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I am convinced that at least during this time of the year we live in the most beautiful place on earth. The colors of the Fall season overwhelm our land. The deep reds of the Sugar Maples, the bright yellows of the Aspen and Oak, the white bark of the Birch, the deep green of the Evergreens, and the blue skies of Autumn are so vivid. I find myself needing to pay close attention as I drive on some of our country roads – I’m easily distracted by the beauty. God has given us a magnificent place to live.
Colors are also on display every weekend as people gather in football stadiums all across North America to watch their favorite teams play. As you look across the stadium (in person or on TV) you see the colors of the teams proudly dis-played on sweatshirts, jackets and hats as people cheer their team on to victory. For me it’s the blue and white of the UCONN Huskies. They may not be a ranked team, and so far they have lost more than they have won, but they are Connecticut’s team . . . and I proudly wear their colors every other Saturday in section 218 at Rentschler Field. Go UCONN!
You may have noticed some people on Sundays come to Covenant wearing the colors of their favorite teams: the Jets, the Giants, the Patriots, the Redskins, the Cowboys . . . and rarely, but on occasion the Bears. It’s fun to watch and the bantering is a delight.
Colors are also on display in our cities and on our streets. The colors of street and motorcycle gangs are worn proudly by its members to declare their alle-giance to one another, and their territory to everyone else.
What about ―the colors‖ of Christians? What are they? How are they to be worn?
The Bible tells us that in the early Church the people of the world knew the Christians ―by their love for one another.‖ What color is that? It’s the color of GRACE – love that cares! Genuine care for people – not just our fellow Chris-tian family, but for all the people of our life: the ones we live by, the ones we commute with, the ones in class or at our workplace, the ones we meet in the grocery store.
Jesus has set the example of how our colors are to be worn – in our response to people and their needs. His story of the Good Samaritan is a prime example of our Christian colors being worn well (see Luke 10:30-37). The keywords come at the end of Jesus story as he says, ―Now go, and do the same.‖ In other words – wear these colors!
Our land proudly wears the colors of Autumn. Sports fans proudly promote their teams by wearing their colors. Gang members publically declare their al-legiance to one another by their colors. May we who declare and follow Jesus proudly wear His color of GRACE. May we promote Jesus’ cause. May we de-clare our allegiance to Him. May we ―go, and do the same‖ by caring for others in His Name.
Pastor Craig
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Volume 2011, Issue 10
OCTOBER 2011
In September, the Council and Ministry Chairs met to hear about the plans each ministry has for the coming year. It promises to be a busy and excit-ing time! We hope you’ll be able to participate in many of the events and opportunities for ser-vice and Christian growth in your lives. So, stay tuned to the announcements in the Sunday bulletin, Salt Shaker, emails, fly-ers and our new church website! Also, on Sunday, October 30th (a ―Big Sunday‖) there will be a Ministry Fair after the service to help us get connected.
After meeting with our confer-ence superintendent, Rev. How-ard Burgoyne, this summer, the Council has met several times to
work on the pastoral search. In September we have been praying about and preparing the nomi-nations for the Pastoral Search Committee. Thank you for your responses and be-ing willing to be considered to serve on the committee. We’re grateful for a congregation who cares so deeply about the future of our church! On Sunday, October 16th, we will hold the congrega-tional meeting to elect the Pastoral Search Committee.
Your Church Council
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Church Council Update
ceived enough contributions to fully fund the cost of the van. But on 9/11, the final $3,590 needed to pay for the van was gener-ously given.
The fact that we were able to replace two old and tired vans with a safer
new vehicle in these tough eco-nomic times is a strong testa-ment to the benefits of sharing
G o d ' s a b u n -dance. Thanks for the generosity of those who contributed toward the vans and for those who prayed for this day to come.
Bob Fiscus
The Stewardship and Finance Ministry has just learned that the new 15-passenger van is now fully paid for through the gener-osity of members and friends of the congregation.
Earlier this year, we contracted to buy a new van for $25,969. A number of contributions were made before and after receipt of the van, but until Sunday, Sep-tember 11th we still had not re-
Van Fully Funded!
T h e Sa lt S h ak e r
Dear Roseann [and the folks at Covenant],
I wanted to thank you, as well as Pastor Craig and the rest of the cleaning team who came to our new temple
and literally "got to business". Our Church looks beautiful and all the weeds and unwanted bushes are
gone. Even our back door got fixed when Larry [Boyle] came with his handy tools. Thanks to Pastor Craig and
his team, they diligently worked all day until the weeds and overgrown bushes were cleared out. We could not
have done it without them. It was a pleasure meeting all of them. Just thinking about the hard work they did
brings tears to my eyes. What a blessing it is to have brothers and sisters in Christ like you guys.
Thank you and many blessings to all of you, Violet (Gethsemane Church of Christ)
Thank You . . .
V o l u m e 20 1 1 , Is s ue 10
The Unified Fund financial results for the eight months ended August 31, 2011 were as follows:
INCOME Unified Receipts $323,575 Investment & Other Income 1,751 Total Income $325,326 EXPENSES 327,456 Excess of Expenses over Income $(2,130)
The bottom-line deficit for the first eight months is solely traceable to a short-age of Unified Receipts. Actual receipts were nearly $5,000 under the budget. Had it not been necessary to cancel worship services on the last Sun-day in August, due to the storm and resultant loss of electricity, income would almost certainly have been over budget and there would have been a sur-plus. Fortunately, receipts for the first three weeks of September were encour-aging. If this continues, the August gap will be filled. The giving this year has been amazing and speaks vol-umes about the generosity of the congregation.
By the time the year ends, it is possible that expenses will exceed the budget approved by the congregation ear-lier in the year. The major reason is an unexpected HVAC repair in the beginning of the year.
Yet another sign of the generosity of the members and friends of the congregation is the full funding of the cost of the new van (see separate article).
At the end of August, there was $31,472 in the Mortgage Fund. Income so far this year has amounted to $19,433. As of April 1, the interest rate was reduced from 6.75% to 5.5%, which will save a considerable amount of interest. Monthly payments will remain at $4,875 in accordance with a resolution passed at the congrega-tion's last annual meeting. Considering the normal amount of future monthly income and the mortgage pay-ments, the fund should be able to support mortgage payments through the middle of next year.
Blessings to you all, Bob Fiscus
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Treasurer’s Report
October Birthdays & Anniversaries
10/1 Andy Zager
10/3 Bob Lindquist
Amy Wiemer
Erika Michaels
Erinn Michaels
Steve & Kasia Lindeberg
10/4 Dave Diana
Teddy Sheridan
10/5 Amber Hoyt
10/6 Jeff & Janet Munley
Mike & Diana Ambrose
10/9 Thomas Keegan
10/10 Joe & Laurie Joy Sharp
10/12 Mark & Stephanie Wirth
10/14 Terry Greene
10/15 Matt Rieger
10/16 Mikey Testa
10/18 Luiza Estrada
10/19 Mike & Pat Mahoney
Chuck & Crista Forstrom
10/20 Kylie Forstrom
Bob & Claire Forstrom
10/22 Bob DelBuono, Jr.
Jessica Anderson
Bob & Diane DelBuono
10/23 Paula Keegan
Robert & Eileen Lingl
10/28 Jenna DelBuono
Cara DelBuono
10/29 Don Norkawich
10/30 Robbie DelBuono
According to the Cambridge University Dictionary the definition of ―Generosity‖ is — The act of being generous — willing to give help or support, especially more than is usual or expected.
The Bible talks about generosity (giving) in Luke 6:30, “Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured in your lap. For with the measure you use it, it will be measured to you”.
God shares with us the generosity of His grace. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is a gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast” Ephesians 2:8-9. God’s grace means there is noth-ing we can do to make God love us more and there is nothing we can do to make God love us less (Philip Yancey). God also shares with us the gen-erosity of His abundance, power and character.
Over the next few months we will be looking at what God has done for us and what we can do for God, person-ally and as a church, in response to His generosity toward us. During the month of October and No-vember we will hear testimonies from various peo-ple in our church about how they choose to re-spond to God’s generosity in their lives. Do you have a story to tell? If so, we’d like to hear from you! How has God been working in your life so that you respond with your own generosity? It may be giving of money or your time – wherever you feel God is stirring you to give in response to His working in your life.
In November we will hear teachings from our Pas-tor about stewardship. The definition of steward-ship is this: Stewardship is recognizing that all we have is a gift from God, all we have belongs to God and all we have is to be used to service God and enjoy God. It’s really pretty simple! We should be generous, as God has been generous to
us. Early in November we will be asking you to consider how you can use your resources to sup-port the ministries of our church so that we as a congregation can also respond to God’s generosity toward us. On Sunday, November 13 and 20 we will be asking you to bring a “Culture of Gener-osity” commitment response to a special table set up during both fellowship times. There we will have information showing what our church is do-ing with the resources you are giving, the vision our various ministries have for the growth of our church and we will share all your stories of God’s commitment to you and your returning commit-ment to God.
We’d like to share one more definition with you, also from Cambridge University Dictionary: ―Culture‖ - The way of life of a particular people, especially as shown in their ordinary behavior and habits, their attitudes toward each other, and their moral and religious beliefs.
A culture of Generosity means that being generous is a way of life in our church as we thank God and
give Him praise for all He has done for us. Our behavior and habits, even our atti-
tudes toward each other, will reflect our hearts
and minds as we generously use our
resources to glorify Him. If we have a close relationship with Jesus, our heart will be to give what we have, not to hoard it for ourselves. The Holy Spirit will reveal to us who to give to and how much. If our heart is in the right place, our finances and time will be distributed in line with God’s will. Join us during this exciting time as we develop a Culture of Gen-erosity in our church!
“You will be made rich in every way so that you can be
generous on every occasion, and through us your gen-
erosity will result in thanksgiving to God.”
2 Corinthians 9:11
The Stewardship and Finance Ministry
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A Culture of Generosity
T h e Sa lt S h ak e r
Hope that all is well there and that you have fully recovered from the effects of the hurricane. Things are going fairly normal here. We had a good church service with the Yanomami this week. Felio came back on Monday after spending some time out in Boa Vista helping Patricia with the Bible translation. He did an energetic job of leading the singing and di-recting the service. I finished teaching from Revelation chapter 6 and Krista taught Sunday school for the little kids. Several of the other church leaders are still away so it was good that Felio was able to lead the service. He him-self has recognized the need to have a number of people available to divide the responsibilities and fill-in for each other. Thinking of this, he had Soldado start helping lead the singing this week so that he can get more com-fortable in that role. He also had Isaque help a little. Isaque appears to be doing well spiritually and in his personal life. He is a natural leader and did a great job as a church leader in the past before his fall so we all look forward to seeing him fully restored in God's gracious forgiveness. . . There has been a government team here in Palimi-U this past week distribut-ing insecticide impregnated mosquito nets to the entire population. They have been proven to be very effective in controlling malaria when used properly. So they have been going
around to all the houses installing the nets on everyone's hammocks and giv-ing orientation about their use and care. The people here know about mos-quito nets but are not accustomed to sleeping with them regularly. The few that they have acquired during visits to town in the past were mostly valued for their utility in netting small fish. So it will be interesting to see if they use these the way they are supposed to. I was asked to help translate in the meeting with the people who live near us. They carefully explained that these nets should not be used for fishing because of the insecticide. Hope-fully the malaria will go away. It is really nice when we don't have to worry about it. It sounds like the Brazilian government is investing a lot in these nets. Besides the Yanomami area, we heard that the neighboring state of Amazonas recently ordered 1,200,000 of them for distribution to those liv-ing in the river regions. Daniella, Barak and Joshua are doing well. They continue to do their school work and chores and go swimming in the river whenever they can. Yester-day afternoon we made an outing to the "Sand Island" up river. They had fun jumping off the house-sized rocks and catching fish for the aquarium.
I guess that's all for this week, Dan
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Letter from our Missionaries in Brazil
DANIEL & KRISTA BROWN with their children
Daniella, Barak and Joshua Caixa Pastal 209
69.301-970 Boa Vista, RR Brazil
V o l u m e 20 1 1 , Is s ue 10
Country Info
Population: 180 million,
the 5th largest country in
the world
General Strategy
General Strategy: Our goal is a strong
indigenous church in each of the tribal
areas mentioned above. That requires
hardy men and women with many different
passions and skills since this is a very re-
mote region with airplane access primarily.
Missionaries live in remote tribal villages
and endeavor to live the incarnational Gos-
pel to people of a simple lifestyle.
Type of Ministry
Ministry Type: CrossWorld missionaries
work together with Brazilian nationals in
the Evangelical Mission of Amazonia
(MEVA), reaching several indigenous tribal
peoples such as the Yanomami, Macushi,
Wapishana, Ingariko, Maiongong, and Wai
Wai. Some groups have been very responsi-
ble and have turned to Christ in mass (e.g.,
Wai Wai), but others have been more resis-
tant (e.g., Yanomami).
New and Improved Mishmosh! We are going to all new venues making this the best Mishmosh yet. You and your friends will get to play Lasertag at the Branford Sportsplex, unlimited use of batting cages, play ultimate Frisbee, flag football and volleyball in the fieldhouse, or spend your money in the video arcade. Plus discover the amazing sport of Whirlyball – all you need to know is you play while driving bumper cars.
If that is not enough, add broomball and ice skating for a couple hours in the middle of the night. We finish off the night with some movies at church (with background lullabies so you fall asleep) and a pan-cake breakfast together.
This one will be legendary. Invite your friends to a night you can talk about all year! Don’t forget to pick up a permission slip from Pastor Cary.
Youth groups fired up the first week of September this year. We have a huge group of high school students with some great student leaders who we anticipate are going to make it a very powerful year. We have a talented group of adult leaders returning from last year. Please pray for Brenda Adriani, Mark Hatfield, Tim Herrmann, Melissa Otten, Evan Soderholm and Kyla Trinklein as they share their lives leading our small groups. We start the year talking about the Reason for God based on Tim Keller’s thought provoking book.
Our JHAMS group took a hit as a big group of stu-dents moved up into Oasis, but the students who remain are connected well with each other and are enthusiastic about JHAMS. It is a group primed for outreach because of their welcoming personali-
ties and desire for God. Pray for our gifted leaders in JHAMS: Christine Austin, RJ Gerte, Kristina Meyers, Melissa Otten and Jeremy Soder-holm. Pray for wisdom and discernment as they
guide our middle school students. The teaching focus to begin the year is how basic theology like God’s revelation, the Trinity,
and God’s attributes inform and guide our daily lives.
Foundations began on Kickoff Sunday. We are fortunate to have Bill Austin and John Drummond back together teaching this important 2-year over-view of the Bible. They look at the Old Testament together this year to see what it teaches us of God and our relationship to Him. Pray for Bill and John as they instruct our kids in the basis of our faith.
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Oasis and JHAMS
T h e Sa lt S h ak e r
Midnight Mishmosh October 21st 8 pm—October 22nd 7:30 am
Cost = $30
V o l u m e 20 1 1 , Is s ue 10 Page 7
SHOW . . . and tell! Year 2 of the Discipleship Class has begun
Course title: SHOW . . . and tell!
Course subject: The Fruit of the Spirit
Course day / time: Tuesdays at 7:00 PM
Together we are examining the Scripture on the person, character and
work of the Holy Spirit. Most notably we will consider the intended results
the Holy Spirit seeks to develop in our character.
Come with an eagerness to learn, a willingness to discuss, and a Bible.
Each session will begin promptly at 7:00 pm and end promptly at 8:15 pm.
We meet in the large classroom.
Early in September we received
a notice from Angel Food Min-
sitries that they would not be
holding a September distribu-
tion and asking us to pray as the
ministry re-examined their busi-
ness and the restructuring of
their operations to focus on
ways in which they would be
able to continue to help their
customers and church partners.
Unfortunately, today we learned
that Angel Food Ministries has
made the decision to cease op-
erations. The following is the
notice that has been posted on
t h e i r w e b s i t e
(angelfoodministries.com).
Gail Lent
Angel Food Ministries has considered many options regarding our future. At this time we regret to inform you that we have not found a solution that will allow Angel Food Ministries to continue to distribute food on a monthly basis and have decided to cease operations. We realize the pressure that this places on our host sites, community food banks and customers.
However, there is a group of former employees and food vendors that are working to find a better way of serving those who have come to depend on Angel Food.
Unfortunately many if not all other food ministries have gone out of business in recent years. Angel Food has not been immune from the same economic and market condi-tions that led to the loss of other food ministries. It’s important to note that in the past we never relied on donations; less than 1% of annual revenues have come from dona-tions. We are grateful that we have been able to help tens of millions of customers save hundreds of millions of dollars in food costs. We also are grateful to have been able to return about $24 million to our church host sites and other partner organizations.
With the help of our volunteer staff 98 percent of the thousands of customers who placed an order for September have already received a full refund. We continue to work with the USDA to credit the remaining 59 customers who used their SNAP benefits to place a September order. Federal regulations prohibit us from simply sending them a check for a full refund.
The USDA/SNAP officials have been very helpful in seeing to it that these refunds are taking place in an orderly fashion. Those who placed orders through their local host sites will need to contact that site directly for a full refund.
We are comforted by the thousands of comments we have received expressing support for Angel Food Ministries and the great need to continue helping those in need. We at Angel Food Ministries are truly heartbroken to have to cease operations but it has not compromised our faith in God or our commitment to helping those in need. Thank you for your prayers, faithfulness and your commitment to Angel Food Ministries over these past 17 years.
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Monday, October 24
7:00-8:30 pm
Everyone is welcome to attend the Silent Prayer
Service. This is a wonderful time to get alone with
God in the quietness of the
Sanctuary. Prayer Ministers are
available to pray silently for you
between 7 and 8:30 pm.
Come when you can; leave when you
must.
PRAYER Service
V o l u m e 20 1 1 , Is s ue 10 Page 9
just wanted out of Ohio.
It was the last month of a job, I
had my last check, and I either
had to leave Ohio or be home-
less. I posted everywhere on the
internet. Finally someone in
New York offered me a place,
but it wasn't accessible. He said
"If only we had
a lift". I
laughed and
said "If only I
could get mine
t o N e w
York.” He was
shocked that I
had a lift, and I
was shocked
that he could
bring it to New
York. A bigger
shock was that
it fit and went
as high as we
needed it to,
AND, it works
like new.
So all things really do work to-
gether for good. I'm trying to
remember that as the town of
Binghamton was flooded, the
housing authority was de-
stroyed, and no one is taking
applications for housing. Things
just never go right for me. So
I'm trying to be part of some
fundraisers for flood victims
who have lost everything. I want
to share some music, a smile,
some tears, and try to unite hope
in this community. God will
never let anyone down.
It's often funny how you can't
mess up God's plans. I forget
what year I moved to Wooster
but I moved to a temporary
place because my name was next
on the list for an apart-
ment. The board of MRDD
stepped in because they didn't
want me living on a 2nd floor in
case of fire. They offered me a
house downtown and I was
asked to trust them (I figured a
County-owned house would be
up to code) because it wasn't ac-
cessible yet so I couldn't get in to
see what I was getting. They
used my funding to buy a lift and
get the house ready for me to
move in.
I moved in and was soon sorry I
did. There was no window on
the front door so I could see who
I was letting in, I had to use a
blow up tub because the actual
tub didn’t work, the heat didn't
work, windows wouldn't shut,
and I couldn't get anything
fixed. I took pictures and docu-
mented everything and made a
case to get an apartment because
it was an emergency. I actually
moved without telling a soul or
paying my last rent and basically
said to leave me alone or I would
call every inspector in the
area. Um, they ran.
The one thing I did have was my
lift. For 7 years I tried to sell it
but it just sat. I hated Ohio, it
was always problem after prob-
lem after problem and nothing
ever got better, only worse. I
I left my dog when I moved and
that was hard for me. But I'm
going to a Church where Father
Dave and Kay have a dog. So
being they live near me, I can
walk her, give her treats, and
spoil her. Her name is Sophie
and I now proudly have her dog
hair on my
chair. I left eve-
rything I knew
when I left Ohio,
so Sophie is help-
ing me move for-
ward. And being
so many people
around here have
lost everything,
I'm using her hair
on my chair to
remind people to
hold onto the
smallest, tiniest
thing that will
help them to
move forward.
Because of me, Sophie is having
her picture taken with me for the
Church member's direc-
tory. She's allowed to attend
Church once a year, and people
know her, so I decided she
needed to be in the direc-
tory. I'm claiming Sophie as my
friend because dogs are man's
best friend. Silly? Perhaps. But
right now people need a lift, they
need the smallest thing to smile
about, myself included. So I'm
trying to use things that God has
given me to lift other people up.
Snoopi Botten
God Gave Me a Lift
After much research, discussion, planning and designing, we now have a new church website!
Although still under
construction, the web-
site is up and running
and can easily be ac-
cessed. If you haven’t
seen it already, take
some time to visit
www.coveaston.org.
Photos are still needed,
an audio of the pastor’s
sermons will be added
and in the next few
months a password
protected page for our
Church Phone Direc-
tory will also be avail-
able.
If you have any suggestions, comments or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact Gail Lent in the
Church Office — she would love to hear from you (Honest! She wrote this article!)
MOTHER DAUGHTER WEEKEND
November 18-20, 2011
Moms and daughters will enjoy
a weekend of laughter, special
activities, & great Bible teaching,
all in a gorgeous setting sur-
rounded by God’s
beautiful creation.
Best of all, the
memories made
during this very
special retreat
will last forever!
MEN’S FALL RETREAT October 7-9, 2011
Renew, Rest, Worship,
Wrestle with God
Great teaching & worship.
Great food & fellowship.
Lots of laughter & fun!
We encourage groups of men to
see and use this retreat as part of
their church’s ministry for men.
Come and be refreshed.
Come and be renewed.
Call 603.352.0443 or visit
www.pilgrimpines.org
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New Church Website!
News from Pilgrim Pines, Swanzey NH
T h e Sa lt S h ak e r
THANKSGIVING AT
THE PINES November 23-25, 0211
Come and enjoy Thanksgiving at
Pilgrim Pines. Great food.
Great fellowship. Worship to-
gether with family & friends on
Swanzey Lake.
No cooking, no cleanup. Come
and enjoy!
V o l u m e 20 1 1 , Is s ue 10
Dear Craig,
On behalf of the Staff and Board of Directors of Bridgeport Rescue Mission we are delighted to announce that Covenant Church of Easton will be recognized as our Church Compas-sion in Action honoree at our 2011 Restore Hope Banquet tak-ing place on Saturday, October 15.
Your leadership has inspired the people of Covenant Church of Easton to be the hands and feet of Christ. We believe the church meets ALL of the criteria for this recognition:
A church body willing to put hands and feet to work to serve the hungry, homeless and addicted. A church body that advocates publicly for the poor and downtrodden of Fairfield County. A church body that commits financial or material resources to make a significant impact on the
lives of the poor.
Examples of how the church body serves Christ through the Mission are numerous. Here are just some examples that stand out to us:
Volunteers from the church have been faithfully serving the Mission for many years. One couple (Bob & Ruth Lewis) has been serving meals on the Mobile Kitchen for so long we
can’t count the years. Also, Ruth is one of the Women’s New Life students’ favorite teachers. She faithfully teaches a
class at the Women’s Center every week. Several men from the church have been or are currently Mentor’s to our Men’s New Life stu-
dents. Both Dan Wolgemuth and Adrienne Reedy have blessed the Mission with their extraordinary
musical gifts by singing and playing at various events to help us raise the funds necessary to op-erate.
Covenant Church has hosted several New Life Graduation events including great food and fel-lowship. You have shared in the greatest joy with us . . . Transformed lives!
One of our Board of Directors, Bob Fiscus, has served faithfully for [many] years, joyfully serv-ing in several office positions and as President of the Board.
At least once a year the wonderful people of Covenant Church of Easton host a barbecue, picnic or other fun event for the Staff and New Life Students. The Christ-like hospitality we have been shown is a blessing to us all.
People from Covenant Church of Easton have been enthusiastic supporters of our Banquets, Golf Tournaments, this year’s Walk-a-Thon and others. We are grateful.
Lastly, we have appreciated that Covenant Church of Easton has been faithfully giving gifts of financial support for as far back as our records show. We are now 18 years old . . We couldn’t be who we are or continue doing what we do without consistent financial support from churches like Covenant.
I am grateful for your partnership as we serve Christ by providing a place of hope and dignity, fighting pov-erty from the inside out. We hope that many from the congregation can join us at the Restore Hope Ban-quet to celebrate God’s work through the Mission in partnership with Covenant Church of Easton.
To God be the glory! Terry Wilcox
Bridgeport Rescue Mission Executive Director
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Covenant Church of Easton
Church Compassion in Action Honoree
Rooted in Christ - Reaching Out to the World
Rooted in Christ - Reaching Out to the World
October
Co v en an t Chu r c h o f E as to n
1 Sport Hill Road
Easton, CT 06612
www.coveaston.org
Phone: 203.371.8335
Fax: 203.373.9025
Covenant Children's Center: 203.374.3049
E-mail: [email protected]
October Worship
TWO SERVICES EACH SUNDAY — 9:00 AM and 10:45 AM October 2 Ephesians 4:4-6 He’s In Us So We’d Be Together Pastor Craig 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Holy Communion (World Communion Sunday)
October 9 The Gospel of Mark Mark’s Jesus: AN OX Pastor Craig October 16 The Gospel of Luke Luke’s Jesus: A SON OF MAN Pastor Cary Kid’s Message October 23 The Gospel of John John’s Jesus: THE SON OF GOD Pastor Craig
BIG SUNDAY — October 30th 1 Service—10:00 AM
October 30 Acts 1-6 The Church is Established Pastor Craig
