August 28, 2013

Dear Covenant family,

And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work – Nehemiah 2:18

For this Labor Day Sunday, let me tell you one of my earliest ‘labor’ tales: I remember ‘exciting’ sleep depraved nights as a kid. It was Saturday 4 a.m.. We were about to build a fort with my neighbors and I couldn’t wait until sunrise. It was building time! When the people in the Story of Nehemiah finished rebuilding Jerusalem’s wall they were so excited that they wept out loud. Many of them had worked hard and given up sleep for weeks. It was building time! What is God calling you to build? It may be a family, a career, a testimony, a legacy or…. At CBC, God is also calling us to build together: not a wall, but His Church! The book of Nehemiah provides us with an awesome blueprint of how to build. This Sunday we will seek to lay that blueprint against anything we might be building and I pray God as the Master Builder will help us examine and improve any of our ‘building projects’ – whether as a church ‘together’; or the individual things we are working on. After all, it’s labor day weekend!

 For this Sunday, please read Chapter 21 in ‘the Story’ – the story of Nehemiah 1,2, 4 and 6-8, Ezra 7 and Malachi 1-4. This is our last Old Testament Chapter. Next week will mark the start of the New Testament in ‘the Story’.

Church Wide Prayer Time ‘Together’: Friday, September 13 from 7-9 p.m. and Saturday, September 14 from 8-12 a.m. at CBC

This annual weekend has proven to be a key time of seeking God together as we look out at the year ahead. Our time will be marked by worship, confession and the praying and planning for the future. The word ‘together’ is derived from the book of Acts when it is often used to describe God’s people ‘together’ in prayer, seeking His Face. It’s time to rise and build!

Prayer & Praise Requests Individuals:

Health: Norm Smith, Dick Slater, Ramona (Brad’s sister), Elaine (Jan’s sister), Kim (Byron Huebschen’s sister), Mary Janzou’s back troubles are lessening, thanks for prayers.

Wisdom for leadership and implementation with the annual plan for CBC.

Church Calendar:

 

Wednesday, August 28

6. 00 – 6.45 p.m. Intercessory Prayer

7.00 p.m. ‘The making of a Godly Man’ - Men’s Bible Study

 

Friday, August 30

1.30 p.m. Bible Study - St. Francois Manor

 

Sunday, September 1

9.30  -  Sunday School- Al & Jan Gainer – ‘Romans’

10.45 a.m. ‘Let us rise and build’ – the Story, Chapter 21

 

P.M. – Growth Groups North, Central and South will meet at each group’s discretion at this Labor Day weekend

 

Nursery: Britney/Misty

Cookies/clean up: Berg

Children’s Church: Crystal’s team

 

Wednesday, September 4

6. 00 – 6.45 p.m. Intercessory Prayer

7.00 p.m. ‘The making of a Godly Man’ - Men’s Bible Study

 

Saturday, September 7 – (re) start Men’s Breakfast

Sunday, September 8 – Annual Evie Potluck Dinner – 5.30 p.m.

Friday, September 13, 7-9 pm and Saturday, September 14,, 8-12 a.m. ‘Together’

Saturday, September 28 – Caregiver Training ‘Bridge of Hope’; Valley Creek Coffee House, Farmington – 9-3; $50. Sign up sheet available on mission bulletin board

Friday, October 4 at 7 pm until Sunday, October 6th – 2 p.m. Family Weekend at PineCrest Christian Camp in Cherokee Pass.