Covenant Update

Dear Covenant Family:

Today was a great day at Covenant.  We had 37 folks in attendance today.  Attached is today’s bulletin so you can see our news.  Please note that the Peanut Boil noted for September 29 in the bulletin will not take place that day.  It will have to be scheduled in October since peanuts will not be available to us in September.  As soon as we can confirm the new date for the Peanut Boil, we will let everyone know.

During our prayer request time, Larry Noegel asked for continued prayers for Fred Pearson who is now doing better at home, but still needs to go to the clinic three times each week for dialysis treatment.  Michelle Miller had an unspoken request.  Mack Vlacos asked for continued prayers for his brother Bobby and also for Bobby’s wife Berba.  Finally, we heard from Carol King asking for prayers for her for high blood pressure and legs swelling.

Pastor Don began his sermon today by noting that our actions always speak louder than our words.  The scripture he used was from Luke 8:35-39 and Mark 6:54-56.  The first scripture from Luke described the people being more afraid of people after they changed in ways for the better, and the local people wanted Jesus to leave them because of their fear.  At the end of the Luke scripture, Jesus told the changed person who had the devil removed from him to go home and tell people what God had done for him.  The later scripture from Mark was the same location as reported in Luke’s scripture.  However, the man had gone home and reported what happened to him by Jesus, so the people now were openly receptive to Jesus appearing, and then wanted to hear more from Jesus.  God makes a difference in every life he touches, so we need to be open in sharing our story about how we were saved and how it has changed our life. 

If you would like to listen to Pastor Don’s sermon, all recorded sermons can be accessed at https://gainesvillecovenantchurch.org/ and then choose Sermons on the home page, and then choose the sermon you want to hear. 

I wish you all a most blessed week!               

Ron