For All
Preacher-from-the-Pew
Wednesday, February 24, March 3, 10, 17, 24
Members of our congregation have been asked to share their life’s journey of faith. This year, our distinguished lay preachers will be:
February 24: Kadie Koeneman
March 3: Marsha Martin
March 10: Mary Hoyt
March 17: Reid Huntley
March 24: Rudolfo Vazquez
Soup and salad dinner at 6pm in the Lounge. Service at 6:45pm in the Sanctuary.
Community Garden
Wednesday, March 10, 6:45pm, Fellowship Hall
Covenant’s Seeds of Hope Community Garden is hosting a meeting by Sustainable Upper Arlington to introduce and discuss community garden plans.
Garden Preparation, Saturday, March 13, am, old volleyball court (weather permitting)
Everyone, including nongardeners, are welcome to help. Contact Bob Tannehill to volunteer for this new mission to grow nutritious produce for hungry families.
Covenant Café 2010
Saturday, March 13, 6-9pm
Pull on your boots and join us for a dinner and auction to support the youth mission trip! Adults $15. Children under 12 $5. Childcare will be provided. Silent Auction Items Needed!
Churchwide Cleanup
Saturday, March 27 (Weather permitting)
Everyone is encouraged to help with the annual outside
cleanup. Boy Scouts will be there at 9am.
Music
Chamber Music Concert
Sunday, March 21, 3pm Sanctuary
The No Strings Attached Chambe rMusic Society and GCAC Franklin County Neighborhood Arts Program present A Little Blue Music: The Jazz Music of Claude Bolling. Musicians are Rodolfo Vázquez, flute, Mary Fahrenbruck, piano, Sean Ferguson, guitar, James Faulkner, Bass.
Adults
Forums: Adult Learning
Sundays, 9:45-10:45am, Lounge
- March 7: Christians and War: Commitment and Conviction. For 2,000 years, followers of Jesus Christ have wrestled with what it means to love one another in situations of profound threat and imminent violence. What are Christian, faithful, responses to war? How can we honor those who pursue peace along paths different from our own? How can we live out our called response to violence in the world with integrity, humility, and love? We will call upon historians, theologians, and experienced servants of Christ to share their perspectives with us, and we will practice listening to one another in order to grow in faith and in love. Diane Lobody presents.
- March 14: Spirituality. Reverend Graham Standish is coming to town for Presbytery’s Spring Fest. Covenant is blessed to have Rev. Standish here to preach and teach the following day. To prepare for his visit, we have copies of his books for purchase or to borrow. Copies are in the library and on the book table outside the Lounge. Start reading now, and stay tuned for more information.
- March 21, 28: A Time to Reflect Together: Christianity & War. Reflect and discuss Dr. Diane Lobody’s series. Listen and explore what was learned and how we feel about complex and difficult questions we all face today.
- April 4: Easter Sunday; No Forum
Bible Study
Sunday Mornings, 9:45am, Room 121
We’ll pray, read some of the Gospel according to Luke, and talk and listen to one another. Come to a community Bible study where we find the meaning of God’s Word for our lives. Lay leaders (Marsha Martin, Steve St. Martin, Nancy Ludowise, Martin Spencer, Mike Martin, Cora Kuyvenhoven) will guide the discussion when it’s helpful, but everyone in the room teaches and everyone learns.
Sunday Evenings, 6:30-7:30pm (first Sunday of the month, 7pm), Room 120
Experience bible study that is all about listening for God’s word so that we can go out into the world living God’s love. Join us to read Acts, led by Director of Christian Education, Katie Kinnison. Check the bulletin or e-mail or call Katie Kinnison.
“God Talk”
Second Tuesdays, 7pm, Old Bag of Nails, Tremont, Upper Arlington
Next date: March 9. Topic: “Will The Poor Be with Us Always?
Wednesday School
Profound opportunities to learn in community, to know more, to challenge your old ways of being and thinking, to have the resources to live in new ways. Classes meet each week.
Special Events
Spiritual Cinema
Monday, March 15, 6:30pm, Lounge
Zulu, rescheduled from February, is a movie about the 1879 battle of Roarke’s Drift, South Africa, where 139 South Wales Borderers held against 4,500 Zulu warriors for several days. The themes are current with today’s issues on Christianity and war. A discussion led by Mike Martin will follow.
Adam’s Apples will be rescheduled for summer. Coming in April: Up, which recently received a best-picture Oscar nomination.
For information about the Spiritual Cinema group, contact Beth Askue or Susan Imel, 262-7444.
Covenant Women
Lenten Breakfast & Program
Wednesday, March 17, 9:30am, Lounge
Annual CPW Lenten Communion and Breakfast followed by the program, “On the Cross,” presented by regional artist and art teacher Marilyn Stocker. She will discuss how she came to develop her art works on the subject of the cross, of which a number of examples will be on display. $8. Contact Gail Brown, 457-3470, e-mail, or call the church office at 451-6677 for a reservation.
Covenant Men
Connecting with God
A gathering for men interested in exploring their relationship with God over breakfast. Join the conversation. Eggs, pancakes, or oatmeal, hot beverage provided. If you can, bring a breakfast treat to share. See the posters in the hall or the flyers or contact Jim, e-mail, 451-6677.
Saturday, March 27, 8-9am, Lounge
Continuing our series on stress is “Stress from Work.” In April and May we will explore “Stress from Failure” and “Stress from Conflict."
Covenant Men’s Breakfast
Second Saturdays, 8am, Kingsdale First Watch
Join Covenant men for breakfast and conversation on the second Saturday of each month.
Ongoing Programs
The Wired Word
Sundays, Room 120
Join us for a revamped version of engaging with the world and scripture. We have a new resource to use in addition to the Wired Word: studies from the Thoughtful Christian. Talk. Listen. Be challenged to see the world in new ways. Contact Marsha Martin or just show up.
Surviving Divorce
Wednesdays, 7:30-9pm, Lounge
Divorce is a long process and a different journey for each person. If you have healing to do, learn what it means to heal, forgive, and find new ways of being. Contact Katie.
Sunday Morning Parents’ Lounge
Sundays, 9:45am, Room 102
Take your children to Treasure Finders (aka Sunday School), get a cup of coffee and join us in the room next to the nursery. We talk, listen, share pieces of our lives, and wonder about things. There is no set curriculum, just a lot of great relationships.
Parents of Little Ones
Tuesdays, 9:30-11am, Room 105
Join us Tuesday mornings for a time to hang out with other grownups and maybe even complete a sentence or two. Our children will be lovingly cared for, while parents gather down the hall with coffee, munchies, and a chance to talk. For info see Karen Jackson or Katie Kinnison.
Youth
Sunday Morning Education
The Gospel According to Joan of Arcadia, Karen Jackson’s office, 9:45am
Connections
Sundays, 5:30-7pm
Middle school youth group (grades 6-8)
Chi Rho
Sundays, 6:30-8pm
High school youth group
See Youth page for more information on these groups and other youth events.
Children
Love and Learning
9:45am, Lounge
Study the mission of our church and learn how children answer the call to love boldly and well.
TGIGF
Fri., April 2, 10 am-noon
We invite children from 3 years old through fifth grade to join us for stories, crafts, games, good food, and lots of fun as we celebrate Holy Week and God’s amazing, awesomely abundant love for us. $3 per child. Older children, youth, and adults can help share in this amazing day. Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend, and share the Good News! Registration forms are on the Welcome Table or call the church office to register and pay when you arrive. Contact Katie Kinnison with questions.
Treasure Finders
Sundays, 9:45-10:45am
Children from 3 years old through fifth grade are invited to join Shane Spicer in Room 104 each Sunday morning for an hour of stories, crafts, and games.
- March 7: So Many Ways to Pray
- March 14: The Transfiguration: Jesus, Moses and Elijah
- March 21: Anointing Jesus’ Feet
- March 28: Communion or King
- April 4: No Treasure Finders; Happy Easter
- April 11: Easter Celebration, Fellowship Hall
Junior Youth Group
Children from second through fifth grade are invited to come along for Junior Youth Group activities once a month. These will be great opportunities to share our love of God with friends.
Vacation Bible School
Our annual summer program for children from 3 years old through those entering fifth grade.
July 26-30, 2010, Baobab Blast: God’s Great Get Together. Start praying now about how you’ ll be involved in Vacation Bible School. We are now signing up people called to work in this ministry. Pray hard for enough workers and for the children and families who will come.