Holy Wednesday

What Makes It Holy Wednesday?
Once we entered into the Holy City with Jesus on Palm Sunday, we are making our way to the Cross and then Praise God to the Empty Tomb on Easter Sunday.

Tonight
No Meal Served
6:00pm - Service, WE will gather at the Lord's Table for Holy Communion, and Melissa Bowen will lead our devotional time.

Thursday
6:00pm -  support our Chancel Choir as the Combined choir and Orchestra presents the Tennebrae Service. We will have Holy Communion along with the Congregation of First Church.

Sunday
  7:00am - Sunrise Service
  9:00am - Choir and Handbells provide Easter Music
11:00am - Redeemed leads us in praise of the Risen Lord

Sermons
  7:00am - Just When We Think Life is Over!
  9:00am - Were You There?
11:00am - Easter 365/24/7

Holy Week Reminders

First, a Big Thanks to our Choir and to Ken Cheshire for such a great Musical Easter Program yesterday. Please, let us remember to continue to support our choir and travel to Lafayette First Church 6:00pm on Thursday.

Wednesday Evening at 6:00pm, no dinner, but we will have a special Easter Holy Week Service. Holy Communion and Melissa Bowen doing a dramatic presentation, "It's Friday but Sunday is Coming".

Then on Sunday
7:00am - Sunrise Service - outdoor, weather permitting
9:00am - Choir, Handbell and Redeemed Special Music
11:00am - Redeemed performing Special Music

Preaching at all three services, stay for all three - different message at each.

What a great time to Worship Our Risen Lord!

Celebrate The Risen Lord

Easter Eggs are being died or stuffed with Easter Candy. The Choir is working hard and special music is being prepared. The pollen is thick and heavy, so Easter is on it's way. This is like the Superbowl Season of our Christian Faith. Easter Eggs and Chocolate Candy are great, but have nothing close to the impact of Jesus' Resurrection.

This Week - our Wednesday schedule is the same:
9:30am - Explorer's Bible Study
5:30pm - Dinner: Catfish, grilled or fried, fries, slaw, bread pudding. What more do you need?
6:15pm - Holy Communion and Prayer
6:15pm - Children's Ministry Time
6:30pm - Study: This week our focus is on what is called the Prosperity Gospel

Saturday
8:00am - Men's Breakfast - small workday
11:00am - 1:00pm - Easter Family Celebration, Easter Egg Hunt, games, and food: hamburgers, hot dogs, briskett – with kids or not, come on out for the fellowship

Sunday

9:00am - We will have a "regular" Palm Sunday worship service followed by Sunday School. But plan on staying for the Special Easter Music performed by a combined choir of Covenant, Lafayette First, and a Chamber Orchestra. The sanctuary ought to be packed as we support our musicians and hear the Story of the depth of Jesus Love for us, and how His death and resurrection overcomes our Darkness.

Good Eats - Wednesday Night Dinner and Study plus more

The Big Pulled Pork Sandwich plus...Spiritual Food for All 

Wednesday:
9:30am - Explorer's Bible Study
5:30pm - Dinner: pulled pork, baked beans, slaw, cake, or nuggets for the kidos
6:15pm - Holy Communion & Prayer
6:30pm - Young Married Study
6:30pm - World Religions - Mormons & Jehovah Witness

Thursday:
8:30am - Men's Bull Session

Sunday Morning: 
Is There Grace in the House? 
Spaghetti to Go - Butch Lewis for Angel Tree Funds. Only $5 per plate.

March Newsletter Ready for Download

March Newsletter

The March 2013 Covenant Newsletter is ready to download and pick up.

1. You can pick up a paper copy in the church narthex the next time you are at church.
or
2. You can download it directly from our website – www.CovenantUM.org. Just look for the "Downloads" section in the right hand column of the first page and click on "Current Newsletter". It looks like this:

You will need to have the free Adobe Reader on your computer. If you don't have it, you can get it here.

See you Sunday,

Pardon Our Progress

Due to LUS having to turn our electricity off in order to bury some cable, the church office will be open but no email and no phone. Just call me on my cell 591-0580. Friday we should be up and running again.

Happy Valentine Day - C U at the Place of True Love this coming Sunday.
I'll be starting a newSermon Series on God's Amazing Grace - Connecting the Dots - our need, God's Offer.

And finally, MEN - Join Us at Our Men's Breakfast Workshop. As we eat, fellowship, and knock out a few items on our Honey Do List. Saturday morning 8:00am.

Season of Lent Begins Today

Mardi Gras is over, and now our preparation for Easter can Begin. We prepare ourselves spiritually and mentally and physically. Many of us give up some pleasure or food that brings pleasure, as a way of denying self and using the time to focus on Jesus. But we do that spiritually as well. Lent is about course correction, our need to turn back to the Ways and Principles of Christ. This begins with our Ash Wednesday Service, a time of prayer, and devotion and singing, and Holy Communion. proceeded by our dinner is at 5:30 - Chicken and Tuna Salad. The services is 6:30 in the Sanctuary.

Saturday, 8:00am - Men's Breakfast: good food, great fellowship, and a time to Serve our church by doing a few items on our To Do List.

Sunday morning - Lent is a time to renew our Commitment to Worship Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Sermon Focus turns to Grace. Connecting The Dots of Grace, we sing about it, talk about, but most of us leave most of the God packaged Grace unopened. Come expecting to see that Gift unwrapped! I will be preaching on Grace during Lent.

Sunday, 4:00pm - Church Council Meeting.

Upcoming
Wednesday Night Study will be focusing on World Religions more in detail than I was able to cover during the Sermons. Starting next Wednesday Feb. 20th.

Prayer for the day: 
Dear Lord, on this first day of Lent, we come in repentance and sorrow for all our offenses against You and others. As we dare to worship You, we seek Your forgiveness that our sins may be removed and our spirits made clean and whole. Purify us, and enable us to walk in joy and gladness once again. All of this we ask in the name of the One who came to deliver us from sin and death. Amen.

Sincerely,