Covenant Baptist NewsCovenant Baptist NewsCovenant Baptist News
July 2017
Volume 20, Issue 7
www. covenantbaptist.cc Dr. Steve Silvey, Pastor (864) 261-3343
4521 Liberty Highway, Anderson, SC 29621
Attention ALL EMT/1st
Responders, Police/Law
Enforcement, Fire & Military families
with kids who have completed 1st
grade through 9th grade!
We have a limited number of full
scholarships available for WinShape
Camp this year (July 24-28). This is all
because of a generous donor who has a
desire to help families and kids who have a
parent in the above listed or related
occupations.
Please contact Ronnie James
at [email protected] or via phone
at 261-3343 for scholarship information.
KURE BEACH MISSION TRIP
JULY 8-15
Please be in prayer for our students
and chaperones as they travel to
Kure Beach for the summer mission
trip!
Children’s Ministry Children’s Ministry Director: Jessie Fuller
Children’s Church
“Driving Force”
July 2—Being a Servant
July 9—Trusting God
July 16—Spend Time with God
July 23—Experiencing Joy
July 30— New Series Starts: “Fear Not”
Don’t forget to register for WinShape Camp! Go to
www.winshapecamps.org to complete the registration form.
LET’S DO LUNCH! A ministry of Covenant Baptist Children’s
Ministry. This is a monthly contest held in our 11 am
Children’s Church where one child is the winner of our “Let’s
Do Lunch” drawing. They get to pick their favorite place to eat
on us with their family! Come to our 11 am Children’s Church
every Sunday at Covenant for your chance to have your name
drawn! (We draw one name every month)
YOU ARE NEEDED! Parents and kids! You’re invited to help serve at Calvary Home for Children on Thursday, July 13, from
8 am – 12:30 pm. We will help with outdoor projects then have a Chick-fil-A
lunch. Calvary needs the following items if you can donate: Clorox All Purpose Spray with Bleach, Hand Soap (large refill
containers or individual size), and Pine-Sol Multipurpose Cleaner (regular or bulk size). These items can be placed in the
tubs marked Calvary Home in the Children’s Wing and front foyer.
Thank you for your help!
JULY
July 4 Happy 4th of July! (Church office closed) July 5 Kure Beach Mission Trip Dress Rehearsal 6:30 pm July 8-15 Kure Beach Mission Trip July 12 NO Exchange July 16 Kure Beach Program @ Covenant 6:30 pm July 19 Exchange 6:30 pm July 24-28 WinShape Camp July 26 NO Exchange Aug. 1 Exchange goes to Greenville Drive game— Tickets limited! Aug. 6 Exchange Fellowship at the Bunch’s after Evening Service
Student Ministry Happenings:
(Sign up on Bulletin Board)
Kure Beach Mission Trip—July 8-15 Kure Beach Program at Covenant—July 16 at 6:30 pm WinShape Camp—Galaxy Village July 24-28—For 7th—9th grade students. Spaces limited. Cost: $105—See Jim for more information. WinShape Camp Volunteers needed—July 24-28. Must be over 16 years old. See Ronnie to sign up! Exchange goes to Greenville Drive game—Aug. 1—Tickets are $8 on a first come basis! Exchange After Church Fellowship—Aug. 6 @7:30 pm—at Collin & Peyton Bunch’s house Middle School Back2School Event—Aug. 12. Frankie’s Fun Park High School Back2School Event—Aug. 11—Gravitopia & Mountain Goat Climbing—Cost $26 plus lunch Back to School Water Day—Aug. 16 at 6:30 pm Promotion Sunday—Aug. 20 Parent’s Night in Exchange—Aug. 23—6:30 pm College & Career Ministry
College students—if you are interested in a place to serve, i.e., children’s ministry, student ministry, choir, or greeter, please see Jim. If you would be interested in hosting a Sunday lunch for the college ministry, please see Jim or Christy.
Students’ News Minister of Students: Jim Upton
Signup for Covenant Youth Text Updates
Text @exchange77 to 81010
www.facebook.com/covenantbaptistyouth
Summer of Serving! Jesus has called us all to
serve. Come learn how to serve and how others
serve. Join the fun on Wednesday night from
6:30-7:45 pm in the children's wing
(ages 4k-5th grade).
Date 8:30 am - Nursery 11:00 am - Toddlers &
2 Year Olds
6:30 pm
7/2 Anne Morgan & Mary Silvey Meredith Alexander & Lander Isbell
Lindsay Cheek & Mandy Hayes
Missy Cooke & Madison Timms
7/9 Deborah Young
Laycee Cantrell
Christina & Taylor Alexander
Amber Powell & Emily Wilkinson
Stacey Hammett & Brantley Smith
7/16 Robin Brock Emily Vardeman & Carla Cullen
Kelli Rider & Carol Loyd
Mandy Hays & Diane Goldsmith
7/23 Laycee Cantrell
Taylor Crow
Laura Rada & Julia Hollingsworth
Kayla Garrett & Lindsay Taylor
Kim Owensby & Taylor Powell
7/30 Shaunda Tenry & Kerri Donald Wendy Taylor, Mike & Angie Long
Michelle Wales & Jamie Vance
Kayla Ammons & Diane Powell
Date 8:30 Children’s
Church
Preschool Lead Preschool Assistants Grade School Lead Grade School Assistants
7/2 Ashlyn, Brenda &
Houston Kelley
Madelyn Siler
Michaela Hall
Hope McLaughlin, Anna
Kate Siler, Lauren
Patterson, Matthew
McLaughlin
Jan James & Amy Siler Keifer Shore, Micah Upton,
Brantley Smith, Ryan Joseph
7/9 Elizabeth Silvey, Neysa
Caron, Paul DiMaio
Kaitlyn Hamilton Kelley & Haley Beak,
Taylor Beak, Easton
Lynch
Krystal Lynch, Misty Wilson,
Melissa Sweeney
Maddie Timms, Karli Burton,
Bailey Hammond, David Resa
7/16 Shaunda Tenry, Kerri
Donald
Julia Hollingsworth Amanda Fouchey,
Morgan & Abbie Grace
Thompson, Ethan
Kennedy
Revonda Wood, Caryn
Bishop, Christina Kennedy
Jared Owensby, Lindsay Taylor,
Lydia Ruth Thompson, Austin
Hicks
7/23 Maddie Timms, Jacob
Guthrie, Crystal Tarbuck
Ashlyn Kelley Karen & Kaylor
Thompson, Bryleigh
Saylors, Abbie Lingefelt,
Luke Heller
Elise Martin, Tasha Lingefelt,
Renea Saylors
Houston Kelley, Jeremy
Vaughn, Collin Bunch, Jackson
Kelley, Cole Dalton
Date Door 1 Door 3 Door 5 Door 6 Door 7 Door 8 WD
7/2 Donna Durham
Dee Patterson
Jean Martin
Joy Fisher
Bob & Diane
Railton
Martha Whiten
Carol Dunn
Shane Kimmel
Melanie Hicks
Crystal Phillips
Jim & Judy
Simmons
Margaret Sewell
Stephanie
Mattison
Diane Goldsmith
Jimmy Gambrell
Donnie Burdette
Irene Mullikin
Tracie Hall
7/9 Faye Wertz
Cheryl Gambrell
Shane Kimmel
Gary McClellan
Bob & Diane
Railton
Wayne & Teresa
Jefferson
Steve Miles
Dan Litten
Melanie Hicks
Crystal Phillips
Martha Whiten
Ronnie Stegall
Stewart Sewell
Judy Simmons
Carol Dunn
Jim Simmons
Barry & Nancy
Wood
Donnie Burdette
Crystal Tarbuck
Mandy Hays
7/16 Crystal Phillips
Melanie Hicks
Shane Kimmel
Donnie Burdette
Bob & Diane
Railton
Judy Simmons
Steve Miles
Jim Simmons
Stewart &
Margaret Sewell
Diane Goldsmith
Joy Fisher
Carol Dunn
Jim Young
Donna Durham
Stephanie
Mattison
Jimmy & Cheryl
Gambrell
Irene Mullikin
Tracie Hall
7/23 Faye Wertz
Dee Patterson
Ronnie Stegall
Bob & Diane
Railton
Dan Litten
Crystal Phillips
Donnie Burdette
Steve Miles
Melanie Hicks
Gary McClellan
Martha Whiten
Stewart Sewell
Jean Martin
Jim Young
Barry & Nancy
Wood
Irene Mullikin
Mandy Hays
Crystal Tarbuck
7/30 Donna Durham
Cheryl Gambrell
Jean Martin
Joy Fisher
Bob & Diane
Railton
Martha Whiten
Carol Dunn
Shane Kimmel
Melanie Hicks
Faye Wertz
Jim & Judy
Simmons
Jim Young
Stephanie
Mattison
Diane Goldsmith
Jimmy Gambrell
Donnie Burdette
Irene Mullikin
Tracie Hall
5TH SUNDAY: Kaitlyn Hamilton, Maddie Timms, Kelley Beak, Misty Wilson, Meggin Hamilton, Bryleigh Saylors, Haley Beak, Taylor Beak
Children’s Worship
Soul Food - Theme: “Driving Force”
July 2
Topic: Being a
Servant
July 9
Topic: Trusting God
July 16
Topic: Spend Time
with God
July 23
Topic: Experiencing
Joy
WinShape Camp registration is now open!
Go to www.winshapecamps.org to register.
**Attention ALL EMT/1st Responders, Police/Law enforcement, Fire and Military
families with kids who have completed 1st grade through 9th grade! We have a
limited number of full scholarships available for WinShape Camp this year. This is all
because of a generous donor who has a desire to help families and kids who have a
parent in the above listed or related occupations. Please contact Ronnie James at
[email protected] or via phone at 261-3343 for scholarship information. **
This is a monthly contest held in our 11 am
Children’s Church where one child is the
winner of our “Let’s Do Lunch”
drawing. They get to pick their
favorite place to eat on us with
their family! Come to our
11 am Children’s Church every
Sunday at Covenant for your chance to have
your name drawn! (We draw one name
every month)
Summer of Serving! Jesus has called us
all to serve. Come learn how to serve
and how others serve. Join the fun on
Wednesday night from 6:30-7:45 pm in
the children's wing (ages 4k-5th
grade).
Parents and kids! You’re invited to help serve at
Calvary Home for Children on Thursday, July 13,
from 8 am – 12:30 pm.
We will help with outdoor projects then have a
Chick-fil-A lunch. Calvary needs the following
items if you can donate: Clorox All Purpose
Spray with Bleach, Hand Soap (large refill con-
tainers or individual size), and Pine-Sol Multipur-
pose Cleaner (regular or bulk size). These items
can be placed in the tub marked Calvary
Home in the Children’s Wing.
Thank you for your help!
Join us on Wednesday nights
at 6:30 pm for Bible study.
We meet in the
Fellowship Hall.
July 2 Membership 101
July 9 Maturity 201
July 16 Ministry 301
July 23 Life Teams 401
These classes are held at 4:00 pm in the
Conference Room
Men’s Ministry Lunch - Join us at Mama Penn’s on Tuesday,
July 11, at 12:00 pm for a Dutch treat lunch. Bring a friend who is
looking for a church home and enjoy good food and great
fellowship!
Please be in prayer for our EXCHANGE students and adults
who are traveling to Kure Beach July 8—July 15 for their
annual mission trip.
**Mark your calendar for the Kure Beach Program at
Covenant on July 16 @ 6:30 pm!**
Save the Date! Exchange will go to a Greenville Drive
game on August 1—Tickets are $8 each on a first come
basis!
The Church office will be closed on
Tuesday, July 4, in observance of
Independence Day. Have a safe
holiday!
Please join us on Sunday evening,
July 30, at 6:30 pm as we observe the
Lord’s Supper.
Covenant Baptist Church
4521 Liberty Highway
Anderson, SC 29621
Sunday School 359
AM Service 625
PM Service 186
Wed. Bible Study 65
Life Groups 27
Kids (Summer) 59
Exchange 71
Regular Offering $22,658.13
Online Giving (May) $ 4,030.00
Monthly Averages for June
Ministry Team
Steve Silvey, Pastor
Ronnie James, Assistant Pastor
Brock Smith, Minister of Music
Jim Upton, Minister of Students
Jessie Fuller, Children’s Ministry Director
Anne Morgan, Church Administrator
Crystal Phillips, Administrative Assistant
Lauren Smith, Pianist
Our Members
Early Service 8:30 am
Sunday School 9:45 am
Worship Service 11:00 am
Youth Choir Practice 6:30 pm
Evening Worship 6:30 pm
Covenant Praise Makers 6:30 pm
Weekly Opportunities
Sunday
Monday
Senior Saints (2nd Monday) 6:30 pm
Wednesday
AWANA (resumes in Aug. 2017) 6:30 pm
Exchange 6:30 pm
Bible Study 6:30 pm
Worship Choir Practice 6:30 pm