Suzanne Henderson will speak on new ways to read and understand the Bible. Please note the 6 p.m. start time in FH207. 

Since joining the Queens faculty in 2008, Suzanne has taught courses in Bible and World Religions and, in recent years, served as director for the Center for Ethics and Religion. Suzanne is now Dean of Belk Chapel.

• Tonight's menu: Taco bar, salad bar, churros. Click here for a dinner reservation.
   
• Next week at Open Table: Learn about Covenant's peace-building work in the Middle East in a new three-part series called Hope is What They Do. Details here.

• Wingate University's Men's Chamber Choir, led by our own Kenney Potter, will join the 8:45 a.m. Chapel service. 
   
• Covenant Ringers will offer special music at 11 a.m.
   
• Katie Estridge will lead yoga for grades 1-5 in Sunday School. Wear clothes you can move in!

An open-to-all option called Connect Live gathers in the Fellowship Hall for anyone not able to commit to weekly Connect groups. Come once or every time as ministers offer reflections which will be recorded for group use. 

Greg joins with vocalist Dawn Anthony and a team of musicians to bring to life stories from his recent book, A Riff of Love, which explores building community among those on the margins. Greg is with QC Family Tree in Enderly Park.

• Greg and his team of musicians will also offer music in worship at 9:30 and 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20.

Highland Heroes Appreciation Brunches are the third Monday of each month. You can contribute food, drinks, flowers or notes of encouragement. Simply drop off your contribution at the church and we'll deliver. You can sign up here.

Following a brief ceremony, the building will be open for walk-throughs and new staff members will be on hand to greet you. Light bites will be served on the Green. Make plans to be part of a historic day in the life of our congregation.

Covenant is producing a new church photo directory -- and you're invited. Photo sessions begin on Wednesday, Oct. 23 through Saturday, Nov. 9. To schedule a session online, click here Monday through Friday. You can also schedule an appointment at church on Sundays.

New this fall, Coffeehouse is a place for conversation and sharing. It's not a Sunday School class or a lecture. Instead, it's a place where we can think and talk together about the issues of faith that we all confront. Details here.

The Covenant College Council invites parents to a brunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the home of Tricia and Kevin Smith. Meet Covenant members who are at a similar stage of life. Don't bring anything except yourself!  RSVP here.

A Covenant tradition returns! We welcome boys and girls ages 5 to 18. Applications are due by Oct. 18. Practices begin the week of Nov. 3. First games are Dec. 7 and continue through February. Details and registration here.

Michelle Alexander, best-selling author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age  of Colorblindness, will speak on racial injustice in the modern legal system on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. at Belk Theater. Click here to be part of our Covenant seating block. Tickets are $35.