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This Sunday, April 1, 2018
Easter Sunday
Is It More Than We Can Handle?
Katie Kinnison preaching

         If we allow ourselves to truly immerse our souls in Holy Week, we feel it all – the whole spectrum of emotion. And emotion isn’t something we easily bear. We think our way out of our feelings. We eat or shop or work our way out of them.
    What if we stay? 
    What if we stay in this story until the last words on the page are breathed, living into them and imagining what all this might mean for how we live our lives? What will be different on this Easter day and all the days that follow?
   In Mark’s gospel, it seems as if all the emotional and cognitive circuits are blown by the end of it all. The men hadn’t been able to bear the pain of the crucifixion, and the women can’t now bear the joy of the resurrection. The ground beneath all their feet is gone. What they knew to be true has been overthrown.
   What now?
   Come, and we’ll figure it out together.

Yours in the Love that is Stronger than Death,
Katie
TGIGF (Thank God It’s Good Friday)
Fri., March 30, 9:30-11:30am
Children are not the only ones who wonder why this sad day is called good. We’ll talk about that, about how amazing it is that nothing ever can stop God’s love. We’ll learn about this Holy Week and the story of Jesus loving and loving. We’ll make things, play games, eat hot cross buns and some other snacks and have a wonderful time. Cost is $5. Register: tinyurl.com/TGIGF2018. Contact: Erin Wise.
HOLY WEEK SERVICES & EVENTS
March 29 - Maundy Thursday Taizé Service
 -7pm Tenebrae, Communion, Cora Kuyvenhoven, cello; Chancel Choir, congregation
March 30 - Good Friday
  -9:30-11:30am TGIGF, children (Register: tinyurl.com/TGIGF2018) 
  -7pm Worship Service: Jason Keefer, organist; Handbell Ensemble 
March 31 - Easter Vigil, 8pm
April 1 - Easter Worship Services
  -8:30 & 11am Jason Keefer, organist; Brass Ensemble; Campanile Handbell Choir
 -10am Gathering
April 8, 10am - More Easter Celebration & Children’s Egg Hunt
Youth! RSVP for Ghost Ranch Mission Trip by April 1
Trip is July 29-Aug. 4, Abiquiu, NM
We have 15 spots reserved for kids and their friends. Please contact Shea Watts ASAP so he can start filling out registration forms and checking on flights.
Lenten Series Thru March 27, 7pm, Lounge . Awakening:
 Truly Loving Relationships. Live into salvation right now. Explore teachings and practices designed to awaken our hearts and minds to the living God. As we discover ways to let the Spirit loosen the stuck areas of our lives, we also discover more about becoming the “true selves” we were meant to be. All are welcome. Tracy Keenan & Katie Kinnison
Tues. Night Spiritual Formation
April 3, 7pm, Lounge
Book & Movie Discussion: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Led by Katie Kinnison. A children’s book that adults treasure. The movie came to theatres March 9. Come discuss both. Books are on the welcome table and the cart in the hall.
Support Survivors of Human Trafficking
April 5 (1st. Thur./Month), 11am, meet at church
Serve lunch at CATCH Court to women rebuilding their lives. Sign up: Mission & Social Concerns board in the hall. Contact Katie Kinnison. We also make toiletry kits for women released from jail. 5-8 bags/month. $15 each. Make checks out to Covenant, with HT BAGS on the memo line.
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.