THE COVENANT CONNECTION Covenant United Methodist Church April 2018 Mission: “To make disciples of Jesus Christ” whose Christ-centered lifestyles of personal and social holiness help “transform the world” through education, health and wellness, creation care, and other acts of compassion and justice in the world. Holy Week & Easter Sunday Please join us for these meaningful worship services. Palm Sunday: March 25 9:30 Worship with palm waving processional & Marimbas Maundy Thurs: March 29 10 a.m. Stations of the Cross (led by Thurs. Women’s Bible) 7 p.m. Worship includes Last Supper communion Ends with the extinguishing of candles to mark Christ's death Easter Sunday: April 1st We will celebrate with two identical worship services at 8:30am & 11am on Easter morning. A breakfast will be available in the multi- purpose room between the services, there are no reservations required, everyone is welcome! Donations are gladly accepted to offset the costs. The Children's Egg Hunt will follow the later service. Easter Sunday is a wonderful opportunity to invite visiting family and friends to worship with you! 8:30 a.m. Easter Worship 9:30 a.m. Breakfast 11:00 a.m. Easter Worship 12:00 noon Easter Egg Hunt* *We are collecting individually wrapped Easter candy for our Easter Egg Hunt. Please drop your donations in the closet area at church by Palm Sunday. A Month of Sundays… Sunday, April 1 Easter—Invite your friends and family! Sunday, April 8 Ice Cream Sundae Sunday Proceeds from donations support our bubble wrap mat ministry to the homeless in Spokane Sunday, April 15 Fair Trade Coffee & Chocolate Your purchase supports our Sister Church in El Salvador. Native American Ministries - special offering Sunday, April 22 Table Talk Plan to attend & participate in this important discussion from 2-5pm at Spokane Valley United Methodist Church. Sunday, April 29 Seasonal Feast—Spring Greens Potluck at 11am, bring a favorite dish to share.
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THE COVENANT CONNECTION Covenant United Methodist Church
April 2018
Mission: “To make disciples of Jesus Christ” whose Christ-centered lifestyles of personal and social holiness help
“transform the world” through education, health and wellness, creation care, and other acts of compassion and justice in the world.
Holy Week & Easter Sunday
Please join us for these meaningful worship services. Palm Sunday: March 25 9:30 Worship with palm waving processional & Marimbas
Maundy Thurs: March 29 10 a.m. Stations of the Cross (led by Thurs. Women’s Bible) 7 p.m. Worship includes Last Supper communion Ends with the extinguishing of candles to mark Christ's death
Easter Sunday: April 1st We will celebrate with two identical worship services at 8:30am & 11am on Easter morning. A breakfast will be available in the multi- purpose room between the services, there are no reservations required, everyone is welcome! Donations are gladly accepted to offset the costs. The Children's Egg Hunt will follow the later service. Easter Sunday is a wonderful opportunity to invite visiting family and friends to worship with you! 8:30 a.m. Easter Worship 9:30 a.m. Breakfast 11:00 a.m. Easter Worship 12:00 noon Easter Egg Hunt*
*We are collecting individually wrapped Easter candy for our
Easter Egg Hunt. Please drop your donations in the closet area at
church by Palm Sunday.
A Month of Sundays…
Sunday, April 1
Easter—Invite your friends and
family!
Sunday, April 8
Ice Cream Sundae Sunday
Proceeds from donations
support our bubble wrap mat
ministry to the homeless in
Spokane
Sunday, April 15
Fair Trade Coffee & Chocolate
Your purchase supports our
Sister Church in El Salvador.
Native American Ministries
- special offering
Sunday, April 22
Table Talk
Plan to attend & participate in
this important discussion from
2-5pm at Spokane Valley
United Methodist Church.
Sunday, April 29
Seasonal Feast—Spring Greens
Potluck at 11am, bring a
favorite dish to share.
Church Email Updates
Are you receiving weekly email up-
dates from the church? If you would like to receive this
timely communication, please provide your email address to the church office
and tell us to add you to our weekly email list!
Be sure to read the weekly updates and watch for ways to connect and be
involved at Covenant.
Make all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.
John Wesley
Church Finances (through Feb 2018) Annual Budget $ 320,289
Income
Needed February $ 26,691
Received February $ 22,642
Deficit/Surplus $ - 4,049
Needed YTD $ 53,382
Received YTD $ 49,604
Deficit/Surplus $ -3,778
Building loan $ 294,000 Paid to date $ 12,568
Balance $ 281,432*
*Would you consider helping us pay this off early to
free income from debt servicing and for mission and
ministry?
Make all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.
Tai Chi plus creative christian spirituality "Adding fun, fellowship and fitness to faith"
Tai Chi Class Changes and Cost Update Our master teacher, Terry Payton, is dealing with
health issues that prevent him from teaching our
class right now. Bob and Fleeta Holcomb and
Robert Bumann are continuing to lead the class
and welcome new members. Because we are not
paying master instructor Terry to teach the class
in its entirety right now, we are able to reduce the
Book Review Group Do you love to read? We welcome new people to join us for discussion and fellowship. We meet on the sec-ond Tuesday of each month at 9:30am, Contact Jeannie Peer, 466-4623 for more info. April 10th Book: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry By: Fredrik Backman Hostess: Carol Ellsworth Reviewer: Diane Thomas May 8th Book: The Places Inbetween By: Rory Stewart Hostess & Reviewer: Jackie Richardson
A BIG THANK YOU… from New Hope for the many supplies given for the Easter baskets! Five trunk loads were delivered these past four weeks! Current needs are men’s deo-dorant, toothpaste, diapers (size 4 & 5) and liquid hand-soap. Thank you for all you do! Ron & Cheryl Vaughan Thank You from the Blood Center. Ten units of living saving blood were collected at our drive. Thank you to everyone who signed up to donate. Our next drive is scheduled for Sept. 30th.
COMMUNITY GARDEN UPDATE
Have you noticed all the activity in Eden
Community Gardens?
Hurray! The snow has melted and more work on
the garden is happening now!
Stakes have been place for the raised beds so
that recently acquired aged manure can be
placed in those areas. Thanks Barry Karalfa,
Tom Latimer, Mahlon Dirks, Mike Donavan,
Bob Ratts, and David Yarbrough. Also thanks to
Janet Walker and Steve and Melissa Flaherty for
the composted and well-aged manure! Special
appreciation is also extended to Richard Parrish,
Isaiah’s Dad and Troop 218 Scoutmaster, for his
skills with the Bobcat on loan for the scout pro-
ject for placing and leveling needed soil in land-
scaping areas around our garden.
Thirty-eight high quality cedar raised beds have
been built by Isaiah Parrish and his crew, and
more supplies have been ordered to complete
the additional beds. Way to go Isaiah!
Beautiful topsoil has been shared due to the ex-
cavation on the Boy Scout shed project. David
says it is even better soil than the existing gar-
den soil!
The Seed Starting Class went well with eleven
attending. Thanks David for planning this
and fellow Master Gardener Andy Smith for his
helpful presentation.
Thanks to Pam Murphy the attractive signs that
she designed have been ordered !
Our next garden meeting is Thursday, March 22,
stay tuned for the date of our April meeting.
Submitted by Sharon Arnold
In our Prayers
4-year-old Levi Mike Jefferies George Newell
Harlan Peer Bill Salmon Ken Stam
Barbara Thornbrugh Jim Thrapp
John Zahner
Weekly Wednesday Prayers Each Wednesday evening at 5:30pm, folks
gather to faithfully lift up the prayer con-cerns of others. If you have a prayer re-
quest, you can call the office, or come join us in prayer on Wednesdays.
Worship Servants: Thank you for offering your gifts & service to our
morning worship experience. You are appreciated!
April 1 (Easter) Readers: 8:30..Dave Hayward, 11:00.. Linda Karalfa
Greeters: 8:30.. Judi Morgan & Peggy Donovan
11:00.. Lynn McNary & Suzy Swenland
Ushers: 8:30 Dave & Marty Erb
11:00.. Jim & Sue Shaw
Welcome Table: 8:30 Tom Robinson
11:00 Rick & Diane Thomas
April 8 Reader: Suzy Swenland
Greeters: Jen Sealey & Jacquie Belzman
Ushers: Gordon & Sue Jackson
Welcome Table: Pam Tsuchida
April 15 Reader: Gary Dyer
Greeters: Tom & Judy Lux
Ushers: Mike & Rhonda Greco
Welcome Table: Jackie Richardson
April 22 Reader: MaryJo Woods
Greeters: George & Betty Newell
Ushers: Kent & Jackie Richardson
Welcome Table: Sharon Arnold
Shalom Ministries Shalom, based in the former Central UMC, is a mission to
the downtown homeless and poor. Shalom operates on the
proverbial shoestring, serving 4 breakfasts and 2 dinners a
week to over 200 at most meals. (Feeding the hungry is not
all it does.) While Shalom gets staples and produce mainly
from Second Harvest, it must pinch its pennies to pay for the
following needed items:
*white and brown sugar
*catsup
*pancake syrup
*BBQ sauce
*cooking oil
*margarine
*black pepper
*garlic powder
*coffee creamer
*laundry detergent
*dish soap
*bleach
If you could help with any of these items, the 6 of us from
Covenant who volunteer at the Monday dinners will be
overjoyed to fetch them down to Shalom!
Thank You! Doris Dyer
April Coffee Group A group of women meet monthly for coffee and conversa-tion and invite all ladies to come join them for fellowship. This is a great opportunity for new people, or for those who’ve been around a while, to get to know each other bet-ter. Everyone is welcome! Join us on Monday April 16 at 9:00am at Verge Coffee Co. (9315 N. Nevada in the Service Station.)
If you would like to be added to our Email re-minder list, please send a note to Betsy Hart-man at [email protected]
Fiesta! -Food, Fun and Fundraising! April 28, 5:30-8:00 PM Are you ready for a party? On April 28
th, 5:30-8:00 pm, join our Sister Church committee and delega-
tion team for an evening of food and fun, and support our trip to El Salvador all at the same time. We are actively seeking a wide variety of items for both the silent and live auction. Here are just a few ide-as and we’re sure you can come up with many more; art, crafts, services (babysitting, yard work, etc.), decorator items, tools, weekend at a vacation home, tickets, gourmet picnics, gift baskets, consultation or lessons in your area of expertise, gift cards, sports equipment, vintage items, home baked goodies, the list goes on. If you know someone in the community who would be willing to donate something, please feel free to contact them. All donations, large and small, are welcome! Donation forms for auction items are available on the tall table in the church living room throughout
March and April.
Questions? Completed donation forms? Contact Diane Thomas or Fleeta Holcomb.
