What is Happening This Week 2/25-2/28/21

smiling_boy_rain.jpg   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.      

Outside Sunday Worship – Returning!  
OUTSIDE WORSHIP – Will return Sunday, March 21st at 8:30 am, weather permitting!    

Sunday, February 28
Second Sunday in Lent
Sermon: You Are Beloved!    

Prayers of the People   little-boy-praying.jpg
Please keep the following people in your prayers this week:
The Lathrop and Roberts family; the Mincieli family; Rhonda King; Andy Edwards; Helen Mayo; Mary Harrison; Tyler Ackerman; Jojo Sain; Mike and Susan Bragg; our friends at Atria Carrollton; and those impacted by the winter storm.        

Highlights This Week
Music Ministry Check-In
Thursday, February 25
7 pm on Zoom
If you are part of the Music Ministries (choir, handbells, instrumentalists) at Holy Covenant–or would like to be– please join this virtual gathering. It will give us a chance to check-in with everyone and make plans for upcoming music opportunities.  
HCUMC IT is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Choir
Time: 07:00 PM
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87955220118?pwd=b0lKTjBpMWFHVWViTzg0eHdnSFZQUT09  
Meeting ID: 879 5522 0118
Passcode: 944377  
Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US

  Food Pantry
On Sunday, February 21st, we held an impromptu Food Distribution. Impromptu because we only had two days to plan it, but everyone pulled together to make it a success. We served 73 families or 249 individuals. That equals 3,220 meals. Our next Distribution will be this Sunday, February 28th from 1 to 3 pm.  

The Distributions in March will be on the 14th and the 28th. Please go to signupgenius.com to sign up for the next Distribution on March 14th.   

If you would like to donate money to the Food Pantry, you can do so online, by mailing a check to the church, or by dropping off your money or food donation at the church office Thursday and Saturday from 10:00 am to noon.  

We are doing well with the food we can order from the North Texas Food Bank, but we still come up short on a few items.  
We need:
Soup
Pasta Sauce
Canned Chicken
Dog and Cat Food  

Thank you for all you do for the Food Pantry.  

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Micah Sunday Presentation
MARCH 7th
9:00 am
Holy Covenant’s Advocates for Justice and Peace will present, “A Report on Our Neighborhood – a Panel Discussion on Housing Insecurity.” Panelists will be:
Tracy Eubanks, CEO of Metrocrest Services
Chris Lopez, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 6
Adam Polter, Carrollton City Council Member, Place 2
A Neighbor Within the Crisis and
A Representative from CFB School District  

This presentation will be on Zoom. The link will be included in the weekly email the week of the program and will also be sent out the morning of the program.  

If you would like to contribute to help cover the costs of our Micah Sundays, please go to hcumc.org to donate or send a check to the church office. Be sure to put “Advocates” in the note.  

Our next Advocates meeting is on March 4th at 6:00. We would love to have you join us. Please contact Lois Eaton at 214-862-8683 or [email protected] for a link to the meeting.          

Lent 2021 Devotionals
We still need devotionals! Please volunteer to write a devotional that we can share with the Holy Covenant family each morning during Lent. Select a favorite scripture and write a brief reflection and a prayer that we can email out to everyone each day of Lent. Send them to Elise at [email protected].  

If you are one that does better with suggested themes, below are the themes of the weeks. If you would like to have your devotional fit into the theme of the week, please select one of these:
Feb 28 – Lent 2 – Self- Compassion
Mar 7 – Lent 3 – Grace
Mar 14 – Lent 4 – Hope
Mar 21 – Lent 5 – Faith
Mar 29 – Holy Week   

Feel free to contact Pastor Cheryl [email protected] for suggestions. We want to hear your witness, your story, your passion for Jesus!  

Prayer Reminder Remember to set your alarm for 12:30 pm each day to pray for our church family.  
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Thank you for your continued generosity! If you typically write a check, please consider online giving.

February Regular Donations/Pledge Payments:
Needed $37,604
Given to Date $33,898  

texting-girl-sm.jpg Online Giving Donate Here. You may set up regular giving by choosing the Donation Frequency.    

  Volunteers Needed!
Would you like to help with our online worship? We need 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. If interested, please contact Tim Shepardson at [email protected].