Children's Ministry

Sometimes the best way to keep everyone informed of the many happenings of the Children’s Ministry, and to reinforce our open invitation to you and your little ones to any and all of our wonderful events! Big kids welcome too!

• April 1st – Easter Egg Hunt with a special appearance by THE Easter Bunny himself! Contact Lindsey Perry to volunteer or donate eggs and egg stuffing.
• Turn in your bottles for Miles Perret Center with your collected change. Let me know if you need another bottle!
• April 15th and 22nd – Club 456
• April 22nd – Covenant Kids will be doing a song presentation at both services, along with the youth and young adults. Come and share this special presentation with our young people

Congratulations to Jennifer Manuel and the MPKids on a great bake sale. Thanks to you and the participation of our congregation, we raised about $588 for the local children’s shelter! That’s incredible!

Mark your calendar: Vacation Bible School July 16 – 20, 2012. We’re getting’ down to lift Him high! Could you be called to a role in this vital (and oh so fun event)? Thank you, Church, for all of your support to our Covenant Kids. I know they feel the love.
Melissa Bowen

What's Going On?

May this find you secure in the Hands of the Lord and desiring to use Lent as a time to draw closer to the Lord.

What's Going On?

Wednesday
9:30am - Explorer's Bible Study
5:00pm - Handbell Rehearsal
5:30pm - Wednesday Night Dinner
6:15pm - Holy communion and prayer
6:15pm - Children's Ministry Time
6:30pm - Financial Peace and New study & Resurrection and Easter Faith

Saturday night
Remember set your clocks an hour forward.

Sunday morning
Two power packed worship services. Special event of Honoring our MPKids program and a bake sale too.

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Don't forget we have the opportunity to make a difference in the fight against Breast Cancer. Join our Covenant Team at www.KomenAcadiana.org.

Look for the Covenant Church team. We also have a Mothers Day Out team. Register today and help us help in this important fight in which so many of our members have had personal experience.

One last word. Pray for your pastor. I am getting very agitated about the slow moving process of getting permits from the City. We are having to plant some 30 new trees around our campus. It certainly will add to the beauty and we would have done it any way. But, it was required. But we are one hurdle closer to getting started. Again, thanks for all your prayers, your support, financial and otherwise, as we move towards actually seeing progress. (I am so impatient!)

Sincerely,

Midweek Reminders from Covenant - March 15, 2011

I don't know about you, but there are waves of emotion that just roll over me, whenever I watch the television news about the events of the earthquake, tsunami, and now impending nuclear disaster in Japan. We can do several things - we can pray. Just last Sunday I spoke about Jesus being the LIGHT OF THE WORLD, let our prayers be that the Christian Community be that light in the darkness and we can give, over the next few weekends, we will receive special offering for the United Methodist Committee on Relief effort geared towards that need.

We are also touching base with the Rayne tornado efforts and will let us know what if anything we can do to help with this local need as well. It has been reported some 90 homes will need complete renovation. I know Covenant will respond to this local need as well.

We are such a generous church. My words of thanks for providing over $500 last weekend for the MPKids bake sale.

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Wednesday Schedule Reminder:
8:00am - Pilates Exercise Group Fellowship Hall
9:30am - Explorers Bible Study
5:00pm - Bell Choir Rehearsal
5:30pm - Wednesday Night Dinner
6:15pm - Children's Music Ministry
6:20pm - Holy Communion and Prayer
6:30pm - Session #1- Bread and Broth Lenten Study - Jacob and Lentil Stew. Lent is the best time of the year to add to your life a discipline of Study. Come out and Let's grow spiritually together.

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Saturday Events -
First, the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure - not too late to enter into Covenant's Race for the Cure Team, go to www.covenantum.org and find the link. Will have our own Covenant Tee Shirts available Wednesday afternoon or at Wednesday Night Dinner.

If you have signed up for the team or are going to sign up this week, please come by and pick up a Covenant Race for the Cure shirt.

Second - our Men will have a working breakfast - 8:00am - devotion by Rev. Bernie Shamp, followed by work around our flower beds and/or some work relamping sanctuary lighting. If you aren't headed out to the Walk for Cure, come to church and help out.

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Sunday Morning join us for a lively worship service. We are looking at the I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD text. Come to pray, come to praise, come to hear God's Word, come to find your way as part of the Body of Christ.

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Someone in our church needs a ride to the doctor in Shreveport on Friday April 8th, please let me know if you can take time off that day to do this needed task.

Chris Blanchard
phone: 337.981.2088
chris@covenantum.org

Covenant News - March 11, 2011

"We ought always to thank God for you, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing." 2 Thessalonians 1:3 

May this note find you full of grace and the peace of God.

MPKids Bakesale Sunday
This Sunday we will have special recognition of awards by several of our Mission Agents And we will have the opportunity to help them raise funds with a Bake Sale. So you can either plan on buying something or even help more by bringing them something to sale.

Day Light Savings Time Starts Sunday
When we go to bed on Saturday night, we need to spring forward. That means we lose an hour sleep, so plan early on going to sleep early and not to sleep late on Sunday morning.

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If you have a late model vehicle that could be sold for a very moderate price, please let the preacher know. Someone in our church would like to provide transportation for someone they know.

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This Sunday we will look at another of the GREAT I AM statements, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. We have 9 great adult classes for you to attend and this week, the Women who went on the Retreat will share a special treat with us. You won't want to miss. It's Lent, it's time to draw near to our Lord in worship and praise.

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Last but not least, one of our members is looking for someone looking for employment. It would require outdoor work and climbing on industrial platforms. If you know someone needing work, have them contact me and I will pass your information on.

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Can't Wait to see you this Sunday...I know Brother Byron did a great job and I thank him for his Loving You as I love you.

Sincerely,
Chris Blanchard
Covenant United Methodist Church