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In This Issue

From Pastor Wendy

Honoring Our Saints

Baptism and New Members

Parents' Night Out

It's Poinsettia Time!

Request From a Military Parent

Prayer Corner

ECDP Science Lab

Auction 2010 Photos

Children's Ministry

Get Moving

There is growing concern

about childhood obesity in

our country. Would you

like to participate in a

program that could be

life-changing for families?

Get Moving will provide

health and nutrition

information necessary to

maintain a healthy

lifestyle.

This is for kids and parents

to participate in together.

We hope to begin this

program in our community

in the spring.

Over the next few months,

we are looking for

individuals interested in

planning activities,

mentoring kids and their

Issue: #23 November 19, 2010

From Pastor Wendy

Greetings Holy Covenant family,

Every day that ticks by in November

inches us closer and closer to the

holidays that will soon be upon us.

Please don't be mad at me for pointing

that out. It's a mind-blowing reality for

me, too. Just thinking about

Thanksgiving planning and Christmas

preparations makes my blood pressure

shoot up a little.

However, I received a little 'gem' in my email inbox this week and

wanted to share it with you; in case thinking about the holidays

has a similar effect on your blood pressure. It's from a daily

devotional called "Inward/Outward" www.inwardoutward.org and

this particular one is written by the late Henri Nouwen, a priest

with an incredible gift of speaking directly to our souls and who's

written numerous books that are spiritually inspiring. His

devotional on October 30 was about being "Useless and Silent".

Before you read this, I invite you to recall the soul quieting words

of Psalm 46 - especially verse 10 - "Be still and know that I am

God".

I hope you enjoy it and that it stills your anxious soul as it did

mine.

Blessings to you all,

Pastor Wendy

Henri J. M. Nouwen

Useless and Silent

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parents, promoting this

effort within our

community, and

coordinating short

health/nutrition seminars

presented by local

professionals. If you are

interested, please contact

Jana Jones

[email protected] or Kathy

Garcia

[email protected]

for more information.

Fall Sunday School

Classes for Toddlers

through 5th Grade at 9:45

am!

Sunday School will BEE fun

with Buzz!

Learn to know Jesus, feel

his love, and have a

friendship with him!

Save the Date - Family

Advent Festival

Plan to join us on Sunday,

December 5 for our annual

Family Advent Festival!

We will meet from

5:30-8:00 pm for dinner,

crafts, carols, and more fun!

Watch for more details

soon.

Contact Jana Jones if you

would like to help.

Youth Ministry

We need quiet time in the presence of God. Although we want to

make all our time time for God, we will never succeed if we do not

reserve a minute, an hour, a morning, a day, a week, a month, or

whatever period of time, for God and God alone.

This asks for much discipline and risk taking because we always

seem to have something more urgent to do and "just sitting there"

and "doing nothing" often disturbs us more than it helps. But there

is no way around this. Being useless and silent in the presence of

our God belongs to the core of all prayer.

In the beginning we often hear our own unruly inner noises more

loudly than God's voice. This is at times very hard to tolerate. But

slowly, very slowly, we discover that the silent time makes us quiet

and deepens our awareness of ourselves and God.

Then, very soon, we start missing these moments when we are

deprived of them, and before we are fully aware of it an inner

momentum has developed that draws us more and more into

silence and closer to that still point where God speaks to us.

Honoring Our Saints

Sunday,November 21during 8:30 and 11:00 worshipservices

Baptism and New Members


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Youth! Mark your

calendars with these

dates for 2011:

Feb 11-13 - Winter Retreat

Mar 4-6 - Youth Annual

Conference - for youth

leaders at Bridgeport

Jun 14-21 - Choir Tour

Jul 3-8 - Junior High

mission trip

Jul 24-30 - Senior High

mission trip

Aug 7-13 - Youth week

Adult Ministry

Are You Called to be a

Care Giver?

Our new Stephen Ministry

is currently accepting

applications for those in our

congregation who feel God

calling them to provide care

to folks in our congregation

and in our community who

need care. Care that

consists of confidential

listening, encouraging,

praying and providing

emotional and spiritual

support to someone facing a

crisis or going through a

rough time. Care that only

a trained Stephen Minister

can provide. Is that

Stephen Minister YOU?

If you say, "Yes, this is ME,"

please fill out the

application to be a Stephen

Minister off of

www.hcumc.org or contact

Donna Hatter

[email protected] or

Susan Kasten

[email protected] for

more information.

Ted Ditty, baptized and joined along with Kimberly Ditty,November 7, 2010


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Music Ministry

Music News

Piano for Sale

The baby grand piano in the

gym is for sale! It has been

recently tuned and cleaned

up a bit and the asking

price is $750.00. If you are

interested, contact Rev.

Debbie Chapman at

[email protected] .

Music Ministry Dates to

Remember

Dec. 2 Wesleyan Adult

Choir to sing at Carrollton

Community Nativity Exhibit,

7 PM all are invited. www.carrolltonnativity.com

Dec. 5 Children's

Christmas Program, 6:30

PM as a part of the Family

Advent Festival

Dec. 12 Wesleyan Adult

Choir to combine with

Chapel UMC Chancel Choir

and instrumentalists to

present Vivaldi's "Gloria" at

8:30 and 11:00 AM services

Green Team

Dishwashing is a daily

chore. If you use a

dishwasher, you know that

Patricia Depew joined November 7, 2010pictured with Lucy Tucker

Parents' Night Out

Friday, December 36-9 pm Kids ages Infant-5th Grade are invited for an evening

of fun while parents have a night out!

Reservations are required by Wednesday, December

1 - contact Jana Jones.

Cost is $5 per child. A snack will be provided.

It's Poinsettia Time!

$12 Each.Sign up in the narthex.


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it is not necessary to wash

the dishes before placing

them in the dishwasher.

Why do you have a

dishwasher if you do this?

If you are not yet willing to

buy "green products" for

your household cleaning

needs, consider this:

Opting for dishwasher

detergents with low or no

phosphates is kinder to our

environment. Many

dishwashing detergents

contain phosphates, a

chemical that boosts algae

growth in freshwater, thus

posing a major threat to

plants and fish. These

particular products

(recommended by

Consumer Reports) are low

in phosphates and are safe

for the environment:

-Finish Quantum tablets

-Finish Powerball Tabs

-Cascade Complete All in 1

-Cascade with Dawn

ActionPacs

Please do your part to take

care of our planet....

Sunday Worship Schedule

8:30 and 11:00 am

Worship Services

9:45 am

Sunday School for all ages

Staff

Rev. Andy Lewis, Senior

Pastor

Rev. Debbie Chapman,

Associate Pastor, Music

Ministries

Rev. Wendy Curran,

Associate Pastor, Spiritual

Formation

Jana Jones, Children's

Minister

Georgia Harrison, Youth

Minister

Request From a Military Parent

To Holy CovenantMy son is a 2002 graduate of Texas

A&M University and a Captain in the

U.S. Army who has completed two

deployments to the Middle East and is

currently serving in Afghanistan.

Having a child in a hostile environment

causes parents to have increased

concern and worries. I want to know

how other parents manage this stress and anxiety while their son

or daughter is deployed to the military. I am asking parents to

share their story. My goal is to compile a book of stories, poetry,

artwork and other encouraging messages for parents who have

children in the military. My plan is to assemble the works into a

book of daily devotional readings. I believe families from past and

present military conflicts can benefit through sharing stories of

how to cope, and perhaps even thrive, during the deployment of

loved ones.

With churches such as yours I am able to connect with parents,

grandparents or siblings who can recall how they survived a

deployment of their child or sibling. These stories can pertain to

the recent conflicts or may include the Vietnam War, Korean

Conflict and WWII.

Some ideas for consideration for parents are as follows: What did

you do to decrease the stress and anxiety while your child was in a

hostile environment? Specifically, did you rely on your faith, using

a specific prayer or scripture? Did you use poetry or artwork to

express your emotions? Did you exercise or make any changes in

your lifestyle? Did you use humor, read heartwarming stories, or

write in a journal? Looking back, are there things you would have

done differently?

This project is not a political forum. All secular and non-secular

writings will be considered for inclusion in this work. I am not

soliciting for any monetary donations.

Everyone likes to share his or her story, particularly about one's

child. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to

contact me.

Sincerely,

Alice Murphy

1224 N. Hwy 377

Suite 303-101

Roanoke, TX 76262

817-988-2341

[email protected]


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Sheryl Toney, ECDP

Director

Carol Jones, Bookkeeper

Elise Webb, Administrative

Assistant

In Our Thoughts and

Prayers

The Depew family; the

family of Helen Montfort;

the Heathington family; the

Duddleston family; Stephen

Ministry leaders; Nicole

Abed; Rosemary Stierhoff;

Cris Hinkley and Dot

Molencupp; Roger Mitcham;

Jaynie Ayoub; Gregg Stone;

Jenny Martin; Sue Moser;

Joni Taylor; Dick Ellis; Bev

Randall; Josephine

Anderson; Bill Blassingame;

Jeanna Blassingame; Jim

McKee's sister, Cyndi

Benedict; Scott Curry's

mother, Jeanne; Claudia

Buntyn; Brenda & Rick

Richardson; Marcus Oakley;

Sheila Anderson; Mark &

Amy Ruggles; Joni Taylor's

brother Mike; Bill

Anderson; Nancy Rudolf's

aunt; Dan Patman's niece,

Lizz; Azlynn and John

Hooper; Elaine Edgington's

brother, Joe Riggs; Kevin

Stahl's father, Harvey;

Larie Engles' mother; David

& Coby Mazzucco; Philip

Sorrell; Susan and Jay

Graham; Nicki & Don Luce

& family; Heather Hinton's

uncle Billy Fulton; Amy &

Eric Bresie; Sandy Serifin;

Carol Jones' parents, Verne

& Dorlis Glass; Sandie &

Mark Loudermilk; Doug

Jones' brother Jeff; Ray

Rivera; Chris Eldridge; the

family of Kenny Adams; the

father of Sarah Engledow-

Brown; the family of Geri

Venincasa; Joy & Scott

Leiding & family; Dawn

Superak & family; Dale

Prayer Corner

Coming in December

In the PRAYER CORNER, you will find

scriptures, poems, and prayers to inspire

your prayer life.

IT PAYS TO PRAYis a monthly quiz based

on the scriptures, poems, and prayers

found in the PRAYER CORNER each month.

Follow us on

facebook, twitter, "What's Happening at

HCUMC" and www.hcumc.org!

ECDP Science Lab

Alicia

Welch, the

ECDP

science lab

teacher,

introduces

pre-schoolers to the exciting world of science. The kids study

magnets, clouds, animals, their senses, and lots more! Every week

the kids travel to the science lab to discover something new.

Dressed in her lab coat, Alicia asks probing questions and

encourages the children to think and reason while having a great


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Bryan & family; Noel Tardy;

Carol Blalock; Jeannie

Deringer; Arthur Alaniz and

family; Bill Hill; Jay & Kathy

Cash; Rosie Alexander;

Kate Bushmann; Jess

Beltran; Jan Rollins;

Annabella Chan; Rick

Clement; Lisa Tenore; Vic

Anderson; Jon Broom;

Barbara Boothe; the Frisbie

family; David Fettke; the

Hickman family; the Dooley

family; Jackie Franklin and

family; Anna Hixon, friend

of Kim Eaves; Ann Michelle

King; Jon Broom; Huffman

family; the Pifer family; the

Bailey family; and the

Witcher family.

Our loved ones in the military

Trevor Baucom, Precious

Blackman, Jeff Christie,

Clem Clemens, Sean

Connelly, Tim Connelly, CJ

Davidson, Collin Fender,

Zach Glass, David Hunt,

Oscar Jasso, Marco

Mastrogiovanni, Kevin

Merritt, Brand Oakley, Jake

Oliver, Ashton Rudolf,

Ashley Wert, C.J.

Westmoreland, Brad

Wethington, & Jeremy

Whiteside.

time.

Auction 2010


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Custom Embroidery Screen Printing

Corporate Apparel, Shirts, Caps, etc. T-shirts, Team, etc.

Advertising Promotional Items

Pens, Mugs, Magnets, Koozies, etc.

Mike & Rose Lovell 1630 Valwood Parkway at Luna Rd., Carrollton, TX

e-mail: [email protected] web: www.embroidme-metrocrest.com

Katie Neff, MS, LPC-Intern with Pastoral Counseling and Education Center

is currently offering counseling at Holy Covenant Thursday afternoons and evenings.

Call (214) 526-4525 to make an appointment.

www.pcec-counseling.org

Piano Lessons at Holy Covenant!

Jonathan Kaan is teaching piano lessons at Holy Covenant. You can contact

Jonathan at [email protected] or at 972-505-1833 for more information.

Jonathan graduated with honors from Baylor University with a Masters Degree in

Piano Pedagogy and Performance.

Our VisionOur VisionOur VisionOur Vision - - - -


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Connecting with our neighbors,Connecting with our neighbors,Connecting with our neighbors,Connecting with our neighbors,

caring for our earth, caring for our earth, caring for our earth, caring for our earth,

finding transformation through the love of Christ. finding transformation through the love of Christ. finding transformation through the love of Christ. finding transformation through the love of Christ.

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