What is Happening This Week 10/24 – 10/28/2018

Dear Church,

Thank you to everyone who attended Charge Conference last night! It is always a good chance to see where we have come in a year and where we intend to go in the future. Feel free to share the “New Faces/New Spaces” video presented by our District Superintendent, Rev. Debra Hobbs Mason.

This Sunday, October 28th, there will be an Enneagram Workshop from noon to 1:30 pm in the Covenant Center. We will focus on integrating spiritual practices with an understanding of the Enneagram and discuss how to use awareness of our number for personal and spiritual growth and transformation.

Sunday evening, October 28th, Holy Covenant will host a Trunk or Treat in our parking lot from 5 to 6:30 pm. We will line up and park on the north side of the parking lot between 4:30 and 5pm. We will use cars to block off the parking lot for safety and allow guests to park on the south part of the lot. The Herndons will provide a dinner of hot dogs and chips. We are asking that people give a little love offering to help cover some of the cost. We are also accepting donations of bags of individually-wrapped candy. There will be a prize for best decorated car!

Blessings,
Pastor Carol

 

Weekly Schedule

Wednesday, 24th
6:30 PM Al-Anon-CC215
6:30 PM Covenant Carillons-sanctuary
7:30 PM Adult Choir -Choir Rm
Thursday, 25th
1:30 PM ECDP Chapel-sanctuary
4:30 PM Trivium Concert-sanctuary
6:30 PM ReFit-CC
Friday, 26th
9:00 AM ECDP Fun Friday
3:00 PM PCLC Activity Time-CC
Saturday, 27th
9:00 AM C.O.D.A.-202EB
6:00 PM GS SU405 “Songs & S’mores”-CC+kitchen
Sunday, 28th
9:00 AM Sunday School for All Ages
10:30 AM UNITY WORSHIP SERVICE
12:00 PM Enneagram Workshop-CC
5:00 PM Trunk or Treat-parking lot

Sunday Highlights – October 28, Twenty-third Sunday After Pentecost
Acolyte:
Myles Dykes

Usher:
Marilyn Paa

A/V:
Ryan Baumgardner

Counters:
Rodney Stewart and Jessica Teague

Next Week’s Highlights
Holy Covenant is providing Breakfast at the Austin Street Shelter at 6:00 am on Sunday, November 4. We will provide breakfast for 400 men, women and children at the homeless shelter.
We will provide:
12 sandwiches (individually bagged)
12 pieces fruit
12 boiled eggs in shell in carton
Cases of bottled water/ juice boxes
Snack/granola bars
We will receive all donations on Saturday, November 3 from 9am-noon in the HCUMC kitchen. All are welcome to travel with us to Austin Street Sunday morning at 5:15 am from the HCUMC kitchen. We will drive to Austin Street, set up and serve breakfast. We will also collect retail plastic bags for the residents to carry their food because all residents must leave the shelter at 7:00 am. For more information, contact Rick Davis 972-814-5325.

Highlights Outside Holy Covenant
Depressed Anonymous
Meets Wednesdays at 6:00 pm
The Colony Emergency Hospital
4780 Hwy 121, The Colony, TX 75056
Meetings are approximately one hour and are open to any person in the area who feels they suffer from depression and wish to find a way out of “the prison of depression”. We follow a 12 STEP program, similar to that of AA, and discuss materials relating to how one can contain or escape depression. The meetings are open-ended so a person may join at any time. Send questions to [email protected].

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