September, 2009 Courier & Calendar

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Covenant Presbyterian Church
a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America
 
September Courier 
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2350 Frankford Avenue
Panama City, Florida 32405
850-769-7448
 
 
 
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Dear Member,

 
School is back in session and fall activities will soon be in full swing.  There are plenty of opportunities for you to be involved in the life of the church and we hope you will find a place to serve.
 
 

 

Wednesday Program to start later in September

 
Kid's Quest
Adult Classes
 
Watch for more details in the bulletin
 
From the Deacons:
 
The deacons have called a workday for Saturday, September 19th from 7:30 am to noon.  The main focus of the workday is to clear out all of the existing playground equipment and prepare for new equipment to be installed on Tuesday, September 22nd. 
 
The Lord continues to bless Covenant Church and School with improvements to our facilities through the resources of both church and school families.  In the last five years, we have seen the expansion of our sanctuary, construction of our gym and its additional classrooms, the facelift of the kitchen and fellowship hall,  the paving of the driveway and installation of parking bumpers, and most recently the improvements to the educational building with new flooring , fresh paint, and new ceiling tiles.  The Lord has clearly blessed the partnership of the church and school over the years as they combine resources to maintain and improve our facilities for all of Covenant's families to use and enjoy to the glory of God.
 
Click on this link to see the new playground equipment and design that will be installed on the 22nd of September.  This has been a goal of Covenant Church and School for many years and it is exciting to see it become a reality.  The funds to pay for this new equipment (purchased at a greatly reduced price) have come from the school's facilities improvement fund that each school family contributes to each year.  This fund has also recently covered the expenses of the awning on the east main entrance to the educational building, the new fence around the playground area, the video surveillance system, air conditioning upgrades for six classrooms, new classroom furniture, the new bus and bus canopy cover.  Our facilities team has also begun modifying the north gym room into a multipurpose extracurricular room to include dance, karate, etc to open up a much needed classroom in the educational building. 
 
We look forward with great excitement to many years of Covenant Church and School enjoying this new playground equipment.  In addition to the clearing of the playground we will do an overall cleaning of the grounds (raking, trimming, clearing, etc.) across the entire property.   A continental breakfast will be provided at 7:30 am to start the day as well as lunch at noon.  As always, all that we ask is that you come when you can and leave when you must but please come and help.
 
 
Wit twins From Covenant Christian School:
 

 
What a wonderful start we have had this school year. It was only a few weeks ago in July when we began to pray that we would reach an enrollment of 275 students. At the end of the second week of school, we are now at 331 students and we are still receiving inquires from other prospective students.
 
 
 
We have a great faculty and staff and all are working hard to see this school year be the best we have ever had.
 
CCS recently received an analysis of the test scores of Covenant students from the folks who provide the ACT, and we were very pleased to see that our students scored above the average for the state of Florida in each of the measured categories. 
 
(Allison & Lauren Wit's 1st day of Pre-School) 

 
If you have not ventured into the two story building in the last couple of weeks, you will be very pleased at the wonderful changes that have taken place. Bill Daughdrill has headed up a committee of volunteers to oversee the renovation and they have done a wonderful job. Best of all, Bill and others were able to solicit donors to cover the cost of the project so that it was totally off the school and church budget.
 
 
 
We thank you for your prayers as we continue to make the shift to classical Christian education at Covenant.
 
Mission Update: 
 
  • Laura Knetzer and Bob Hayes will be going to Uganda September 17th for two weeks of ministry.  Bob will work with Rashid Luswa, Sam Bongole and Sam Kisembo in the Kajjansi area, plus village ministry in Kalangalo, Mpunge, and Ntenjeru. Laura will spend some time in each of these places laying the groundwork for her women's and children's ministry. There are many orphans in these areas in need of help.
  • Agnes Godert hosed Pastor and Mrs. Takeda here at Covenant for one of their quarterly Japanese meetings for the Panama City area. Pastor and Mrs. Takeda live in Atlanta.
  • The latest issue of "Come and See", the missionary newsletter of Matthew and Laura (Tinklenberg) Lanser working with Reformed World Missions in Nigeria is available on the table in the back of the sanctuary. 
 
Covenant Extended Family Album
 
Rader family
 
 
Congratulations to Danny & Leah Jensen-Rader on the birth of their son, Benjamin Atticus on Wednesday, August 26th in Nashville, TN.

 

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