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This Sunday, March 25, 2018
Palm Sunday
The Passion
From Mark
Katie Kinnison preaching

       Everyone knows the Christmas story. We can tell that one in our sleep, recalling countless Christmas plays and myriad renditions of carols. We might even be able to quote some scripture here and there.
   As wondrous as this story is, it is not the most important one for us, for the followers of a Risen Lord.
   Holy Week is coming, and these stories are where we live: the hope and the brokenness, the connection and the betrayal, death and life. This, this is the story we need to know, and we need to know it in our bones.
    This Sunday we will saturate ourselves in the story. We will let the words inside us and invite the Word to fill us. No music. Just words and empty spaces and the sounds of our hearts pumping. 
    We will tell the story, and I invite you to listen with open and expectant hearts. Who knows what the Spirit of the Living God will do?

Yours ever in our bold hope,
Katie
TGIGF (Thank God It’s Good Friday)
Fri., March 30, 9:30-11:30am
Children are not the only ones who wonder why this sad day is called good. We’ll talk about that, about how amazing it is that nothing ever can stop God’s love. We’ll learn about this Holy Week and the story of Jesus loving and loving. We’ll make things, play games, eat hot cross buns and some other snacks and have a wonderful time. Cost is $5. Register: tinyurl.com/TGIGF2018. Contact: Erin Wise.
Youth! RSVP for Ghost Ranch Mission Trip by April 1
Trip is July 29-Aug. 4, Abiquiu, NM
We have 15 spots reserved for kids and their friends. Please contact Shea Watts ASAP so he can start filling out registration forms and checking on flights.
easter lily plant
Dedicate an Easter worship service lily to your loved ones. Only $7.99.
A sign-up sheet is in the hall. 
HOLY WEEK SERVICES & EVENTS
March 29 - Maundy Thursday Taizé Service
 -7pm Tenebrae, Communion, Cora Kuyvenhoven, cello; Chancel Choir, congregation
March 30 - Good Friday
  -9:30-11:30am TGIGF, children (Register: tinyurl.com/TGIGF2018) 
  -7pm Worship Service: Jason Keefer, organist; Handbell Ensemble 
March 31 - Easter Vigil, 8pm
April 1 - Easter Worship Services
  -8:30 & 11am Jason Keefer, organist; Brass Ensemble; Campanile Handbell Choir
 -10am Gathering
April 8, 10am - More Easter Celebration & Children’s Egg Hunt
Lenten Series Thru March 27, 7pm, Lounge . Awakening:
 Truly Loving Relationships. Live into salvation right now. Explore teachings and practices designed to awaken our hearts and minds to the living God. As we discover ways to let the Spirit loosen the stuck areas of our lives, we also discover more about becoming the “true selves” we were meant to be. All are welcome. Tracy Keenan & Katie Kinnison
Support Survivors of Human Trafficking
April 5 (1st. Thur./Month), 11am, meet at church
Serve lunch at CATCH Court to women rebuilding their lives. Sign up: Mission & Social Concerns board in the hall. Contact Katie Kinnison. We also make toiletry kits for women released from jail. 5-8 bags/month. $15 each. Make checks out to Covenant, with HT BAGS on the memo line.
Our Mission
Covenant Presbyterian Church is an open, accepting community awakening to God's life-giving love together.
Our Vision
Covenant Presbyterian Church glorifies God and builds relationships with Christ and each other through: worship that inspires, nurture that embraces, education that challenges,
fellowship that energizes, ministry that responds.