What is Happening This Week 5/11-5/14/23
 Beloved Community, “No one escapes pain, fear, and suffering. Yet from pain can come wisdom, from fear can come courage, from suffering can come strength – if we have the virtue of resilience.” Eric Greitens This week has brought us all heartbreaking pain, fear for our family’s safety and personal anguish. We are all moving through the stages of grief for the tragedy in Allen. The reality of loss is weaving into our own lives of celebrations that arrive at the end of a school year. This week is one that takes each of us on a rollercoaster of emotions. So often God surprises us by bringing great blessings during a season of great grief. One of the blessings is the gathering of a beloved community. Hope you will plan to join us for the next two Sundays. This Sunday we will have the awesome gift of Rev. Carol Montgomery preaching on John 14:15-21 – Becoming: One with Each Other. Next Sunday we will be a spending the morning beyond the church walls with our neighbors. Please join us at 9:15 for donuts, coffee and a prayer before heading out for your “holy work.” When hard days need to be endured, gathering with our beloved community offers us a comfort and Shalom peace. Hope you will join us! Shalom Blessings, Pastor Cheryl  10:30 am Sunday Morning Worship In-person and Livestreamed We hope you are joining us either in-person, or 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. Sunday, May 14 Scripture – John 14: 15-21 Sermon – Becoming: One with Each Other Guest preacher – Rev. Carol Montgomery Ushers: Seekers Class Prayers of the People  Please keep the following people in your prayers this week: Kathy Boren and Sadie Garcia; Lisa Hunsaker; Sharyn Yetman; Susan Prindle; Sharon Harris; Travis Williams; James Baxter; Serena Stubbs; Karyl Sarver; Heath Kelley; Tom Yull; Tom Shore; Janice Pfeifer; Matthew Perry; Jim Ott; Gina Ott; and our friends at Atria Carrollton.  Wear Your Nametag! Be sure to wear your nametag this Sunday to help our guests learn names. If you need a nametag, please add your name to the sign-up sheet on the nametag table. Highlight This Week  Ladies In Fellowship Together L.I.F.T. Thursday, May 18 11 am The monthly LIFT (Ladies in Fellowship Together) gathering will be on Thursday, May 18, at 11:00 am at the home of Cherry Wright. Go to L.I.F.T. for more information. Bring a snack or covered dish to share. We will enjoy food and fellowship. If you do not have time to prepare a dish, please join us anyway – we want you with us! Please contact Hefina Glenys [email protected] if you plan to attend.  Supplies Needed ECDP is collecting celebration kits for the food pantry. Please help us teach our children about serving others! This church serves hundreds of people each month out of our food pantry who are struggling to make ends meet. They have things that are worthy of celebrating just like everyone else (birthdays, graduations, new jobs, etc.). So, we are putting together a shelf stable way to make cakes! We need boxes of cake mix, cans of lemon-lime soda (Sprite, 7up, etc.), foil cake pans, frosting jars and fun sprinkles, candles, etc. Please bring in your donations by the morning of May 21st. We will have an opportunity to put the kits together for the food pantry on Sunday, May 21st as part of Holy Covenant’s “BE the Church” Sunday. There is a box in the Education Building labeled “Celebration Kits” to collect these items. Thank you!!  Highlight Next Week BE the Church Sunday May 21 9:15 am Mark your calendars! Sign up HERE Sunday, May 21st, we will take the message of God’s love beyond the walls of Holy Covenant! Have you chosen how you will serve? Outdoor Projects: -Cleaning up Woodlake Pond trail (trash bags and grabbers provided) -Planting on the Blue Trail with Friends of Furneaux Creek (shrubs provided) -Yard work (weeding, clearing brush, etc.) for a senior citizen in Dallas -Taking photos of nearby gravestones for a national database Indoor Projects at Holy Covenant: -Prepping celebration cake kits for food pantry clients (items provided by ECDP, but donations welcome–see above) -Putting together snack packs for LISD students (items provided) -Tying fleece blankets for foster kids (fleece and nametags provided) We will meet in the sanctuary at 9:15 am to pray together before we get to work. All projects are for all ages. Please sign up HERE!  Food Pantry Pantry Hours: Tuesday-Thursday from 10-2 2nd and 4th Sundays from 12-1 pm. We currently need: soups, chili, canned chicken and dry pet food. Donations may be delivered Tuesdays through Thursdays between 10:00 am and noon. In addition to that, we accept donations on Sundays before and after both worship services. There will be carts outside the Pantry for your donations. The Missions Team thanks you for always being there to support the Food Pantry with your donations, your time, and your prayers.  Coming Soon Sack Summer Hunger Saturdays in June and July Sign up HERE HCUMC will be participating in the Sack Summer Hunger Program again this summer. Sack Summer Hunger provides nutritious, easy-to-prepare meals to families with school-aged children who depend on free and reduced lunch programs throughout the school year. Meals are delivered every Saturday free of charge. This program is designed by Metrocrest Services who, in conjunction with area churches, supports local families in our community. The program begins June 3rd and lasts through July 29th. We need volunteers to pick up food from Metrocrest, sorters at Holy Covenant to arrange the food for delivery, drivers to deliver to the families and someone to return any leftover food to Metrocrest. The commitment is no more than 2 hours (between 8 am and noon) on Saturday morning. If you have questions, email Laulie Eckeberger at [email protected]. Sign up HERE!  Register Now! Vacation Bible School this year is Compassion Camp! Sunday. June 4 – Thursday. June 8 5:30pm snack supper 6pm – 8pm program Register NOW Compassion Camp: As we look around the world, our deep need for compassion becomes more evident with each passing day, perhaps now more than ever. Compassion Camp’s goal is to cultivate compassion for each other, ourselves, and the world. We will examine different places in our lives where we can cultivate compassion. Using each of the Compassion Camp components, we’ll explore themes of compassion as they relate to each session’s scripture. Our themes move in this order: Session One introduces compassion and shares how to recognize opportunities to practice it. Session Two focuses on the self; Session Three moves out to the neighbor; Session Four moves out to the world, and Session Five asks us how we might act upon all we have learned from Compassion. Register HERE! Help us with supplies for VBS! Check out our Amazon Wish List and order what you can! Your support is so appreciated!  Tuesday Take Five Tuesdays at 12 noon Facebook Live Take a few minutes out of your Tuesday for spiritual growth and an uplifting message for the week with Laulie Eckeberger. Finances You may give ONLINE or send checks to: Holy Covenant UMC 1901 E. Peters Colony Rd. Carrollton, TX 75007   Online Giving Donate here or use the QR code. 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