SUNDAY

9:30 am Sunday School

10:45 am Worship Service &

Children’s Church

WEDNESDAY

5:30 pm Choir practice

6:30 pm Children & Youth Mtg 7:00 pm Prayer Meeting

THURSDAY

OASIS —12:00 pm 3rd Thursday #############################

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Celebrate God’s Green

Earth. Reduce, Reuse, Re-

cycle, Rejoice

One Birthday isn’t enough.

Be born again!

God didn’t do it all in one

day — what makes you

think you can?

WEEKLY

OPPPORTUNITIES

May

2016

Contact

“A FAMILY OF FAITH

STANDING

TOGETHER

ON GOD’S WORD”

Pastor Bryce Kristofferson

816 W. Breckenridge St.

Mexico, MO 65265

Phone: 573-581-5173

www.centennialbaptistchurch.com secretary@centennialbaptistchurch.com

8th Grade

Rachel Kristofferson, Daughter of Bryce & Kara Kristoffer-son, Granddaughter of Randall & Betty Kristofferson (MMS)

High School

Charity Bockenstedt, Daughter of Bart and Candice Bock-enstedt (Jefferson City)

Michaela Grubb, Daughter of Kenny & Sherri Grubb (MHS)

Morgan Hall, Daughter of Bill and Pat Hall (MHS)

Regan Lowry, Daughter of Lisa Heaston Spires and Tharon Lowry, Granddaughter of David and Jackie Heaston (Bolivar High School)

Emily Polacek, Daughter of Kevin and Karen Polacek, granddaughter of Dan & Laura Pitts. (MHS)

Nathan Yeager, Son of Bob & Donna Yeager (MHS)

College

Jonathan Hanna, Son of Kenneth & Glena Hanna, Grandson of Helen Brown.

Master’s Degree in Theology: Church History, Liberty University

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DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

_________________________________ SUNDAY

5/1-29 — 9:30 am Sunday School

10:45 am Worship & Children’s Church MONDAY 5/2-30— 6:30—8:30 pm Blue Grass Group WEDNESDAY

5/4-25 — 5:30 pm Choir practice

6:30-8:00 pm Children & Youth

(Children Wed evening ends May 18th until Sept)

7:00 pm Prayer Mtg

THURSDAY

5/19 — OASIS 12 pm

We have been having some mighty fine Tech Team

(Sound & Video) coverage of songs, announce-

ments, listening guide verses and videos in the sanctuary lately with a lot

of preparation, organization and dedication of several people. Kudos to

all the individuals who participate in this mission to make your Sunday

AM service the best it can be for you.

Special Thanks to Steve Moore, Chairman of this

committee.

N O T I C E

Missed a sermon? You can now listen to

our sermons at

www.centennialbaptistchurch.com

N O T I C E

Find us on Facebook!

www.facebook.com/

centennialbaptistchurchmo

Volunteer Spotlight

May 2016

1 9:30 am Sun. School 10:45 am Worship & Children’s Church

2 6:30--8:30 pm Blue Grass

3 4 5:30 pm Choir 6:30 –8:00 p.m. Children & Youth 7:00 pm Prayer Mtg

5 National Day of Prayer 7:00 am Day of Prayer Break-fast

6

7

8 Mothers Day 9:30 am Sun. School 10:45 am Worship & Children’s Church Faith Maternity Care Bottle Drive Begins

9 6:30-8:30 pm Blue Grass

10

11 5:30 pm Choir 6:30 –8:00 p.m. Children & Youth 7:00 pm Prayer Mtg

12

13 14 8:00 am Men’s Breakfast

15

9:30 am Sun. School 10:45 am Worship & Children’s Church Lord’s Supper

16 6:30-8:30 pm Blue Grass MHS Gradua-tion 8:00 pm

17 Decision 2016 Franklin Graham Jefferson City 12 noon

18

5:30 pm Choir No kids activities tonight at church due to promotion 8th Grade Promotion

19 OASIS 12 noon

20

21 Armed Forces Day

22 9:30 am Sun. School 10:45 am Worship & Children’s Church

23

6:30-8:30 pm Blue Grass Church Council 7 pm

24

25

5:30 pm Choir 6:30 pm Youth 7:00 pm Prayer Mtg

26

27 28

29 9:30 am Sun. School 10:45 am Worship & Children’s Church

30 OFFICE CLOSED Memorial Day

31

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Serving Next month

JUNE 12

JUNE 19

JUNE 26

JUNE 5

Finance Committee

Chris Duff & Steve Leach

Chris Duff & Steve Leach

Chris Duff & Steve Leach

Chris Duff & Steve Leach

Hospital & Nursing Home

Visitation

Laura Pitts & Toni Jeffries

Laura Pitts & Toni Jeffries

Laura Pitts & Toni Jeffries

Laura Pitts & Toni Jeffries

Pantry Item Cereal Cereal Cereal Cereal

9:30 am Greeter Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry

10:45 am Greeter Bob Brace Bob Brace Bob Brace Bob Brace

10:45 a.m. Children’s Church

Judy Gentry Daniel & Kristin Jenkins

Miranda Mar-quette

& Amy Duff

Judy Gentry

10:45 am Nursery Rachel & Becca Kristofferson

Dolly Jesse & Molly Talley

Margaret Ingrum & Kelli Teel

TBA

Van Driver Tim Jesse 581-8496

Tim Jesse 581-8496

Tim Jesse 581-8496

Tim Jesse 581-8496

Serving this month

May 8

May 15

May 22

May 29

May 1

Finance Committee

JR Houchins & Diane Hibbs

JR Houchins & Diane Hibbs

JR Houchins & Diane Hibbs

JR Houchins & Diane Hibbs

JR Houchins & Diane Hibbs

Hospital & Nursing Home Visitation

Stacey Moore & Rachel Cox

Stacey Moore & Rachel Cox

Stacey Moore & Rachel Cox

Stacey Moore & Rachel Cox

Stacey Moore & Rachel Cox

Pantry Item Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes

9:30 am Greeter Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry

10:45 am Greeter Bob Brace Bob Brace Bob Brace Bob Brace Bob Brace

10:45 a.m. Children’s Church

Judy Gentry Daniel & Kristin Jenkins

Miranda Mar-quette

& Amy Duff

Miranda Mar-quette

& Amy Duff

Judy Gentry

10:45 am Nursery Rachel & Becca Kristofferson

Dolly Jesse & Molly Talley

Margaret Ingrum & Kelli Teel

TBA

TBA

Van Driver Earl Ingrum 581-1056

Earl Ingrum 581-1056

Earl Ingrum 581-1056

Earl Ingrum 581-1056

Earl Ingrum 581-1056

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The weekend of April 1-2nd the youth took a trip to the St. Louis stop of the 2016 Dare2Share

Conference. Two leaders, myself and Rachal Myers, chaperoned three students (Becca and Rachel

Kristofferson and Morgan Hall). At the conference Zane Black and Greg Stier brought a number

of messages about “Living it up” for God which means to live lives which honor God, make us

more like Jesus, and shares his love with both urgency and authenticity. The band “The Digital

Age” led in musical worship for the event. Friday night we had two sessions before leaving the

Family Arena to sleep for the night before returning early the next morning. Saturday morning

kicked off with me (Eric) going to a youth leader’s session. Afterward came lunch and the out-

reach time where we went out across St. Charles and St. Louis sharing the message of the Gospel

to the people we met. The last session came after the outreach time ended and during it we had

one of the most meaningful experiences of the weekend.

The students and the leaders, had all torn out a piece of the guides earlier in the day and written a

word on it that represented sin we struggle with and were instructed to then tear them up. Greg

then prayed and upon finishing his prayer the leaders stood up and traveling from student to stu-

dent in our group spoke to them that they were forgiven because of what Jesus did for them, we

then collected the shards of the paper from the students and dumped them in a bucket, the buckets

were then dumped in a larger bucket so it was all mixed together. The large bucket was finally

dumped at the base of a cross that had been brought on the stage and wiped in red paint to repre-

sent Jesus’ blood. Ending with one last worship song the students, leaders everyone was drawn on

with special crayons which glow in the dark to remind us to light up the world for Jesus and when

the song ended we were released to go home.

Eric Fleming Youth Pastor

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If you never feel pain...then how would you know that I’m a HEALER?

If you never went through anything, how would you know that I’m a DELIVERER?

If you never had a trial, how could you call yourself an OVERCOMER?

If you never felt sadness, how would you know that I’m a COMFORTER?

If you never made a mistake, how would you know that I’m FORGIVING?

If you knew all, how would you know that I will ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS?

I If you never were in trouble, how would you know that I will COME TO YOUR RESCUE?

If you were never broken, then how would you know that I can MAKE YOU WHOLE?

If you never had a problem, how would you know that I can SOLVE THEM?

If you never had any suffering, how would you know WHAT I WENT THROUGH?

If you never went through fire, how would you become PURE?

If I gave you all things, how would you APPRECIATE THEM?

If I never corrected you, how would you know that I LOVE YOU?

If you had all power, how would you learn to DEPEND ON ME?

If your life were perfect, what WOULD YOU NEED ME FOR?

JESUS

_______________________________________________________________________

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL MOTHERS

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.

May 5th “National Day of Prayer” Breakfast (Officials)

May 8th Mother’s Day

Faith Maternity Care Baby Bottle Drive

May 15th International Day of Families

May 16th MHS Graduation

May 17th Franklin Graham— Jefferson City

May 18th 8th Grade Promotion

May 30th Memorial Day

__________________________________________________________________

Please remember the Franklin Graham Deci-

sion Tour 2016 at the Missouri State Capital

on Tuesday May 17th at noon.

Centennial would like to take a bus load to

the event. Let us know if you want to ride

with us. 573-581-5173.

If you can’t go then please be in prayer for

our nation.

God is in control !

If you never feel pain...then how would you know that I’m a HEALER?

If you never went through anything, how would you know that I’m a DELIVERER?

If you never had a trial, how could you call yourself an OVERCOMER?

If you never felt sadness, how would you know that I’m a COMFORTER?

If you never made a mistake, how would you know that I’m FORGIVING?

If you knew all, how would you know that I will ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS?

I If you never were in trouble, how would you know that I will COME TO YOUR RESCUE?

If you were never broken, then how would you know that I can MAKE YOU WHOLE?

If you never had a problem, how would you know that I can SOLVE THEM?

If you never had any suffering, how would you know WHAT I WENT THROUGH?

If you never went through fire, how would you become PURE?

If I gave you all things, how would you APPRECIATE THEM?

If I never corrected you, how would you know that I LOVE YOU?

If you had all power, how would you learn to DEPEND ON ME?

If your life were perfect, what WOULD YOU NEED ME FOR?

JESUS

_______________________________________________________________________

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL MOTHERS

May Birthdays Ashley Kreyling 1 Ashley Shaw 2 Micah Lauer 6 Sara Jenkins 11 Kelli Teel 12 Pastor Bryce 12 Margaret Larson 13 Gabriel Marquette 16 Eben Bockenstedt 16 Shawna Penn 25

MAY ANNIVERSARIES

Dwight & Pat Schindler 8 Gerald & Dorothea Carlyle 9 Alvin & Jean Harp 24 Bob & Donna Yeager 25 Kevin & Karen Polacek 28 Robert & Cynthia Minney 31 Mike & Lori Test 31

Dwight and Pat Schindler

May 8, 1966

to

May 8, 2016

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The Membership Committee is searching for some long lost members of Cen-

tennial Baptist! Can You Help?? If you know any of these people on the list or

know someone who does know them could you please contact our church of-

fice by phone or email so we can get our membership roll updated. Any small

bit of information will be very helpful. Thanking you in advance! We do not

have any information on these people except that they joined. No address or

phone.

Thank You!!

NAME JOINED NAME JOINED

Angela Bakley 7/23/1989 Tammy Dunn 1/20/1988

Jim Baysinger 6/21/1972 Patricia Foster 1/28/1990

Johnny Bishop 9/14/1956 Lori Ann Fowler 6/3/1973

Bonnie Braden 9/21/1980 Robert Frazer 10/5/1975

Trisha Briggs 1/20/1985 Patty Gifford 2/2/1973

Mary Cohen 11/26/1989 Joshua Gish 3/5/2000

Joseph Crawford 6/1/2000 Trey Goodin 3/2/2003

Kathy Crawford 4/11/1999 Judy Grant 2/23/1997

Rita Cross 5/1/1964 Rhonda Graves 10/17/1979

Lori Delong 4/14/1974 Niki Hermann 11/21/2004

Vonda Renee Dowdy 6/19/1977 Billy Hill 4/5/2000

Answers to last month’s riddles. 1. A memory, 2. The num-ber 8, A dish towel.

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