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March 20, 2024
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March Communion
& Mission Focus
El Ayudante Ministry


EA cares for 31 children and their families through our Nicaraguan Christian Home known as the HCN. They work daily with each child and their family in our mission to improve quality of life by providing housing, excellence in education, job skills, nutritious meals, medical care, and spiritual nurturing, all with the purpose of bringing holistic change. 

EA also hosts approximately 20-30 short-term ministry teams each year from the United States to work with local Nicaraguan community leaders toward bringing tangible, holistic change in people’s lives in the areas of spirituality, education, medicine, construction, and training. God is doing amazing things through EA and their local communities!
 
Covenant Students Fundraiser!
Enjoy a top-tier car wash experience at an exceptional discount at Tidal Wave Auto Spa in Cordova. With camp costs nearing $500, this will help our students get to Daytona for an incredible week of worship, fun, and community! Enjoy a top-tier car wash experience at an exceptional discount at Tidal Wave Auto Spa in Cordova.

See Jeff to get signed
up for tickets!
Professional Network on Aging (PNA) is having its Senior Expo at the Agricenter on Thursday, May 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. They are inviting all the seniors!

Seniors and caregivers can pick up information about retirement homes, assisted living places, rehab facilities, hospitals, hospices, legal services such as eldercare law firms and estate planners, Aging Commission of the Mid-South, MLGW, mental health, community, and senior centers, Medicare and insurance agents, people who build ramps and bathtubs for houses, Delta Fair, Silver Sneakers, home health and home care agencies, etc. This event is handicapped accessible, and they provide snacks and entertainment too.
Young-at-Heart Outing
Join your CUMC family for lunch and fellowship at Off The Hook Burgers in Arlington!

When: Thursday, March 21st

Time: 11:45am

Address: 12013 US-70, Arlington, TN 38002

Please RSVP so we have an accurate headcount! Thank you!
Our Serve Trip to Nicaragua is schedule for the week of July 27-August 3, 2024.

Approximate cost for the trip will be approximately $750 (room, meals, transportation in country) + airfare.

If you are interested in joining this trip (even if you have not been to an interest meeting), please join us for our planning meeting on March 10 at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held in room 105 (the Library) in the Smith Covenant Center.


On this trip, we will be serving with the wonderful people of El Ayudante (EA).
EA cares for 31 children and their families through our Nicaraguan Christian Home known as the HCN. They work daily with each child and their family in our mission to improve quality of life by providing housing, excellence in education, job skills, nutritious meals, medical care, and spiritual nurturing, all with the purpose of bringing holistic change. 

EA also hosts approximately 20-30 short-term ministry teams each year from the United States to work with local Nicaraguan community leaders toward bringing tangible, holistic change in people’s lives in the areas of spirituality, education, medicine, construction, and training. This trip will be a life changing experience where we will have the opportunity to see how God is doing amazing things through EA and their local communities!
Items Needed for VBS

Let the VBS prep begin!! Please save boxes, bubble wrap, paper egg cartons, packing peanuts, empty toilet paper and paper towel tubes. 

Our theme is "Scuba" which is underwater & bright colors. If you have anything that could possibly work for props, I would appreciate borrowing them. I will return any items if desired. 

SAVE THE DATE!! VBS is June 24-28.
Young at Heart
Steel Magnolias Production
Wednesday, April 24th at 7:00 pm $8.50/Senior Adult Ticket
Theatre Memphis

This full-scale production from the Theatre Memphis season is a charming and heartfelt story that has become a classic. The bond among a group of Southern women shows as they deal with the good fortune and tragedy that comes to them. It is a touching portrait of women that celebrates their strength as humor and irony abound with charming yet powerfully comedic sensibility. Steel Magnolias is presented as a part of the Creative Aging Concert Series for Senior Adults. A limited number of tickets are available, RSVP to reserve a ticket by contacting Heather Crone at hcrone@covenantumc.org or by clicking on the link below.
 
YOUNG-AT-HEART EDUCATIONAL OUTING
THURSDAY, APRIL 18TH
      OLDER ADULT MINISTRY TRAINING EVENT TO BE HELD AT MULLINS UMC
You are invited to an older adult ministry training event which will be held on April 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mullins United Methodist Church in Memphis. The day features worship, informative talks by area experts on topics of interest to older adults and those in ministry to older adults, and time for questions and answers. A hot lunch will be served for $10 per person. For more information about the event, and to sign up, please click below. Registration is limited to 90 participants. If there is enough interest, we may reserve a van and carpool together from Covenant. Please let Heather know if you plan to sign up to attend so we can have an accurate headcount. Thank you! hcrone@covenantumc.org
We have a wonderful opportunity to support SRVS Kids coming up! On Saturday, March 30th at Cancer Survivors Park is the Bunny Run 5K benefitting SRVS Kids to empower children with disabilities one “hop” at a time.

Covenant UMC is a host and partner for SRVS Kids' "Early On" program and will soon be a satellite site for their developmental preschool "Play, Do, Learn." You are invited to register and join the Early On Team by clicking the button below. When you sign up, be sure to join the "Early On" team!

The Kid's Run and Family Parade will begin at 8:35 a.m., with the race beginning promptly at 9 a.m. In addition to the 5K, this family-fun event also will feature an egg hunt, children’s games, a special visit from the Easter Bunny and more!

ABOUT SRVS KIDS

SRVS Kids is a program of SRVS with a commitment to nurture, educate and equip children with disabilities. SRVS Kids provides family-centered services that address the unique abilities of children with special needs. The program has been providing these services to children and families in the Mid-South for more than 30 years. Services include pediatric therapies, developmental training, an inclusive preschool and 'Early On' parent and child classes. SRVS Kids relies on generous donors like you to ensure we reach the children and families needing our support.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella
(Broadway version)
 
Sunday, June 23, 2024 @ 2:00 pm
Theatre Memphis - Lohrey Stage
Ticket price = $20
 
Sensational and Magical. The classic saga of rags to romance is wonderfully captured with all the wonderment that comes with a fairytale. A mistreated young girl finds her way to a Prince’s Ball with the help of a Fairy Godmother’s spell. The Prince and the girl fall immediately in love, but fearful of her true identity being discovered when the spell expires, the girl flees and in her haste loses a glass slipper on the castle staircase. Thus ensues a search for her and a happy ever after. Please reserve your ticket through the SignUp Genius link available in the weekly eNews or contact hcrone@covenantumc.org. Thank you!
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