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THE E-COURIER
NEWS & EVENTS
February 21-27, 2021
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This Week at Christ Covenant |
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We hope you are able to join us for worship this Sunday, either in-person or
on the livestream. Children's programs are available
for ages 0-2 years during the 9:00 am morning service and 0-4 years old at the 10:45 am morning service. There are no children's programs during evening worship at this time.
Please sign up if you plan to attend in person by clicking one of the boxes below.
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Sunday Morning | 9am & 10:45am
"A Fork in the Road"
Genesis 13
Kevin DeYoung
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Sunday Evening| 6:00pm
"Fading Flowers and the Folly of Riches"
James 1:9-11
John Robert Biggs
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Download a worship bulletin to follow and sing along!
Each bulletin is printable upon downloading.
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Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Rom 12:15
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Sympathy to:
Jeff Dolan on the loss of his mother, Gail Short.
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Monthly Day of Prayer
Tuesday, February 23
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We hope you can participate in the Monthly Day of Prayer from your home on Tuesday, February 23. The day is divided into 30-minute segments for individuals to sign up and pray for missionaries and for the needs of the congregation. You can select the time that best fits your schedule by clicking here.
We have new prayer guides for your use that can be found at christcovenant.org/prayer. Each prayer guide is printable after downloading and can be found below. |
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How Can You & Your Family Participate
in Faith Promise?
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How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” Romans 10:14-15
Faith Promise is the primary means by which Christ Covenant financially supports international and domestic supported workers and church planters. We would like to help you consider how you and your family can participate in Faith Promise giving.
First, we ask that you take time to pray. Pray for our supported workers and church planters. Second, pray about how you might be able to financially give to Faith Promise either as a one-time gift or by making a monthly pledge.
Consider this: if you give $10 per month to Faith Promise, it would be $120 a year. If 100 families did this - it would be $12,000 supporting missionaries and church planters across the globe. That is a major impact! Truly anything you can give above your tithe will be a blessing to those on the mission field.
Through Faith Promise, God blesses those who are supported, those whose prayers He answers by providing unexpected resources, and those who hear how God demonstrates His power to provide in beautiful ways, year after year. Ultimately those who are blessed the most are those who hear the good news and whose lives are changed for an eternity!
On Sunday, March 7, we will have a special time during our morning worship to offer our Faith Promise commitment cards with our pledges and pray that God will provide for the ministry partners we are supporting in 2021. We ask that you and your family begin to take time to prayerfully consider what you might give to Faith Promise. What might God supply through you to help empower our supported workers and church planters across the globe this year as they share Christ across the world?
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Missions Conference
March 6 - 14, 2021
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We hope you'll be able to join us for our Missions Conference, March 6-14, 2021 that will have a special emphasis on Latin America. Below is our current schedule of events.
- March 6 - Missions Morning for Women
- March 7 - Special online missions Sunday School
- March 7 - Dr. Miguel Nuñez is preaching in the morning & evening worship services
- March 14 - Rev. Jonathan Saunders from Detroit, Michigan is preaching in the morning service
- March 14 - José Portillo is preaching in the evening service.
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Christ Covenant Missions Facts |
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Due to your generous Faith Promise giving in 2020:
- We supported 61 supported workers and church planters in the US and 18 countries around the world, plus many others with one-time gifts;
- We were able to add 4 new church planters serving in North Carolina, Scotland, and South Africa.
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- Latin America is a group of 20 countries and dependencies which consists of the entire continent of South America, Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean where Roman languages, such as Spanish, Portuguese, and French are spoken.
- Catholicism is still the dominant religion in Latin America, but it is on the decline. In the 1970s, 90% of the people identified as Roman Catholic, in the 2000s this number is 69%. People identifying as Protestant has increased from 9% in the 1970s to 19% in the 2000s.
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Missions Morning for Women | Saturday, March 6 |
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Please join us on Saturday, March 6, for our Missions Morning for Women. This morning will be an enjoyable time of hearing from missionary women around the world, encouraging our women missionaries with notes, fun, fellowship and food!
Our special guest will be Dr. Catherine Scheraldi, the wife of our conference speaker, Dr. Miguel Nuñez. Dr. Nuñez is the head pastor of International Baptist Church in the Dominican Republic and also practices as an Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease doctor. Catherine is also a physician, practicing in the area of Endocrinology.
The event will be held in CLC 1 & 2 from 9:30am-11:00am. Seating will be limited and breakfast snacks will be served. Please sign up to attend by clicking here. |
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RTS Paideia Center Book Discussion
Begins February 24
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In partnership with the RTS Paideia Center for Theological Discipleship, Christ Covenant is hosting a theological reading group this winter/spring. Do you desire a rich theological diet so you can develop maturity in Christ? Do you want to read Christian classics but don’t know where to start? Would you like to grow with people who share your love for theology and learn from those who have gone before you? If this is you, join the Paideia Center book discussion! This semester we will read and discuss A Little Book on the Christian Life by John Calvin. We hope to meet three times: February 24, March 24, and April 28. Register & find more details at http://paideiacenter.com/. |
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Morning Worship
Sunday, February 28
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To sign up to attend in-person worship on Sunday, February 28, please use the boxes below. The signup will be available on Sunday, February 21, at noon. Children's programs are available for the 9:00 am worship service is for ages 0-2 years old and at 10:45 am for 0-4 years old. |
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March Scripture Memory Challenge |
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All ladies are invited to join the Women’s Ministry as we memorize scripture together this March! This will be a great way to grow your knowledge of scripture and encourage your sisters in Christ. To learn more and register visit click here. |
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Spring Thursday Morning Bible Study
Beginning March 4
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Throughout history, people have been marketing practices and products for wisdom and knowledge. In fact, it began in the garden of Eden when Satan, disguised as a snake, slithered up to Eve and questioned God’s Word. Today, many people are deceived into thinking that wisdom and knowledge can be found apart from Christ. But it’s not true. “In [Christ] are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:3). The church at Colossae was presented with false teaching that challenged Christ’s supremacy and sufficiency. It’s an important letter for us to study, as we seek to expose false arguments and proclaim the preeminence of Christ. To register and learn more about this Bible study on the book of Colossians on Thursdays, March 4 - April 29, from 10am-11:30am, click here. |
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Spring Workshops for Women
Beginning March 4
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Women’s Ministry and Children’s Ministry invite you to join us for Thursday Morning Workshops for Women (of all ages). Join us on four Thursdays this March and April as we discuss everything from dealing with anxiety to how to make that perfect Easter craft! Details and online sign ups can be found by clicking here. The first workshop is Thursday, March 4. |
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Support Groups Beginning in March:
GriefShare, DivorceCare, and Caregivers
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Christ Covenant offers three different types of support groups facilitated by caring members of our church who understand what you are going through and want to help. Grieving a loss, walking through a divorce, or providing care for a parent or child are all difficult experiences you don’t have to go through alone.
GriefShare and DivorceCare are video seminar series featuring some of the nation’s foremost Christian experts on divorce and recovery topics as seen from a biblical perspective. Caregivers is a book study along with presentations by local resources for the many typical needs for this
season of life.
GriefShare and DivorceCare will begin March 8 online through Zoom from 6:30pm - 8:00pm. To register for GriefShare, click here. To register for DivorceCare, click here.
Caregivers also begins March 8 online through Zoom from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. Cost is $8.00 for the book Ambushed by Grace that you’ll walk through together. Email mculver@christcovenant.org to register for Caregivers support group.
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Sunday School Opportunities |
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Would you like to join our Greeting Ministry? We need more smiling faces to hold the door open for people to enter our church. If this is an area where you would like to serve please contact Michelle Gustavson at MGustavson@christcovenant.org. |
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Current opportunities at Christ Covenant include:
• Pastor of Evangelism & Mobilization
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Thank you for your tithes and gifts to all of the ministries of Christ Covenant.
Please continue to pray for God’s provision throughout 2021.
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This email is our e-Courier weekly newsletter, which complements with the printed copy, The Courier, which can be picked up on Sundays at the doors outside the sanctuary. After it goes out by email, it is made available on the News page of our website. On that page, you can read past versions of the newsletter as well as specific news items about our events in greater detail.
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