This Sunday, March 8, 2020
2nd Sunday in Lent
Worship Services: 8:30 & 11:00 Traditional; 10am Gathering;
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It is my goal as Interim Senior Pastor to keep the congregation well apprised of actions taken by leadership during this transition process. Please see below a summary of the last session meeting. If you have any questions or concerns, we welcome you to contact commission chairs, join a commission, or make an appointment to speak with me. I am excited about the progress the church is making and how ministry continues to thrive during the Senior Pastor search process.
SUMMARY OF SESSION ACTIONS TAKEN ON BEHALF OF THE CONGREGATION
@ a Special Called Session Meeting February 16, 2020 at 9:45a.m.
1. Personnel motion:
approve the job description of Office Manager and begin the process of hiring someone 30-40 hours a week(full-time) in light of the retirement of Joan Pogalies (JP).
MOTION APPROVED
2. Properties motion: begin work on the office/copy room/library remodel producing 2 more classrooms, retaining financial administration office and combining copy room/library to form the main office with a reception window.
Architectural plans have been completed for years and it will include security doors leading from the pastor office suite area to hall to CCC. PFM will be providing some funds and additional funds are available in the current budget. MOTION APPROVED
3. Permanent Funds Ministry motion: approve the provision of grants to Hoge Memorial in the amount of $10,000.00 for needed capital improvements, $5,000.00 for the conversion of the Pastor Emeritus Office into a Resource/Conference Room, and supplemental funds for the Office Reconfiguration project. MOTION APPROVED
4. Motion that the Nominating Committee begin the selection of candidates to present to the congregation to serve on the Pastor Nominating Committee(PNC). The PNC will consist of a total of 9 members: 2 currently serving elders, a currently serving deacon, and 6 others who will be chosen from the congregation with consideration of the appropriate percentage of representation from worship services, ages, gender, etc., and will not include those who have served on a PNC previously. MOTION APPROVED
In Christ’s service with you,
Pastor Jeri-Lynne
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We don’t figure out the answers to the big questions all at once: Who am I? What are my gifts? What is my purpose? Who/What is God? Is there meaning in the Universe?
And the truth is that once we have landed somewhere on one of these questions, we cannot assume we are done. Sometimes the earth quakes and the seas overflow their banks. Sometimes new information, new experiences, new possibilities come into view.
What then? You could ignore the challenges to what you have come to know.
Or you could risk having to change, having to move into a new reality, and dare to come alive just a little bit more.
We hang out with Nicodemus this Sunday and visit Jesus in the dark of night, daring to think that there may be more to this life in God of ours than we had imagined. I hope you will be with us.
Yours on the Journey,
Katie
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Preacher from the Pew Series
Wednesdays March 4 - April 1
5:30pm Soup Dinner in the Lounge; 7pm, Service in the Sanctuary
You are invited to our annual series where members enlighten our Lenten season by presenting their faith journeys. Please see our display in the hallway. Our distinguished lay preachers are:
March 4: Betsy Patterson March 11: Ted Smith
March 18: Jamie Massa March 25: Jared McCune
April 1: Sarah Kinnison
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Covenant Italian Night: CPW Spaghetti Dinner
Sat., March 7, 6pm
$10/adult, $5/children, $25/families of 4 or more. To-go meals at the same price will be available as will be containers of sauce for $10. For tickets contact
Jan Schmidt or pay at the door.
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[
A guide to Covenant offerings this Lent and a guide to the practice of Spiritual Journaling are both available at church and
on-line. Join us in the spiritual practice of journaling, as we explore our lives in order to grow in the Way of Love.]
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In search of belief:
Mary of Magdela & Her Gospel
March 8, 15, 22, 12:15p lunch; 12:30p class, lounge
Led by
Katie Kinnison
Who is she to you? The one who mistakes Jesus for the gardener? The one freed from seven demons? Was she a sex slave? Was she an early leader of the followers of Jesus? Come explore this woman and the non-canonical gospel written in her name.
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Many thanks to the congregation of Covenant for the love you shared with the children of the Hilltop Preschool with your generous donations of shoes and socks. The children were smiling from ear to ear as they jumped to test their new shoes and walked looking down admiring their comfortable footwear. Thank you notes from them and photos are in the hall. A slide show will be coming so all can see the joy and excitement of the morning.
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The Mission Study Team:
As Presbyterians and as people used to dealing with complexity, we are capable of holding two conflicting ideas in our minds and finding truth within each. As this Mission Study undergoes its transformation from data into prose, two conflicting Bible verses come to mind:
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What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun..”
Ecclesiastes 1:9
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I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?”
Isaiah 19:43
Thank you for continuing to pray for our team and our church, and thank you for your encouragement!
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PAVE THE WAY Update: The youth are raising
money for our mission trip this summer to Beckley, WV. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far and who has supported us through prayer. We are so grateful for the love and support of our church family! We are $1,500 away from our goal!
It isn't too late to donate to help us make it to WV so we may serve others.Contributions can be made via check or Zelle through your bank using Covenant's secure email address:
giving@covenantpcusa.org with the memo “YouthMission.” Thank you for your support!
Click here for more info.
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Jean A. Mortland Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: May 15.
Jean Mortland left a bequest to us for a scholarship to reflect her love of music, higher education, and the Christian faith. Details on our
website or contact
Ingrid Smith in the church office.
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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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