Weekly Update
Covenant Lutheran Church
May 12, 2021
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Notes about Worship
From Pastor Ele
Seventh SUNDAY of Easter
Watch for the weekly email with link to Sunday worship as we continue online this week. We begin with the Thanksgiving for Baptism and invite you to prepare for communion during worship.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are fully vaccinated and therefore feel comfortable joining in these worship offerings, please contact John for an opportunity to participate as we ramp up to more in-person gatherings.
We are looking forward to a different kind of service outline for Pentecost Sunday (May 23) with additional readings for reflection, additional music, and special guests — an ELCA congregation from Wisconsin — joining us via YouTube that Sunday. Look for a special link in YouTube with the Gospel text and Pastor’s sermon for the day.
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Graduate Recognition
Sunday, June 6
We would like to recognize anyone who is graduating from high school, college or other program by publicizing this on Sunday, June 6. Please send the graduate's name, school or program from which he/she is graduating, and any future plans, as well as a photo if possible! Please email the photo and information to Sue Tabbert.
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Important News from the
Executive Committee!
CLC members: Please keep watching your inbox for emails from Covenant (some you have already received), including the Executive Committee, for information about important events in the life of our congregation, including a potential new church location that the congregation will need to vote on. An email was sent on Saturday, requesting reservations for a tour of the property at 2901 Barker Cypress Rd. The tour dates are May 15, 16, 22 & 23. Look for your email to sign up for a tour. Contact Julie Bohland with any questions about the tour. Also, mark your calendar for a Congregational Zoom Forum on Redevelopment on Sunday, May 23 at 11:30 am. Pastor Chris Markert, Bishop's Associate for Mission/ELCA Director for Evangelical Mission will be in attendance, to answer any questions about next steps as we near the end of our 3-year Redevelopment Covenant.
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OPEN DOORS
Congregational Opportunity
The ELCA Churchwide office extends the following opportunity as we return to in-person gatherings:
Open Doors is a new initiative to support ELCA congregations interested in meeting new people during this time of regathering in physical spaces. If you have a concrete, actionable idea for meeting new people during this critical time, your congregation is invited to apply for an Open Doors Grant. Applications are open until May 19. Grants will be awarded in mid-June. [Read more here]
Covenant is registered and approved as a grant seeker congregation. Between now and May 19, we have the opportunity to agree on a “concrete, actionable idea for meeting new people” and submit that request to the ELCA grant database. Funding amounts are between $1,500 - $2,500. Send your interest to Pastor Ele, and you will certainly be added to an idea pool for support in developing whatever idea we will submit. We can do this!
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Our 2021 goal: donate enough cans to reach the top of the St. Louis arch!! |
MESA Can Drive 2021
May Drive - May 15
Hello Everyone! This weekend is the Door to Door drive for May. If you would like cans picked up at your home, please send an email to Julie Bohland. In your email be sure to include your address, and please put MESA in the email's subject line. Pick up can be contactless, just leave your cans at your door and they will be picked up on Saturday, May 15 between 8:30 and 11:00 am. Thank you to all who have supported MESA with your generous donations so far this year. Let’s work our way to the top of the Arch.
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Conversations on
Faith in the Movies
The final feature in the FIM series, Evan Almighty, is a 2007 Comedy/Family movie starring Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman. The movie streams on Thursday, May 20 at 7:00 pm, courtesy First Waco. Discussion follows on Sunday, May 23, at 2:00 pm. Contact Pastor Ele for links to both sessions.
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PO Box 840485
Houston TX 77284
281-578-8799
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Sunday, May 16
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Scripture Readings
Galatians 3:1-9, 23-29
Luke 1:68-79
Watch for the weekly email with the link to the online service.
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Covenant Lay Pastoral Ministry Team |
If you have a pastoral care concern this week, please contact Marian Shelton or Janett Broddle. For emergency pastoral concerns, contact Pastor Ele at 281-690-2373.
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Order NOW through May 16! Prepaid orders are picked up on Saturday, May 22 from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. READ MORE HERE!
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MESA Outreach
Spring Into Action
Spring BBQ Fundraiser
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MESA-Outreach, Inc. welcomes the community to "Spring into Action" with the 2021 Spring Fundraiser. BBQ Plates to Go - $15 each - to benefit the MESA-Outreach Food Pantry Program. Place your order HERE.
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Thank You for your Offerings! |
We want to express our gratitude to all those who are sending their offerings, either by mail to Covenant's PO Box (PO Box 840485, Houston, TX 77284) or by electronic means. Your gifts are helping us through this pandemic until we can meet again!
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Covenant Leadership during Redevelopment
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