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E-Courier for Sunday, October 29, 2017
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Reformation Sunday
Sunday, October 29
Our Reformation Sunday events will include a 9 AM joint Sunday school class (for middle school age and up) led by Kevin DeYoung, who will speak on "Ad Fontes: The Reformation Slogan We Never Hear About."
Guest preacher Mike Kruger, President of RTS Charlotte, will speak at our 10:45 AM service, with a sermon entitled "Are You a Pretender or a Repenter?"
Closing out the weekend of celebration, our evening worship will be a 7 PM concert with Keith and Kristyn Getty. (See below for details.)
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Children's Reformation Celebration
Sunday, October 29 | 9 AM
The Children's Ministry will have their own Reformation Celebration for our elementary children during the Sunday school hour. This will be a fun time for our children as they gain knowledge of our historic faith. We look forward to celebrating the exciting 500-year anniversary of the Reformation together! Children should join us in the A Building gym.
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ProjectSHARE October Collection -
Operation Christmas Child
This Sunday is the last day to drop off Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes for our October ProjectSHARE collection. Please have them packed and returned to the Information Desk. See our
ProjectSHARE webpage for more information.
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Keith & Kristyn Getty: Facing a Task Unfinished
Sunday, October 29 | 7 PM (doors open at 6 PM)
Close out our weekend of celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation by joining us for a worship concert featuring our own Sanctuary choir joining Keith and Kristyn Getty with music from their current tour. The concert is free and open to all. In lieu of tickets, a love offering will be taken. Childcare is not available. There are no reserved seats. Doors open at 6 PM and the concert begins at 7 PM. We hope you'll join us for the close of our Reformation celebration weekend!
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GriefShare: Surviving the Holidays
Tuesday, November 7 | 7 PM
For those who are grieving a loved one's death during this season, we are hosting a seminar, Surviving the Holidays, on November 7, at 7 PM in the worship center, room 211. Wondering how you will survive the weeks surrounding Thanksgiving and Christmas? Are you dreading these holidays, knowing that everything has changed and that happy memories from past years can't be recreated? In this GriefShare seminar, you'll learn how to deal with the many emotions you'll face during the holidays, what to do about traditions and other coming changes, helpful tips for surviving social events, and how to discover hope for your future. For more information and to RSVP for this seminar, please
contact Mary Jo Culver. More information about the Surviving the Holidays curriculum can be found at
griefshare.org/holidays.
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AHG Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
Thursday, November 9 | 5:30-7 PM
The American Heritage Girls (AHG) at Christ Covenant will have a spaghetti dinner and silent auction to raise funds to help ship Operation Christmas Child boxes overseas and to support the girls in an overnight trip to the zoo. The spaghetti dinner will be held in the Community Life Center. Take-out and gluten free options are available. Please order your meal at
bit.ly/AHG-spaghetti.
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Thanksgiving Feast
Sunday, November 12 | following morning worship
This year's Thanksgiving Feast will be held in the Community Life Center on Sunday, November 12, following morning worship. Join us for a time of great fellowship and delicious food! Christ Covenant will provide the meat, cranberry relish, rolls, and drinks. Our church families bring the side dishes.
We ask that each family would pick up a pan (with a recipe and drop-off instructions) in one of our lobby areas on November 5 before or after the morning service.
If you would like to help serve at the feast, please go to our SignUpGenius page. If you misplaced your recipe, see the Thanksgiving Feast announcement at christcovenant.org/news. Note that it is important that everyone signs up so that we know how much of our main dishes to prepare.
We will have a canned food drive that day to benefit the Matthews Help Center. Please bring your canned food to the morning service and drop it off outside the main lobby doors.
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Help Build a Habitat House!
Saturday, November 18 (final CCC build day)
Join us as we assist in building a Habitat House for the Kingombe family in the Crestdale community in Matthews!
Our final Christ Covenant Church build day is November 18 (7 volunteers needed). No construction background is necessary, but builders must be at least 17 years old (or 16, accompanied by a parent). On that day we need to provide 25 bag lunches for the site volunteers. Children are welcome to help prepare these meals!
If you are interested in serving or having your group serve, please contact
Karen Chambers.
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Do You Need Help with Housework or Yardwork?
Every year, church members and families partner with Campus Outreach to help get our students to the Campus Outreach New Year's Conference. The Lord has used this annual conference in many different ways and we would hate for our students to miss out because of finances.
Help a UNCC student get to the Campus Outreach New Year's Conference by hiring one to come help you with anything around your house! If you are interested, contact Abby Minnick at
[email protected] or 201-669-9618.
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The Christ Covenant Church App
Christ Covenant Church now has an app, available in app stores for your mobile device! The app includes quick access to our sermons, Kevin DeYoung's blog, church events, as well as nearly everything that is on our website. Download the app today at
http://get.theapp.co/346a.
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Covenant Day School (CDS) |
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Admissions Open Houses
If you are interested in Covenant Day, we'd love to meet you at one of our fall TK-12 Admissions Open Houses. They will take place Friday, November 3 (9:30 AM) and Saturday, November 4 (9:30 AM). Visit covenantday.org/openhouse for more details or to register. Please share this with friends and family as well. We'd love to meet them, too!
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Annual CDS Holiday Market
Friday, November 17 | 7:30 AM - 4 PM
Mark your calendar! The CDS Parent Association will be hosting the annual Holiday Market in the Community Life Center. Come enjoy time with friends as you shop and support our CDS parents/students and CCC vendors! There is still room for a few more vendors. If you own a family business and would like to be a vendor,
please
download the information here
. Questions? Email
Laura McCarthy
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Roper Scholarship
Covenant Day School is accepting applications for its Roper scholarship, which covers up to 80% of a student's annual tuition. This scholarship is available only to Christ Covenant Church member families considering enrolling a new student for the 2018-2019 school year, who would also qualify for financial assistance. The deadline to apply for this scholarship is January 15, 2018. Please contact the CDS Admissions office at 704-847-2385 for more information or to pick up an application. You can also download the application by clicking here.
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- GET INVOLVED: OUTREACH - |
| Please see our Get Involved webpage for more ways to get involved in our Outreach and Missions programs.
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ProjectSHARE November Collection -
Carrington Place
Carrington Place Rehabilitation and Living Center is located just down Fullwood Lane from Christ Covenant Church. Their mission is to be the community facility of choice - a Matthews nursing home providing resident-centered and family services with genuine compassion and highest quality. We are collecting shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, men's body wash, cologne, perfume, book lights, magnifying glasses, picture frames, tissue, and wind chimes. Items can be dropped off at the Information Desk any Sunday in November. Please see our
ProjectSHARE webpage for more information.
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Worship Notes
Sunday, October 29
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Morning Worship - 10:45 AM
"Are You a Pretender
or a Repenter?"
(Matthew 21:28-32)
Dr. Michael Kruger
Guest Preacher
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Evening Worship - 7 PM
GETTY CONCERT:
Facing a Task Unfinished Tour
(See this week's announcements at left for more details.)
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Our worship folder is posted on Fridays on the
Worship page of our website.
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THIS WEEK
Oct. 29 - Nov. 4
Sunday, October 29
9 AM | Joint Sunday school
9 AM | Discovery Class
9 AM | Children's Reformation
Celebration
10:45 AM | Morning worship
7 PM | Getty concert
Monday, October 30
7 AM | HS morning prayer
Tuesday, October 31
10 AM | The Anchor
11:50 AM | WBS: Luke
6:30 PM | The Anchor
7 PM | Tuesday Prayer
Wednesday, November 1
10 AM | Women's study
7 PM | CCYM - Link & EPIC
7 PM | Sanctuary Choir
Thursday, November 2
9:30 AM | WBS: Genesis
6:45 PM | AHG
7 PM | WBS: Elijah
7 PM | DivorceCare &
DivorceCare for Kids
7 PM | Trail Life
Friday, November 3
High school youth leave for
"Big What?" retreat
9:30 AM | CDS Admissions
Open House
12 PM | Senior Adult monthly
luncheon
Saturday, November 4
9:30 AM | CDS Admissions
Open House
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Nov. 5 | Daylight Saving Time
ends (2 AM)
Nov. 7 | GriefShare: Surviving the
Holidays (7 PM)
Nov. 8 | WBS: Philippians (7 PM)
Nov. 9 | American Heritage Girls
spaghetti fundraiser (5:30 PM)
Nov. 10 | Senior Adult ladies
luncheon (11:30 AM)
Nov. 11 | WBS: Philippians
(9:30 AM)
Nov. 12 | Thanksgiving Feast
luncheon (joint SBS that day)
Nov. 15 | Yarn Lovers Ministry
(10 AM)
Nov. 17 | CDS Holiday Market
Nov. 17 | Senior Adult men's
lunch (11:30 AM)
Nov. 18 | Habitat build day
Nov. 20-24 | Week of Jubilee
Nov. 23-24 | Offices closed
Nov. 26 | Congregational Meeting
& Annual Report (after
evening worship)
Nov 27 | Congregational Day of
Prayer (7:30 AM -9 PM)
Nov. 28 | DivorceCare: Surviving
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Missionaries
Our Missionaries in a
Restricted Area
These missionaries with a team of Bible translators bringing the Gospel to an unreached people group.
Pray
for them on a year-long home assignment to have time for rest and renewal. Pray for opportunities for them to share the work they have been doing.
For more information about our Missionary of the Week, see the News page on our website.
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Let Them Soar 5K
Sat., November 4 | 8 AM
Christ Covenant Church and the
His Abilities ministry is excited to host the Let Them Soar 5K, a fundraiser to support the work of The Exceptional Foundation. We are excited to be supporting the good work that TEF is doing to bless our community by creating a special place for those with special needs. We hope that this will provide a positive experience and connection point with Christ Covenant Church for many outside our church community - a possible bridge to the church and to Christ for those whose lives have been touched by disability or runners and participants who love this community.
Sign up to run or volunteer to help or just show up and support this event. For details on the race and a link to register,
click here. You can participate by yourself, join a team, or even be a "Spirit Runner" (you get a t-shirt and don't have to run!). Questions?
Contact Pastor Dave Baxter.
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Our Tithes and Gifts
Thank you for your tithes and gifts to all of the ministries of Christ Covenant. Don't forget to take advantage of our secure online giving. Please continue to pray for God's provision this calendar year. As a reminder, the Our Heritage pledge fulfillment period goes through December 2017.
| 1/1/17 - 10/22/17 |
Actual
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Budget
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Difference
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%
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| Operating Budget - Inflow |
3,948,730
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3,964,500
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(15,770)
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(0.40%)
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| Faith Promise Budget - Inflow |
246,510
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234,300
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12,210
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5.21% |
| 12/1/14 - 10/22/17 |
Gifts Received
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3-Year Commitment
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Fulfillment %
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| Our Heritage - Inflow |
3,536,583
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3,500,000
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101.05%
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This email is now our E-Courier newsletter.
It is also available on our website on the News page each week.
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