This Sunday, March 4, 2018
3rd Sunday in Lent / Communion
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This is Ridiculous
Dear Covenant friends and family,
Lent began with Ash Wednesday falling on Valentine’s Day, and it culminates on Easter Sunday, which is actually April Fools Day this year. It’s a wild ride through declarations of love and plenty of pratfalls as we follow Jesus through this realm where nothing is as it appears:
The first shall be last. The last shall be first.
We find our strength in weakness.
Blessed are the persecuted, the poor, and those who mourn.
Lose your life to save it.
The way to deal with your enemies is to love them.
We don’t want to check our intellect at the door. But sometimes this can all sound pretty ridiculous. Certainly, at the very least, it seems to be counterintuitive. Our greatest temptation is to tone the gospel down, tame it, qualify it, take the teeth out of it, render it benign, all in an effort to keep our familiar ways of seeing and being.
How much are we willing to question and even let go of in order to live abundantly, deeply, and more fully?
See you Sunday as we continue this wild Lenten ride together.
Grace and peace,
Tracy
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Covenant Cafe & Auction:
Southern State of Mind -
Sat., March 3, 6pm
Enjoy a good ol' Southern supper (only $10!) and bid on fabulous goodies in the silent auction to help with our
youth mission trip to Ghost Ranch in New Mexico.
Thank you for your support! Contact
Shea Watts
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Sun., March 4, 12:15 lunch; 12:30 learn
Acts of the Apostles
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Tuesdays thru March 27, 7pm, Lounge
Lenten Series: Awakening. A Lenten workshop to help you live into salvation right now. All are welcome.
Katie Kinnison &
Tracy Keenan.
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Preacher from the Pew Series
Wednesdays, 7pm, Sanctuary
You are invited to this annual series where members enlighten our Lenten season by presenting their journey of faith. Our next distinguished lay preachers are:
March 7 Ken Hickey March 14 Carol Craven March 21 Ali Koeneman
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Covenant Variety Show 2018
Sat., April 14 (after CPW spaghetti dinner)
- Name of your act and names of the people in your act
- Your stage needs
- Instrumental, Vocal, Drama, Band, Dance, Comedy, Magic, Other?
Dress rehearsal: Sat., April 14, 10am-Noon. Tickets will be available through CPW. More details to come.
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We are hoping to build an outdoor labyrinth for walking meditation and prayer, on the southeast side of the church building.The kit with paving stones costs about $15,000 and our fundraising for it will include an opportunity to share your love with the neighborhood. You can purchase an entryway paving brick with your etched message. (See samples in the hall.) Order forms are on the welcome table in the hall. Or you can submit a form and pay with PayPal on our
web site.
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Children's Center accepting applications for the 2018-19 year: morning Preschool, morning Kindergarten Enrichment, and afternoon After School care. For more info or to download an application, visit our
web site or contact Caroline at
childcenter@covenantpcusa.org.
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18 months - 3 years of age, 1 day/week, Mon.–Fri., 9:30am12:30pm
NOTE: Tues., Wed., & Thur. are full
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Mon. July 23 - Fri. July 27
Covenant's
Rolling River Rampage invites children on a white-water rafting adventure to experience the ride of a lifetime with God! Sign up info coming soon.
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Commemorate a special day or honor a loved one by donating Sunday flowers. Conveniently sign up and pay (only $38) with PayPal on our website.
CLICK HERE
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If you prefer, you can call the church office, 614-451-6677, with the date, your name and dedication, then send a check for $38 made out to
Covenant to Ingrid Smith, Covenant's Financial Administrator, with
Sunday flowers in the memo line.
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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.
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