Network. She is currently an Executive Committee member for the Black Clergy Collaborative of Memphis and is a member of the Professional Consultation Committee for CPE at Methodist Lebonheur Healthcare. Dr. Karren hosts a weekly radio show called SOAR with Coach Karren on 88.5 and is an active member of the Junior League of Memphis and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Dr. Karren is also a published author with two of her books landing on Amazon and Kindle’s Best-Selling lists. She has received many honors including Tri State Defender’s Women of Excellence, Female Pastor of the Year and the Dress for Success Entrepreneurial Spirit Award.
Dr. Karren recently completed a Chaplain Residency with Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare and is currently serving as the Director of the House of Black Church Studies at Memphis Theological Seminary.
Karren holds a Master of Divinity degree from Memphis Theological Seminary as well as a Doctor of Ministry degree in Pastoral Counseling.
Rev. Roger A. Hopson Seminary Scholarship
Scholarships will be awarded to students pursuing a Master of Divinity at one of the 13 United Methodist seminaries and schools of theology in the United States. With the Rev. Roger A. Hopson Seminary Scholarship, GBHEM is opening pathways for students of all backgrounds to earn their degrees and serve as the next generation of leaders for the church and the world.
Church leaders mourn Tyre Nichols, seek change
Centenary United Methodist Church’s regular Sunday worship service was anything but routine.
The Memphis, Tennessee, church — where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. met with striking sanitation workers just days before being assassinated — now gathered to mourn Tyre Nichols, another man whose brutal death has shaken the national conscience.
The Rev. Deborah Smith, the church’s senior pastor who had marched with King in Memphis, opened the worship service by quoting King’s famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Sermon: Love and Justice
sermon “Love and Justice” by William “Bill” McAlilly, Bishop of the Tennessee-Western Kentucky conference at Centenary United Methodist Church in Memphis, TN.
NPR Visits Centenary after the Death of Tyre Nichols
NPR visits Centenary while in Memphis to hear how the community is grappling with the police killing of Tyre Nichols.
From member, Courtney Davis:
We have to start at the root of the problem, and that’s educational equality, financial opportunities, and start to create an environment for the citizens that are here and the ones that hadn’t even made it to the earth yet.
From member, Glenette Mayo:
And I try to understand how – five people on one person is just as bad. But then you – your job is to protect, and you lose all focus?
Read the full transcript from NPR with comments from our interim District Superintendent, David Weatherly and our former District Superintendent, Cynthia Davis.
Trusting in the Lord
sermon “Trusting in the Lord” by Rev. Dr. Deborah B. Smith, Interim Pastor of Centenary United Methodist Church in Memphis, TN.
Gospel of John Bible Study
Bible Study is the study of the Bible as a personal religious or spiritual practice. If we are serious and really want to be the hands and feet of Jesus, we must build a relationship with God, and Bible Study gives us the guidance we need.
Bible study will resume on January 10, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom. We will be studying the Gospel of John by Dr. David Jeremiah. Please contact the office or Rev. Jones about the study materials.
Register below to join us!