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Covenant Presbyterian Church
2070 Ridgecliff Rd.
(corner of Redding)
Upper Arlington, OH
614-451-6677
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8:30 & 11am
Traditional Worship Services
-Children dismissed to
A Joyful Noise & Wiggle Worship.
10am
Gathering,
Fellowship Hall,
Alternative Worship
(family friendly, interactive)
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Spiritual Verge
(grades 6-8)
LL006
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Treasure Finders,
age 3 - 5th grade
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Nursery, Birth - 3 years
4-5:30pm
Verge (grades 5-8)
5:30-7:30pm
Youth (grades 8-12)
6:30pm
Bible Study, 120
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Pastors on call for pastoral care:
Sat., Sun. -
Tracy 614-946-2982
Mon., Tues., Fri., -
Katie 614-625-1335
Wed., Thurs. -
Jim 614-886-3681
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PASTORAL LEADERSHIP &
PROGRAM STAFF
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Parish Associate
Director of Children's Ministry
Director of Youth Ministry
Director Covenant Children's Center
Assistant for Children's Ministry
Organist/Pianist
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All Deacons are "contact points" in addition to their team assignments. Contact any Deacon.
Moderator:
Vice-Moderator:
Jill Cameron
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Communion Coordinator:
Staff Liaison:
Deacon Ministry
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Sun., March 5
Domesticating the Deity and Avoiding the Now
Matthew 17:1-8
Pretty heavy sermon title, isn't it?
You see the scripture we're chewing on together this week is the story of the Transfiguration-- Jesus is seen on a mountaintop with Elijah and Moses, and he's apparently glowing. This may be a familiar story to you, but have you figured out what it has to do with our lives? After all, what is this story really worth if it can't offer us a chance to shift in how we live our everyday, "normal" lives.
Here we are in Lent, a season of self-reflection and deepening commitment and truth-telling and questioning. We are getting ready for God to reveal God's self and take our breath away again. Lent is the springtime of the soul, and it's time to -- ever so gently -- turn over the frozen earth inside us. With some warmth and some living water, our souls will push through whatever obstacles are before us, and we will begin to come alive again.
We can't afford to box God up and keep her small, and we can't afford to stay a little bit dead inside. We just can't.
So, join us
Sunday. We'll get ready for resurrection together.
Yours Ever in That Hope,
Katie
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LENTEN, HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES
April 1 - Ash Wednesday,
6pm Soup & The Word; 7pm, Worship Service
April 9 - Palm Sunday
, 8:30 & 11am, Worship Services, Artist-in-Residence
Organist, Jason Keefer, Brass Ensembles. 10am Gathering.
April 13 - Maundy Thursday
, 7pm, Taizé Worship Service, Tenebrae,
Communion, Taizé sung by our Chancel Choir and congregation.
April 14 - Good Friday,
10am, TGIGF, children; 7pm, Worship Service.
Artist-in-Residence Organist, Jason Keefer
April 15 - Easter Vigil,
8pm, Begin in the courtyard. On the Cusp of the New.
April 16 - Easter Sunday,
8:30 & 11am, Worship Services.
Artist-in-Residence Organist, Jason Keefer, Brass Ensembles.
10am Gathering
April 23 - More Easter Celebration & Children's Egg Hunt,
10am
Wednesday Preacher from the Pew - Starts Wed., March 8, 7pm
The popular Preacher from the Pew series returns. Come hear your sisters and brothers in the faith share their spiritual walks during this Lenten season.
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Events, Meetings, News and Opportunities
Parenting and Growing Together (Dinner and Childcare Provided)
Tues., Feb. 28, 6pm, Lounge
Life is full of demands. Plus, you have the job of loving your children.
Kids go to the nursery and eat while you
eat with other parents who know
how you feel.
Explore how to nurture child's spirituality, manage you're life, keep loving when you're exhausted, and how Covenant can best support families. Katie Kinnison & Erin Wise lead. RSVP
Katie Kinnison
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- 6pm, Lounge - Soup and The Word. Have soup for dinner and participate in a Lenten bible study.
NOTE: from March 8 - April 5, the 7pm bible study will meet from 6-7pm before Preacher from the Pew. Our regular Wednesday schedule resumes April 12.
Copies of books for upcoming book discussions are available in the hall:
The Shack, The Divine Dance, and The Soul of Money.
Support Survivors of Human Trafficking!
- March 2
(Every 1st Thursday), 11am, meet at church
Serve lunch to women rebuilding their lives. Sign up on the Mission & Social Concerns board in the hall or contact
Katie Kinnison.
- We make toiletry kits for women released from jail with nothing. 5-8 bags needed each month. Cost is $15 a piece, and our middle school youth are assembling the bags and writing notes of encouragement. Checks should be made out to
Covenant, with
HT BAGS
on the memo line.
CPW Lenten Breakfast with Communion
Sat., March 4, 9:30am
Speaker, Jacqui Buschor, will present how she came to live and work in the urban Hilltop Community. Make reservations by contacting Lora Eckard, 614-279-8487. Deadline March 1. Cost: $8 payable at the door. All church members are welcome.
GATHERING WORSHIP SERVICE:
- Giving Our Tithes and Offerings to God. We do not pass the offering plate at Gathering, but giving money back to God who gives us all things is part of our worship. Some of us give on line. Some give in person; There's an offering box by the main door. We will dedicate all our offerings -- and the offering of our lives -- to God during our prayers of the people.
- Gathering Food Sign Ups.
If you are able to bring food for us to share one Sunday and have not received an invitation from Tori Vazquez for Sign Up Genius, please put your email on our yellow sign up sheet on each table -- circle it in marker and request to be added to Sign Up Genius or email Katie. Thank you!
11am Worship Services Streamed Live at YOUTUBE.COM. Search and bookmark covenantpresbyterianoh
. Previous worship services, music and special events are also available on the Youtube site.
2017-18 Children's Center enrollment.
Applications and info about Preschool, Kindergarten Enrichment, and the After School Care program are on the
church website
. Contact Caroline McGeoch, 614-451-6677 x23,
Save The Date: Sat., April 1 -
Covenant's
Café & Silent Auction:
The Roaring 20s
Parents' Night Out - Fri., March 10, 6-8:30pm (2nd Fri./month)
Men's Breakfast - Sat., March 11 (2nd Sat./month), 8am, First Watch
For info, call Alan Kennedy 614-451-9318.
Sun., March 12. Daylight Savings Time Begins.
No VERGE Sun., March 12, spring break.
Primetimers' Potluck & Movie - Fri., March 17, 12pm, Lounge
"The Birdcage" with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. Host Dale Dougal.
Agora - Sun., March 19, Lounge
* 9:45am. Discussion of
The Divine Dance: The Trinity & Your Transformation by Richard Rohr.
* Noonish. Lunch and discussion of
The Shack. Read the book or see the movie. RSVP
Katie Kinnison.
Covenant Blood Drive - Mon., March 20, 1-6pm
Please see
Tiffany Epling
or
Mona Connolly
between services to sign up to volunteer or donate blood. Thank you in advance!
Blessing Your Home or Office.
Stephen Ministers can come bless your living or work space. For more information, contact
Katie Kinnison.
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ONGOING EVENTS & PROGRAMS:
SOS Food Pantry Team:
We take food to hungry families and need your help.
To volunteer, contact Betsy & Mark Owen, Connie Bohn, or Carol & Bob Lowery.
Leader: Nancy Cowman, bncowman@sbcglobal.net
Mission Sewing -
1pm, Tuesdays, rm. 121
Contact: Diana Sanders, jrssand@aol.com
Campanile Handbell Choir - Rehearses Tuesdays, 6:15-7:30pm.
Young Adults - 2nd Wed./month, 7pm, El Vacquero, Riverside Dr.
Join Young Adults events. Contact Tim Augsback augsbacktj@gmail.com .
Chancel Choir - Rehearses Thursdays, 7pm.
All voices are welcome.
New book: Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most by Marcus Borg. Paperback available from Amazon for $10. Discussing Chapters 1 and 2.
Prayer Shawl Circle - 2nd & 4th Fridays, 9:30am, Lounge
Prayer Shawl Circle invites knitters/crocheters to knit at your leisure. Shawls provide comfort for those with illness, and celebrate marriages and births. Louise Davidson, 614-792-1289.
Deacons at Ronald McDonald House -
2nd Sat/ Month, 7:15am
Ronald McDonald House, 711 Livingston Ave.
Men's Spirituality -
Every Other Sunday, 9:30am, Rm. 120
Richard Rohr's book
Wild Man to Wise Man.
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Financial Opportunities:
Automatic Debit TransfersFrom Your Bank Account to Covenant is Available
as a means of paying your contribution. All we need is your bank checking account number, routing transit number and the dollar amount to be debited weekly or monthly. The Automatic Debit Authorization form is on our website under Applications, Registration Forms, and in the church office. Return your completed form to Ingrid Brooker.
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