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A SPECIAL INVITATION:  "A Service of Lessons and Carols" this Sunday, December 15, 2024! PLEASE COME AND BRING YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND CO-WORKERS!

Recently, Covenant Presbyterian hosted a Thanksgiving Dinner for Drug Court participants.  There were about 50 of these workers in attendance along with Cobb County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Childs, several attorneys, and assistants from the drug court.  Over the years, Covenant has had participants in the program do various projects at the church—landscape maintenance, various cleaning, painting, janitorial jobs and some office tasks.  At one point, an assistant asked how many of these drug court workers had served at Covenant church.  About half the group raised their hands.  We were thanked for treating these workers with kindness, dignity, and respect as they proceed through their rehabilitation program. Covenant Presbyterian Church has worked with Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court for four years.  The Drug Treatment Court is an 18-to-24-month program that seeks to put individuals with felony convictions for substance abuse on a new pathway in life rather than merely jailing them.  Participants in the program are carefully monitored as they work at jobs, further their education, and do community service projects.  We rejoice that Covenant Presbyterian has played a role in helping these drug court workers embark on a new pathway in life.

NOVEMBER 24 was STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY
On Thanksgiving Sunday, November 24, in gratitude for God’s blessings upon our lives, we brought our 2025 Commitment Cards and dedicated them during the worship service. 

FAMILY PROMISE AT COVENANT

Our final Family Promise for 2024 was Sunday, December 1-8. 

Provided meals:  Casa Conexion/Elda Galvan, Mary Esa, Pam Kapperman, Steve & Brenda Krueger, Gail Parks, Doug & Paula Roberts, Debra Truitt, Debbie Wood. 
Overnight hosts:  Bob Foster, Karen Humphreys, Steve & Brenda Krueger, Doug & Paula Roberts, Dave & Toni Rosenberg, Lou Taylor, Cathy Walker  We couldn't do it without each one of you.
Special thanks goes to Brenda Krueger and 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!

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

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.

Pastor Don Esa and his wife, Mary, visited their daughter and son-in-law in California and met their new granddaughter.  From what we hear, Grandpa got the first smile from Isabella!  We are so happy you had a wonderful trip. You were missed!!

ENJOY OUR SPECIAL MUSIC!

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

with The Chancel Choir under Director, Joyce Carr.

This Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 11:00 a.m., you are invited to come to "A Service of Lessons and Carols" which includes scripture readings and musical selections that support the scripture leading up to the birth of Jesus and what took place after the Christ Child was born.  The music is presented by the Chancel Choir with an emphasis on music from around the world.  The congregation will be singing several of the carols during this service which include a 5th century plainsong chant, "Of the Father's Love Begotten"; a French carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"; and two English carols "We Three Kings" and "The First Noel".

 This service will feature several church members who will be singing solos in various languages:  Spanish, Dan Page;  English, Richard Cook;  Korean, Won Yun; and Kikuyu - a language of Kenya, Jeremiah Thuku. Doug Roberts will sing a solo in an Irish hymn;  Cathy Farmer will sing a solo in an African American Spiritual;  and the Chancel Choir will sing an anthem which includes a section in Zulu, a language primarily spoken in South Africa.  Other carols and hymns to be sung include those of Italian, West Indian, English, French, German and American origin.  

This service will be a world celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.   Please come in time to hear the prelude "What Child is This" and "The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy" and stay to hear the postlude "Joy to the World" as they will be on Steel pan, played by our guest percussionist, Jeff Kershner. (see his bio below) 

We warmly welcome Jeff Kershner, our guest percussionist for our Lessons and Carols Service.  Mr. Kershner was born and raised in Vero Beach, Florida.  He has Bachelor Degrees in Performance and Music History from Florida State University and a Masters in Performance from Georgia State University. Mr. Kershner performs with the Atlanta Opera and Atlanta Ballet Orchestras and is principal percussionist with the Georgia Symphony Orchestra.  He has also been a frequent extra with the Atlanta Symphony with whom he has recorded extensively.  Jeff is the arranger and steel pan soloist for Latitude Adjustment Steel and is a founding member of the Centennial Jazz Trio.  He is also an active freelance drummer and percussionist in the Atlanta area.

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!

COVENANT’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY
We celebrated the 60th anniversary of Covenant Presbyterian Church on Sunday, October 13.  A delicious luncheon followed worship.

CIRCLE MEETINGS: meet once a month

Faith Circle will meet on Tuesday, December 3rd at 10:00. We will have our usual Christmas Card exchange.  You will NOT need to bring your Our Daily Bread devotional.  I plan to have a Christmas lesson for us that I hope you will all enjoy.  Even though it will be early, it will still be December, so wear something “Christmasy” or red or green to our meeting! Faithfully yours, Carole

Joy Circle will meet on Wednesday, December 4, at 10:00 a.m. in the lower room.

Aloha to Aging:

December 2024: 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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