Vacation Bible School

July 15-19
9:00am - 12:00pm Daily

Covenant VBS is just around the corner!  Register online today...all who register by June 14th will be guaranteed a t-shirt so don't delay!

VBS will be held the week of July 15-19 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.  We will be rocking out to the music of the Go Fish Guys as we learn how to "Keep in Step with the Spirit."

Come join us for a fun-filled week of music, games, crafts, Bible story and missions. All children who are entering Kindergarten through those entering 5th grade are  welcome to join us!

Click here to register for VBS!!!

Do you want to help make VBS the best week of a child's summer?  VBS is not possible without our dedicated and hard working volunteers.  Sign up online as a volunteer and come join us for the fun!

Do you have any questions about VBS?  Please feel free to contact us.  We would love to help make VBS the best week of your child's summer!

Sincerely,
Jennifer Manuel
VBS Coordinator
jenandwally@earthlink.net

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

Mid Week News - Trash into Treasures, and ICAN Food Offering

Wednesday Already! That means Crafters Need Your help. Your hidden treasures, your baked goods, and your help. Set up today and tomorrow, and then helping people find their treasures on the Sale Days of Friday and Saturday. Remember - no clothing, no computers.

Sunday morning
First Sunday in June means, we are able to gather at the Lord's Table and find the treasure amidst the Bread and the Cup. Don't forget, we also have the  opportunity to help others find a treasure in our ICAN food offering for UCO Food Pantry. Peanut Butter, can meats, mac & cheese, spaghetti and sauce, rice and beans, toilet paper, and any other staple item needed. Thanks for being so generous!

See you in your place of worship, as we commit to grow in our service to the world, in our study of God's Word, and to become mature disciples of Jesus Christ.

Sunday evening
The End of the Year Children's Ministry Pool Party. Contact Lindsay Perry at children@covenantum.org.

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Don't forget to be praying for the Tornado Victims, who are probably now just beginning to sense their loss. Extra donations will be sent directly to the local United Methodist Church to handle.

Memorial Day - Faith, Family, and Nation

Memorial Day Weekend and other things

Dear Covenant Family -

The beginning of the summer, almost the end of our building project and the nation pauses to give honor and love to all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, and pay tribute to those who were willing and served our nation so gallantly.

Faith, Family, and Nation - three attributes of a healthy country, the Big three. This Sunday is also Trinity Sunday and we will discuss why the Trinity - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is so important to our faith.

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We still await final approval but we have moved somewhat into our new offices and again, this Sunday I invite you to tour the new building.

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On another note, we have one of our church family that needs transportation this coming Tuesday down to New Orleans for a medical exam. Would need to leave around 7:00zm. If you can, please rsvp to me.

Do It Again, Lord!

from May 1, 2013

What a week it has been as I find time to write this article. The Horrific Act of Terrorism at the Boston Marathon, with three lives taken, and thousands if not millions once again had our sense of safety and security in our homeland shaken. Then on Wednesday night, an explosion that rocked the Central Texas City of West, with the number killed yet to be determined, but again thousands not only had their lives turned upside down, but we as a nation were reminded of the variety of disasters that come into our world. Here we are just days away from having our new facility completed and turned over to us for our final preparations and use, and we are running around trying to make all the last minute decisions and purchases, and then we were reminded of what the purpose of church is all about. It is to be a safe landing place for those who are hurt and wounded and shaken. It is to be people of the Covenant of God, that knows our purpose is about changing lives and providing true hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

I could not help but think back to 9/11 and a prayer lifted up by Rev. Max Lucado on behalf of our nation. I take the liberty to quote portions of the prayer and I hope you will pause long enough to pray that prayer and allow God to begin healing our brokenness once again.

Dear Lord,
We're still hoping we'll wake up. We're still hoping we'll open a sleepy eye and think, What a horrible Dream. But we won't, will we, Father? What we saw was not a dream. Planes did gouge towers. Flames did consume our fortress. People did perish. It was no dream and, dear Father, we are sad.

We are sad, Father. For as the innocent are buried, our innocence is buried as well. We thought we were safe. Perhaps we should have know better. But we didn't.

And so we come to You. We don't ask You for help; we beg You for it. We don't request it; we implore it. We know what You can do. We've read the accounts. We've pondered the stories and now we plead, Do It Again, Lord. Do it again.

Remember Joseph? You rescued him from the pit. You can do the same for us. Do it again, Lord. Remember the Hebrews in Egypt? You protected their children from the angel of death. We have children too, Lord. Do it again....You changed Daniel from a captive into a king's counselor. You took Peter the fisherman and made him Peter an Apostle. Because of You, David went from leading sheep to leading armies. Do it again, Lord, for we need counselors today, we need apostles, and we need leaders. Do it again, dear Lord.

Most of all, do again what You did at Calvary. What we saw here, you saw there on that Friday. Innocence slaughtered, goodness murdered. Mothers weeping. Evil dancing. Just as the ash fell on our children, the darkness fell on Your Son. Just as our towers were shattered, the very Tower of Eternity was pierced. And by dusk, heaven's sweetest song was silent, buried behind a rock.
But You did not waver, O Lord. You did not waver. After three days in a dark hole, You rolled back the rock and rumbled the earth and turned the darkest Friday into the brightest Sunday. Do it again, Lord. Grant us “another” Easter.

We thank you for unity....and we thank you for these hours of prayer. The Enemy sought to bring us to our knees and succeeded. He had no idea, however, that we would kneel before You. And he has no idea what You can do...Do it again, Lord. Do it again. Through Christ, Amen.

See you in your place of worship and service and prayer,