May 28,2014

Dear Covenant family,

 

Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. – Ps 84:10

 

I look forward to what God will do in the next two weeks through our guest speakers – Norman Kissinger with Young Faith in Christ on June 1^st and the Gideon’s on June 8^th. Our worship and Wednesday services will be directed by several members of our church family – we appreciate everyone serving! We look forward to be back with you as a family on Wednesday, June 11^th. We plan to leave this Thursday morning.

 

Prayer and Praise Reports:

 

Pierce family – teaching job for John in a school of his choice.

Norm Smith

Mildred Stringer – knee surgery, June 2 – 10 am

Jackie Nasser – hip replacement surgery – June 3 – 5.30 a.m.

 

Church Calendar:

 

Wednesday, May 28

1.30 p.m. Prayer at the home of Dick & Gwen Slater, 1165 Adams Road, Desloge
7.00 p.m. Men’s Bible Study: ‘The Making of a Godly Man’ - CBC

 

Friday, May 30

1.30 p.m. St. Francois Manor Bible Study

 

Sunday, June 1

9.30 – Sunday School – Sam Mason – ‘The Names of God”

10.45 – Worship: Pat Mason, Rebekah and/or Steve. Sermon: Norman Kissinger ‘Young Faith in Christ’

Growth Groups:

North: 6 pm; Contact Bud & Donna Masson (631-3930) or Al & Jan Gainer (636-543-1387)

Central: 5.30 pm Contact Bill & Ann Bratberg (631-0555) or Howard & Linda Davis (756-4154)

South: Potluck after church – contact John & Rebekah Pierce (561-3765)

 

Tasks:

• Coffee/Clean Up – Berg
• Children’s Church – Crystal
• Nursery: Britney/Misty

 

June 2, 10 am - Surgery Mildred Stringer –Parkland Hospital, Farmington

June 3, 5.30 pm - Surgery Jackie Nasser –am Festus.

 

Wednesday, June 4

1.30 p.m. Prayer at the home of Dick & Gwen Slater, 1165 Adams Road, Desloge
7.00 p.m. Men’s Bible Study: ‘The Making of a Godly Man’ - CBC

 

Friday, June 6

1.30 p.m. St. Francois Manor Bible Study

 

Sunday, June 8

9.30 – Sunday School – Sam Mason – ‘The Names of God”

10.45 – Worship: Steve Caldwell. Sermon: Gideon Bible Distributors’

Growth Groups:

North: 6 pm; Contact Bud & Donna Masson (631-3930) or Al & Jan Gainer (636-543-1387)

Central: 5.30 pm Contact Bill & Ann Bratberg (631-0555) or Howard & Linda Davis (756-4154)

 

Tasks Sunday, June 8

• Coffee/Clean Up – Bratberg
• Children’s Church – Donna (?)
• Nursery: Naomi

 

Mark Your Calendars:

Saturday, August 16

9 am: Vision & Planning Meeting – ‘Reaching Out’ - Looking at 2014/2015

 

Saturday and Sunday August 30,31 (Labor Day weekend)

Weekend with International Students from Columbia

 

Family Camp October 3-5

Family Camp at Pinecrest Camp, Cherokee Pass

 

May 21,2014

Dear Covenant family,

 

Call to Worship: Be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ’ – Ephesians 5:18-20

 

“I am singing in the rain”, although popular as a movie and song, seems highly unlikely and irrational. Singing in the Rain? We typically run from the rain – or hide from it! Singing in the rain is what worship does. When it ‘rains’ all around us, worship makes us sing, rejoice and look up while people around us would expect us to be depressed, run and hide. Want to see our culture transformed? Try walking around in it with worship on your lips, in your mind and on your heart. How do you do that? Come and find out this Sunday!

 

Van Raalten family vacation

The van Raalten family plans to take a vacation leaving Thursday, May 29, and returning in time for worship on Wednesday, June 11. We will (still) be in church this coming Sunday. If in need of assistance during their absence, please contact any of our elders.

Guest Speakers during their absence:

Norman Kissinger, Young Faith in Christ – June 1^st

Gideon’s Bible Distributors – June 8^th.

 

Prayer and Praise Reports:

 

Bob – Linda’s brother, complications arm surgery after accident. Linda to visit him in Illinois

Pierce family – teaching job for John in a school of his choice.

Norm Smith

 

Church Calendar:

 

Wednesday, May 21

1.30 p.m. Prayer at the home of Dick & Gwen Slater, 1165 Adams Road, Desloge
7.00 p.m. Men’s Bible Study: ‘The Making of a Godly Man’ - CBC

 

Thursday, May 22

3.30 p.m. - Shared Blessings Homeless Shelter Bible Study

 

Friday, May 23

1.30 p.m. St. Francois Manor Bible Study

 

Sunday, May 25

9.30 – Sunday School – Sam Mason – ‘The Names of God”

10.45 – Series: Transforming Culture – from the outside in

Growth Groups:

North: 6 pm; Contact Bud & Donna Masson (631-3930) or Al & Jan Gainer (636-543-1387)

Central: 5.30 pm Contact Bill & Ann Bratberg (631-0555) or Howard & Linda Davis (756-4154)

South: Potluck after church – contact John & Rebekah Pierce (561-3765)

 

Tasks:

• Coffee/Clean Up – Smith
• Children’s Church – Kari
• Nursery: Naomi

 

Tasks Sunday, June 1

• Coffee/Clean Up – Berg
• Children’s Church – Larry
• Nursery: Britney/Misty

 

Mark Your Calendars:

Saturday, August 16

9 am: Vision & Planning Meeting – ‘Reaching Out’ - Looking at 2014/2015

 

Saturday and Sunday August 30,31 (Labor Day weekend)

Weekend with International Students from Columbia

 

Family Camp October 3-5

Family Camp at Pinecrest Camp, Cherokee Pass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 14, 2014

Dear Covenant family,

 

Call to Worship: ‘But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for god’s holy people.’ – Ephesians 5:3

 

Wouldn’t you say you have blinders on if you say our culture isn’t changing drastically? In the past years major changes have happened, that only few thought imaginable just a few years ago. What caused the change? In our 2 week series: ‘Transforming Culture’, we will begin by looking at changing culture ‘from the inside out’ and next week we’ll look at doing that ‘from the outside in’. Paul addresses two ‘inside out’ areas in Ephesians 5 that are very relevant for us today. For example: do these questions sound familiar to you? (1) Gaining Wealth: Should it be more evenly distributed? Should it be encouraged to create more wealth? What are it’s dangers/pitfalls for us personally and for our society? (2) Sexuality/immorality: As our celebrity starts and culture continue to push the envelope, what should our response be? How does this affect my life and relationships? In our new series ‘Transforming Culture’, we plan this Sunday to look at how to stay pure in both these areas and affect our culture instead of being affected by it, because ‘once we were darkness, but now we are light in the Lord’

Mark you Calendars: Vision & Planning Day Season 2014/2015

Like in previous years we would like to seek the Lord together at the start of the year as we look toward the future. We plan to do so on Saturday, August 16 at 9 am.  This time will build upon our vision and planning meetings held this past year. We will keep you informed on content & ideas as we get closer to that day.

 

Vacuum Cleaner Shared Blessings

Shared Blessings Homeless Shelter in Bonne Terre uses a vacuum cleaner about 3 times per day. They have only one now that is working. If you have an extra vacuum cleaner (or a new one) and can donate it to Shared Blessings, please contact the shelter (extra bags are good too for any particular model/design). They really need about 2 or 3 vacuums working at one time – they just don’t last very long when used so frequently.

 

Prayer and Praise Reports:

 

Al made it through his hernia surgery successfully and after some painful days is feeling much better and recovering at home.
Rebekah Pierce's sister Rachel delivered two 3 pounds baby boys.

Last week Thursday’s (senior) pastor prayer meeting went really well – open and broken hearts to each other and toward a God in heaven.
Jackie Nasser – hip replacement surgery June 4

Ware family, Norm Smith, Stacey Gainer

 

Church Calendar:

 

Wednesday, May 14

1.30 p.m. Prayer at the home of Dick & Gwen Slater, 1165 Adams Road, Desloge
7.00 p.m. Men’s Bible Study: ‘The Making of a Godly Man’ - CBC

 

Thursday, May 15

3.30 p.m. - Shared Blessings Homeless Shelter Bible Study

 

Friday, May 16

1.30 p.m. St. Francois Manor Bible Study

 

Sunday, May 18

9.30 – Sunday School

10.45 – Series: Transforming Culture – from the inside out

Growth Groups:

North: 6 pm; Contact Bud & Donna Masson (631-3930) or Al & Jan Gainer (636-543-1387)

Central: 5.30 pm Contact Bill & Ann Bratberg (631-0555) or Howard & Linda Davis (756-4154)

South: Potluck after church – contact John & Rebekah Pierce (561-3765)

 

Tasks:

• Coffee/Clean Up – Masson’s
• Children’s Church – Kari
• Nursery: Britney/Misty

 

Monday, May 19

6.00 p.m. Women Bible Study Series with Beth Moore

 

Tuesday, May 20

9.00 a.m. Women Bible Study Series with Beth Moore

6.30 p.m. Baccalaureate, First Baptist Church Farmington

 

Tasks Sunday, May 25

• Coffee/Clean Up – Smith
• Children’s Church – Larry
• Nursery: Naomi

 

Saturday, August 16

9 am: Vision & Planning Meeting – ‘Reaching Out’ - Looking at 2014/2015

 

Saturday and Sunday August 30,31 (Labor Day weekend)

Weekend with International Students from Columbia

 

Family Camp October 3-5

Family Camp at Pinecrest Camp, Cherokee Pass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 7, 2014

Dear Covenant family,

 

‘Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God for gave you….and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us’ – Ephesians 4:32 and 5:2

 

Mothers are absolutely incredible. From the moment any of us are born they love: willing to change the messiest diaper, picking us up when we make our first fall, cheering us on as we graduate from school and encouraging us to find our place in the world. Did you know that Mothers are much like Christ? Jesus described God’s Love as being like a mother. Think about it: Who of us ‘non-moms’ could ever muster up the amount of love and sacrifice that they give? Who of us would be willing to die a torturing death on the cross for someone else? Let’s focus on His Love this Sunday, made visible to us in moms, as their lives reflect the ultimate love that can be found and lived out in Jesus.

 

Mother’s Day Photo’s – deadline this Friday

It is not too late to turn in your mother’s day photo’s. You have until Friday to do so, and you can email them to byron at bchuebschen@yahoo.com or contact them (747-8366) about dropping of a hard copy of the pictures.

 

Weekend with International Students

We hope to partner with the International Community Church from Columbia on Sunday, August 31 (Labor Day weekend) for a weekend with international students. Like last year, our international friends plan to arrive on Saturday (8/30) for some sight seeing, and will join various host homes later that day/evening. We plan to share worship and a meal together at church. We are looking for host homes for Saturday Night. A sign up sheet will be available later this Summer.

 

Prayer and Praise Reports:

 

Al Gainer – hernia surgery May 12

Jackie Nasser – hip replacement surgery June 4

Ware family, Norm Smith, Stacey Gainer

 

Church Calendar:

 

Wednesday, May 7

1.30 p.m. Prayer at the home of Dick & Gwen Slater, 1165 Adams Road, Desloge
7.00 p.m. Men’s Bible Study: ‘The Making of a Godly Man’ - CBC

 

Thursday, May 8

7.00 a.m. Pastor Community Prayer (interdenominational) – Bonne Terre

3.30 p.m. - Shared Blessings Homeless Shelter Bible Study

 

Friday, May 9

1.30 p.m. St. Francois Manor Bible Study

 

Sunday, May 11

9.30 – Sunday School – Gospel of Luke with Al & Jan Gainer

10.45 – Mother’s Day – Series: Lit Up Relationships

Growth Groups: none; due to Mother’s Day

 

Tasks:

• Coffee/Clean Up – Mason
• Children’s Church – Crystal
• Nursery: Naomi

 

Monday, May 12

6.00 p.m. Women Bible Study Series with Beth Moore

 

Tuesday, May 13

9.00 a.m. Women Bible Study Series with Beth Moore

6.30 p.m. Baccalaureate, First Baptist Church Farmington

 

Tasks Sunday, May 18

• Coffee/Clean Up – Masson’s
• Children’s Church – Kari
• Nursery: Britney/Misty

 

Saturday and Sunday August 30,31 (Labor Day weekend)

Weekend with International Students from Columbia

 

Family Camp October 3-5

Family Camp at Pinecrest Camp, Cherokee Pass