4) ONLINE GIVING - Use QR scanner to access secure online giving. QR apps available in APP Stores for free. Link also on website, covpc.org. Place phone over QR Code shown to make contributions. 5) MISSIONS: - DORCAS SEWING MINISTRY - May 7th - 9:00a.m.; Craft Room

- GOD’S RECIPE - Next meeting - Monday, May 27th - 6:00pm. - BOXTOP LABELS FOR THORNWELL - General Mills Cereals, Zip Loc, Green Giant, Office Supplies, etc. Drop in box in office area.

6) REGULAR WEEKLY ACTIVITIES: - THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY - Thursdays - 9:30am - Multi-Purpose Rm - KIDSROCK: - Sundays @ 10:00 a.m. - JAM (Jesus & Me) - Sundays @ 11 AM. - KEWL (Kids Enjoying Worship & Life) - Wednesdays @ 4 PM - Crafts, Music, Games, Bible Lessons - “IGNITE” (Teen Sunday School): - Sundays @ 10 a.m., Café 2126; - “THE MOVE” (Teens): - Wednesdays @ 6:30pm in Walter Flint Center - Young Adult Group: - Mondays @ 6:30 pm in YA Homes - CHOIR PRACTICE - Wednesdays at 6:45pm.

7) MAY BIRTHDAYS:

8) NEW SERMON SERIES ON “HAPPINESS”: - May 5 - “Oh Happy Day” - June 2 - “Happiness or Joy?” - May 12 - “What Makes a Happy Mother?” - June 9 - “#HappyBaptism?” - May 19 - “Is God Happy?” - June 16 - “A Happy Father?” - May 26 - “If God Is So Happy, Why War?”

9) WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPER - MAY 1 @ 5:30pm - Come and enjoy an uplifting good old fashioned sing with your favorite hymns. You don’t want to miss it. Sign up on your Connection Card. 10) SPRING SMALL GROUPS: Still in progress. You can still join in! 11) WEEKLY PRAYER - In Sanctuary every Monday at 11:30 a.m. All invited. 12) COVENANT WOMEN: Night Circle (Circle of Faith) - Monday, May 13th - Chicken Salad Chick - 6:30p.m. Day Circle (Circle of Hope) - Tuesday, May 14th - 10:00am in Craft Room.

13) OPEL - May 4 - SWAMP GRAVY - MAMMA MIA - 2:00pm performance in Colquitt. Tickets $20. 14) COVENANT’S 10 COMMITMENTS FOR CHRIST: 1. Expand Covenant’s Music Ministry. 6. Emphasize email addresses on C Cards. 2. Partner w/ Porterfield for special services. 7. Continue having Dinners, Fish Fries, etc. 3. Expand our Kidsrock Ministry. 8. Host programs for our Albany Community.

4. Create a Ministry to the Marine Base. 9. Expand Covenant’s Youth activities. 5. Shorten passing of the peace. 10. Invite Preschool children to Kidsrock.

Leader: We pray for your peace to come to our country, and for all of our diverse groups and organizations to find common connections. People: We pray for your Church, the Body of Christ, scattered through- out the world. May we become one in unity and purpose. Leader: We pray for our own lives. Please grant us your peace that sur- passes understanding. People: O God, help us to be resurrection people, singing a resurrect- tion song, good news for all the world to hear. We pray this confidently, in the name of Jesus, the Risen One. Leader: Now, hear us as we pray the prayer that Christ taught us saying: All: Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom

come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

WE HEAR GOD’S WORD

Scripture Lessons John 20:19-21; Revelation 1:5 Leader: The Word of the Lord People: Thanks be to God

#Renew #68 & #245 My Tribute & Awesome God

Sharing God’s Word Oh Happy Day

Call to Discipleship and Silent Prayers of Affirmation Leader: Let us give thanks to God and pray silently to affirm or reaffirm our faith in Jesus, our Savior and Lord. Let us pray. People: (Silent Prayers) Leader: Amen. Please stand as we say together the first creed from the first century. Leader: Jesus is Lord! People: Jesus is Lord, Indeed! ALL: Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Amen

WE GO IN GOD’S NAME *Renew #149 Here I Am, Lord *Benediction

*Benediction Response - Sharing the Love written by Gary Unger

Sharing the Love and the Grace of Our Lord Is what we are called now to do, Go forth, make disciples our Savior commands, To love others as God has loved you.

*Postlude

1) GUESTS - Greetings in the name of Christ! Please fill out the Connection Card and

consider helping us accomplish our Vision/Mission of “Knowing Christ & Making Christ Known.” May the Holy Spirit move you to take action today to: 1) Believe in Christ; 4) Choose a Group/Class; and 2) Join our Vision/Mission; 5) Give Generously. 3) Bring a Friend to Worship;

Plan to join our Covenant Team by transferring or affirming your faith in Jesus. 2) OUR NURSERY IS AVAILABLE FOR NEWBORNS - 3 YRS OLD. 3) FLOWERS - in the Sanctuary today are given for the glory and praise of God.

15) EARLY SERVICE (9:00a.m.) WILL BE OUTSIDE IN BREEZEWAY (weather permitting) - Will need some volunteers to help set up chairs, etc.

Steve Parker - Saxophone Concert National Day of Prayer

16) FISH FRY ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND - Invite someone! If enough peo-ple bring friends, we may ask the Men cooking the fish to sing. Will go Viral!

17) VBS (VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL) WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO PLANT

SEEDS OF FAITH IN LITTLE HEARTS - SIGN UP. Begins Monday, June 3rd - Friday, June 7th @ 9:00 - 11:30a.m. Must be 4 yrs old (potty trained) - 5th grade.

Are you Engaged in the Mission of Christ?

Jesus said, “Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not be served.”

How Will You Serve Christ This Week?

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May 1 Ben Davis May 5 Drew Sandbach May 11 David Jackson May 13 Jay Smith Kim Nutt May 16 Walt King May 18 Sam Rayment May 18 Stevie Lewis

May 20 Alex Trammell Donna Lambert Frank Flanigan Nancy Mitchell May 21 Addie Denby Jay Whiting May 22 Jodie Milton May 25 Myrtle Tarpley

May 26 Charlotte Baker May 28 Beth Tyrer May 29 Terry Humphrey Larry Tyrer May 31 Tori Whiting

THE COVENANTER NEWS & EVENTS Ushers/Greeters Lay Readers Choir Whiz Kids Ladies Bible Study Dorcas Mission God’s Recipe Transportation Helpers Teachers Ignite & The MOVE Helpers Kidsrock Helpers Presbyterian Women Audio/Visual

Nursery Volunteers Communion Prep -Small Group Hosts Young Adult Leaders OPEL Helpers Ministry Teams: Worship, Education, Finance, WNS, Building/Grounds, Missions - Evange lism/Assimilation Prayer/Membership Special Needs Office Helpers

Prayer Warriors Pew Stuffers Sign Stuffers Candle Oilers Envelope Stuffers Bulletin Board Keep-ers, Photographer Wedding Helpers Musicians Handbells Handyman/woman Presbytery Volunteers VBS Helpers

Card Senders Flower Deliverers Cleaners/Organizers Youth/Kids Chaper-ones Bug Zappers Weed Pullers Nursery Subs Casserole Servants Kitchen Helpers Van Washers/Cleaners Table Arrangers Sign Letter Stuffers Funeral Helpers

Covenant Preschool Graduation Pictures

May 5, 2019 11:00 a.m.

Welcome, Announcements, Peace of Christ, Prayer Requests, Quiet Meditation

Prelude The Move

Call to Worship Psalm 95:1-3 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salva-tion. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.Let us worship God.

*Renew # 271 Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks (1,2,3)

WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD A Time to be Generous with God’s Tithes and Our Offerings

Offertory

*Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen

Congregational Prayer of Dedication from Psalm 24 Oh God, giver of life, we know that “the earth is Yours and everything in it.” From Your hand we have received all that we have. Our gifts this day are our response to your abundant grace and love. Please accept our offerings as a witness of our love for Christ, for we pray with grateful hearts in Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Message for the Young at Heart (Children 4-5th grade exit for KEWL)

A Time for People to Pray Leader: God of grace, we feel your hand upon us this morning, saving us, loving us, encouraging us. People: Jesus, you lived and walked among us and understand our yearning hearts. Leader: O God, we feel buried under the problems of our world and need your peace. We thank you for being an impossibility specialist who brings new life where there is lifelessness and new hope where there is hopelessness. People: We pray this morning for the peace of Jerusalem. May your comforting presence be known in that great city.

Covenant

Calendar

Sunday, MAY 5 9:00am Early Service 10:00am Sunday Sch 11:00am Worship

Monday, MAY 6 9:00am Preschool 10:45am Staff Meeting 2:30pm B & G Club Tuesday, MAY 7 9:00am Preschool 2:30pm B & G Club 4:00pm Visit Teams

Wednesday, MAY 8 9:00am Preschool 9:00am Golden K Kiwanis - F Hall 10:30am Al-Anon Church Parlor 4:00pm KiDsRoCk 5:30pm WNS 6:45pm Choir Practice

MAY 9 9:00am Preschool 9:30am Bible Study - Multi- Purpose Room 2:30pm— B & G Club Friday, MAY 10 9:00am Preschool 2:30pm B & G Club

PRAYERS MEMBERS Dave & Deb Balten-berger Pam & Larry Barfield Allen & Nancy Beamon Lallie Benkoski Shelvia Casper Elizabeth Deming Chet Dreschel Mike Giese Alice Hathcock Bobby Hinman Cyndi Jaeckel Stanton Jones Family of Carol Kirk-land Becky Martin Jessica McCall Donna McCoy Richard Miller Florence Pindar Spence Pryor Laura Pye Jeannette Robinson Sheridan Rushton Diane Sellers Family of Charlotte Sandstrom Lilia & Saville Sullivan Will Sullivan Myrtle Tarpley Gloria Weathers RETIREMENT CTRS Century Pines: Jan

Warren Senior Living Village: Bea Phelps Phoenix: Lallie Ben-koski, Sonny Camp-bell, Addie Denby, Sally Hairston; Carol Kirkland, Florence Pindar Pruitt: Rosemarie Barfield, Valencia: Mike Milam Pine Shadows: Jack Brand Wynfield Rehab: Lee Hall, Tommy Morrison, Clara Bennett Rm 234 (sister of Katy Gunnels MISSIONARIES Elizabeth Codington - Armenia Susan Codington Chuck and Joyce Harper - Honduras Sandi & Brian Royer Guatemala Robe Family- Ethiopia FRIENDS/RELATIVES John Anderson Karyn Bacon Daniel Badillo Marvin Bannister Evie Bettis Mandy Calley (friend of Ben Rice)

Jim Carson (friend of Jimmy Fuller) Ethel Colville (mom of Deb Baltenberger)David Cuff Dennis Davis Chuck DeLoach Mildred Dreschel (Chet’s mother) Mary Gamble (Mother of Lisa Burton) Susan Geck (sister of Chip Underdown) William Gilbert Family of Imogene Gunnels Carroll/Joy Harpole David Grimes Cathy Hairston Harriette Henry Olivia Higgins Gary & Pam Hudson Cindy Jackson Eric Johnson Karen Johnson Claire Koster Linda Johnson Max Jon Mary Lake LSM Paul Luthman Brad Martin (Dr. Coker’s brother-in-law) Neice of Betty McDon-

ald Meghan and Rebec- ca McReynolds Viola Miller Family of Alex Mixon Virginia Moss Brenda Neal (aunt of the Moore’s) Analise Nisha (Infant) Dana Oosterveen (Jane Hill’s daughter) Lamar Parker Jeremy Parkins Connor Paulson (great grandson Sue Hamlin) Annalee Perez Dennis Pyles Kelley Quinn (Daughter of Gayle Vanater) Michael Richardson Stephanie Richardson Mae Scott Bert Settle & family Oliver Sheridan Mark Shirley (brain bleed) Families of Lillian & Richard Shumate (sister-in-law of Peggy Atkins) Family of Mary Sulli-van John Soileau Gloria Taylor

Cathy Thompson (niece of Jean Mitchell) Trudy Tiernan Betty Toomer Alex Trammell Jackson Vann Jena Velez Sarah Chevalier Wright and her family Wade Quattlebaum Lendon & Jared Wall

STAFF

Dr. William D. Coker, Sr Pastor

Beth Tyrer, Interim Music Dir.

Richard Miller, Organist/Pianist

Stephen Sullivan, Youth Intern

Cindy Garcia, Preschool Dir. Cheryl

Coker, Interim Kid’s Dir

Gail Korpal, Admin Assistant

Nancy Reimer, Vol. Opel Dir.

Linda Walters, Financial Sec.

Tom Korpal, Treasurer

Annalee Rayment, Nursery

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Superintendent

TRUSTEES

Class of 2019: Chick Flournoy

Class of 2020: Cecil Wrenn

Class of 2021: Larry Walters

ELDER EMERITIAE

Sally M. Hairston

Cecil Wrenn

Palma James

Barbara Nichols

RETIRED PASTORS OF

FLINT RIVER PRESBYTERY

Rev. Dr. Paul Luthman

Rev. Ben A. Rice

PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN

Cheryl Coker, Co-Moderator

Linda Walters, Co-Moderator

Deb Wilson, Secretary/Treasurer

Beverly Hysler, Dorcas Ministry

Sheila Ratliff, Christian

Community Action

Bereavement, PW

Cheryl Coker, Arrangements

PW CIRCLE MODERATORS

Day Circle: Palma James

Night Circle: Sheila Ratliff

SESSION

William Coker, Moderator

Jay Smith, Clerk of Session

Class of 2019: Ronnie Keel, Deb Wilson,

Proctor Johnston, Vic Sullivan, Joann Pollock

Class of 2020: Tom Korpal, Lem Manry, Bryan

Green, Chick Flournoy, Carl Croft

Class of 2021: Jay Smith, Jimmy Fuller, David

Guillebeau, Katie Gunnels, Victor Sullivan

DIACONATE

Otis Moore, Moderator

Class of 2019: Gail Allen, Bruce Gunnels, Jo

Musgrove, Bill Baker, Donna Lambert

Class of 2020: Dianne Carr, Claire Green, Chip

Underdown, Gayle Vanater, Otis Moore

Class of 2021: Ryan Garnto, Janet Guillebeau,

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Covenant Presbyterian Church

2126 W Edgewater Drive

Albany, Georgia 31707

covpres1@gmail.com; www.covpc.org

229-436-5731

CARE and CONTACTS VISITS: Henry Hood, Annalee Rayment, Abby Henderson, Thomas Sullivan, Byrd & Shana Sullivan, Lee Don, Carene Talley, Dave & Deb Baltenberger, Pat Tilson, C.Finney, Samantha Clark. OTHER CONTACTS: Paul Luthman, Elizabeth Deming, Tori Whiting, Andy Nemajovsky, Stephen Sullivan, Becky Flanigan, Leslie Cuff, Sylvia Vann, Mark Aultman, Meghan Giese. If you would like a visit, let us know and Dr. Coker, and Elders/Deacons will be happy to come and pray with you. If you prefer a visit by appointment, let us know.

Engagement 4-21-19 2019

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Sunday School (43) 11:00a.m. Worship Service (71)

11 am Facebook Live (214)

Our enemy says, “Youth for pleasure, middle age for business, old age for religion.”

The Bible says, “Youth, middle age, and old age for your Creator.”

But as it’s especially in our youth that we are most inclined (determined?) to forget

our Creator, it’s especially in these years that we must work to remember our Creator

(Ecc.12:1). Remember that He made you, that He provides for you, that He cares for

you, that He watches you, that He controls you; and remember that He can save you

too. That’s a lot to remember, but it’s much easier to start memorizing when we

are young!

However, that’s not the only reason why God commands us to remember our Creator

in our young years. It’s also because these are our most energetic years. Why wait

until we are pegging out, until we are running down, until our gas is almost empty,

before serving our Creator? The God who made us deserves our most active and

healthy years: our bodies are strong and muscular (well kind of), our minds are sharp

and clear, our senses are receptive and keen and sensitive, our enthusiasm is bright

and bushy, our wills are steely and determined. Remember Him in your energet-

ic years.

We learn more in our youth than in any other period of life. That’s true in all subjects,

but especially true in religious instruction. All the Christians I’ve met who were con-

verted to Christ late in life have expressed huge regrets about how little they know and

how little they can now learn. I encourage them to value and use whatever time the

Lord gives them.

BUT YOUTH, AHH SWEET YOUTH…….use it for the Lord.

David Murray, Ligonier Ministries

CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP

SNAPSHOT

Budget 87,475.00 Building 6,135.00 Missions 13,854.00 (Total pledged and collected - 17,584)

Memorials 1,505.00