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THE E-COURIER
NEWS & EVENTS
June 28 - July 4, 2020
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This Week at Christ Covenant
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Worship for Sunday, June 28
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Morning and evening worship will
both be live-streamed and
have the option to join in-person.
Spots are still available to join in-person worship this Sunday, June 28. You can sign-up to attend by clicking the box to the right.
To learn more about how we are working to regather safely and what you can expect when attending in-person worship, please visit
christcovenant.org/regathering
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Morning Worship | 10:45 AM
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"A Prayer of Pain and Praise"
Habakkuk 3:1-19
Kevin DeYoung
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Evening Worship | 6:00 PM
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"The Fruit of the Spirit: Joy"
Galatians 5:22
Bruce Creswell
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Download a worship bulletin to follow and sing along!
Each bulletin is printable upon downloading.
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We are excited to offer a Summer Sunday School series “A Book for our Times: the Psalms.” This Sunday Dr. Michael Kruger is teaching on “Psalms of Praise” that will begin Sunday, June 28, at 9:30am on our digital platforms.
We are excited to offer a Summer Sunday School series “A Book for our Times: the Psalms.” We are living in unusual times full of challenges and opportunities in our faith. The book of Psalms contains a full and varied expression of human emotion toward God. John Calvin said this one biblical book comprises the anatomy of our soul, reflecting back to us the richness of living in honest and lively communion with God. In this short, five-week online Sunday School class, we will look at themes in the Psalms which enable us to meet the challenges and opportunities of our times with a deepening knowledge of our lives in light of God and our devotion to Him. These Sunday School classes will be shown on our digital platforms (
ChristCovenant.org,
YouTube,
Vimeo and
Facebook) on Sunday mornings from 9:30am-10:15am. If you are not able to watch/listen at that time, each class will be on our
website and all digital platforms available for you to watch/listen at your convenience.
Missed some of the Summer Sunday Schools? All past classes are on all our digital platforms.
Sunday, June 7 -“Introduction to the Psalms” with Blair Smith
Sunday, June 14 - “Psalms of Lament” with Pastor Tom Groelsema
Sunday, June 21 - "Psalms of Lament" with Pastor Tom Groelsema
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June 28 Sunday School:
Psalms of Praise
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Dr. Mike Kruger teaches our fourth Summer Sunday School class on Psalms of Praise. You can find a helpful handout that goes with the class
here.
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Summer Sunday School for
Preschool & Elementary Age Children
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Children’s Ministry is beginning their Sunday School in the Summer series! Elementary aged children will have a video from Jay Whitman, and preschool aged children will have their video from Karen Mayes. Both will be teaching a new Sunday School lesson each week.
Along with the videos, Children’s Ministry will be attaching a parent page with discussion questions and important takeaways to go with each lesson. We encourage parents to dive into these lessons with their children. Although we are sad to not be together, it is an unusual blessing to be able to sit with your children and participate in their Sunday School class with them. You all can watch the video together and have some valuable teaching moments while you listen to the story being told.
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Preschool Summer Series
Week One
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Elementary Summer Series
Week One
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We also have 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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In-Person Worship for
Morning & Evening Worship on July 5
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Below is how the sign-ups will work by Pastoral Communities for in-person worship for
Sunday, July 5. If you sign-up to attend morning worship, you are welcome to attend evening worship as well. You must sign-up to attend morning and evening worship in-person.
We invite all visitors and guests to sign up at any time. For our members, we will rotate through pastoral communities to prioritize sign-ups. Please note below which date and time your pastoral community is being asked to sign-up. If you miss your sign-up time, the sign-up will be open to all on Wednesday at noon until the worship center is at capacity.
Worship for Sunday, July 5
Pastoral Community Sign-ups
- Visitors and guests may sign up at any time beginning Sunday, June 28 at 12pm.
- Sunday, June 28, 12pm – Monday, June 29, 12pm | Bob Goudzwaard, Bruce Creswell, Dave Baxter
- Monday, June 29, 12pm – Tuesday, June 30, 12pm | Derek Wells, Stewart Neely, Mike Miller
- Tuesday, June 30, 12pm – Wednesday, July 1, 12pm | Tom Groelsema, Nathan George, Zach Fulginiti
- Wednesday, July 1, 12pm – until we reach max capacity | open to all
We will continue to live-stream morning and evening worship! So if you are not able to worship with us in-person, we hope you will continue to worship with us remotely.
Did you miss the announcement sent on Wednesday, June 25 with FAQs about in-person worship? You can find it
here.
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Highlight: Christ Covenant Church
Welcomes Tom Buiter
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Christ Covenant Church is excited to announce Tom Buiter as the Assistant Director of Small Groups. Tom will serve the church in this role by coming alongside our pastoral staff by working to develop, champion, and administrate the Small Groups Ministry of Christ Covenant.
Tom Buiter recently graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary Charlotte with a Master of Divinity. For the last three years Tom has served as a Pastoral Intern here at Christ Covenant Church.
Tom was born and raised in a large family near Grand Rapids, Michigan. By God’s grace he came to know the Lord at a very young age. Tom attended Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where he graduated with a degree in History in 2016. After college he spent a year as a pastoral intern at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, MI, under Pastor Kevin DeYoung. Tom moved to Charlotte in 2017 to begin the Master of Divinity program at Reformed Theological Seminary.
Tom and his wife, Lindey, have been married since September 2019.
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Set Free Ministry
Free Resources for Parents
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The Set Free Ministry endeavors to walk alongside individuals and families impacted by issues related to sexual sin. We offer resources, teaching sessions and accountability groups for strugglers and their loved ones.
Our partner organization, Harvest USA, has released a brand-new curriculum geared towards parents whose children have considered or embraced alternative sexual lifestyles. You can access the free download of
Shattered Dreams, New Hope by
clicking here.
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This July, we will be reading the book
Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller. We will meet to discuss the book and enjoy refreshments on Thursday, July 9, from 7-9pm in CLC 1 and 2. We encourage you to go ahead and grab a copy now and start reading this wonderful book!
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Join us for CDS Summer Camps
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Let’s get out and get active! Our CDS Summer Camp program is scheduled for July 6 – August 7. We have a little something for everyone!
• Lower School/TK-5 - Art, Nerf Camp and X-treme Fun, Camp Lion Day Camp
• Middle School (6-8) - Girls Basketball, Trick Shots, Be a Smart Cookie
• High School (9-12) – College Admissions, Auto Survival, Finance & Budgeting Basics, Entrepreneurship 101
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Employment Opportunities:
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Current opportunities at Christ Covenant include:
• Engagement and Connections Ministry Manager
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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 2020.
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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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