Dear Covenant Church Family:
Today was a great day at Covenant, with 31 people in attendance. Remember that tonight is our Annual Thanksgiving Dinner for our members, family, and friends. Hope to see you there at 5 PM tonight. Please bring a side dish to share with others!
Also mark your calendars for December 14, as our church service will be led by the Ensemble who will provide us with a Christmas Musical. That will be followed by a Covenant Christmas Social at 4 PM at the home of Don and Diane Mauldin, 10401 SW 8th Avenue. We ask attendees to please bring their favorite appetizer to share.
We had a number of prayer requests today. Becky Alexander was finally released from Shands Hospital on Friday. She is now resting comfortably at home. Her father Bill Mercado said he hoped she and Craig would make it to church tonight for our Thanksgiving Dinner.Frank Dolwick added that he has visited her a number of times at the hospital and offered that she is the most amazing patient and person that he has observed going through such a difficult ordeal. Larry Noegel then asked for prayers for his friend Bob who has been dealing with bladder cancer, and now is facing a recurrence. Pastor Don asked for prayers for two friends Travis and David who are both dealing with cancer. Karen (daughter of Bobby and Patsy Sutton) had an unspoken request. Shaw Grigsby also asked for prayers for a friend who is dealing with cancer.
We also had a few praise reports. Patsy Sutton announced she had an unspoken prayer request a few weeks ago, that God answered that very week. Tina Pinkoson then announced that Stu Wegener (Edina Hope’s son-in-law) would help with our annual Thanksgiving dinner tonight as thanks for our prayer support of his wife Donna’s breast cancer and their long-time love for Edwina’s church. Rose Morgan gave an update on Jamie Hope (Edwina Hope’s son) who had a recent heart attack but had three stents implanted and is now doing well.
The title that Pastor Don gave his sermon is Thanksgiving Is Not A Holiday. His scripture was
Psalm 136:1 – Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever.
Don then made four important points regarding this scripture:
1 – God is always faithful,
2 – God is merciful, even when we fail Him,
3 – God is present always, even when others leave us, and
4 – God is patient, even when we are slow to learn.
Unfortunately, we were unable to tape today’s sermon, so it will not be available on our website. Cindy and I will be visiting our children and granddaughters in DC for the next 2 weeks , so I will not be able to send any messages during that time. I wish you all a most blessed week of Thanksgiving.
Ron