Lent Begins

Covenant children continued this week with the Bible concept God Wants me to Love and Care for Others and verse "Let us love one another." I John 4:7. This week's Bible story is One Man Thanks Jesus (Luke 17:11-19). This week also marks the beginning of Lent. Everyone should have received Traci Smith's Lenten Family Practices Calendar at the cubby. If you misplaced your copy, download a copy here. Traci Smith also offers a blank calendar if you'd like to customize your family's Lenten practices.

 

 

Fiesta Covenant!

Fiesta Covenant is Saturday, March 7 at 5:30pm. Please plan on attending this fun night out at Santa Rita Cantina! Tickets are $50 per person or $90 per couple and are on sale now. Childcare at Covenant is included. Make your childcare reservations by Wednesday, March 4. Children will have a pizza dinner and watch a movie.

 

Extended Care, FUN Fridays and Enrichment Mondays

Forms are out now to sign up for March extras. Drop-in is available for Extended Care, morning and afternoon, and FUN Fridays (for threes). Enrichment Mondays (for fours) is a full class day featuring Science, Cooking, Movement or Art. This class needs at least five kids to sign up in order to go. Please email Christy with your interest.

 

 

Love is in the Air

Happy Valentine's Week!

 

 

It seems love is everywhere this week. But this is especially true at Covenant. The children just wrapped up the Bible concept "God Loves Everyone" singing "I Will Be Glad" and "Jesus Loves Me". The new Bible concept is "God Wants Me to Love and Care for Others" and the verse is "Let us love one another." I John 4:7. They will be hearing the story of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) this week and singing "Let Us Love", "Must Be Done in Love" and "Love Each Other"  - lots of LOVE!!!

 

Most classes will be celebrating Valentine's Day this week with parties at the end of the week. As a reminder, we are a NUT-FREE school so it is extremely important that treats to be shared with your child's class NOT contain any type of nuts. Of course, we encourage other items to exchange such as band-aids, stickers, tattoos, etc. which are always nut-free.

 

Save the Date

Tuesday, February 12 - PAT Meeting

Monday, February 16 - SCHOOL CLOSED

Wednesday, February 18 and Thursday, February 19 - Make and Take in the 2nd Floor Lobby

Sunday, March 1 - CROP Walk

 

Fiesta!

Fiesta Covenant, our annual spring fundraiser is March 7 at Santa Rita Cantina! Tickets to the event will be available for purchase very soon. There are many ways to participate from becoming a sponsor, to donating a silent auction item, there are a lot of great ways, you can get involved while directly benefitting the preschool. We even have a grandparent packet we can email directly to your child's grandparents to get them involved.  

 

CROP Walk

In the Spring, communities all over the United States participate in the CROP Hunger Walks. (These began as Communities Responding to Overcoming Poverty (CROP) and today are sponsored by Church World Service (CWS), an international relief agency. Typically 25% of the money raised stays in Austin and the rest provides stays in Austin and the rest provides help for needy people through the world. This year's Austin CROP Walk will be held Sunday, March 1st at Camp Mabry, starting at 2:00. It's an easy 1 mile walk the whole family can participate it. We would LOVE for our CPP families to wear their blue Covenant shirts and represent Covenant! You can sign up and donate online by finding the Covenant Presbyterian Team here. Let's help "End Hunger One Step at a Time". Please contact Laura Hargrave, Presbyterian Women Missions Coordinator, Walker Captain if you have any questions. She can be reached by email or phone at 512-336-0358.