This Sunday, January 5, 2020
Gathering 10am
2nd Sunday after Christmas Day
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What If God Were One of Us?

      Most people who know anything much about Christianity would be able to say that Jesus is God Incarnate, even if they haven’t thought much about what that means . God in the flesh, God with us – this is who we understand Jesus the Christ to be. Jesus of Nazareth, who lived and died some two thousand years ago, is the best revelation of God. If you want to know who God is, look at Jesus.
            But this is just the beginning, my friends.
             If you want to know what a human being really is, look at Jesus.
            This Sunday we explore the mind-shattering, ego-blowing, heart-opening realities that are the real gifts of this strange church doctrine of Incarnation.
            You see, we find God  here . That for which we long and search and yearn – the Higher Power or Source or Love Itself, the Reason-for-Being – is already here. Closer than your breath.
            So now what?
            Now we learn to be more alive than we have been before.
            Happy New Year, and I so hope to see you Sunday.
 
Yours on the Journey,
Katie
New Year’s Eve Communion & Prayer
Tues., Dec. 31, 5-7pm   
Come and go as you wish for reflection and prayer. Pick up a booklet of spiritual gems to ponder or just sit and enjoy the peace. All are welcome to come up for Communion at any time. We invite you to begin this New Year awake to the presence of the One in whom we live and move and have our being.

Holiday Church Closings 
Jan. 1-3 (Office always closed on Fridays.)
The Mission Study Open Forms
 All members are invited to come this Sun., Jan. 5, to one of three Mission Study Open Forums for 50 minutes:
  • After 8:30 Service: From 9:40 to 10:30am in the Lounge
  • After 10:00 Service: From 11:10am to 12pm in the Lounge
  • After 11:00 Service: From 12:10 to 1pm in the Fellowship Hall
As you may know, the MISSION STUDY is the first major step in our congregation’s search for a new senior pastor. This study will report where we are as a congregation and where God is calling us to go in this time and place. 
  Please check out the display in the church hallway where we posted a “December Progress Report” sharing the steps that our Mission Study Team has completed since we formed in September, the steps currently in progress, and the steps that remain.  
  When the completed MISSION STUDY is approved and presented to the congregation, we will hand this study over to a NEW team, the Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC). The MISSION STUDY will serve as a type of resume for our congregation which will help the PNC find an appropriate pastor.
  Many thanks to ALL who participated in the Mission Study Open Forums that we held after services on December 15!  
  If you were not able to make one of these Open Forums, please plan to attend one after any of the services this Sunday. These sessions are critical to our process!
  Thanks for participating in these various forms of feedback, thank you for your prayers, and thank you for your patience and encouragement: “proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favourable or unfavourable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching.” 2 Timothy 4:2 
Fill Your Cup
Sundays 12:15 or Wednesdays 7pm, Lounge
What if God is speaking and we are too full to hear? If your cup runneth over, it really matters what is in the cup. Learn how to fill up, love better and live with more joy. Katie Kinnison leads. Click here for more info and list of session topics..
Parenting Together: 
Our Children, Our Youth & Anxiety
Tues., Jan. 21, 28, Feb. 4, 5:30-7pm, Lounge
Join us for teaching and conversation with Abby Surbella, M.Ed., LPC, a therapist who works with children and youth, about what anxiety is, how to manage it, and to find more peace and wholeness for everyone in our families. For info, see Katie Kinnison. RSVP to Katie or to Erin Wise. All are welcome. Childcare and dinner provided.
Wednesday Bible Study: 1 Kings
Resumes Wed. Jan. 8, 1pm, Lounge 
Come be a part of this vibrant community as we explore the scriptures together so that we might live more boldly, with more compassion and in life-giving ways. Led by Katie Kinnison.
Covenant's Children’s Center Seeks:
After-School Teacher . For details, contact Caroline McGeoch, Director of the Children’s Center.
Our Mission
Covenant Presbyterian Church is an open, accepting community awakening to God's life-giving love together.
Our Vision
Covenant Presbyterian Church glorifies God and builds relationships with Christ and each other through: worship that inspires, nurture that embraces, education that challenges,
fellowship that energizes, ministry that responds.