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Worship with FPC Covington

Sunday Morning Worship

You are invited to worship with us on Sunday mornings:
Facebook Live and In-person at 11:00 am.

We will be celebrating the Sacrament of Communion this Sunday!
Worshipping online? We invite you to prepare bread and cup.
Acolyte Ministry
We are inviting all 3rd-grade children and up to participate in our NEW Acolyte Ministry!

What is an Acolyte?
Acolytes are worship leaders who are "light-bearers," symbolically bringing in the light of Christ into our worship experience.

Acolyte Training
10:00 am on August 1st in the Sanctuary!
Calendar
CHURCH CALENDAR
is working!!
Our church calendar is up and running!!! If you would like to add an event to our church calendar please contact admin@fpccov.org with event information including communication details!
Summer Ministry 2021
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SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL:

We will gather in the Fellowship Hall - All ages - for a time to explore what it means to be neighbors. We welcome Community Partners during the month of July.

Sundays at 10:00 am.
Nursery provided. Invite a friend!
COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

This time of fellowship will continue through the month of July!

10:00am-11:00am
Wednesday Mornings in the Fellowship Hall!

Love A Latte if you would join us!
All invited!
Wednesday, July 21
@ Noon in the Fellowship Hall!
Pastoral Care Team Training
Did you know we have a team of congregation members who gather once a month to pray for you, care for you, discern ways to walk alongside you? Our Pastoral Care team came into being at the onset of the pandemic. This faithful group makes phone calls, delivers meals, and prays for our church family and community.
Join us on July 21 for a Pastoral Care Team training. We will learn and practice best practices for how we care for one another as the Body of Christ. All are welcome to participate in this training.
Church Family Social

Sunday, July 25
4pm-6pm
Fellowship Hall and Playground

Come and enjoy some ice cream with all the toppings!!

We will also host a Cornhole tournament! Invite a friend! Plan who your partner will be and we will see you for fun and games!
If you have a cornhole set you can bring please email info@fpccov.org.
Young Adult Ministry
Drinks & Discussion
July 14th at 6pm
Bread and Butter
*Invite a friend*
Backpack Drive
School starts right around the corner! Help us stuff Backpacks for the children of Fairview Elementary!

You are invited to bring one or more of the following items and place them in the bins in the entrance to the sanctuary by July 25: Bottle Hand Sanitizer, Glue Sticks, Disinfectant wipes, Box of Facial Tissue, Pack of Crayons, Blunt Tip Scissors, Dry Erase Marker, Box of #2 Pencils, Pocket Folders, Spiral Bound Notebook, Large Pink Eraser, Pencil Case, Crayola Washable Markers, Highlighters, Pencil Box, Colored Pencils, Handheld Pencil Sharpener, Reusable Water Bottle, 12in Ruler, Set of Index Cards, Loose-Leaf Wide Ruled Paper. 3 Ring Binder
Ways to serve in our community
FPC Covington to Virtually Host Presbytery Meeting in August!
We are honored to share our church will be virtually hosting the Greater Atlanta Presbytery meeting for August! We will be co-hosting with Church of the Master in Atlanta!
Newton County Community Food Pantry
Our Community Food Pantry is open Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00am-11:30am. Donations are welcome.
Contact: Bernice Bailey 770-784-0037
Location: 7125 Turner Lake Cir SW, Covington, GA 30014

Follow the Food Pantry on Facebook
Covington FUMC Food Ministry
Volunteers Needed to be the hands and feet of Christ in our community!
Please keep the following people and their families in your prayers this week:

Praises:
  • What a joy to worship with the participants of the Salem Camp Meeting. Thank you to our Ambassador Choir and Sanctuary Choir for leading in worship!

Prayer Updates:
  • Our prayers are with the family of Betty Lunsford upon her death on July 11, 2021.

Prayers:
  • Lynn Lanier- Amyloidosis (Friend of Chris Martin)
  • Danny Vining - recovering from knee replacement
  • Dan Walden - Cardiac Amyloidosis
  • Tommy Bassett - liver cancer (Friend of Danny and Beth Vining)
  • Teresa Shaffer (Lane Dobbs' Mother-in-law)
  • Doug Bolton - Burn Injury
  • Angela Gregory - cancer treatment in Scotland (Aunt of Sarah Gregory)
  • Steve Jones - (Friend of Alice Walker)
  • Hulda McDonald - health issues (Friend of Judy Davis)
  • Susan Fiedler - health issues (Friend of Darcel Tabb)
  • Blair Weaver - health issues
  • Jane Parker - recovering from a fall
  • Sarita Pope - breast cancer (mother-in-law of Elizabeth Martin Pope)
  • Beverly Beasley - husband has leukemia (friend of Jean Elder)
  • Karen Lein Kaasa - home health care (sister-in-law of Julie MacKenzie)
  • Karen Moss - treatment for breast cancer
  • Carter MacKenzie - neck injury (son of Julie and Jeff MacKenzie)
  • Tom Bass - bone marrow cancer and dialysis (friend of Beth and Danny Vining)
  • Wilford Reed - daughter was in a car accident; his brother has age-related issues (friend of Jeff MacKenzie)
  • Bob Darby - kidney problems (friend of Jeff MacKenzie)
  • Sharon Beasley Strickland - tests for oral cancer (a classmate of Jeff MacKenzie)
  • Joyce Williams - breast cancer treatment and Alzheimer's Disease (Danny Vining's sister)
  • Brandon Massey - blood cancer (grandson of Chuck & Sherry Brasher)
  • Carol Baynes - cancer (friend of Phyllis Yoder)

Military Service
  • Koen Ardis - Navy
  • Lee Scarborough - Army
  • Billy Scarborough - Marines

Independent Living and Assisted Living:
  • Penny Blakeney (home)
  • Julia Brubaker (Benton House)
  • Jean Elder (in FL with her daughter)
  • Dot Fincher (Merryvale)
  • Jerry McGaffney (Merryvale)
  • Guy McGiboney (Merryvale)
  • Travis Moss (Pruitt)
  • Betty Robinson (Merryvale)
  • Louise White (Merryvale)

Please click below to email Peni to update your prayer requests or send new prayer requests. In your email please indicate if you would like your request to be confidential or added to our prayer list.
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