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SCOUT SUNDAY was MARCH 23

We celebrated Scout Sunday during the Worship Service on March 23.  Covenant’s two Scout units are Pack 057 and Troop 750.  Troop 750, which was organized in 1970, has been active at Covenant for 55 years.  Pack 057 was organized in 2012.  We are thankful for all those who have kept this important youth ministry a vital part of our ministry.  
Covenant also hosts a Girl Scout troop, who was not be able to join us on Sunday, but sent the following message:  “Girl Scout Troop 22044 is made up of girls from Addison and Mountain View Elementary Schools.  The girls are Daisies and  Brownies.  We greatly appreciate the generous use of Covenant Presbyterian Church to hold our meetings!  Thank you!”

EASTER LILIES
Easter lilies will decorate our sanctuary on Easter Sunday, April 20.  If you would like to purchase a plant in memory or in honor of someone, please fill out an Easter Lily envelope found in the pew racks on Sunday.  The cost of each plant is $20 and you are encouraged to take your plant with you following the service.  Deadline to place your order is April 6.

Palm Sunday, April 13 - 11:00 a.m. Worship
Maundy Thursday, April 17 - 7:00 p.m. - Sanctuary
Good Friday, April 18 - 12:00 p.m. - Sanctuary
Easter Sunday, April 20 - 11:00 a.m. Worship

A SPECIAL INVITATION:  SUNDAY MARCH 30, 2025! PLEASE COME AND BRING YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND CO-WORKERS! The Chancel Choir and I hope to see you and to hear you join in singing the songs of the season! This is our offering to God and our gift to you!
With love and joy!
Joyce, CHANCEL cHOIR DIRECTOR 

A MUSICAL PREVIEW FROM LENT THROUGH EASTER

Director Joyce Carr and The Chancel Choir are hard at work preparing beautiful anthems and hymns to carry us from Ash Wednesday through Easter.

Maundy Thursday, April 17

service at 7:00 p.m. on April 17 in the sanctuary will feature familiar hymns and anthems commemorating the Last Supper Jesus had with his disciples. Katie Smith will again join us in worship playing oboe as she has for several years. She is so gifted and plays oboe and piano on many Sunday mornings at her home church so it will be a blessing to welcome her back again for an evening service! 

Good Friday, April 18

service at 12:00 noon in the sanctuary will have nine scripture lessons with hymns and anthems to support and enhance those readings. Sarah Park Chastain will be back to play viola to enhance our worship experience! 

Easter bursts forth on April 20

with a flurry of celebration, joy and exuberance at our Sunday morning 11:00 service! Please come prepared to sing "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" and "Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosanna!" The choir is preparing an energetic anthem "Awake Now, Wintry Earth" with music by Johann Sebastian Bach featuring a crisp fanfare accompaniment with double thirds that will be played by two fine oboists that will be new to Covenant but are well-known in the Atlanta music community!

We enjoyed the music chosen for our Ash Wednesday service. It included a beautiful anthem, "Mercy Still" composed by Nicole Elsey, a music colleague of Director Joyce Carr at a previous church job. The text of this anthem is from an older hymn which Nicole set to a new melody and asked her friend, Heather Sorenson, to create a four-part anthem with string accompaniment to compliment her new melody. The result is gem of an anthem in every respect. Our dedicated choir prepared it well and was accompanied by Sarah Park Chastain on the viola, who always plays with musicality and expression as well as impeccable technique!  This was a musical and spiritual experience. Our hymns included some favorites like "Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us" and "To God Be the Glory" along with hymns of repentance and one written specifically for the Imposition of Ashes. Mrs. Chastain played the prelude, hymns and postludes with Director Carr at the organ.  Our prayer is that the music enables all present or listening online to open our hearts, minds and spirits to the Word preached to begin our forty days of Lent together.

In Christ,

Joyce

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent.

The church set aside the Wednesday seven weeks before Easter as the beginning of Lent. The imposition of ashes is often a central part of Ash Wednesday services. In Scripture ashes or dust symbolize frailty or death (Genesis 18:27), sadness or mourning (Esther 4:3), judgment (Lamentations 3:16), and repentance (Jonah 3:6). Some traditions also have considered ash a purifying or cleansing agent. All these images are significant in the church’s use of ashes as a Lenten symbol. During the imposition of the ashes on one’s forehead, the words spoken are often “May the sign of the cross be a sign of God’s love in your heart.”

For more Information on what we believe: see the Worship page, Special Services under Covenant Vision page on this website.

You are invited to join us for worship on Sundays at 11:00, either in person or virtually.

Covenant Presbyterian Church
2881 Canton Road, Marietta, GA 30066
(770) 422-5130 www.covepres.com

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS
Louis and Myrall Wiggins joined Covenant Presbyterian Church on Sunday, March 30, 2025.  Louis and Myrall were members of Covenant for 18 years, moved and have attended Roswell Presbyterian for 33 years.  Please join us in welcoming Charles to our Covenant family. (Louis designed our pulpit many years ago, which Pastor Don says is the most well designed one he has ever used.)

SOUPER BOWL LUNCHEON

On Sunday, Feb. 9, we observed the Souper Bowl of Caring by encouraging contributions of $1.00 and/or one canned food item from each person in attendance. Donations received were sent to MUST Ministries of Marietta. Thank you for helping us make a positive difference in the lives of others by your participation! Following the worship, we enjoyed a fellowship luncheon in Kapperman-Williams Hall.  Thank you to volunteers, Pam and Bruce Kapperman, Cathy Walker and Gail Parks.

Thanks to your generosity, we collected $69.00 and 50 cans of food for MUST Ministries of Marietta. 

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT
At the encouragement of one of our parishioners, Pastor Don Esa has published last summer’s sermon series on the book of Philippians in a softback book. Live Joyfully! is now available for purchase on Amazon.com.

FAMILY PROMISE AT COVENANT

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS
We wish to thank our dedicated volunteers for another successful week of Family Promise at Covenant.
Provided dinner:  Casa Conexion/Elda Galvan, Gail Cramer, Cathy Farmer, Steve & Brenda Krueger, Doug & Paula Roberts, Men from St. Peter & St. Paul Church, Debra Truitt
Overnight hosts:  Jim & Vel Crockett, Bob Foster, Karen Humphreys, Steve & Brenda Krueger, Doug & Paula Roberts, Dave & Toni Rosenberg, Lou Taylor, Cathy Walker.

Covenant hosts Family Promise with newly remodeled Family Promise rooms. A special heartfelt thanks goes to our Handy Helpers and Brenda Krueger for her tireless, loving commitment to this mission. Yay, Brenda!

Covenant's Annual Meeting of the Congregation was held on April 14, 2024 at the end of the worship service.  In case you weren't able to join us on that day, we wanted to make you aware of very exciting news.
The Session has executed a contract with Don Esa as our pastor effective May 1, 2024.  This contract will be renewed annually and it is our hope that Don will be with us for many years.

ENJOY OUR SPECIAL MUSIC!

Invite friends and neighbors to join us for these special worship services

with The Chancel Choir under Director, Joyce Carr.

MUST SUMMER LUNCHES
Covenant once again participated in the MUST Summer Lunch program.  We met in the Fellowship Hall on Friday, July 19, beginning at 10:00 a.m. to help prepare lunches for children who may have no lunch provided during the summer months.  Thank you to all the volunteers who helped us with this important ministry!

CIRCLE MEETINGS: meet once a month

Faith Circle will meet on Tuesday, April 1 at 10:00 in the Fellowship Hall. Please bring your ODB and lunch to enjoy after our meeting. 

Joy Circle will meet on Wednesday, April 2nd at 10:30 a.m. in the lower room.

SCRIPTURE BRACELET CLASS
The Joy Circle scripture bracelet event has been moved to Wednesday, April 2, at 10:45 a.m. in the lower room.  We warmly invite all women of the church to join us in this creative project.

Aloha to Aging:

April 2025: Family Caregiver Support Group

Are you a caregiver for family, partner or a friend? We offer a healthy, safe space to process and discuss the myriad mix of emotions and decisions we experience as either a local or long distance caregiver.

Care provided while we meet, must RSVP in advance for care www.alohatoaging.org

PICTORIAL DIRECTORY

THE SHEPHERDING COMMITTEE has made available an informal pictorial directory of our congregation.  Thank you to Pat Burgess and The Shepherding Committee for undertaking this project. We are excited to get our new directories!

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