2016-01-17 - Covenant Presbyterian Church

COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN
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Come and See, Grow and Share!
THE COVENANTER
JANUARY 17. 2016
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Interfaith Hospitality Training -
What:
Date:
Time:
Place:
Through the Christmas Joy Offering we
Who:
of need and to racial ethnic education and
Give a gift of GREAT PROMISE!
make and keep two promises: to church
workers through assistance in their time
leadership development. Each of those
RSVP:
promises is kept, equally by the gift you
Refreshments will be provided
give, and each has the power to change
lives. Please see your insert and envelope
in your mailbox and thank you for your
generous giving.
The Annual Congregational Meeting
will be held on Sunday, January 31, beginning at 9:15am with a
catered breakfast in the fellowship hall. Followed by a meeting to hear about the 2016 budget and a word about each
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
1065 Gaines School Road
Athens, Georgia 30605
706-548-2756 or 706-613-2344
www.covpresathens.org
Ministry Team’s plans for 2016, and to vote on the Pastor’s
Terms of Call. We need you!
Youth will help provide childcare.
REMEMBER
Rich Reaves with a badly sprained ankle; Ellen Stoneburner, recovering
from successful foot surgery; Caren Snook’s friend Betty Irwin of our community, with a broken hip;
students and teachers, in difficult times, as the new year begins; Pauline Marshall & family, in the death
of her dear friend Laverne in Iowa; the Barnett family, with cancer surgery for their beloved dog; Ruby
Basham and others too, with the health and care of aging parents; Grace Eubank, Bobbie Lindstrom,
Bill Willis, and others at home.
DAILY BIBLE READINGS—
Monday
January 18
Psalm 19
Tuesday
January 19
Psalm 20
Wednesday
January 20
I Corinthians 12: 12-13
Thursday
January 21
I Corinthians 12: 14-26
Friday
January 22
I Corinthians 12: 27-31
Saturday
January 23
I Corinthians 13: 1-13
Sunday
January 24
Luke 4: 14-21
Heart of Covenant - Saturday, February 13th! 6:30 pm
Join us for a three course dinner on the eve of Valentines and have fun
getting better acquainted with Covenant members and friends. This is
not just a couples event but it is for adults so when you sign up please
indicate if you will be needing childcare and the ages of the children.
During the evening you will rotate to different tables and be seated
with different folks for each course. There is a suggested donation of
$10 per person.
Lunch Bunch meets
monthly at DePalma’s
Italian Restaurant
Eastside on final
Tuesdays for
delicious food and
conversation. So Join
us Tuesday, Jan. 26
at 11:30am. All are
welcome!
Meet you there!
Sign up sheet is in the hall - please let us know you can come!
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WEDNESDAY EVENING DEVOTIONS
Please check out the bin in the gathering
January 20th at 7:00pm
room and see if there is something of
7:00pm - gathering time
7:05pm - contemplative time with
quiet, music, Scriptural resources, and candles
7:25pm departing time
yours that has been left in the kitchen.
The items will be taken to Goodwill after
January 31st.
Thanks!
WHO’S WHO? Who at Covenant was once
hungry enough to steal a banana and did?
Moment For Remembrance
What's your favorite Covenant memory? Our 50th
anniversary calls for a full year of celebration and
thanksgiving. Whether you are a long-time member or
a newcomer, you are invited (encouraged, urged) to
share your memory in 60 seconds or less during our
weekly "Moment for Remembrance.” Add your name to
the sign-up sheet to reserve your preferred date or to
be contacted if you have questions. "Come Celebrate
Covenant’s Jubilee 50th Anniversary is on
its way – Sunday, May 1, 2016 - as we count
down the days! Look on the easel by the front
doors for monthly postings of historic photos
from our life together, provided by
Linda Koehler.
the Journey Now and Praise the Lord!"
Covenant Breakfast Club
at
Cracker Barrel on Epps Bridge Road,
Monday, February 1, 2016 at 8:00am
Good food and good conversation
among friends! All are welcome!
Contaminated Recyclables? Really?? It’s just Junk!
Recyclables are NOT just junk! They are resources; used items
that can be reused to make new items. And they can be contaminated by non-recyclable stuff. The following items are not accepted for recycling at the curb in Athens-Clarke: plastic bags/wraps
of any kind/size; food and liquids; shredded paper; glassware;
paper plates or cups; napkins, paper towels or tissues; plastic
cutlery; batteries or light bulbs; scrap metal including wire hangers; ceramics.
Plastic bags/wraps (film plastic) are a major contaminant because
they get tangled and stuck in the conveyor belts, screens and
moving shafts that sort recyclables at the ACC Solid Waste Dept.
This leads to technical malfunctions that result in costly repairs.
Continued next week…
Caren Snook for the Green Dream
HELP! Our most r ecent guest with Inter faith Hospitality Networ k moved into her
newly rented home Christmas Week. What a wonderful gift for her family! Some Covenant folks have already helped her with some furniture & a refrigerator, but she also
needs general household goods. Missy & her 2 children (6 yr old girl and 4 yr old boy)
would be very appreciative. If you can help, then please bring your small items to the
breezeway and place them on the step-up shelf by the glass wall. Ideas include dishes,
glasses, silverware, pots, pans, towels, pillows, and sheets (twin, double, queen). For
large items, see Helen Epps (706-614-5987) to make arrangements.
Ideas include twin bed & mattress, dining table & chairs, and bookcases. Thank you!
WHO’S WHO: Randy Par ish
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The purpose of Christian Education at Covenant Presbyterian Church is to nurture
our discipleship, build our spirit of community and cultivate clarity of thought about
our faith.
Check out the signup board for Spring WoRM teaching opportunities. We are starting off the new year with the stories of creation
and David and Jonathan.
Wonderful Wednesdays January 20, 2015
5:15pm—6:00pm K-2nd grade Choir; 3rd-5th Servant Time; Youth (supervised)
6:00pm—6:30pm Family Dinner for children, youth and adults ($15.00 donation for meals per semester)
6:30pm—7:15pm 3rd—5th grade Choir; K-2nd Servant Time; Youth (6-12 grade) Faith & Film
7:00pm Evening Devotions
7:25pm Adult Choir in Worship Center
A big shout out goes to all of the youth who helped with the lasagna lunch fundraiser,
the parents who lent us their ovens and helped cook meat, and all of you who attended
the lunch this past weekend! Thank you everyone! We were able to raise over $1,300 to
help offset the cost of the high school youth group's trip to Montreat this June! With
these funds, we will be able to cover transportation and the majority of our food for the week.
Instead of our planned road clean-up this weekend, both youth groups will be watching the award-winning drama, Selma, in honor of MLK day this Monday. The movie chronicles Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's march for civil and
voting rights across Alabama to the town of Selma. It's rated PG-13, so parents of those younger than 13, contact me if
you have any concerns. We'll watch the movie before and after dinner this week, and next week we'll finish the movie
before dinner and have a discussion afterwards. Both weeks will be 5-7pm.
Speaking of the 24th, there are a couple of deposit deadlines on that day. The first one I'd like to mention is the $100
deposit for the Middle School Conference at Maryville College in TN, July 20-24. This trip is for current 5th through 8th
graders. If your youth is interested in this trip, please let me know (if you haven't already) and make sure you get a
deposit in by the 24th. I need to have our registration in Montreat's hands by February 1st to receive the lowest rate.
Only a deposit will lock in a spot for this trip. The remaining balance will be due at our last Youth Group of the semester
on May 15th and is TBD.
The other deposit that is due on the 24th is the high school's Wintertreat (Winter Retreat) deposit of $65. We will be
traveling to Montreat, NC for February 12-14, leaving the church sometime around 5-6pm on Friday and returning to
Athens the evening of Sunday the 14th. For this trip to take place, there must be a minimum of 7 total youth with deposits turned in by the end of Youth Group on the 24th, no exceptions. If there are not enough youth attending,
checks will be returned. There has been a decline in interest in this trip in years past. Please talk among yourselves to
help foster interest in this trip to ensure we meet the minimum of 7.
Youth Group on January 31st will be the 2nd annual Frozen Chosen Cup hosted by First Presbyterian Church. Covenant took home the Cup in 2015 so it's our year to defend it! Please drop off youth at First Pres at 5:30 for a pizza dinner. We'll get started with minute-to-win-it style games of skill and knowledge around 6:15 and should be done around
7:30p, possibly earlier. Please pick up from First Pres. Also, please RSVP with me for a simple head count to help determine numbers for pizza. Have a great rest of the week and hope to see you Sunday!
Justin Van Wicklen,
Youth Ministry Director
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Covenant Mission Opportunity Summer 2016
AIR-Guatemala
June 19-26
Deadline to sign up: FEBRUARY 15
AIR’s Mission is to implement educational programs and agro-forestry methods in Central America in order to protect
water sources, prevent mudslides, reduce erosion, prevent lung disease and provide more nutritious crops, while protecting the earth. AIR has over 20 years of experience in hosting exciting, exhausting, rewarding and spiritual weeks of volunteering. You will stay in a secure, mountain retreat and spend days working side-by-side planting trees with Mayan
farmers and visiting schools. AIR provides hotel, food, ground transportation and work material and provide a tourist
day. We will meet you at the airport in Guatemala and handle every detail from there!
If you want more information or want to sign up :
Sue Rathbun Co-chair Witness Ministry Team
Phone: 814-243-4778 or email: Irish_2242@yahoo.com
SHORT TALK: Many things are referred to by
their initials. Identify the following:
2. Seek to help inebriates: : ___
1. GOP
2. AA
3. KOA
3. Nation-wide campsites: ____
SHORT TALK ANSWERS:
1. It’s mascot is an elephant: ____
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WEEK OF January 17, 2016
SUNDAY—
8:30am Worship resumes
9:30am Church School for all Ages
10:45am Worship
12:30pm Called Session Meeting
3:30pm OE Anonymous
5pm Youth Groups
MONDAY— OFFICE CLOSED
8am Covenant’s Breakfast Club at Cracker Barrel
TUESDAY–
9:30am Athens Mothers Center
8pm New Freedom
WEDNESDAY10am Adult Bible Study
5:15pm –7:15pm Covenant Connection
6:30pm Adult Bible Study
7:00pm Wednesday Evening Devotion
7:25pm Adult Choir
WEEK OF January 24, 2016
SUNDAY—
8:30am Worship
9:30am Church School for all Ages
10:45am Worship
3:30pm OE Anonymous
5pm Youth Groups
MONDAY— OFFICE CLOSED
TUESDAY–
9:30am Athens Mothers Center
11:30am Lunch Bunch at DePalmas’ on the Eastside
8pm New Freedom
WEDNESDAY10am Adult Bible Study
5:15pm –7:15pm Covenant Connection
6:00pm Jubilee Committee Meeting
6:30pm Adult Bible Study
7:00pm Wednesday Evening Devotion
7:25pm Adult Choir
THURSDAY— 10:45am Welcoming Athens Meeting
2:00pm Knitters & Knotters
5:30pm Cedar Creek Association Meeting
THURSDAY— 10:45am Welcoming Athens Meeting
2:00pm Knitters & Knotters
5:30pm Cedar Creek Association Meeting
7:00pm Worship Team Meeting
FRIDAY— Session Retreat through 1/23
9:30am Athens Mother’s Center
3:30pm The Cave
8pm New Freedom
FRIDAY— 9:30am Athens Mother’s Center
3:30pm The Cave
8pm New Freedom
SATURDAY–
Fellowship Hall Cleaned
SATURDAY–
Fellowship Hall Cleaned
WORSHIP—January 17, 2016
WORSHIP—January 24, 2016
8:30am Reader: Rich Reaves
8:30am Reader: Betsy Pless
Ushers: Steve & Lola Bell
Ushers: Alan Edwards, Betsy Pless
10:45am
10:45am
Reader: Dolly Barstow
Reader: Mary Barnett
Ushers: Brad Courtenay, Phil & Sallie Hale , Evan Carrithers
Ushers: Heide & Juergen Wiegel, Alex Clark, Julie Bower
Greeters: Paige Campbell, Paul & Kay Brooks
Greeters: Terry Centner, Mary Ann Johnson, Anna Cobb
Piano: Pam Knox, Judy Capie
Piano: Cliff Brock
Counters: Paige Campbell
Counters: Pam Knox, Caren Snook
Flowers: Juergen Wiegel
Flowers: Juergen Wiegel
Plant Care: Frank Allen
Plant Care: Frank Allen
Open the Building: Alan Edwards
Open the Building: Tim Bemisderfer
Close the Building: Paul Brooks
Close the Building: Jim Bowden
Grounds Steward: Wayne Crowell (Jan. 18-24)
Grounds Steward: Jim Bowden (Jan. 25-31)
10:45am
10:45am
Nursery/Super: Don Bower
Nursery/Super: Annemarie Braswell
Birth—Walking: Don Bower
Birth—Walking: Annemarie Braswell
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: Wyatt Herndon, Patrick & Alice McMaster
: Sandy Whitney, Josh Ballard-Myer,
Lyndsey Bowden