Reverend Scott at Warner Temple

Centennial's own Reverend Scott was the guest pastor for Warner Temple's Revival this past August 30th & 31st and he was on fire! Many visiting churches came out to sing and fellowship from all over North and South Carolina. Of course, The Little White Church's choir and musicians got busy for the Lord as well. Everything was real nice but Reverend Scott really reached the people on both nights. The Holy Ghost was definately in the house. Ain't no party like a Holy Ghost party because a Holy Ghost party don't stop.

A Great Example of How God Is Good...

On a particular Saturday morning, the ladies of Centennial were serving breakfast and oh, how delicious it was. The children were playing outside the church like they usually do and all was well. Not too soon after most everybody packed up to leave, a man fell asleep at the wheel, swerved across the church yard through the parking lot and took out a light pole! Twenty or thirty minutes earlier and we would have had a disaster.

Thank God nobody, including the driver of the pickup truck was seriously injured. The post was split and the power lines were ripped out the side of the church but once again, thank goodness that everyone is alright. Duke Energy has since put up a new pole and got the power back working. God is good, all the time.

Preach, Qua! Preach!

When the Bible said you will be judged by your deeds, no one took that to heart like Ja'Quavis Omar Tucker. Called Qua for short, he has been an intricate part of the well being of Centennial. Not only is he a junior trustee, an usher, a member of both the junior choir and the Voices of Faith mass choir, a praise dance choreographer, and church play producer but he also is very active in the community as a volunteer police intern and student body president at Lancaster High. What is so amazing is that he is still only a teenager who's life is just beginning when he heads out this fall to college.

Being a very well mannered gentleman and intelligent individual, God had a plan for Qua and after being the guest speaker at church a few times, he has now accepted his calling to be a preacher. This past Saturday, June 26, 2010, Qua performed his trial sermon at the little white church on the side of the road in front of a packed house. The district elder and his wife were in attendance as well as many other pastors, church officials, family and friends. Qua did a very good job and we are so very proud of him and all of his great deeds and accomplishments. We wish him much success in his pastorial pursuit, college academics and in all of lifes endeavors. Preach, Qua! Preach.

Father's Day Celebration 2010

We heard it over and over again, "This is not a competition, this is how we treat our men." The women of Centennial went way out of their way to make the fellas feel special. It started not to many Sundays after Mother's Day with little candy treats, flowers, cards in the mail and all kinds of gift wrapped goodies. The Saturday before Father's Day, they cooked and served breakfast to the men at the church which was very nice. But then the big day came. We had an early 9:00 am service to praise our Heavenly Father first and then the whole congregation boarded a couple of long vans to head out to who knows where.

After an hour or so ride, they tried to fool the gentlemen of Centennial by stopping at a Cracker Barrel resturant but no one fell for that. We then pulled up to a docking pier at Lake Norman where we boarded The Catawba Queen and had a great time fellowshipping. The luncheon was superb and a few members even drove the boat. We laughed and enjoyed the fresh air until we docked back at the Queens Landing where we were greeted by a steel drum band. Thank you ladies for a joyous occasion.

The Summer Picnic

Our gracious pastor blessed his congregation with an all expense paid cookout on the church grounds. The food was delicious and the games were fun. We really appreciated the day of fellowship and would like to thank Reverend Scott for a great time.

Breakfast Fundraiser

It was almost Christmas so the members of Centennial decided to spread some holiday cheer and raise some money for the church at the same time. Everyone pitched in to sell tickets good for a home cooked breakfast and good fellowship on December 20th, 2008. Some of the ladies arrived as early as 7:00 am to prepare to food and decorate the restaurant. We would like to thank the Tucker family at Carolina Steak & Ribs for donating their facility for our fundraiser.

Right at 8:00 am, the first patrons began to file in to redeem their breakfast tickets. Everyone got full from a delicious serving of pancakes, turkey bacon, eggs and juice or coffee. It was beautiful to get together on a Saturday morning with neighbors, friends and family who you might not have been able to previously. The servers looked great with their little elf hats as everyone was greeted with a smile plus a candy cane.

The members of Centennial AME Zion who pitched in to make the fundraiser a success are greatly appreciated. Everyone chipped in collectively to produce an excellect team effort.

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