• Christmas Crafts + Santa at Open Table: Enjoy a Covenant tradition tonight in the Fellowship Hall from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thanks to all who reserved times for Santa photos. Santa will accommodate walk-ins -- please be patient and enjoy craft-making while you wait!
   
• Advent devotional series: Sign up here for daily reflections from Covenant ministers, staff, members and friends through Christmas Day.
   
• Sunday in worship: Special music by flute ensemble and Covenant's children's choirs.

Join us next Wednesday for a special night of Open Table.  Make a reservation for meals and/or child care.

• 5 p.m. - Soup and sandwiches in the Fellowship Hall
• 5:45 p.m. - Practice singing carols
• 6 p.m. - Depart on foot to visit homes of our neighbors (They're expecting us). We'll carry song booklets. Bring a flashlight!
• 7 p.m. - Return to church for cookies and hot chocolate

In the bustle of Advent, it can be hard to find time to reflect. Through scripture, prayer and music, we will slow down and ready our hearts for the coming of the Christ child. Bob Henderson and Julia Watkins will lead us.

As we begin a search for staff leadership, the Personnel Committee invites you to share your thoughts on qualities needed in Covenant's next associate pastor. We also welcome suggestions for people to serve on a search committee.

   

The committee will host listening sessions on Sunday after the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services. If you prefer to give comments in writing, send an email to CovenantAssociatePastorSearch@gmail.com.

This year's stewardship campaign is entitled "A Time to Build Up" because we intend to  invest heavily in music, children, youth and local outreach. 

• Click here to make your pledge.

• Did you know that each year, Covenant receives 16 percent of annual contributions in December? Please consider a tax-deductible contribution in these ways:
   
• During Sunday worship. Contributions made during services through Sunday, Dec. 30, will be credited to 2018 unless otherwise noted.
   
• Online via our secure giving site at covenantpresby.org/give. Any contribution must be complete before midnight Dec. 31.
   
• To be deductible in 2018, your gift must be received or postmarked prior to midnight on Dec. 31. Church offices will be open until 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 28. For information on stock gifts, please contact Virginia Rumbley.

Learn about Covenant's mission trip to Reynosa at a coffee hosted by LeAnne Stipp and Scott Roehrig in the Fellowship Hall Library. Consider joining medical and construction teams headed to Reynosa March 10-16.

Predestination is the idea that God has chosen some individuals for salvation in advance. Do we still believe it? And if so, why would God act like that? 

Join Jessica Patchett and Ian Clark for a church-wide Deep Dive Discussion to demystify this confusing concept. Stick around afterward for fellowship at Dilworth Neighborhood Grille! Learn more here.

You can contribute food, drinks, flowers and notes. Our team will deliver to the school. Click here to see the needs through SignUp Genius. Please drop off items in Fellowship Hall collection point near kitchen.

On Tuesday nights from December to March, you can drive the van, serve dinner, stay overnight or fill other roles. We encourage groups to serve together, and there's space for individuals, too. Contact Julia Watkins to get involved.

• Volunteer for our Christmas Day potluck dinner! You can sign up here.

Spend the weekend Feb. 1-3 with Covenant women, exploring the depths of our God-given beauty, the ways the world turns that on its head, and how we can seek the beauty in the midst of it all. Please RSVP by Dec. 15 so we can book our rooms. Click here to register online.

The choirs of Covenant, accompanied by majestic brass, timpani, organ and bells, will lead our congregation in joyful worship with songs of the season celebrating Christ's birth. A special offering will support Crisis Assistance Ministry.

• O Little Town of Bethlehem - a time to pray for Holy Land: Prayer stations will be open in the Chapel for you to pray for our mission partners working for peace in the challenged Holy Land on Sunday, Dec. 16 from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Trucks moved 70 or so truckloads of dirt last week as better weather allowed the pace of work to pick up. Site work will continue through the remainder of this week and if the rain will hold off, foundation work will start in coming days.

Harkins Builders, the general contractor for the affordable housing site on Freedom Drive, is not a local company. But when team members arrived in Charlotte, they wanted to get involved in the community a meaningful way.

The team reached out to the Movement School, next to the site of the affordable housing complex, to see how they could build relationships with neighbors during the construction process. Over Thanksgiving, the team and had a great time picking out the turkey and all of the fixings the family requested. Patrick, Pete and Paul (shown at right) delivered the meal.

This position is responsible for the coordination of the church's general operations including oversight of technology services and operations, property management, recreation ministries and facilities, and food service. Learn more here.

 

Based at the front desk in the Sanctuary building, join the team to greet visitors, receive phone calls and help with office-related tasks. Learn more here.