What is Happening This Week
8/28- 9/2/2018

Dear Church,

We hope you are making plans to join us on September 9th for Welcome Back Sunday! We will begin a new sermon series, children will be promoted to their new Sunday School classes and children’s choirs will resume rehearsals (see schedule below).

Shalom,
Pastor Carol

Weekly Schedule

Tuesday, 28th
7:00 PM SPPR-CC211
Wednesday, 29th
6:30 AM Spiritual Journeymen Breakfast-Mom’s Cafe
8:00 AM ECDP PSO Welcome Breakfast-CC
6:30 PM Al-Anon-CC215
7:30 PM Adult Choir -Choir Rm
Thursday, 30th
8:00 AM ECDP PSO Welcome Breakfast-CC
1:30 PM ECDP Chapel-sanctuary
6:30 PM ReFit-CC
Saturday, 1st
9:00 AM C.O.D.A.-202EB
Sunday, 2nd
9:00 AM Sunday School for All Ages
10:30 AM UNITY WORSHIP SERVICE

Sunday Highlights – September 2, Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Acolyte:
Eric Baumgardner

A/V:
Andy Baldwin

Ushers:
Scott Schmidt and Bryan Jackson

Counters:
John McLaughlin and Rodney Stewart

Save the Date!
Welcome Back Sunday
September 9

Next Week’s Highlights
Wednesday, September 5th 6:30-7:15 pm
Covenant Carillons (Handbells) resume rehearsals. WE ARE IN NEED of a few people to fill spots. If interested, please let Leanne Seabright know. [email protected]

SEPTEMBER 9, Welcome Back Sunday
Children’s Choirs Resume
LUNCH – 11:30 ish (immediately following the Sunday service)
Parents’ Meeting – following lunch on Sept. 9
CHERUB CHOIR (3 yrs-K) – Noon in Room 202
MUSIC MACHINE (1st -5th grade) – Noon in Room 207
CHILDREN’S CHIMES (3rd – 5th grade) – 12:40 – 1 pm in the sanctuary

Coming Soon!
Camp Bible
September 22-23
Bridgeport Camp and Conference Center
Camp Bible is a special weekend for 3rd-5th graders where our focus will be Encountering Jesus. We will experience the places Jesus walked, taught, healed, fed and ministered. Not only will we share in the adventure of learning about our Bibles, we will share in camp life as well. Get ready to look at the stars, eat outside, play games, shoot arrows, dance, do crafts and so much more. You can register online today!
Cost is $85. No registration after September 6.

SALT (Seek, Accept Love, Transform) Program
Starting in October
Sign up today in the narthex to volunteer to read with an elementary student for just 20 minutes a week! For more information, contact Andrea Allen [email protected].

Save the Date!
Holy Covenant’s Annual Dinner and Auction
Saturday, October 6, 2018
5:30-9:30
Loads of details to follow!!

Highlights Outside Holy Covenant
Church Safety Seminar I
Saturday, September 1 from 8 am to 5 pm
Church Safety Seminar II
Saturday, September 8 from 8 am to 5 pm
St. James Episcopal Church of Dallas
9845 McCree Road
Dallas, TX 75238
Register at [email protected] or call 214-957-9412. Cost is $49.

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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Do you know a 3rd – 5th Grader interested in being an acolyte? Please contact Beth Mundell [email protected]