Foundations New, March 28 and Covenant Chronicles

We hope you all enjoyed your Spring Break and are back in the swing of things!

NEW BABIES!

Welcome, two new Foundations babies!

Robert Sims Bennett, born to Jami and Jim yesterday at 6 pounds 10 ounces and 19 inches.

Andrew Wells Driscoll, born to Jim and Elizabeth on March 19.

Praise God for these two precious baby boys! Meal sign up messages to come soon.

SOCIAL:

Foundations Men: You’ve gotta love an excuse to hang out on a Monday night!  Go ahead, call in sick for Tuesday and make sure you’re in for the NCAA basketball national championship social.  We’ll have manly food, a few adult beverages, and to be sure no one confuses this with a ladies party, we’ll bring in some Dr. Pepper 10.  All are welcome!  Come and enjoy the fellowship of other men in our great class.

When:                  Monday, 4/2/12 at 7:30pm

Where:                 Daniel Murray’s House

                                1735 Kensington Road

                                Homewood, AL 35209

                                Map to Daniel's house

(205) 229-5009 (Daniel’s cell)

What:                    NCAA Basketball National Championship Game

How:                     RSVP to Daniel at dmurray92475@gmail.com by Sunday at 3pm to ensure we have enough food!

Cost:                      $10 a head to cover food/drinks (bring to church Sunday, or to the social)  

 

*Foundations Women: Save the Date, MAY 3 - Social at Kerry's house!

 

FOUNDATIONS WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY: STRONGER TOGETHER

 

Next Wednesday, April 4, Karen Edwards will be leading our study, speaking on raising children.  We will start at 9:15 next Wednesday in the Bride's Room and it will end at 10:30.  All of the ladies of Foundations are welcome, even if you have missed the first two sessions.

 

 

HOSPITALITY:

Kate is coming home from the hospital!  Her recovery is going to take some time.  Let's take her sweet family meals!  Please go to:

www.takethemameal.com
name: Comini
password: 1234

*please see the comments section when signing up for your meal date* 

Thanks so much!
Katherine Turnage

 

 

Also, CPC is hosting the Birmingham Hospitality from April 1-8 (Easter Sunday), so if anyone sees our visitors, please stop and speak and make them feel welcome. Also, we have two needs, someone to spend the night at the church on Sunday, April 1 and someone to provide half the dinner on Friday, April 6. Anyone willing to help with this ministry can contact Barbara Finch Thompson at 999-0003.

 

 

From: Danny Giffen [mailto:dgiffen@covpres.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 2:25 PM

Vacation time is over!  Weeping and Gnashing of teeth have been heard throughout the streets of Birmingham as children return to school and parents to work.  But be assured, hope is just around the corner!  Oh and Missions– It has been a month since our Missions Festival!  Our missionaries still need encouragement and prayers.  Take time this Sunday to go to the Missionary Wall and pick up a missionary prayer letter from any missionary and pray for them.  Send them an email to let them know you prayed!  If you need email address ask Phyllis at phamm@covpres.comWe have a wonderful month planned for you here at Covenant.  We pray that our Holy Week services allow you to invite friends and family and celebrate what God is doing in our world today.

 

What's Happening:

1. Wednesday Night Interactive – Our Wednesday Night activities resume tonight!  5:30 is barbecue dinner with worship at 6:30.  Bill Boyd will be teaching on Go to Bed, Get up and Show up!  You won't want to miss it
2. Holy Week Services
1. Palm Sunday – Many of your children will be involved in the service (duck for the palm branches).  Check with the MusicClubs for details
2. NO Wednesday Night Activities (except Choirs) during Holy Week.
3. Maundy Thursday Service – 5:30 p.m. Is community dinner in the Fellowship Hall.  Service begins at 7 pm.  Childcare is available for 3rd grade and under
4. Good Friday Service – Noon – pastors from Cross Creek, Cahaba Park and Christ Covenant will be joining us for worship. Rev. Chris Peters preaching
5. Easter Sunrise Service – 6:15 am at Vulcan Park.  The service will only last 30 minutes.  I hear we have a bagpiper!!! Heed!
6. Easter Pancake Breakfast – 7 am in the Fellowship Hall  - proceeds support Restoration Academy
7. Easter Services – 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.  Park off campus if possible to allow for visitors to park closer.
3. First Monday Lunch Bunch – This coming Monday.
4. Women's time of Prayer – WTOP – every Monday at 9:15 am in the Parlor led by Ingram Link
5. Grace House – Mama Lois is collecting money for the girls in her home to have new Easter dresses.  She anticipates the costs being around $2500 total.  Please contact Phyllis Hamm or Grace House directly if you'd like to help.

My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less

So then, have we nothing to do to obtain righteousness? No, nothing at all! For this righteousness comes by doing nothing, hearing nothing, knowing nothing, but rather in knowing and believing this only–that Christ has gone to the right hand of the Father, not to become our judge, but to become for us our wisdom, our righteousness, our holiness, our salvation!

Now God sees no sin in us. For in this heavenly righteousness, sin has no place. So now we may certainly think, “Although I still sin, I don’t despair, because Christ lives–who is both my righteousness and my eternal life.” In that righteousness I have no sin, no fear, no guilty conscience, no fear of death. I am indeed a sinner in this life of mine and in my own righteousness, but I have another life, another righteousness above this life, which is in Christ, the Son of God, who knows no sin or death, but is eternal righteousness and eternal life. For if the truth of being justified by Christ alone (not by our works) is lost, then all Christian truths are lost…On this truth and only on this truth the Church is built and has its being.

Martin Luther, Commentary on Galatians, Preface