Covenant Update

Dear Covenant Family:

Today was another good day at Covenant.  We had 28 attendees, including Paul and Victoria McArthur.  This was their first time back at Covenant since before COVID started, so it was great to see them again.  They both looked great and are doing fine.

Don’s sermon was titled It’s Worth It and his scripture is from Matthew, and is included in the attached bulletin for you.   He taught us how God’s gift is enough for us in our life and we need to make sure that we seek it above all else and are willing to sacrifice to achieve the blessing and promise He offers us.

As I mentioned in last week’s update, we are looking for people to serve Covenant by providing food when we have dinners for funerals (like we did recently for Counts Booth’s family), for members in need, or other church emergencies.  We had a signup sheet at church today and a number of people signed up.  If you were not at church today and would like to sign up, please call or text Rose Morgan (352-339-0046).

We had an update from Joe and Rose who visited Edwina this past week.  She will need food for awhile until she is more recovered, so we decided it would be great if we could provide her meals twice a week (Monday and Thursday) which would last her about 3 days.  She doesn’t need lots of food and food leading to some leftovers are OK.  Anyone who would be willing to provide some food for Edwina should call Rose (352-339-0046), and Rose will coordinate this effort. 

Victoria provided us an update on Madge.  Madge is in Hospice and at peace with her situation, and ready to go to her eternal home.  Madge asked all of us to keep her in our prayers.

Don also announced that we will re-institute our Covenant Thanksgiving dinner the Sunday night before Thanksgiving.  We have not had that dinner the past 2 years, but it was always a popular time for our members to bring some family with them and to share in everyone’s favorite dishes.  Covenant will provide the turkeys and dressing and everyone attending will be asked to bring their favorite dish, or something pre-made if you are not a cook.  We will announce the time of the dinner soon.

Don also wants to schedule more times together for fellowship, and we all realize more people attend when food is involved.  One of Don’s favorite activities built around food in his previous church was to do a peanut boil with homemade ice cream.  So Don would like to hear from anyone interested in this activity.  If there is some interest, Don will also set this up soon since we are nearing the end of the peanut crop.

That is our update for this week.  May God bless your week!

Ron