Weekly Update
Covenant Lutheran Church
October 28, 2020
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All Saints Sunday
THIS Sunday, November 1
As always, we will remember those in our congregation who have died in the past year: Sage Haught, Gilbert Amaro, Lauren Morgan, Ginny Buschbom and Joy Perry.
Look for the Digital Worship Kit this weekend for a special video remembering the saints who have gone before us.
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Seafarers Christmas Box Project - "Covenant Acts at Christmas" |
CLICK HERE to watch a video about the Christmas boxes.
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REMINDER to finish your Seafarer Christmas Boxes!!
Bring your completed, wrapped boxes to the church office by Friday, November 6! Please call the church office (281-578-8799) before stopping by to make sure someone is there. (Best days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings) For more details and a list of suggested items for your boxes, READ HERE.
If you have questions or need someone to pick up your box, please contact Debbie Winkelmann. You may also make a monetary donation to cover the cost of items for the boxes, and someone will shop for the items and put the boxes together for you! Send a check to Covenant with "Seafarer Boxes" on the memo line. Please notify us about your donation by Nov. 2 (even if the check arrives later), so we may assemble the box by November 6.
We have received 27 completed Seafarer boxes so far!
*Note: Cardboard/shoe boxes are great to use OR plastic shoe boxes.
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Daylight Saving
Time Change
Remember to set your clocks BACK one hour on Saturday night for Daylight Saving!
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LWR Personal Care Kits
THANK YOU to all who donated towels and personal care items for the personal care kits for Lutheran World Relief back in the spring! We brought the donations from our storage unit and a small group assembled them last week. We assembled 50 kits!! These were boxed up and are being taken to the drop off point at Epiphany Lutheran. Thank you to Gene Kendall, Sue Tabbert, Lorna, Reese and Adron Blount, and Ken and Debbie Winkelmann for helping to complete this task that we started earlier this year!
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PO Box 840485
Houston TX 77284
281-578-8799
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Sunday, November 1, 2020
All Saints Day
Scripture Readings
1 Kings 17:1-16
Luke 4:24-30
Watch for your Digital Worship Kit in your email
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Covenant Lay Pastoral Ministry Team |
If you have a pastoral care concern this week, please contact Janett Broddle. For emergency pastoral concerns, contact Pastor Ele at 281-690-2373.
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Acts: The Matthew Skinner Book Study |
The adult book study this fall, Acts: Catching Up With the Spirit by Dr. Matthew Skinner continues this Sunday.
Please contact Pastor Ele or Taylor Rivera if you are interested. Our text is urging us to consider how we might tell our congregational stories of ministry and witness.
Come join us at 2:00 pm on Sundays via zoom!!
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In October we donated 91 cans of soup (actual cans and cash donations converted). Thank you to all who donated this month! If you have cans you would like to drop off to MESA, you may do that on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month (October 27) from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. If you drop off cans at MESA or send cash donations, please email Julie Bohland.
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MESA Outreach Can Drive - 2020 in 2020 |
We are quickly coming to the end of 2020. So far we have donated 1426 cans. What an amazing accomplishment! We can still meet our 2020 in 2020 goal! We will need just shy of 600 cans for November and December. It may sound like a lot, but if everyone pitches in, we can come together to make this great act of generosity happen. Thanks again to all those who have contributed this year. Let's make 2020 in 2020 happen! The next Door-to-Door Can Drive is planned for November 21, so keep collecting those donations!
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Books Published by Covenant Members! |
Covenant has two authors who have recently published books! Pastor Kathy Haueisen has just published a long-researched, historical fiction book called "Mayflower Chronicles: the Tale of Two Cultures."
John Mathew published a novel called, "Our Beloved Bhoomi " earlier this year, which was recently published in his native India as well!
We have talented people at Covenant! Both books are available at Amazon or your favorite book store!
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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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