What is Happening This Week 9/2-9/6/20
 We hope you are joining us for online worship on Facebook Live. We will be on Facebook again this Sunday at 10:30 am. If you have missed any of the services, or do not use Facebook, you may also find them on our website hcumc.org. Scripture for Sunday, September 6: Exodus 12:1-14 Sermon Title: Remember Why? Guest Pastor: Rev. Jim Guest Prayers of the People  Please keep the following people in your prayers this week: Nikki Homes who lost her father to COVID-19. The family of Dawnie Dahir who passed away. A.P. Loyd who has been moved to assisted living. Carlos Ponce who is undergoing chemotherapy. Our friends at Atria Carrollton. Those who have lost employment. And continued prayers for the following: Sylvia Jones; the Brooks-McCutchen family; Paul Fincke; Charles Hinton; Janet Trumble; Barbara Wright; Aletha Craven; Mary Harrison; Florence Richter; Tyler Ackerman; Jojo Sain; and Mike Gilbert. Coming Soon Methodism Class As Holy Covenant kicks off fall programming in this liminal space, we are offering a wonderful opportunity to learn about our Methodist roots and reflecting during worship on how we live into the Methodist movement. For three weeks beginning Monday, September 14, at 7:00 PM we will have a Zoom class with Rev. Dr. Jim Guest and Rob Evans teaching: 1. Methodist History – Why Methodist? 2. Methodist Theology – How Methodist? 3. Polity – The Marks of the UMC Contact Pastor Cheryl [email protected] to be a part of this class. During worship we will address the Methodist movement: September 13 – Pillars of our Faith – Do no harm, Do good, Stay in love with God! September 20 – Connectionalism – Our greatest UMC strength September 27 – Methodist Heroes – those who have blessed the tradition We hope you will join us for the class and worship each week!  Food Pantry Our next Drive Through Food Distribution is September 13th. We served 122 families at the last Distribution. If you would like to help out with packing boxes and bags, you can sign up in one hour slots on Friday, September 11th or Saturday, September 12th. It’s easiest if you sign up in groups of at least 2 or 3 people. If you want to work the Distribution on Sunday, September 13th, there are several positions you can sign up for. For any of these volunteer opportunities, please sign up on signupgenius.com or contact Lois Eaton at 214-862-8683 or [email protected]. We are in need of: Large Canned Chicken Pasta Sauce Green Beans Instant Mashed Potatoes Dog and Cat Food Someone will be at the church on Thursday and Saturday from 10:00 am-noon to accept your donations. We look forward to serving our community with the help of the Holy Covenant congregation.  Let’s Celebrate! Ms. Betty Laker is about to turn 102 on September 11th!! We can’t celebrate with her in person, but we can send her birthday blessings. Please send birthday cards to: Betty Laker 2105 N. Josey Lane #322 Carrollton, TX 75006 Finances  Everyone is concerned about finances at this time, and Holy Covenant is no exception. If you typically write a check, please consider online giving or mail your check to: Holy Covenant UMC, 1901 E. Peters Colony Rd., Carrollton, TX 75007 August Giving: Budgeted $34,365 Received $43,728  Online Giving Donate Here. You may even set up regular giving by choosing the Donation Frequency.  Volunteers Needed Would you like to help with our online worship? We are looking for volunteers for our worship streaming ministry. You will be asked to commit to 2 worship services per month to operate either a video switcher or a camera. Experience welcome–but not required! There will be training. Please contact Tim Shepardson at [email protected] if you are interested.  Like Puzzles? Are you and your family putting together jigsaw puzzles? Are you tired of doing the same ones? We have LOTS of new and gently used puzzles we would love to share with you! They are 500 piece and 1000 piece puzzles. We would be happy to drop one on your doorstep. We will even share photos for you to choose the one you want. If you are interested, please contact Elise at [email protected]. |