Food for the Soul - This Week at Covenant

Public School Opens
Not only should we be more careful as we drive around town, we need to Pray for our schools, staff,students, family, and administration. May God's Light be Shared in the schools. We had a great day yesterday, as Lindsay shared in the Blessing of the Bags. 

Wednesday Night
6:00pm - Join us for the last Summer Solace Worship Service, in the Sanctuary. A short devotion, prayer, Holy Communion Service. Indeed Food for the Soul. We won't feed you supper, but the Lord will feed your soul

Saturday Morning
8:00am - Men's Breakfast and a short workday following.

Sunday
We get to worship all over again. A baptism at our 9:00am service, Recognition of the Covenant Preschool and Mother's Day Out staff at our 11:00am service.

My message is: Whole Hog and With Both Feet.

Grief Recovery Program Available

• Time: Sundays at 3:30 for 13 weeks.
• Date: First meeting is on August 25th.
• Location: Asbury UMC - Church Administration Building (Welcome to Asbury) Asbury is located on the corner of Johnston and Live Oak. Greeters will be on hand to direct participants to their classroom.
• Phone: 984-4211, Jan Cooke (jancooke@asbury-umc.org), Adult Ministry
• Cost: One-time fee of $15 for workbook. Workbook purchase is optional. There is no fee charged for joining this group.

“Grief Share” is a network of thousands of grief recovery support group meetings around the world.  In this program, participants learn how to walk the journey of grief with support along the way.  These weekly “Grief Share” groups are designed to help people recover from the deep hurt of death and find healing and hope.

There are three components to “Grief Share”, a 13 week program:

1. Groups share a video featuring personal stories of people grieving the death of a loved one along with expert insights on topics important to grief recovery.
2. Participants become part of a small support group where discussion centers on the video but also includes the discussion of problems and successes experienced by group members.  Group members are never asked to share personal experiences unless they make the choice to do so.
3. Groups discuss their workbook, From Mourning to Joy, which includes daily prayers, meaningful reflections, questions and comforting Bible Scriptures.  Each session lasts approximately 90 minutes.

To learn more about “Grief Share”, log onto www.griefshare.org.

I highly recommend this program from personal experience. Do someone a favor and tell them about "Grief Share".

August 11th Sermon Download Available

This morning's sermon, Find the Light, Walk in the Light, Reflect the Light is now available as a free MP3 download from our website. http://tinyurl.com/5j6nl3. This is part of Brother Chris' Summer School sermon series.

Baked Potato & Sweet Sale

Baked Potato & Sweet Sale This Sunday

First off, thank you to all the parents who were able to come chaperone a shift or cook breakfast at the Back-to-school Lock-in. The youth had an awesome time and we really appreciate your support.

But we need your help again. This Sunday, August 11th, we will have our baked potato & sweets sale. This fundraiser will help us replenish our youth fund that allows us to plan all the fun events and mission projects that we do. We are asking for help from all youth (and some adults) to bring sweets to sell. We will also need some help prepping potato fixings, selling after both services, and cleaning up after.

How you can help:

1. Bring individually wrapped sweet treats to sell. 
2. Have your youth present 9:30-1:00 
3. Let us know in advance if you can help us in the kitchen at any point during the event.

Thanks for you help!
Craig & Melissa Hartwell

Mission Kids Returns

Covenant's Mission Kids program will kick-off the 2013-2014 season with its first meeting on Sunday, August 25th from 3:30-5:00 PM. All children in 1st-5th Grades are invited to join us on that day when we will collaborate with the Youth in their mission to prepare flood buckets for UMCOR. (If you would like to make a donation to this worthy cause, a list of needed items for the flood buckets has been published by our Youth Directors in the August newsletter.)

Mission Kids aims to open the eyes of our children about the many ways that, even at their young age, they can show the love of Christ to others. Our calendar of events will be distributed at our first meeting, but we plan to meet on Sunday afternoons once a month during the school year. A typical meeting will include games, Bible, fellowship, snacks and, of course hands-on mission work. Also, we occasionally go on missions field trips where the whole family can be involved in service work together.

***If you plan to register your child for this program, please contact Leigh Nugent, Mission Kids coordinator, by email at vlbraswell@hotmail.com, so that we can prepare enough materials for each child. We are looking forward to another great year of fun mission projects with the children!***

Sincerely,
Leigh Nugent
Mission Kids Coordinator
vlbraswell@hotmail.com

Bible Boot Camp

ATTENTION:  Calling all 3rd grade cadets.  Report for duty on Saturday, August 24 at 9 a.m.  Details of assignment below:

BIBLE BOOT CAMP
Bible Boot Camp is a fun-filled day designed for our 3rd graders to dive into the Bible and discover just how amazing God's word is!  Cadet's will participate in:

• "Weapon Training"
• How to Use Your Bible
• "Basic Maneuvers"
• Bible Study Methods
• "Survival Skills"
• What's in the Bible and Why 
• "Combat Readiness"
• ...and more!

Lunch and snacks will be provided for all of our cadets.  Please email Lindsay Perry at children@covenantum.org to register for this exciting day.

Registration information needed:

• Child's name
• Child's birthdate
• Mailing address
• Home phone/Cell phone
• Parent(s)/Guardian(s) name
• email address
• Child's t-shirt size
• Emergency contact name/number
• Allergies/medical conditions
• Any other information we may need to care for your child  

All 3rd graders will be presented their Bible during the worship service on Sunday, August 25th.  Please let Lindsay Perry know if you have a 3rd grader who will not be able to participate in Bible Boot Camp to assure that we have a Bible for them!

Sincerely,
Lindsay Perry
Director of Children's Ministries
children@covenantum.org

August 4th Sermon Download Available

This morning's sermon, One Bread - One Body is now available as a free MP3 download from our website. http://tinyurl.com/5j6nl3. This is part of Brother Chris' Summer School sermon series.