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December 2012
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Companions in Christ
Our adult Companions in Christ small group meets at 9:00 am Sundays for Bible study, prayer,
and fellowship in the room located upstairs off the west side of the balcony. Newcomers are welcome. For more information, contact Jennifer Mawhorter (909) 621-2389 or jmawhorter@pomona.edu.
Life Together
We meet on Sunday mornings at 9:00 am in the Corner House. We welcome visitors and look forward to all that God will stir up in us this new year! If you have any questions, please contact Anita Sorenson at anitasor@pacbell.net.
WELCOME NEWCOMERS!
If you started coming to our church within the past year and would like to have the opportunity to meet others from our congregation and staff, and to ask questions about our faith community in an informal setting, please join us for our Monthly Newcomers Lunch. The next luncheon will be on Sunday, December 9th from 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. at the Corner House (on the Northwest corner of Santa Barbara and Lake Avenue). All family members are welcome! In order to plan for the food, your RSVP is greatly appreciated to Marianne Hill at marianne.haver.hill@gmail.com or 626-7982097. Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions, and also let us know if you will be bringing preschoolers so that we can plan food and activities for them.
Ministry Opportunity for the Whole Family: Door of Hope Birthday Club
Looking for a fun ministry your whole family can participate in together? Help us plan and develop a Birthday Club for Door of Hope! Door of Hope is a local ministry providing shelter for homeless families in the Pasadena area. We'd like to start a birthday club providing simple birthday parties once a month for the children living there. If you'd be interested in being part of a team to start this ministry, contact Vikki Randall at vrandall@pasadenacovenant.org.
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Children's ministry celebrated harvest festivals on Nov. 25th with this Quilt of Thanksgiving.
Peace and Justice Ministry Team will meet on Monday, Dec. 3rd, at 6:45 p.m. in the Santa Barbara Room. All are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Jamie Knauss at Knauss1@earthlink.net.
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Weekly Programs
Oikas: Sunday Mornings, 9 am-10:15 am
Oikas is the Greek work for House. When we come together on Sunday Mornings, we come together just as we are, in the House of God. Sunday Mornings are a place where we can be totally authentic with one another and dig deep into Gods Word together.
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December Event
(Mark Your Calendar!)
All Youth Christmas Party: Wednesday, December 19th 6:30-9 pm
Its going to be a very special Wednesday night as we celebrate Christmas together! Wear your ugliest Christmas sweater, bring a hilarious White Elephant Gift, and get ready to enjoy a delicious dinner together as a group!
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Sundays 9:00-10:15 am
Edge: Small Group for 4th & 5th graders
Join us Sunday mornings at 9:00 am for Edge-- a special small group just for tweens (4th & 5th graders). Edge meets in the Edge lounge, located on the 2nd floor of the gym building, and is led by Doug Berry and Suzi Edwards
A total of 83 shoeboxes (for Operation Christmas Child) were collected this year - more than double last year! Shoeboxes filled with toys, candy, hygiene items, and school supplies will be sent all around the world to children suffering the effects of war, natural disaster, and poverty.
A newly furnished room for nursing mothers is now available directly off the lobby of the sanctuary. The room features comfortable rockers, changing table, and video feed from the worship service. Many thanks to those who helped make this room possible: Mike Litteken, Mary Barkman, Edna Burow, the Sarah Circle, Thomas Hale, Jim & Caryl Tyberg.
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The BWS is run by ECPAC, but helped by various groups each night the shelter is open. Pasadena Covenant mans the shelter every Wednesday night that the BWS is open. We need individuals to be on call for the weather activated Wednesday nights this December (the temperature drops below 40 degrees or rain is expected). We also need a several more people to help on a few Wednesdays in Jan. & Feb. You dont need to provide all 12 1 5 people, but you, your family, or groups of friends can join others already helping. Help is needed between 6:00 - 9:00 pm. This important ministry cannot happen without the help from a lot of people. Please help us serve those who come for food and shelter those evenings. For more information or to sign up, see the BWS table during hospitality time after worship, or contact Wayne Walker at waynefredwalker@gmail.com (please put BWS in Subject line).
Fresh Produce Mac & Cheese Spaghetti Sauce or Pasta Sauce Spaghetti or Noodles Canned Beans Potatoes Canned Soup Bulk Rice Canned Meat Baby Pampers Canned Chili
Ravioli/Spaghettios Bulk Dried Pinto Oatmeal Onions Peanut Butter & Jelly Snack Items Baby formula Baby wipes Feminine napkins Crackers Canned Fruit Canned Vegetables Fruit Juice
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Cross-Cultural Ministry Supported by Pasadena Covenant Church Praise & Prayer Requests
Pasadena Covenant Church supports not only 18 individual or family cross-cultural workers, but also three ministries. One of these ministries is CHET (Hispanic Center for Theological Studies), an affiliate of North park University and Theological Seminary, is committed to serving the unserved and the underserved and equip Hispanic-Latinos/as for pastoral and lay ministry, evangelism and discipleship, church planting and community transformation. CHET began its ministry in 1989, which grew out of the Evangelical Covenants commitment to move beyond its ethnic borders, to better express the mosaic that is the whole people of God, and to take seriously our biblical responsibility to include the new immigrants. CHET believes that theological education and ministerial formation belong to all members of the community of God. Some of their students are pastors, others have just begun their pilgrimage of faith; some are professionals, others have little schooling; some come from historical churches, others belong to new charismatic and Pentecostal movements. CHET students, like the educational and administrative staff, are men and women committed to serving Christ. CHETs services are intentionally directed towards the Spanish speaking community of God, which generally does not have access to traditional ministerial formation institutions due to language barriers, high educational costs, long distances, or a myriad of other inconveniences. God has blessed this ministry and, in addition to CHET new location in Compton, there are various satellite sites in the USA, Spain, and Mexico, including new sites in Minneapolis, MN and La Villa, TX. This past year CHETs enrollment reached 650 with the expectation of 850 enrolled in the Winter 2013 semester. For more information about CHET, see their website: www.chet.org Praises That student registration has increased annually in recent years That this past summer CHET was able to offer summer courses for the first time Prayer For the efforts by CHETs board to raise money as CHET seeks to be financially responsible and eliminate its property debt, which would release funds so the seminary can pursue its ministry goals
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Pasadena Covenant Church 539 North Lake Avenue Pasadena, California, 91101-1217 Return Service Requested
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December 2012
1 Saturday 2 Sunday 9:00 a.m. Family Advent Breakfast 9:00 a.m. Classes for all ages 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 11:45 a.m. Hospitality time 12:00 p.m. Miriam Singers 1:15 p.m. Gospel Choir Rehearsal 3 Monday 7:00 p.m. Trustee Meeting 6:45 p.m. Peace and Justice 4 Tuesday 5 Wednesday 5:45 p.m. Childrens Choir 6:30 p.m. PCSM 6 Thursday 7 Friday 8 Saturday 9 Sunday 9:00 a.m. Classes for all ages 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 11:45 a.m. Hospitality 12:00 p.m. Miriam Singers 12:15 p.m. Newcomers Lunch 10 Monday 11 Tuesday 12 Wednesday 5:45 p.m. Childrens Choir 6:30 p.m. PCSM 13 Thursday 14 Friday 15 Saturday 5:30 p.m. Koinonia Christmas Party 16 Sunday 9:00 a.m. Classes for all ages 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 11:45 a.m. Hospitality 12:00 p.m. Miriam Singers 17 Monday 7:30 p.m. Womens Book Club 18 Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Blue Christmas Service 19 Wednesday 5:45 p.m. Childrens Choir 6:00 p.m. All Youth Christmas Party 20 Thursday 21 Friday 22 Saturday 23 Sunday 9:00 a.m. Classes for all ages 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 11:45 a.m. Hospitality 12:00 p.m. Miriam Singers 24 Monday Business office open from 9 am to12:00 noon. 25 Tuesday - Facilities Closed 26 Wednesday 5:45 p.m. Childrens Choir 27 Thursday 28 Friday 29 Saturday 30 Sunday 9:00 a.m. Classes for all ages 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 11:45 a.m. Hospitality 12:00 p.m. Miriam Singers 31 Monday Business office open from 9 am to12:00 noon.