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1065 Gaines School Road

Athens, Georgia 30605

706-548-2756 or 706-613-2344

www.covpresathens.org

covenantp@covpresathens.org

C O V E N A N T

P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H

TODAY—May 19th we will honor Covenant’s High School Grad-uates at the 11:00am worship service, with a reception following. Many thanks to Congregational Care. Congratulations Graduates: PRESTON DEVANEY—is graduating from North Oconee High School with honors . He will attend Georgia Tech. ZAK HUBERTY—is graduating from Cedar Shoals High School with honors. He will attend UGA in the fall, majoring Sports Journalism. ALLISYN JOHNSON— is graduating from Cedar Shoals High School as an honor graduate. She will attend The University of North Georgia in the fall to study physical therapy and geriatrics. JEREMY MOTE—is graduating from Cedar Shoals High School with honors. He plans on attending UGA, majoring in engineering. KATE SHEALY— is graduating from Oglethorpe County High School. Kate will attend UGA in the fall. She is also a member of the UGA Georgette dance line. JESSICA WOLFE—is graduating from Oconee High School with honors. She will attend UGA in the fall after a trip to Germany.

PENTECOST SUNDAY May 19th 11:00am Worship

TODAY, we celebrate the Holy Spirit of Pentecost, the birthday of the

church. Remember to wear something red . Come and enjoy the multi-lingual reading of Acts 2 and the songs by the Praise Band. We’re grateful to our Worship Team for all

the festive decorations. Happy Birthday! P.S. Bring enough pennies to represent your age and give them to the children as they go forward for Children’s Time.

Join the Restaurant Roadtrip across the street, meeting at Beef O’Brady’s near Publix on Barnett Shoals Road—on Tuesday, May 21 at 11:30am. Sign up to let us know who’s coming. Separate checks. See you there!

No 8:30am Worship until August 18th

10:00am Worship begins June 2nd.

DINNER AND A MOVIE! All ages are welcome!

School’s out, so come for some Covenant Connection fun on

Wednesday, May 22 5:00pm, games for children, fellowship

for youth, & visiting for adults 5:30pm, supper and a movie!

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Remember in Prayer: Laurie Anderson at home; Woody & Ginger Davis-Beck, recovering from a fall at

the Paris airport, when she dislocated her shoulder; Lauren Van Wicklen, to be accepted May 21st by

presbytery as a candidate for ordained ministry; the graduating class of 2013.

Title: The Many, Wise Voices of God

Theme: We each experience God as differently as all crea-tion, yet we know & trust that

God is One.

DAILY BIBLE READINGS

Monday May 20 Psalm 8

Tuesday May 21 Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

Wednesday May 22 Isaiah 11:1-9

Thursday May 23 John 15:26-27, 16:12-15

Friday May 24 I Corinthians 2

Saturday May 25 Romans 5:1-5

Sunday May 26 James 3:13-18 TRINITY SUNDAY

Financial Report #19

Anticipated Pledges –$171,342.

Actual Pledges - $168,750.

Thanks for your faithful giving!

Caring Hands-Mother’s Day…$1,315.00

C E C O R N E R Your Christian Education Ministry is alive and thriving! The "CE CORNER" is

a new addition to The Covenanter to provide information and to highlight

Christian Education activities at Covenant. To start off the CE Corner, we

would like to share the recently developed purpose statement for Christian

Education at Covenant: The purpose of Christian Education at Covenant

Presbyterian Church is to nurture our discipleship, build our spirit of

community, and cultivate clarity of thought about our faith.

We welcome your input. So if you are a teacher, student, or participant in

any of Covenant's Christian Education ministry and want to include something in the CE Corner,

please send it to Karen Wetherington or any of the Ministry Team Co-Chairs: Christine Carpen-

ter, Brian Herndon, or Betsy Pless. Thank-you!

DINNER AND A MOVIE! All ages are welcome! School’s out, so come for some Covenant Connection fun on Wednesday, May 22

5:00pm, games for children, fellowship for youth, & visiting for adults 5:30pm, supper and a movie!

MIDDLE SCHOOL POOL PARTY

SUNDAY, MAY 19th 2pm—4pm

At the home of Bill & Luanne Rigsby

Bring a treat to share and a friend,

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JUNE 10 — 14

VACATION

CHURCH SCHOOL

NEEDS YOU!

Please pitch in to help

make this year as

wonderful as it has

been in the past.

There are many

things you can do to

help, from shepherd-

ing our young ones

between classes, to arts and crafts, games, athletics,

cooking, administration or even just helping out during

pickup and drop off. Please see Alice McMaster if you

can help or need more information.

Registration forms are now available in the gathering room or online at www.covpresathens.org click on Information then forms and scroll down to 2013 VCS Registration forms. Thanks!

WHO’S WHO: Can you guess who at

Covenant plays guitar at Kumquat Mae and

Jittery Joes? (Look elsewhere in the

Covenanter for the answer)

Whatcha doing this

summer? There are

brochures of our

NEGA Presby-

tery’s summer

camps & conferences for youth & chil-

dren on the table in the Gathering

Room. Team up with another Covenant

friend for some good fun, plus meeting

other Presbyterians from our area.

FEED MY SHEEP For the month of May the “Circle

of Friends” small group is spon-

soring the Feed My Sheep pro-

gram and will be collecting small food items for small

families such as:

Jiffy Muffin Mix, Pasta Salad Pouches

( such as Suddenly), and

noodle type products such as Hamburger Helper.

Thank you Covenant and...

May we all have enough!

Do you need a piano or organ at home? The piano currently in the downstairs WoRM room and the organ currently in The Journey adult classroom (in the nursery wing) are avail-

able. Please see Betsy Burmeister by Sunday, June 9. After that they will be put on Craig’s List.

Welcome to our newest members who met with the Session on May 5 and were introduced to the congregation on May 12. Jennifer Frey and her daughter Margaret come to us as transfers from Milledge Avenue Baptist Church, with a Methodist background in NC. They are already friends with the Ballard-Myers and Colleen Cook. Jennifer’s husband Eric participated in Covenant’s youth program as a teenager in years past, and Jennifer’s sister Valerie & mother Willene have visited with us recently too. She is a night nurse at ARMC, and Margaret is a rising 9th grader at Cedar Shoals HS who loves horses and TaeKwonDo. Kerri Leslie comes to us as a transfer from Knox Presbyterian in Falls Church, VA, having also attended Leesburg United Methodist. She has 3 grown children (2 daughters, 1 son) also in VA. Kerri is already participating in the Upper Room CS Class and the Wednesday morning Bible Study, and she volunteers as a reader at Whispering Pines assisted living facility. We look forward to many good years of wor-ship & service ahead. Introduce yourselves to our new friends and put their contact info in your church directories. Jennifer & Margaret Frey Kerri Leslie 140 Richard Way 600 Riverbend Pkwy, #A-2 Athens, GA 30605 Athens, Georgia 30605-2687 706-546-1811 703-470-4756

Many of our regular volunteers will be away

this summer, so if you are able to serve as

an usher or greeter for worship this summer,

please let the church office know.

Thank you! Worship Ministry Team

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Life’s a Zoo! created by Marilyn Brown

Answers contain names of animals or animal-related terms.

example: Teen romance = Puppy love

1. unreliable one = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. with an innocent look = _ _ _ - _ _ _ _

3. someone who yucks it up loudly = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Life’s a Zoo! answers: 1. Snake in the grass 2. Doe-eyed 3. Laughing hyena

Who’s Who? Benjamin Simpson

I've just received confirmation that the last box of Dairy Tubs that I shipped weighed more than 15 lbs, so we were awarded 250 additional points. Thanks to all of you who contribute clean, dry plastic dairy tubs, lids and foil seals to this worthy cause! Recently, more tortilla and tostada bags are being contributed. That's great! Just please remember that chip bags are not acceptable. The Athens Clarke County Public Utilities Department will hold 2 water-related events in June. On Tuesday, June 11, the Water Smart Landscapes Workshop: Drought and Trees will be held from 6-7:30 PM. On Tuesday, June 25, Vegetable Gardens: Water Wise Style! will be held from 5:30-7 PM. These events will be held at the Snipes Water Resources Center, 780 Barber St. Both events are free, but registration is required. Register at www.thinkatthesink.com

Caren Snook and the Green Dream Team

Covenant Breakfast C

lub at C

racker Barrel on M

onday, May 20

th, at 8:00

am!

Join us for good food and conversation!

Ready for a change of pace? Plan to stay after the 10am worship service this summer—June 2 thru August 4—for light refreshments and great conversations with your Covenant family. There is a Summer Punch & Cookies sign up sheet in the hallway for those who would like to provide refresh-ments during the summer!

Remember the Lunch Bunch meets monthly at DePalma’s eastside on final Tuesdays. So join us Tuesday, May 28 at

11:30am. Good food and fun! Separate checks!

THE SPIRITUAL FORMATION &

DISCERNMENT MINISTRY TEAM OF NORTHAST GA

PRESBYTERY invites you to build up your

sister congregations, members, and team in

prayer. May we experience the outpouring

and fruit of the Holy Spirit in our life

together in Christ. THIS WEEK—Pray for

Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church in

Augusta and presbytery’s For Such

a Time as This Pastoral Residency Program

Action Team.

NEGA Presbytery update: As it turns out, seminar ian David Fuentes has a few more things on the checklist to be completed before he moves to the candidacy phase in his work toward ordination. So we anticipate that David will be approved at the mid-July meeting of presbytery. We’ll let you know the final date and place of that meeting.

Join your Covenant family for

the next board Game Night on

Saturday, May 18th at 6pm!

We will be gathering in the fel-

lowship hall every third Satur-

day, to try out a variety of

games together, good for young and old, and somewhere

in-between. Bring a sleeping bag if you have young ones

in case a more “grown-up” game puts them to sleep and a

picnic dinner for yourself and your family. Dessert will be

provided. Need more info? Contact Christine Carpenter.

WOMEN’S PRAYER BREAKFAST at

East Friendship Baptist Church 400 Arch Street on Saturday,

May 18th at 9:00am All women are

invited to join us for breakfast and prayer.

Please see Jere Bowden or Coffee Worth for

more information.

There are many concerts as the school year ends, with Covenant folk participating. Enjoy! Sunday, May 19 (4pm) Athens Youth Symphony, Hodgson Hall (Zoe Brewster, Hanna Harper) Sunday, May 26 (4pm) Classic City Band, Cedar Shoals HS (Marilyn Brown, Heidi Nibbelink, & Bob Placek)

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SUGGESTIONS FOR THE

OFFICE OF ELDER

The nominating committee is

charged to nominate

persons for the office of elder

to serve on the Session for a

three year program. Please

make known to the committee those you want to

be considered. You are encouraged to seek

permission from those persons whom you sug-

gest to the committee. In this way everyone is

more deeply involved in the election process.

Please find the nomination forms in your mail-

box. You may leave them in the drop box in the

gathering room.

Come along for some Covenant fun at a Mon-treat con-ference, July 2-6, entitled “Parenting with Soul.”

This is for families with chil-dren of any age, offering time together & alone. You’ll learn ways to nurture your own soul and care for the souls of your chil-dren and health of your family, finding your best rhythm as par-ents. See this website to regis-ter - http://www.montreat.org/current/2013-parenting-with-soul - and talk to Colleen Cook & Mary Barnett to plan shared housing. Printed registration forms are in the gathering room.

ELDER BREAKFAST TO FOCUS ON COVENANT GROWTH On Saturday, June 1, 2013, from 8:15-9:45am, all of Covenant’s Elders have an opportunity to share a covered dish breakfast of fellowship as well as renewal. “Growing relationships to grow Covenant” provides the foundation for discussion. As our local community of faith in 2016 approaches the jubilee of its found-ing, Covenant’s missions and identities merit affirmation. Covenant’s ministries targeting witness, worship, Christian education, nurturing youth, care of young children, older adult fellowship, public service outreach, congregational care and fellowship, grounds and buildings, etc., can be strengthened through growing inter-personal relationships. Each Elder is invited to bring ideas on how more successfully to accomplish such a goal. Please RSVP to Beecher.

WORSHIP—May 19, 2013

11:00am

Reader: Pentecost Readers

Ushers: Mary Barnett, Alex & Hilda Clark, Rich Kimmich,

Brewster/Lamb Family

Greeters: Katie Bemisderfer, Missy Green & Family

Piano: Pam Knox

Counters: Judy Capie & Caren Snook

Flowers: Juergen Wiegel

Plant Care: Frank Allen

Open the Building: Alex Clark

Close the Building: Hank Tweedell

Grounds Steward: Chuck Rosenberger (20-26)

Nursery/Super:

11:00am—Lindsey Bowden

Birth—Walking: Lindsey Bowden

Walking—5 years old: Brian Herndon, Marlena Cappi

WEEK OF MAY 26, 2013 -

SUNDAY -

9:40am Church School for All Ages

11:00am Worship (final until August 11th)

1:30pm Worship at Morningside

1:30pm Impacto de Fe

5pm HS Youth Group

MONDAY—

Office Closed

TUESDAY– 11:30am Lunch Bunch at DePalma’s (eastside)

6:30pm Christian Education Meeting

8:00pm New Freedom

THURSDAY—

2:0o pm Knitters & Knotters

FRIDAY—

7:00pm Impacto de Fe

8:00pm New Freedom

SATURDAY-

8:15am Elder Breakfast

Fellowship Hall Cleaned

WORSHIP—May 26, 2013

11:00am

Reader: Phil Hale

Ushers: Bob & Shirley Reinert, Donny & Dell Whitehead,

Baird Family

Greeters: Steve & Sue Rathbun

Piano: Betsy Burmeister

Counters: Randy Parish, Paige Campbell

Flowers: Juergen Wiegel

Plant Care: Frank Allen

Open the Building: Paul Brooks

Close the Building: Phil Koehler

Grounds Steward: Hank Tweedell (27—June 2)

Nursery/Super:

11:00am—Ellen Stoneburner

Birth—Walking: Ellen Stoneburner

Walking—5 years old: Mary Barnett, Pam & Evan Knox

WEEK OF MAY 19, 2013 - SUNDAY - Pentecost Worship & HS Graduates Sunday 9:40am Church School for All Ages 11:00am Worship 12:15pm Trumpet rehearsal 1:30pm Impacto de Fe 2pm-4pm MS Pool Party at Rigsby’s 5pm HS Youth MONDAY—Office Closed 8am Covenant Breakfast Club at Cracker Barrel 6pm Challenger League Banquet in FH (Joan Baird) TUESDAY– 9:30am NEGA Presbytery in Madison 11:30am Restaurant Road Trip at Beef O’Brady’s 8:00pm New Freedom WEDNESDAY— 10:00am Adult Bible Study (final) 5pm Covenant Connection Dinner & Movie 7:00pm Trumpet rehearsal THURSDAY— 2:0o pm Knitters & Knotters 8:00pm Happy Squares FRIDAY— 7:00pm Impacto de Fe 8:00pm New Freedom SATURDAY- Fellowship Hall Cleaned