SUPER BOWL XLV

It's that time again! Super Bowl BABY!!!

So this Sunday we are having service at the Nam Residence at 9:30am. Members check your email for the address.

Afterward, we will migrate to Pastor Ben's house to watch the Dodgers play the Yankees in what is slated to be the most watched television event in history. Come by and double dip your chips and get loaded on an endless stream of Cactus Cooler.

See you soon!!!

PRAYER REQUESTS (SUNDAY 1/15/11)

We'd like to start a new thread on our blog devoted to prayer requests. Prayer requests from every Sunday worship will be posted here, unless otherwise instructed by the respective member. Also, members will be free to post their own requests should they need to throughout the week. Or if you're not a member but have any requests, you can email Eric at eric.bong.nam@gmail.com and he will gladly post them for you.


Sunday Requests

>>>Please pray for our father who was recently found to have an aortic aneurysm. May the Lord comfort him in this time of need, and may He give us, his family, the strength and courage to be there for him.

>>>Please pray for my friend K and his father, who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Doctors attempted to perform the whipple surgery but backed out due to various reasons. Chemo-therapy has begun so may the Lord be with him to give him courage to endure the physical pain and to lend him the strength of mind to go through this challenging journey. May the Lord also be with K and his family to ease their hearts in this difficult time.

>>>Please pray for our brother and sister, Rex and Judy, who fondly await the arrival of their first-born son. May the Lord provide the family comfort, warmth, and grace in this most challenging yet most beautiful of times.

>>>Please pray for me as I begin a long overdue break from school and work to visit my family back home in Korea. I will be gone for four months so may the Lord be with me throughout the journey and graciously provide me with safety, rest, and spiritual rejuvenation.

>>>Please pray for a dear person in my life who has been battling a devastating addiction to codeine. He is a hard-working, God-fearing, husband and father of two beautiful children in middle school. May the Lord be with him as he fights his way out this darkest of places.

>>>Please pray for my sister to find her faith in the Lord. May the Lord guide her out of the secular world and into the spiritual one.

>>>Please pray for our church as we have embarked on an ambitious endeavor to re-structure and re-launch the planting of our ministry. We have faced many challenges including, but not limited to, financial difficulties, inconsistency of member attendance, stagnation of membership growth, and inability to secure a permanent venue for worship. May the Lord be with our Pastor Ben as his passion and undying faith carries his congregation forward. But may the Lord also lend to his congregation the strength, initiative, leadership, wisdom, and courage it so greatly lacks in order to help carry his burden.

BACK ON...LINE

After a bit of a hiatus the Covenant Community Church blog is back up and running. We also have our Facebook page in full effect so if you're not a fan yet, please come on by and click that pretty little "Like" button!

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APPLES AND ORANGES

The last time I owned anything Apple was my first generation iPod, until it died on me a year ago. For a brief stint I used a Powerbook, and also some Macs for work. But overall I've been a pretty straight-laced PC man, devoted to IBM Thinkpads and four generations of Blackberry. Well I've been debating changing that by picking up an iPad, but it's been hard to look past all its limitations. And now, with HP's Slate coming to the fore, I might never be an Apple-man.

FACEBOOK VANISHED...

Hey all, I just realized that our Facebook page is not up anymore. I have no idea what happened, but I will find out soon. Sorry about the inconvenience! I'll let you guys know my findings :)

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SUSAN BOYLE IN A BOWL CUT?

I'm sure you all have seen this by now, but in case you haven't yet, enjoy!

Anyone want to geocache?

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GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE

Don't forget all! We will be having a Good Friday service at church tomorrow night at 7pm. There will be a time of prayer, worship, and exhortation so we look forward to seeing you all there!

SERMON TEXT: MARK 6:7-14 ESV

7 And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff -- no bread, no bag, no money in their belts -- 9 but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. 10 And he said to them, "Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. 11 And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them." 12 So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. 13 And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them. The Death of John the Baptist 14 King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him."

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FISHER PRICE CREATES NEW iPHONE APP FOR KIDS

I've been a die-hard Blackberry user for five years and four generations, and I'd be very hard-pressed to promote anything for the Darkside, ahem iPhones. But considering I have many friends on the Darkside, especially those with family and kids, I wanted to share these cool new apps from Fisher Price. It's definitely something I would download had I made the mistake, excuse me I mean decision, of owning an iPhone.

Fisher Price has launched three new apps for iPhones aimed at children ages 2-5. I'm fairly certain they are not under the impression that this age demographic is a big user of the iPhone; more likely these apps are aimed at the parents of those kids. A great way to keep the little ones busy and learning, there's See'n Say, the one where your kid spins an arrow to identify animals; Little People Farm, with the three games and two songs; and Chatter Telephone, a virtual version of the old Fisher Price telephone toy, perfect to train any future Blackberry-user

Fisher Price is also launching a new Facebook app for social networking parents called "Moments to Share," which will let parents record photos, video, dates, captions and stories to records their kids' milestones and memorable moments.

3rd times a charm!

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