What's Happening at Holy Covenant MCC 12/17/21

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IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

Sage meets every Friday at 1 pm. Check here for the church calendar for the link.

Worship Team Meeting 12/15 via Zoom

Christmas Eve service in-person & live on Facebook 12/24 at 7:00 pm

YOUR GENEROSITY IS NEEDED!

Your generosity is needed, now more than ever! You may give via:

PayPal — access it through our website or send your donation on PayPal to donations@holycovenantmcc.org

Electronic Check

Send an electronic check from your financial institution, or by sending a personal check. Our address is 9145 Grant Ave, Brookfield, IL, 60513.

Square

There is a button below to give via Square. Or click this link here

Every.org

This is another way to give which sometimes has a dollar-for-dollar matching program. You can click here to go to the site.

Please remember that when giving through Square and PayPal they do charge a percentage fee to the church unless it shows an option to help out the church and pay that fee.

See the weekly giving below. Holy Covenant needs at least $4,650 a month to meet its obligations for bills and salary. We are now showing what the percentage of giving is and how we are doing on a monthly basis.

December

2021 GIVING

Needed Weekly

(4 WEEKS) $1,165

The Difference is -$907.00

Please consider contributing to

Holy Covenant via PayPal, Check, or Square or Every.org.

Our bills are listed below for the month of November.

Your generosity helps us pay the bills.

Any amount helps us meet our obligations.

If you would like to pay one of the bills below

please designate that in your donation.

Square

PayPal

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE

Our Christmas Eve service will be on Friday, December 24, at 7 pm, and will be both in-person and live-streamed. Join us for a celebration of Jesus’ birth!

VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP PORTAL

See a volunteer opportunity you would like to participate in, then use this online software, and you will be able to sign-up to help with a variety of different events being held at the church. By signing up you will receive reminders for what you have signed up to help with and can keep track of other volunteer opportunities that may arise.

When you see a volunteer opportunity for a sign-up like grass cutting, garage sale, etc. there will be a link that will take you to the sign-up sheet. Please fill it out as needed.

If you have any questions, please contact Rev. Martha or Barbara Adams Latsaras at socialmedia@holycovenantmcc.org.

Sign-up Sheets

Snow Blowing Sign-up

SUNDAY IN-PERSON SERVICE

REV. MARTHA DANIELS!

SUNDAY WORSHIP IN-PERSON

& LIVE ON FACEBOOK

10:00 AM CST

Our worship celebration is every Sunday at 10 am CST. If you would like to join us but can't be in person, you may go to our Facebook page at Holy Covenant Facebook Page and click on the Live button to watch the service.

Sunday Reading:

Judges 13: 2 - 7

Luke 1: 46 - 56

Sermon Title:

"Promises Made, Promises Kept

Have a candle ready to light, cookie or bread, and a glass of your favorite libation for communion if you are watching online.

You can also find previous services on our YouTube Channel here.

Rev. Martha is available by email, phone, Facebook Messenger, and text for any pastoral needs you may have revmarthadaniels@gmail.com

Holy Covenant’s Board of Directors has started to resume worshiping together with everyone! We have been reviewing guidelines and statistics every month in preparation. Our goal is to balance the desire and need for in-person worship in Holy Covenant’s building with the desire and need to protect each other, as well as the progress of the repairs and renovations in the building. Our church now has in-person services with the following guidelines:

Please note the following:

We will not be singing (although there will be music)
We will require masks (we will have some available for those who do not have one) and we will be socially distanced. Temperatures will be checked at the door. Vaccination is encouraged for those who are able.
Communion will not be by intinction (dipping) nor will we have a shared cup for now, until health guidelines permit these methods to resume. We will have individual disposable cups and Rev Martha will be placing Communion wafers in each person’s hand (not in mouths).
We will continue to live-stream the service.

Our building is looking so fresh and beautiful after the renovations, we cannot wait for you to see it and to share worship in person once again!

Board of Directors, Holy Covenant MCC

LONGEST NIGHT SERVICE

We will have a Longest Night Service on Tuesday, December 21, at 7 pm via Facebook Live.

Winter and the holidays are sometimes difficult, for many reasons. In this time of remembrance and letting go, we will embrace the lengthening days.

CAN YOU HELP WITH WORSHIP!

Do you feel a call to help with worship? To read a prayer, or reading, or to usher or serve communion? Whether you are here in person or virtually, we need and want your gifts! Contact Rev. Martha or Roxann.

AGING CARE CONNECTIONS

DECEMBER PROGRAMS

Hello Neighbors! Join us all month long for informative seminars, health programs, fitness, entertainment, and more!

We encourage you to take a look at our class schedule and share it with friends, family, and neighbors, near & far, of any age – everyone is welcome to join us. We hope to see you soon on Zoom. Thank you all for being a part of the Aging Well Neighborhood! Today is a good day to age well 😊

Programs include:

Fitness
Health & Wellness Including Brain Health
Lifelong Learning/Fun/Entertainment

FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS LISTED HERE

Please email AWN@agingcareconnections.org

SAGE AND OTHER INFORMATION

SAGE, a social support group for LGBTQ seniors, continues to meet via ZOOM at 1 pm. The senior center in Bellwood needed some repairs, so we are still meeting via Zoom for now. Click here to join the meeting

PINTS WITH THE PASTOR

JANUARY 13th at 6:00 pm

Come have dinner and conversations at a new place in Brookfield called Pub 78 and chat with Rev. Martha and your friends from Holy Covenant about whatever is on your mind!

Join us for a no-host dinner or just drinks, for conversation and socializing. Hoping to see you there!

Time: 6 pm, Thursday, December 9th.

Pub 78

3733 Grand Ave

Brookfield, IL 60513

MEDITATION IN PERSON ON DECEMBER 15th!

The next meditation is on Wednesday, DECEMBER 15th, at 7 pm at the church. Mary Ann will be leading the meditation in Fellowship Hall. This event is free and open to all women.

Please be prompt at 7 pm

so there are no distractions.

Please bring your mask even if you are vaccinated.
If you are not feeling well, please stay home.
We ask that you use hand sanitizer as you enter the building
You must be vaccinated or have a negative COVID test.

For more information about meditation please contact Mary Ann Latsaras at only1amar@yahoo.com.

NEXT BOARD MEETING December 16, 2021

The next in-person Board meeting will be on December 16th.

You can find the September Board minutes on our website and the October Agenda before our meeting on our website here.

You can find a PDF of the past Board Meetings Agenda and Minutes here

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