we hear god’s word
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4) ONLINE GIVING - Use QR scanner to access secure online giving. QR apps available in APP Stores for free. Link also on website, covpc.org. Place phone over QR Code shown to make contributions. 5) MISSIONS: - DORCAS SEWING MINISTRY - May 7th - 9:00a.m.; Craft Room
- GOD’S RECIPE - Next meeting - Monday, May 27th - 6:00pm. - BOXTOP LABELS FOR THORNWELL - General Mills Cereals, Zip Loc, Green Giant, Office Supplies, etc. Drop in box in office area.
6) REGULAR WEEKLY ACTIVITIES: - THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY - Thursdays - 9:30am - Multi-Purpose Rm - KIDSROCK: - Sundays @ 10:00 a.m. - JAM (Jesus & Me) - Sundays @ 11 AM. - KEWL (Kids Enjoying Worship & Life) - Wednesdays @ 4 PM - Crafts, Music, Games, Bible Lessons - “IGNITE” (Teen Sunday School): - Sundays @ 10 a.m., Café 2126; - “THE MOVE” (Teens): - Wednesdays @ 6:30pm in Walter Flint Center - Young Adult Group: - Mondays @ 6:30 pm in YA Homes - CHOIR PRACTICE - Wednesdays at 6:45pm.
7) MAY BIRTHDAYS:
8) NEW SERMON SERIES ON “HAPPINESS”: - May 5 - “Oh Happy Day” - June 2 - “Happiness or Joy?” - May 12 - “What Makes a Happy Mother?” - June 9 - “#HappyBaptism?” - May 19 - “Is God Happy?” - June 16 - “A Happy Father?” - May 26 - “If God Is So Happy, Why War?”
9) WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPER - MAY 1 @ 5:30pm - Come and enjoy an uplifting good old fashioned sing with your favorite hymns. You don’t want to miss it. Sign up on your Connection Card. 10) SPRING SMALL GROUPS: Still in progress. You can still join in! 11) WEEKLY PRAYER - In Sanctuary every Monday at 11:30 a.m. All invited. 12) COVENANT WOMEN: Night Circle (Circle of Faith) - Monday, May 13th - Chicken Salad Chick - 6:30p.m. Day Circle (Circle of Hope) - Tuesday, May 14th - 10:00am in Craft Room.
13) OPEL - May 4 - SWAMP GRAVY - MAMMA MIA - 2:00pm performance in Colquitt. Tickets $20. 14) COVENANT’S 10 COMMITMENTS FOR CHRIST: 1. Expand Covenant’s Music Ministry. 6. Emphasize email addresses on C Cards. 2. Partner w/ Porterfield for special services. 7. Continue having Dinners, Fish Fries, etc. 3. Expand our Kidsrock Ministry. 8. Host programs for our Albany Community.
4. Create a Ministry to the Marine Base. 9. Expand Covenant’s Youth activities. 5. Shorten passing of the peace. 10. Invite Preschool children to Kidsrock.
Leader: We pray for your peace to come to our country, and for all of our diverse groups and organizations to find common connections. People: We pray for your Church, the Body of Christ, scattered through- out the world. May we become one in unity and purpose. Leader: We pray for our own lives. Please grant us your peace that sur- passes understanding. People: O God, help us to be resurrection people, singing a resurrect- tion song, good news for all the world to hear. We pray this confidently, in the name of Jesus, the Risen One. Leader: Now, hear us as we pray the prayer that Christ taught us saying: All: Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Scripture Lessons John 20:19-21; Revelation 1:5 Leader: The Word of the Lord People: Thanks be to God
#Renew #68 & #245 My Tribute & Awesome God
Sharing God’s Word Oh Happy Day
Call to Discipleship and Silent Prayers of Affirmation Leader: Let us give thanks to God and pray silently to affirm or reaffirm our faith in Jesus, our Savior and Lord. Let us pray. People: (Silent Prayers) Leader: Amen. Please stand as we say together the first creed from the first century. Leader: Jesus is Lord! People: Jesus is Lord, Indeed! ALL: Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Amen
WE GO IN GOD’S NAME *Renew #149 Here I Am, Lord *Benediction
*Benediction Response - Sharing the Love written by Gary Unger
Sharing the Love and the Grace of Our Lord Is what we are called now to do, Go forth, make disciples our Savior commands, To love others as God has loved you.
*Postlude
1) GUESTS - Greetings in the name of Christ! Please fill out the Connection Card and
consider helping us accomplish our Vision/Mission of “Knowing Christ & Making Christ Known.” May the Holy Spirit move you to take action today to: 1) Believe in Christ; 4) Choose a Group/Class; and 2) Join our Vision/Mission; 5) Give Generously. 3) Bring a Friend to Worship;
Plan to join our Covenant Team by transferring or affirming your faith in Jesus. 2) OUR NURSERY IS AVAILABLE FOR NEWBORNS - 3 YRS OLD. 3) FLOWERS - in the Sanctuary today are given for the glory and praise of God.
15) EARLY SERVICE (9:00a.m.) WILL BE OUTSIDE IN BREEZEWAY (weather permitting) - Will need some volunteers to help set up chairs, etc.
Steve Parker - Saxophone Concert National Day of Prayer
16) FISH FRY ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND - Invite someone! If enough peo-ple bring friends, we may ask the Men cooking the fish to sing. Will go Viral!
17) VBS (VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL) WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO PLANT
SEEDS OF FAITH IN LITTLE HEARTS - SIGN UP. Begins Monday, June 3rd - Friday, June 7th @ 9:00 - 11:30a.m. Must be 4 yrs old (potty trained) - 5th grade.
Are you Engaged in the Mission of Christ?
Jesus said, “Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not be served.”
How Will You Serve Christ This Week?
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May 1 Ben Davis May 5 Drew Sandbach May 11 David Jackson May 13 Jay Smith Kim Nutt May 16 Walt King May 18 Sam Rayment May 18 Stevie Lewis
May 20 Alex Trammell Donna Lambert Frank Flanigan Nancy Mitchell May 21 Addie Denby Jay Whiting May 22 Jodie Milton May 25 Myrtle Tarpley
May 26 Charlotte Baker May 28 Beth Tyrer May 29 Terry Humphrey Larry Tyrer May 31 Tori Whiting
THE COVENANTER NEWS & EVENTS Ushers/Greeters Lay Readers Choir Whiz Kids Ladies Bible Study Dorcas Mission God’s Recipe Transportation Helpers Teachers Ignite & The MOVE Helpers Kidsrock Helpers Presbyterian Women Audio/Visual
Nursery Volunteers Communion Prep -Small Group Hosts Young Adult Leaders OPEL Helpers Ministry Teams: Worship, Education, Finance, WNS, Building/Grounds, Missions - Evange lism/Assimilation Prayer/Membership Special Needs Office Helpers
Prayer Warriors Pew Stuffers Sign Stuffers Candle Oilers Envelope Stuffers Bulletin Board Keep-ers, Photographer Wedding Helpers Musicians Handbells Handyman/woman Presbytery Volunteers VBS Helpers
Card Senders Flower Deliverers Cleaners/Organizers Youth/Kids Chaper-ones Bug Zappers Weed Pullers Nursery Subs Casserole Servants Kitchen Helpers Van Washers/Cleaners Table Arrangers Sign Letter Stuffers Funeral Helpers
Covenant Preschool Graduation Pictures
May 5, 2019 11:00 a.m.
Welcome, Announcements, Peace of Christ, Prayer Requests, Quiet Meditation
Prelude The Move
Call to Worship Psalm 95:1-3 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salva-tion. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.Let us worship God.
*Renew # 271 Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks (1,2,3)
WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD A Time to be Generous with God’s Tithes and Our Offerings
Offertory
*Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
Congregational Prayer of Dedication from Psalm 24 Oh God, giver of life, we know that “the earth is Yours and everything in it.” From Your hand we have received all that we have. Our gifts this day are our response to your abundant grace and love. Please accept our offerings as a witness of our love for Christ, for we pray with grateful hearts in Jesus’ name. Amen.
A Message for the Young at Heart (Children 4-5th grade exit for KEWL)
A Time for People to Pray Leader: God of grace, we feel your hand upon us this morning, saving us, loving us, encouraging us. People: Jesus, you lived and walked among us and understand our yearning hearts. Leader: O God, we feel buried under the problems of our world and need your peace. We thank you for being an impossibility specialist who brings new life where there is lifelessness and new hope where there is hopelessness. People: We pray this morning for the peace of Jerusalem. May your comforting presence be known in that great city.
Covenant
Calendar
Sunday, MAY 5 9:00am Early Service 10:00am Sunday Sch 11:00am Worship
Monday, MAY 6 9:00am Preschool 10:45am Staff Meeting 2:30pm B & G Club Tuesday, MAY 7 9:00am Preschool 2:30pm B & G Club 4:00pm Visit Teams
Wednesday, MAY 8 9:00am Preschool 9:00am Golden K Kiwanis - F Hall 10:30am Al-Anon Church Parlor 4:00pm KiDsRoCk 5:30pm WNS 6:45pm Choir Practice
MAY 9 9:00am Preschool 9:30am Bible Study - Multi- Purpose Room 2:30pm— B & G Club Friday, MAY 10 9:00am Preschool 2:30pm B & G Club
PRAYERS MEMBERS Dave & Deb Balten-berger Pam & Larry Barfield Allen & Nancy Beamon Lallie Benkoski Shelvia Casper Elizabeth Deming Chet Dreschel Mike Giese Alice Hathcock Bobby Hinman Cyndi Jaeckel Stanton Jones Family of Carol Kirk-land Becky Martin Jessica McCall Donna McCoy Richard Miller Florence Pindar Spence Pryor Laura Pye Jeannette Robinson Sheridan Rushton Diane Sellers Family of Charlotte Sandstrom Lilia & Saville Sullivan Will Sullivan Myrtle Tarpley Gloria Weathers RETIREMENT CTRS Century Pines: Jan
Warren Senior Living Village: Bea Phelps Phoenix: Lallie Ben-koski, Sonny Camp-bell, Addie Denby, Sally Hairston; Carol Kirkland, Florence Pindar Pruitt: Rosemarie Barfield, Valencia: Mike Milam Pine Shadows: Jack Brand Wynfield Rehab: Lee Hall, Tommy Morrison, Clara Bennett Rm 234 (sister of Katy Gunnels MISSIONARIES Elizabeth Codington - Armenia Susan Codington Chuck and Joyce Harper - Honduras Sandi & Brian Royer Guatemala Robe Family- Ethiopia FRIENDS/RELATIVES John Anderson Karyn Bacon Daniel Badillo Marvin Bannister Evie Bettis Mandy Calley (friend of Ben Rice)
Jim Carson (friend of Jimmy Fuller) Ethel Colville (mom of Deb Baltenberger)David Cuff Dennis Davis Chuck DeLoach Mildred Dreschel (Chet’s mother) Mary Gamble (Mother of Lisa Burton) Susan Geck (sister of Chip Underdown) William Gilbert Family of Imogene Gunnels Carroll/Joy Harpole David Grimes Cathy Hairston Harriette Henry Olivia Higgins Gary & Pam Hudson Cindy Jackson Eric Johnson Karen Johnson Claire Koster Linda Johnson Max Jon Mary Lake LSM Paul Luthman Brad Martin (Dr. Coker’s brother-in-law) Neice of Betty McDon-
ald Meghan and Rebec- ca McReynolds Viola Miller Family of Alex Mixon Virginia Moss Brenda Neal (aunt of the Moore’s) Analise Nisha (Infant) Dana Oosterveen (Jane Hill’s daughter) Lamar Parker Jeremy Parkins Connor Paulson (great grandson Sue Hamlin) Annalee Perez Dennis Pyles Kelley Quinn (Daughter of Gayle Vanater) Michael Richardson Stephanie Richardson Mae Scott Bert Settle & family Oliver Sheridan Mark Shirley (brain bleed) Families of Lillian & Richard Shumate (sister-in-law of Peggy Atkins) Family of Mary Sulli-van John Soileau Gloria Taylor
Cathy Thompson (niece of Jean Mitchell) Trudy Tiernan Betty Toomer Alex Trammell Jackson Vann Jena Velez Sarah Chevalier Wright and her family Wade Quattlebaum Lendon & Jared Wall
STAFF
Dr. William D. Coker, Sr Pastor
Beth Tyrer, Interim Music Dir.
Richard Miller, Organist/Pianist
Stephen Sullivan, Youth Intern
Cindy Garcia, Preschool Dir. Cheryl
Coker, Interim Kid’s Dir
Gail Korpal, Admin Assistant
Nancy Reimer, Vol. Opel Dir.
Linda Walters, Financial Sec.
Tom Korpal, Treasurer
Annalee Rayment, Nursery
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Superintendent
TRUSTEES
Class of 2019: Chick Flournoy
Class of 2020: Cecil Wrenn
Class of 2021: Larry Walters
ELDER EMERITIAE
Sally M. Hairston
Cecil Wrenn
Palma James
Barbara Nichols
RETIRED PASTORS OF
FLINT RIVER PRESBYTERY
Rev. Dr. Paul Luthman
Rev. Ben A. Rice
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
Cheryl Coker, Co-Moderator
Linda Walters, Co-Moderator
Deb Wilson, Secretary/Treasurer
Beverly Hysler, Dorcas Ministry
Sheila Ratliff, Christian
Community Action
Bereavement, PW
Cheryl Coker, Arrangements
PW CIRCLE MODERATORS
Day Circle: Palma James
Night Circle: Sheila Ratliff
SESSION
William Coker, Moderator
Jay Smith, Clerk of Session
Class of 2019: Ronnie Keel, Deb Wilson,
Proctor Johnston, Vic Sullivan, Joann Pollock
Class of 2020: Tom Korpal, Lem Manry, Bryan
Green, Chick Flournoy, Carl Croft
Class of 2021: Jay Smith, Jimmy Fuller, David
Guillebeau, Katie Gunnels, Victor Sullivan
DIACONATE
Otis Moore, Moderator
Class of 2019: Gail Allen, Bruce Gunnels, Jo
Musgrove, Bill Baker, Donna Lambert
Class of 2020: Dianne Carr, Claire Green, Chip
Underdown, Gayle Vanater, Otis Moore
Class of 2021: Ryan Garnto, Janet Guillebeau,
Lou Lee, Jane McDonald, Tommy Stinson
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Ushers
9:00a.m. - David Guillebeau 11:00a.m. - Bryan Green
Covenant Presbyterian Church
2126 W Edgewater Drive
Albany, Georgia 31707
[email protected]; www.covpc.org
229-436-5731
CARE and CONTACTS VISITS: Henry Hood, Annalee Rayment, Abby Henderson, Thomas Sullivan, Byrd & Shana Sullivan, Lee Don, Carene Talley, Dave & Deb Baltenberger, Pat Tilson, C.Finney, Samantha Clark. OTHER CONTACTS: Paul Luthman, Elizabeth Deming, Tori Whiting, Andy Nemajovsky, Stephen Sullivan, Becky Flanigan, Leslie Cuff, Sylvia Vann, Mark Aultman, Meghan Giese. If you would like a visit, let us know and Dr. Coker, and Elders/Deacons will be happy to come and pray with you. If you prefer a visit by appointment, let us know.
Engagement 4-21-19 2019
Christ & Coffee Service (33)
Sunday School (43) 11:00a.m. Worship Service (71)
11 am Facebook Live (214)
Our enemy says, “Youth for pleasure, middle age for business, old age for religion.”
The Bible says, “Youth, middle age, and old age for your Creator.”
But as it’s especially in our youth that we are most inclined (determined?) to forget
our Creator, it’s especially in these years that we must work to remember our Creator
(Ecc.12:1). Remember that He made you, that He provides for you, that He cares for
you, that He watches you, that He controls you; and remember that He can save you
too. That’s a lot to remember, but it’s much easier to start memorizing when we
are young!
However, that’s not the only reason why God commands us to remember our Creator
in our young years. It’s also because these are our most energetic years. Why wait
until we are pegging out, until we are running down, until our gas is almost empty,
before serving our Creator? The God who made us deserves our most active and
healthy years: our bodies are strong and muscular (well kind of), our minds are sharp
and clear, our senses are receptive and keen and sensitive, our enthusiasm is bright
and bushy, our wills are steely and determined. Remember Him in your energet-
ic years.
We learn more in our youth than in any other period of life. That’s true in all subjects,
but especially true in religious instruction. All the Christians I’ve met who were con-
verted to Christ late in life have expressed huge regrets about how little they know and
how little they can now learn. I encourage them to value and use whatever time the
Lord gives them.
BUT YOUTH, AHH SWEET YOUTH…….use it for the Lord.
David Murray, Ligonier Ministries
CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP
SNAPSHOT
Budget 87,475.00 Building 6,135.00 Missions 13,854.00 (Total pledged and collected - 17,584)
Memorials 1,505.00