February 2012 issue of Covenant Presbyterian Church Courier

The Last Word

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Service Schedule Page 4

Covenant Happenings

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Kid’s Korner

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CPW

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Inside this issue...

February 2012

The Family, Events, and Ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Springboro

February

Calendar

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The first blood drive of 2012 is February 28th from 4-8 PM here at Covenant. If you’ve never

donated before, make 2012 the year you start! It’s easy, takes about an hour, you lose a pound, and you

get to make that up by eating cookies after you’re finished. Register online at www.donortime.com.

Save a life this year!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

The Annual Meeting will be held on Feb. 12. We will have one service that

Sunday at 10:00 a.m. A light lunch and the meeting will follow the worship service.

Amplify 11:30-1PM

Ignite

2:30-4:30PM

CALLING ALL KIDS! Join Alysia at Cook’s Wares in Settler’s Walk

for a fun cooking class! Check out www.covenantspringboro.com for more info!

will continue their study of “Confessing the

Beatitudes.” Join us on February 28 at 1PM as we

enjoy food, fellowship and Bible Study. We invite

all women of the Church. If you have any questions

please contact Barb Mourouzis at 748-3049.

We hope you’ll join us at our next meeting on Feb. 13 at

6:30 p.m. Our January meeting was cancelled so Betty

King will be leading us this month on Lesson 6 of Max

Lucado’s book, “James.” Though this book is much like

Proverbs, we have found abundant reason & instruction for

the Christian purpose in living and serving. It’s a great

study. We meet in the small room next to Ken’s office.

Bring a friend and join us!

Traditional Service Usher/Greeter (Steve Hegwood) 05 Pam & Calvin Coffin 12 Ginny Requarth 19 TBD 26 Ginny Requarth Contemporary Service Usher/Greeter (Steve Hegwood) 05 Jay & Mary White 12 Jay & Mary White 19 Jay & Mary White 26 Jay & Mary White Counters (Debbie Shear) 05 Ken Shear & Le’Anne Leahy 12 Bill Ilg & Tom Sebastian 19 Debbie Shear & Mary White 26 Dave Payne & Flossie Power

Nursery (Stephanie Butler) Traditional Contemporary

05 Stephanie Butler Jodie Fodor 12 Stephanie Butler Jen Knoth

19 Stephanie Butler Alysia Fuchs 26 Stephanie Butler Catrine/Hess

Children’s Church Pre/K (Yvonne Craycraft) Traditional Contemporary 05 Stephanie Butler Pfeiffer/Goins

12 Stephanie Butler Pfeiffer/Goins 19 Stephanie Butler Pfeiffer/Goins

26 Stephanie Butler Pfeiffer/Goins

Children’s Church Traditional (Becky Hegwood)

1-6 05 Steve Hegwood

12 Steve Hegwood 19 Steve Hegwood

26 Steve Hegwood Children’s Church Contemporary (Becky Hegwood)

1-6 05 Becky Hegwood 12 Becky Hegwood

19 Becky Hegwood

26 Becky Hegwood

Service Schedule for February

Fellowship 05 The Siegler Family

12 The Hegwood Family 19 TBD

26 The Wayne Family

The Totals are in for the 2011 Alternative Gift Market

The 2011 Alternative Gift Market raised $19,011. 2011 was the 5th year for the

market, and we have raised over $100,000 during the past 5 years. Thanks

to everyone who helped: ornaments makers, booth and checkout workers, etc.

Hopefully your alternative gifts were appreciated by their recipients as much as

they were appreciated by the organizations you helped. For more details on how

much money was raised by each project, see the display on the

church bulletin board.

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Buy a scrip card

to your favorite restaurant and help the Church at the

same time. We have many different cards in stock. See

John Ritzinger in-between services to find the perfect one!

We have several available here at Covenant. Bill Ilg will be starting up his Sunday Night Small Group again on February 12 as they study the book of

John. They meet every other Sunday from 6:30-8PM. Ken’s Wednesday Morning Bible Study is also studying the book of John each week at 10:00AM.

Steve Hegwood leads a Bible Study on Thursdays, every other week. See Steve for more information. Why not join a group this year?

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 10:00 AM Bible Study

5:30 PM GS Troop #31400

6:00 PM Spanish Class

6:45 PM Choir Practice

8:00 PM Praise Band

2 9:30-11:30 AM Weight Watchers

6:30 PM GS Troop #49502

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4 8:15-10:30 AM Elder/Deacon Meeting

5 9:30 & 11:00 AM Worship

& Children’s Church

6 5-7:30 PM Weight Watchers

7 7:00 AM Men at McDonalds

6:15 PM Brownies #40913

7:30 PM Outreach Ministry




8:00 PM Praise Band

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9:30-11:30 AM Weight Watchers

6:30 PM GS Leaders Meeting

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7-9:30 AM Weight Watchers

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10:00 AM Worship & Children’s Church

11:00 AM Lunch & Annual Meeting

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5-7:30 PM Weight Watchers

6:30 PM Growing in Grace

7:00 PM Youth Ministry


7:00 PM GS Troop #40900




8:00 PM Praise Band


1PM CPW Team

6:30 PM Administration

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19 9:30 & 11:00 AM Worship & Children’s

Church

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6:00 PM GS Troop #31400


6:30 PM Session




8:00 PM Praise Band

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25 7-9:30 AM Weight Watchers 11:30AM-1:00 PM Amplify Kids

Cooking Class

2:30-4:30 PM Ignite Youth

Cooking Class


Church


7:00 PM Deacons


1PM Amicae Circle

7:00 PM GS Troop #40900




8:00 PM Praise Band

Please email any updates and articles to the secretary at: [email protected] or call me at 937 748-0272. at 937-748-0272.

Birthdays and Anniversaries are published with your

permission only. In an effort to update our list, please notify

the office of your families’ special dates, especially if you are new to our fellowship. We

want to include you!

February Birthdays 2 Susan Pfeiffer 4 Phil Fershee 6 Paul Cimprich 9 Leatha Stewart 14 Cindy Caiarelli 17 Carole Hepp 20 Emily Knoth Mary Lou Robison Lexi Van Scoy Mike Van Scoy Noah Kirby Caitlin Curless 23 Bryce Fodor 26 Bill Ilg 27 Neva Bell Mary Ann Lashley

February Anniversaries

14 Jay & Mary White 21 Rich & Mary Lou Robison

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat


5:30 PM GS Troop #31400



8:00 PM Praise Band


6:30 PM GS Troop #49502

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4 8:15-10:30 AM Elder/Deacon Meeting

5 9:30 & 11:00 AM Worship

& Children’s Church




7:30 PM Outreach Ministry




8:00 PM Praise Band

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6:30 PM GS Leaders Meeting

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10:00 AM Worship & Children’s Church

11:00 AM Lunch & Annual Meeting

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6:30 PM Growing in Grace

7:00 PM Youth Ministry


7:00 PM GS Troop #40900




8:00 PM Praise Band


1PM CPW Team

6:30 PM Administration

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Church

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6:00 PM GS Troop #31400


6:30 PM Session




8:00 PM Praise Band

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25 7-9:30 AM Weight Watchers 11:30AM-1:00 PM Amplify Kids

Cooking Class

2:30-4:30 PM Ignite Youth

Cooking Class


Church


7:00 PM Deacons


1PM Amicae Circle

7:00 PM GS Troop #40900




8:00 PM Praise Band

Please email any updates and articles to the secretary at: [email protected] or call me at 937 748-0272. at 937-748-0272.

Financial Info

Operating

The balance in operating funds YTD through the month of December is $10,462.75. This amount is allocated below:

Regular Operating: $10,463 Pre-Paid Operating (Pledges paid for all of 2011) $0 Operating Designated for Insurance: $0 $10,463

Thank you for your gifts and continued support!

Mortgage Reduction

December Year-to-date Carryover from 2010 $998 Receipts 2011 $1,531 $22,702 Fundraising/Rummage/Sale $0 $1,576 Expenditures 2011 ($2,100) ($25,606) Difference ($569) ($330) December Year-to-date Other Receipts: Per Capita $0.00 $2,002.88 “My Extra Gift” $2,203.00 $8,347.00

20112 Per Capita

The per capita (some call it a “head tax”) is a voluntary contribution each congregation of the PC(USA) is asked to contribute to the Presbytery, Synod, and General

Assembly in order to support the missions and ministries of the larger church.

You can help with our operating needs by paying your share ($25.38 per member). Simply use the small blue envelope found in the front of your 2012 box of envelopes, include your

gift in your regular weekly offering (just mark the per capita amount on the “other” line on the envelope) or include a separate check with “per capita” noted in the memo space. Thanks for your ongoing support of the missions and ministries of the PC(USA).

February Sundays

Office Hours

The Pastor’s day off is Monday and the office is closed. Pastor Ken is here most mornings Tuesdays through Fridays. Frequently in the afternoons, he makes visits.

Our secretary is generally in the office Tuesday through Friday from 9:00a.m. to 12:00p.m. Phone: (937) 748-0272 & (937) 748-4734 Fax: (937) 748-4734

If you would like to have your concern lifted to the Lord through the Prayer Chain, contact Ken Howard (748-0272), or Debbie Shear ([email protected]/748-2809). Please pray for: Jon Gardner as he awaits a kidney donor.

Bob Robinson at Pinnacle Point Care Facility. All of our military men & women and their families.

Mike & Mary McKitrick’s daughter, Mindy, who is in

a Cincinnati hospital. Theda Christopher, who experienced

stroke like symptoms. Rod Dillon, Jim & Carole Hepp’s son-in-law, who

will hopefully be approved for a lung transplant. Mike Wentzel who is in Hillspring Rehab.

David King, who had pneumonia and is awaiting

further test results.

Church Staff Rev. Ken Howard Pastor Alysia Fuchs Youth Director Janet Wayne Church Secretary Kim Denney Music/Choir Director Susan Pfeiffer Pianist/Organist Mary White Treasurer Debbie Shear Financial Secretary Cam’s Cleaning Svc. Custodian

Covenant’s Email Addresses [email protected] [email protected] www.covenantspringboro.com

Special Dates February 5 Boy Scout Sunday

February 14 Valentine’s Day

February 19 Transfiguration of Our Lord

February 20 President’s Day

February 22 Ash Wednesday

February 26 First Sunday in Lent

February 5 – “Only One Team Wins!”

(1 Corinthians 9:24-27)

February 12 – “Waiting for Renewal”

(Isaiah 40:21-31)

We will have only one service today

– 10:00 a.m. A light lunch and our

annual meeting will follow worship.

February 19 – “Where Did He Go?”

(2 Kings 2:1-12)

February 26 – “Renewing Our Baptisms”

(1 Peter 3:18-22)

We will celebrate Holy Communion

on this first Sunday of Lent.

Remember the survey we took last fall? We set aside the sermon time at both services and

those in attendance (88 people) took the “US Congregational Life Survey.” Well, the results

are in and it’s time to discover what the survey reveals about who we are as a congregation.

I began to read through the material sent to us. My intent was to figure out what we should

now do with the material in order to allow it to help us understand ourselves better. After a

few hours of reading and deciphering, I was no closer to knowing the appropriate direction to

take than when I started. With which of three reports should we begin? Which book went

with which report? How do I use the enclosed DVDs? Frustrated, I called Louisville and

explained my frustration. I said, “What would have been nice was a single sheet of directions

giving us the various options to follow in using the results of the survey.” I was trying to be

kind and polite, yet clear! The person in Louisville responded: “We’ve heard that a lot from

lots of churches!” I was not surprised!

Anyway, there are two reports that we will consider initially. First, there is a compilation of

all our answers. We will make that report available to all of you. It simply puts percentages

with every question the survey asked.

Second, there is a report that I will be sharing with the session and the deacons. We will be

spending a couple of hours together on February 4th to attempt to interpret our answers to the

questions and try to understand better who we are. We’ll look at four areas:

1. Building Spiritual Connections (our devotional and worship life)

2. Building Inside Connections (group activities within Covenant)

3. Building Outside Connections (connecting with people beyond the church)

4. Building Identity Connections (our values and dreams)

With that in mind, we may take some steps to improve who we are and what we’re doing.

From there we’ll see what the session wants to do next.

I’m excited to spend some time with the officers of CPC as we explore the results of the

survey. We’ll let you know what we discover.

Ken

Worship Guide Deadline By 9:00 a.m. on the Tuesday before the Sunday you would like it to appear in the worship guide.

Courier Newsletter Deadline February 15, 9:00 a.m. for the March edition. You may leave articles on the office desk or e-mail them to [email protected].

Men’s Fellowship Men meet weekly at McDonalds every Tuesday morning from 7:00 - 7:30 a.m. Contact John Ritzinger (748-1437) if you have any questions. If you’ve never joined us, we would greatly welcome you!

Administration Ministry Administration will meet on February 16 at 6:30 p.m. Contact John Ritzinger (748-1437) for questions. Personnel Ministry The next meeting will be on an “as needed” basis. Contact Bill Ilg (748-5496) for questions.

Adult Ministries The next meeting will be scheduled on an “as needed” basis. If you have any questions, please contact Steve Hegwood at (937) 885-1031. Session Session will meet on Feb. 21 at 6:30 p.m.

Prayer Partners We have a vital prayer ministry here at Covenant. We have an electronic prayer chain for those who would prefer to be notified of needs as they arise via email. To get connected in prayer through the internet, email Debbie Shear ([email protected]).

Outreach Ministry meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Contact Susan Stewart for questions. (937-746-3343) Youth Ministry meets the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Contact Loretta Sebastian for questions. (513-932-7223)

Covenant Presbyterian Church 415 N. Main St.

Springboro, OH 45066

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Ken Howard Pastor

Worship Services: 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service Children’s Church - Toddlers and children through 6th grade have age appropriate learning opportunities. Nursery - provided for ages 2 and under.

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