Newsletter - March 2013 Website

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P A S A D E N A C O V E N A N T C H U R C H

March 2013

You're InvitedPalm Sunday, March 24th

Easter Sunday, March 31st

Worship Services:

9:00 am & 10:30 am

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RESURRECTION GARDEN

Help us transform our sanctuary into a living garden celebrating the resurrection of Christ and

rejoicing in our hope of resurrection because of Him. Lets fill our church with the beauty, variety,

color and fragrance of life!

This year you have a choice between a Lily, Azalea, Hydrangea or Tulip. If you wish to contribute a

plant (they are $15 each), please e-mail the church office for an order form at

[email protected] or pick up a form on Sunday.

Form and money due by Wednesday, March 20th!


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Sunday Morning Happenings For Adults

at 9:00 a.m.

Couriers

Repeated Exposure to Gods Word will enrich and change your life. In-depth Bible Study

Sundays at 9:00 a.m. in the Fireside Room, Gym building. John Wipf, teacher; Marilyn Hanks,

facilitator. Coffee and good fellowship. For further information contact Marilyn Hanks (626) 791-

3782.

Companions in Christ

Our adult Companions in Christ small group meets at 9:00 a.m. Sundays for Bible study,

prayer, and fellowship in the room located upstairs off the west side of the balcony. Newcomers are

welcome. For more information, contact Lisa Leeger at [email protected] Together

We meet on Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. in the Corner House. We welcome visitors and

look forward to all that God will stir up in us this new year! If you have any questions, please contact

Anita Sorenson at [email protected].

WELCOME NEWCOMERS!

If you started coming to our church within the past year and would like to have the opportunity tomeet others from our congregation and staff, and to ask questions about our faith community in an

informal setting, please join us for our Monthly Newcomers Lunch. Our February Newcomers lunch

has been canceled, but our next luncheon will be on Sunday, March 10th from 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. at

the Corner House (on the Northwest corner of Santa Barbara and Lake Avenue). All family members

are welcome! In order to plan for the food, your RSVP is greatly appreciated to Marianne Hill at

[email protected] 626-798-2097.

Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions, and also let us know if you will be bringingpreschoolers so that we can plan food and activities for them.

Peace & Justice Ministry Team will meet on Monday, March 11th, at 6:45 p.m. in the Santa Barbara

Room. All are welcome to attend. Join us if you are interested in finding out about the Bad Weather

Shelter, Pasadena Covenants relationship to Madison Elementary, or other ways we are trying to

serve our community. For more info, contact Jamie Knauss at [email protected].
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The next Koinonia Prayer and Praise is Sunday,

March 3rd. The March 3rd potluck will be a

special time of praise to God for the life of Elmer.

For all of us who knew him, God definitely

blessed us through his life. It will be at the home

of Elmer and Allene on Brigden Rd. at 6 p.m..

Please contact Judy Tautrim for more

information and to coordinate your potluck item

at [email protected].

Tuesday, March 19th, Sarah Circle meets from9:30 a.m. - noon in Fireside. We welcome all

women to join us for service projects, fellowship,

and refreshments. We have a rolling start so

come when you can.

The Pasadena Covenant Mens Book Club will

meet in the Corner House on Thursday, March

28th, at 7:00 p.m.All men are welcome. For title

of the book and for other information, please

contact Tom Andrews

[email protected] (626) 797-6190.

Womens Book ClubThe Pasadena Covenant Womens Book Club

will meet Monday, March 25th, 7:30 9:00 p.m.

in the Corner House. We will be discussing Hotel

on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet, by Jamie Ford.

Newcomers are always welcome. If you have

questions, please contact Judy Wipf at

[email protected].

Registration for Triennial XIV

(August 15 - 18, 2013) March 20

Women, the registration deadline isWednesday,

March 20th for the Triennial XIV, a Women

Ministry Conference sponsored by the Evangelical

Covenant Church. This once-every-three-years

gathering of women of the Evangelical CovenantChurch meetsAugust 15-18, 2013, in San Diego,

for fellowship, worship, active learning and fun

for all women (ages 18+). Check out the website

tcovchurch.org/triennial or for more

information, contact Mary Barkman at

[email protected].

Buried with Christis an annual gathering

offered by our bereavement ministry

team.Whether youve lost someone recently or

even much earlier and youd like to spend an

evening to remember with those who

understand and care, we invite you to come on

Tuesdaynight, March 26th, 7pm, in the

Corner House. And for those who came last

year, we invite you again. It is a time to

remember that our hope is in the Lord. For

more information please contact Pastor Jim

Tyberg at [email protected]
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Upcoming Trustee MeetingMonday, March 4, 2013

7:00 p.m. in the Corner House

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March 12thwill be our next monthlygathering for Pasadena Covenant! Every

second Tuesday of the month, join us for a

Community Dinner at the Dally/Lamme

home (452 Alberta St. Altadena, CA 91001).

Well share a meal together and enjoy a

relaxed evening of fun! We will have Tacos!

Community Dinner is a great way to make

new friends and get to know old friendsbetter. We had 25 people attend last month

and we are hoping to see even more folks this

time! Dinner will be ready at 6:30 p.m., but

feel free to come as early as 5:00 p.m. and stay

as late as 9:00 p.m. Please RSVP to Mindie

Moore at [email protected] so

we can have an idea of how much food to

prepare.

Thank you for continuing to help

support our neighbors who benefit

because of your kindness

Bulk Rice

Bulk Dried Pinto

Fruit Juice

Oatmeal

Onions

Peanut Butter & Jelly

Ravioli/Spaghettios

Snack Items

Baby formula

Baby wipes Feminine napkins

Crackers

Canned Vegetables

Fresh Produce

Potatoes

Mac & Cheese

Spaghetti Sauce or

Pasta Sauce

Spaghetti or

Noodles

Canned Beans

Canned Soup

Canned Fruit

Canned Meat

Baby Pampers

Canned Chili

We need the following supplies:

Please, no dented cans or outdated food.

Please bring your donations on Sunday morning

and place them in the baskets under the tables

outside the Gathering Place in the Sanctuary

Building. We deliver the food for distribution

every Monday morning.

Crossrossross-Cultural Ministryultural Ministryultural MinistryTeam Meetingeam Meetingeam MeetingWe welcome everyone to join our next Cross-

Cultural Ministry Team meeting on Tuesday,

April 2nd, 7:00 pm, at the Lowes home, 3302

Villa Mesa Rd., in Altadena. Two regular

attendees at our church, Jared and Hannah

Baker, who served as Covenant Short-term

Missionaries and have recently been accepted as

Long-term Covenant Missionaries, will be joining

our meeting. For more information, contact

Bruce Wear at [email protected].


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Soupcan Offering for Covenant World ReliefBring Soupcan Banks to Church, Sun., March 24th

As part of our looking OUT! goal, PCC Kids will participate in Feb & March in a soupcan offering

for Covenant World Relief. Covenant World Relief is the humanitarian aid ministry of the Evangelical

Covenant Church. The goal of Covenant world relief is to participate in Gods transforming mission

in the world through disaster relief and community development among the most vulnerable. We work

with Covenanters and other partners around the world to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable

who suffer from extreme poverty, hunger, disease, and injustice. Our mission is to love, serve, and work

together with the poor, the powerless, and the marginalized.

We will use special calendars with daily activities families can do together to help kids understand the

needs of people around the globe. Set aside a few minutes each day in February and March to work on

this and reflect on those we are helping through the offering. Return your soupcan banks to church on

Palm Sunday, March 24th.

Opportunity for Great JOY! - Palm Sunday and Easter Volunteers

We have a WONDERFUL opportunity on Palm Sunday and Easter to have great fun and real JOY by

sharing Gods love. Our kids ministry staff gets to experience the joy of

seeing Gods love become real in the heart of a child all the time - now

you can too! Weve seen amazing growth this year. Well continue to

welcome new families with two services on Palm Sun (Mar. 24th) &

Easter (Mar. 31st) at 9:00 & 10:30 am, with a full childrens program at

each. We need lots of volunteers to help! No prep neededour regular

volunteers will prepare the lesson. You will come alongside them to

share Gods love. You can choose which date to serve - or better, both!

Choose which hour (9 or 10:30) and the age group youd like.

Interested? Email Pastor Vikki [email protected].

Journey to the Cross Two!

Lenten Program for Gradeschoolers9:00 a.m. Sundays, February 10th March 24th (Led by Theresa Crooks)

Gradeschoolers: Join us Sundays at 9:00 a.m., February 10th thru March 24th for another amazing

Journey to the Cross. At 9:00 a.m. we will use art, reflection, writing, and other experiences to explore

deeply the biblical stories leading up to Easter Sunday. At 10:30 a.m., we will continue to explore the

stories in different ways, using game, drama, writing, and meditation. The program will culminate in

some opportunities for sharing with both the preschooler and with the whole congregation on Easter

Sunday (March 31st).
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Sunday Mornings for Kids at 10:30 a.m.

Godly Play (Preschool) Focus: Seeing Jesus

Club 145 (Gradeschool) Focus: Journey to the Promised Land

In our Kids Ministry, we will pursue our look up! goal by focusing on Gods activity in the Bible

stories we explore each week. Godly Play (preschool) does this through the use of thoughtful

wondering questions that invite the children to enter the stories imaginatively. In Club 145,

gradeschoolers maximize their growing reading skills by learning how to use the Bible themselves toquestion, explore, and understand Gods Word.

During Jan-Mar., the Godly Play (preschool) stories will focus on Jesus life and ministry as we begin

the Lenten time leading up to Easter. We will particularly look for what each story shows us about

Jesuswho he is, why he came, and what we can learn about his heart for the world.

Club 145 (gradeschool) stories will continue our survey of the Old Testament as we look at the

journey of the people of God to the promised land through the stories of Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and

Moses. As we enter into Lent (Easter season) in Feb. and March, we will connect those Old

Testament stories with the Lenten stories the gradeschoolers are hearing at 9:00 a.m. in Journey tothe Cross 2, through common themes and images: water/forgiveness; bread/ reconciliation; rock/

prayer; cross/ sacrifice; seeds/ new life. A special highlight will be a Passover service on Mar. 10th

that will help kids see the connection between that ancient celebration and the Easter story.


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Weekly Programs

Oikas: Sunday Mornings, 9 a.m. 10:15 a.m.

Oikas is the Greek work for House. On Sunday Mornings, we come to the House of God to dive

into Gods word through authentic worship and relevant Biblical teaching. Oikas is a place where we

can connect with each other and with God in a deep and authentic way.

Selah: Wednesday Night Worship and Small Groups, 6:30 8:30 p.m.

Selah is a great starting point for plugging into PCSM! Selah is a word that is used throughoutthe book of Psalms to remind us to Pause or Stop and listen and thats exactly what we want to

do on Wednesday nights! At Selah we take a break from our busy week to play crazy games, worship

though song, and get to know each other on a deeper level in gender and age specific small groups.

Upcoming Events

30 Hour Famine: March 22 23

Friday-Saturday, March 22-23: 30 Hour Famine. We've set an incredible goal for this year's Famine--

$5,000! Fundraising packets are now available! We also have an online fundraising page set up:

http://support.worldvision.org/site/TR/30HourFamine/30HourFamine?team_id=47282&pg=team&fr_id=2020

Your student can create their own fundraising page and begin receiving electronic donations!

**Any student who PERSONALLY raises $360 will get to throw a pie in my face during the Main

Service on Sunday, April 4!!

Planet Wisdom Relate: April 19 20

Friday-Saturday, April 19-20: Planet Wisdom Relate, $65 (Scholarships Available). This event is for

High School Students only! Our lives are full of relationships: with friends, family, and significantothers. Planet Wisdom Relate is a high-energy weekend event that will help students learn how to

navigate these relationships from a Biblical Perspective. Worship will be led by The Digital Age!!

For more detailed information on these events, look to the Winter/Spring 2013 Calendar or visit the

Pasadena Covenant Website (pasadenacovenant.org)!


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50 Adults and Kids celebrated Lunar New Year by Making 700

Dumplings in the Gym

The Young Families Group hosted its second Lunar New Year party onSunday, Feb 10th. Its the Year of the Snake and Sunday was the actual

New Years Day where millions of folks from Chinese and Vietnamese

traditions celebrate with their family and friends.

Experts and novices to dumpling making rolled up their sleeves, ready to

work. After a short demonstration by Dan Huang, they quickly assumed

the task of scooping meat into round dumpling wrappers. Some got fancy

with their folding designs. Others just wanted to make sure the meat stays

intact.

They were surprised at how enjoyable dumpling making can be when youchat and make dumplings with friends.

Soon, their efforts were rewarded by some freshly made dumplings. The

kids paused from their crafts and games to enjoy some too.

And to everyones surprise, we all not only had our fill of dumplings but

had plenty left over to take home to enjoy another day.

Chinese Name TagsHello, My Name is

This was Zacs.

Family Dumpling Recipe

Dan (pictured here with wife

Maureen) chopped Napa cabbag-

es, mixed in 12 pounds of meat

and made his secret dipping sauce

before the event.

Fresh Dumplings

Folks quickly got to enjoy the

dumplings they made.


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1 Friday

2 Saturday3 Sunday

9:00 a.m. Classes for all ages

10:30 a.m. Worship Service

11:45 a.m. Hospitality

12:00 p.m. Miriam Singers

5:00 p.m. Alpha Parenting Course

5:00 p.m. Koinonia Prayer & Praise

4 Monday

7:00 p.m. Trustee Meeting

5 Tuesday

6 Wednesday

5:45 p.m. Childrens Choir

6:30 p.m. PCSM7 Thursday

8 Friday

9 Saturday

10 Sunday





5:00 p.m. Alpha Parenting Course

11 Monday

6:45 p.m. Peace & Justice Meeting

24 Sunday

9:00 a.m. Worship Service9:00 a.m. Classes for all ages

1012 a.m. Hospitality




25 Monday

7:30 p.m. Womens Book Club

26 Tuesday

7:00 p.m. Buried with Christ

27 Wednesday


6:30 p.m. PCSM

28 Thursday7:00 p.m. Mens Book Club

29 Friday

30 Saturday

31 Sunday



1012 a.m. Hospitality




March 2013

12 Tuesday

5:00 p.m. Community Dinner13 Wednesday


6:00 p.m. PCSM

14 Thursday

15 Friday

16 Saturday

8:00 a.m. PCSM Car Wash

17 Sunday





4:00 p.m. Alpha Parenting Course18 Monday

19 Tuesday

9:30 a.m. Sarah Circle

20 Wednesday


6:00 pm. PCSM

21 Thursday

22 Friday

PCSM 30 Hour Famine

23 Saturday

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