Weekly Update
Covenant Lutheran Church
February 24, 2021
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Notes About Worship
Covenant Live [online] this weekend for Sunday observance of the Second Sunday in Lent. Prepare for participation in the Celebration of the Eucharist. Remember to bring to the worship time your own bread and drink that we may observe this feast together. Look for the weekend email with the worship outline and link that will go live at 10:15 on Sunday morning.
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Lenten Gathering
High Five Wednesdays at 7:00 pm
February 24–March 24
Contact Pastor Ele if you would like to offer a presentation during these weeks or to receive the zoom link to participate in the conversation.
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Lenten Project
LWR Personal Care Kits
LWR Personal Care Kits are a tangible way to offer basic and much needed assistance to people around the world facing natural disasters or crisis. They provide dignity and hope and in the face of very difficult circumstances. Since we aren’t gathering as a group during Lent, it makes the most sense to change things up this year and request full kits be donated.
Each kit must contain exactly:
1 light weight bath towel, 2 bath-sized bars of soap, 1 adult sized toothbrush in original packaging, 1 sturdy comb without packaging, and 1 metal nail clipper without packaging.
We are looking forward to gathering 50 kits this year.
You may drop off you donations to the church office. Contact Sue Tabbert to schedule a time!
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Easter Hydrangea Orders
Help Support Brookwood
In an effort to continue our support to Brookwood Community (read more about Brookwood HERE), we have placed an order for 24 hydrangeas (some white, some pink and some blue/purple). Since we are not in a building right now, if you place an order for hydrangeas, you will either be able to pick them up from the church office to enjoy at your own homes for Easter OR you may donate them to be delivered to nursing homes in our community. We will publish the list of those who ordered and in whose honor or memory they are dedicated. The order form is HERE. You may send your checks (hydrangeas are $14/each) made out to Covenant to the church office or you may stop by the church office to place your order.
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Bon Voyage or
auf Wiedersehen
to Anneliese Patai
Thank you for your prayers for longtime Covenant member Anneliese Patai as she travels to New Orleans to permanent residence with her daughter Pam. Anneliese and New Orleans are not strangers to each other. She moved to Texas from Louisiana with her husband more than thirty years ago, and lived in the same home in Katy for most of that time, keeping up with her daily walk routine except for extreme weather conditions. Anneliese is quite a traveler and her adventures include all her family’s survival techniques in Bavaria during the war years. She also climbed one of Germany’s highest mountains with her brother in her youth, and remembers that experience as one of her proudest achievements. She stays in touch with that brother on a weekly basis, using the Internet for their check-in calls. Anneliese was a faithful member of the Altar Guild, always willing to serve and share her grace-filled presence. Anneliese will be taking with her, her cherished copy of Luther Bibel 1545, the official Bible for her former home country, and loads of affection from her friends at Covenant.
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Annual Appeal
MissionFORWARD 2021
The people of Covenant have boldly stepped forward.
Of those returning statements of intent (as of February 12), nearly 70%
increased their giving. If you add it all up, together they grew by over
$20,000. That's generosity! That's a passion for God's work at Covenant.
We invite you to join these amazing families in making our mission at
Covenant possible. Together, we follow God's bold lead in taking this
Mission FORWARD.
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PO Box 840485
Houston TX 77284
281-578-8799
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Sunday, February 28
Second Sunday of Lent
Scripture Readings
Psalm 22
Luke 13:1-9, 31-35
Watch your email for the Sunday Worship Outline and link to worship.
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Covenant Lay Pastoral Ministry Team |
If you have a pastoral care concern this week, please contact Marian Shelton or Janett Broddle. For emergency pastoral concerns, contact Pastor Ele at 281-690-2373.
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Our new goal: donate enough cans in 2021 to reach the top of the St. Louis arch!! |
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MESA Can Drive
February Update from
Julie Bohland
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Last week was a wild one but we successfully collected 58 cans for MESA. Thank you to those who donated. Our 2021 total is 89 cans. If you dropped cans off at MESA or send them a cash donation please email Julie Bohland so they can be added to our tally. If you would like to take your cans to MESA, the next drop off is March 9 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm.
Now that we are in 2021 it is time to set a new goal with a new partner! Our friends at MDLC will also be working to raise cans for MESA! With that said, think we can climb to the top of the St Louis Arch? The average soup can is 4 inches tall. The St Louis Arch is 630 feet tall, or 1,890 cans. Can we reach the top of the Arch? Can we reach higher?
The next door to door can drive is Saturday, March 20. If you would like your cans picked up, please email Julie Bohland. Let’s keep up our support of MESA. The need is great and together we are making a positive impact on our community!
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Lutheran Disaster Relief - Texas Storm |
Lutheran Disaster Relief is collaborating with the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod and others to respond to needs from the recent winter storm. Please give to Lutheran Disaster Relief HERE. Your gifts ensure that our church will be able to provide help and hope to those whose lives have been devastated by the severe storms in Texas. Gifts designated to "U.S. Severe Storms" will be used entirely for direct response.
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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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