Here is a look at the music schedule as we enter Lent:
March 9 Covenant Ringers
March 16 Chancel Choir and Kid's Choir
March 23 Chancel Choir
March 30 Vocal Duet
SPECIAL EASTER CHOIR
MUSIC NOTES
March 6, 2025
10001 Coldwater Road
This Easter we are planning to present several individual anthems during the Traditional Service. The choir will be supported by a small orchestra. We ask you to consider joining the choir to make Easter extra special. Your time commitment is minimal, but the experience will be memorable. We welcome all voices, low to high, and especially bass to tenor!
Here is the rehearsal schedule:
Wednesdays April 2, 9, and 16 from 7:15 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday April 19 from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Prayer List
Week of March 3, 2025
• Roy Kiplinger would like to give praise for Theresa’s back surgery being successful. Theresa is the mother of his legal assistant.
• Sarah Dearduff would like prayers for her son-in-law’s mother, Barbara Ellis. She is in the intensive care unit in a hospital in Massachusetts. Barbara is in critical condition and is septic.
• Ken and Rebecca Vanderpool ask that we pray for Erin’s family after Erin’s husband passed away on Saturday, March 1.
• Melanie Smith would like prayers for herself. She is having hip surgery today.
• Judy Rice asks that we pray for her sister Mary who will have spinal surgery. Judy also asks that we pray for her niece Cloey who’s currently ill.
• Sam and Gina Loomis would like prayers for Sheila who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. They would also like prayers for a four-year-old named Riley who’s at Riley Hospital with pneumonia and seizures.
• Betheny would like prayers for Brian to recover successfully after his toe amputation. She prays that Brian’s diabetes will be better controlled. Betheny also asks that we pray for her mother who passed away and was supposed to marry Brian.
• Linnaea Arford asks that we pray for Miriam who was hospitalized with low platelets. Linnaea asks that we pray for Michael, and that a bowel resection instead of a complete colostomy will alleviate his problems. Also, please pray for John Arford as he’s traveling to Salt Lake City, Utah this week.
• Jill Evans would like prayers for her cousin Chris who’s still in the hospital with flu complications.
• Elaine Shown asks that we pray for her sister Maxine who’s currently in hospice for her stage 4 cancer. Please pray for Maxine’s two sons and three grandsons.
• The Kidmin team would like prayers for the Schwartz family after the loss of Jessica’s mother.
• The Mission and Outreach Team asks that we pray for the staff and students at Lincoln School. May the staff feel appreciated, and the students feel loved, accepted, and successful in learning as they complete their third quarter this month.
• Praise the Miller family, our missionaries in Kenya, on the arrival of their son Tatum Anthony on Wednesday, February 26 – he is a beautiful blessing to all.
LENTEN DEVOTIONAL
Didn't get a chance to grab a Lenten devotional? Stop by the Welcome Center on Sunday for a printed copy or visit tinyurl.comCovenantUMCDiscipleship to read it online or download a digital copy.
March 6
Jay Stankiewicz
Aria Aycock
March 7
Shanon Aycock
Mary Palermo
Tara Follrod-Herman
March 8
Marlene Fenstermacher
Laura Diaz
March 9
Alex Collier
March 10
Erin Daugherty
Janet Funk
March 12
Landon Vielhuber
Ken Ottinger
March 14
Samuel Westhoff
March 16
Emma Krempel
Ian Kester-Haney
Amy Harris
“
ROLL OUT THE KINDNESS” FOR THE FOOD BANK
Donate paper towels, napkins, tissues, toilet paper during March.
Leave donations on the table by the Mission Collection Center.
ASSOCIATED CHURCHES INFORMATION - FUN & FELLOWSHIP
Besides Food Banks, what are the ministries of the Associated Churches of Fort Wayne?
If you have wondered about that, come to Fun and Fellowship on Thursday, March 13 at 1 p.m. in Fellowship Hall (enter through the office entry, door seven).
Speakers are Shelley Osborne, Community Connector; Vicki Stephenson, A Baby’s Closet; and Kelley Bawmann, Volunteers. Pastor Chris is President of the Executive Board. With this lineup of speakers, we should learn everything about their ministries. Bring your questions. All are welcome!
CHURCH OFFICE
Open: Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Friday 8:00 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Email: office@covenantumc.net
Phone: (260) 489-1888
PASTOR CONTACTS
Lead Pastor Chris Nunley: (219) 771-2875, leadpastor@covenantumc.net
Pastor of Connections Allison Yankey, (260) 414-5692, pastorallison@covenantumc.net
Covenant Leadership Board Information
If you are ever interested in serving on the board, you can speak with any current board members or Pastor Chris. You can contact the board at any time via email at leadershipboard@covenantumc.net. For a list of current Leadership Board Members, see covenantumc.net/pages/leadership-board.
Friday March 7
WEEKLY CALENDAR FOR MARCH 7 - MARCH 16, 2025
8:30 am Women’s Fellowship Breakfast / Lunch Box Café
Saturday March 8
12:00 pm Cub Scouts Blue & Gold Banquet Set - Up / FH / K
5:30 pm Cub Scouts Blue & Gold Banquet / FH / Kitchen
Sunday March 9
8:45 am Traditional Service
9:45 am Coffee With the Pastors / FH
10:15 am Connection Service
11:30 am Coffee With the Pastors / FH
2:00 pm Grace Assembly of God / Sanctuary / 110
5:30 pm Middle School Youth Group / FH / the Cove
6:30 pm High School Youth Group / FH / the Cove
Monday March 10
9:00 am Covenant Quilters / FH / 204 / 206
10:00 am Staff Meeting / 104
10:00 am Alzheimer Support Group / 110
Tuesday March 11
5:30 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry / Lobby
Wednesday March 12
12:15 pm Preschool Teacher Meeting / FH
5:15 pm YMCA Youth Cooking Class / FH / Kitchen
5:30 pm Covenant Chimers / Sanctuary
6:15 pm Covenant Ringers / Sanctuary
7:00 pm Moms’ Group / 110
7:15 pm Chancel Choir / Sanctuary
Thursday March 13
10:00 am Pastors’ Study / 105 & 107
1:00 pm Fun & Fellowship / FH
1:00 pm Sisters of the Heart Meeting / 105 & 107
6:00 pm Connection Band / Sanctuary
6:30 pm Cub Scouts Meeting / multiple rooms
Friday March 14
NO SCHEDULED PUBLIC EVENTS
Saturday March 15
NO SCHEDULED PUBLIC EVENTS
Sunday March 16
8:45 am Traditional Service
10:15 am Connection Service
11:30 am Membership Class / 110
2:00 pm Grace Assembly of God / Sanctuary / 110
5:30 pm Middle School Youth Group / FH / the Cove
6:30 pm High School Youth Group / FH / the Cove
Adult Classes: 9:00 a.m.
Faith Café / 110
Faith Builders / Cove 10:00 a.m.
Agape Class / 203
Discovery Class / 105-107
Faith Discovery Class /110
Children’s Classes: 9:00 a.m.
Connected Kids / 307-308 10:30 a.m.
Connected Kids Live / 307-308
• The AA group meets Monday - Friday at 9 a.m. in Room 110, Fridays at 6 p.m. in the Cove
MISSION NEWS
Click here for the March Mission Newsletter. Learn about the Lenten Offering, Inasmuch Ministry, two mission trip opportunities, places where you can serve in Fort Wayne and more.
