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Gathering This Sunday Nov. 4
Communion
All Saints Day: Remembering brothers and sisters who joined the Communion of Saints.
Teaching Us How to Say Goodbye
Katie Kinnison preaching

There are good ways to say goodbye. Not easy maybe, but good.
    Don’t mistake me. I’m not actually a fan of endings. I would pretty much like to have everything – and especially everyone – I love available to me all the time.
   This simply isn’t how it works. Throughout our lives, we seem to lose what we love. If we are fortunate, we have the chance to say goodbye.  How we do that matters .
     It occurs to me that one of the things Jesus did at that “Last Supper” was to teach the people he loved how to say goodbye, and I think you and I can learn some important ways of being in this.
     So, at Gathering this week, we will ask together  what does it mean to say a good good-bye?

Yours ever in the questions,
Katie
Celebrating the Dead: All Saints, All Hallow’s Eve, Day of the Dead 
Today Tues., Oct. 30, 7pm, Lounge
These days we turn our thoughts to those who have gone before us. What are they about? How did they come to be? What might they have to teach us?
The After Party: The Lost Gospel of Q: The Original Sayings of Jesus
Sun., Nov. 4, 12:15p, Lounge (continues Nov. 11 & 18)
Led by David Connolly. This series is an exploration of a book by Marcus Borg. His friend John Dominic Crossan said of it, “Read carefully this manifesto of the kingdom of God.” This collection of sayings was unearthed by scholarship rather than archeology. Over the course of some 150 years, bible scholars surmised the existence of a book of Jesus quotes that they believe was used to compose the gospels of Matthew and Luke. Borg calls it “a guidebook to the land of the soul. It provides simple advice on getting along in the world. There are instructions on the everyday and the eternal.”
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Mon., Nov. 5, 19, Dec. 3, 1pm, Lounge  
Continue to open up to new possibilities. Use morning pages, artist dates, exercises, the deep satisfaction of creating. Books are on the book carts for $12. RSVP Katie Kinnison. 
Wednesday Bible Study
Wednesdays, 1pm, 120
Join us for 1 Samuel, chapter 3. Come discuss what this has to do with our life in the Living God.
Death Café
Wed., Nov. 7, 7pm, Lounge
Some tea and treats and conversation. We dare to speak our stories, our questions, our hopes and fears about death. Let’s see where this takes us. 
Children’s Sabbath
Sun., Nov. 11, 8:30am & 11am 
Our children write and lead our 8:30 and 11 am worship services. We prepare during the 10am hour at Joyful Noise and Treasure Finders. Our children are what make this service special and all are encouraged to attend. Contact Erin Wise.
Have an extra coat for a cold child? Through the end of October, new or gently used clean coats, jackets, hats and mittens for school children ages 5-17 are being collected for West Side Urban Ministry. Items are delivered to school nurses or counselors for students in need. No applications. No waiting. Just a cold kid. Put coats in the box marked West Side Coat Collection in the hall. Questions? Contact Susan Imel.
Sun., Nov. 11, 5:30pm
Cost is $5/person or $20/family of four or more. Buy tickets between services Nov. 4 and 11 or call either the church office, 614-451-6677, or Gail Griffin, 614-457-2346. RSVP by Nov. 6. After dinner, Bol Aweng, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, will tell his story. The PW Thanks Offering will be collected and a drawing held for the quilt made by CPW’s Mission Sewing Circle. Child care available. Click here for details.
Children's Day Out has an Opening for Fridays
Contact  colleenjd@aol.com. For a CDO manual and brochure, click here.
Pick up the Harvesting the Fruit  booklet in the church hall
and ponder how you're going to share the fruit of love and grace this Fall.
Peanut Brittle cooking has begun! Bring in coffee cans, Kroger or Giant Eagle 80% margarine, and white sugar. Also, we need cooks and others to help. Call Nan Davidson, 614-893-8824. 
What could be easier than Zelle??
Zelle allows you to send a donation to Covenant through your bank account website. To learn more about Zelle and all of our electronic giving options, go to our website under " Giving " or see the brochures on our welcome table. Questions, contact Ingrid Smith.
Giving has never been as easier! Give it a try!
Becoming A Member of Covenant
​O​n the second Sunday of each month, people may become new members at any of our three services (8:30, 10:00, 11:00). Brochures with details are on the welcome table and our website. Contact: Katie Kinnison.
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.