Sunday's special offering will support the ministry of HisAbilities. HisAbilities is a ministry of Christ Covenant Church that seeks to come alongside those families and individuals impacted by disability with advocacy, resources, encouragement and support. It also aims to encourage and equip our church to be a body that embraces those members affected by disability as vital to our fellowship and integral to our ministry. One of the ways that HisAbilities is seeking to facilitate both of these is through the provision of respite opportunities.  

This past October, HisAbilities hosted our first Respite Night. Respite Night is an opportunity for our church to come alongside our families doing life with disabilities by providing a few hours of respite support for parents while their children are cared for and enjoy a time of fun and friendship in a safe and loving environment. God’s grace was richly evident in the blessings received by parents, children and volunteers alike! And we are excited about our upcoming Spring Respite Night on April 23 in the Community Life Center (CLC). Please see the additional article in today’s Courier for more information and how to get involved!  

HisAbilities also seeks to support respite care to our families by providing scholarships to Family Retreats by Joni and Friends Charlotte, a ministry partner of Christ Covenant. These annual week-long retreats provide the opportunity for families affected by disability to enjoy worship, spiritual encouragement, physical rest, relational engagement and expanded access to recreational experiences. We have been able to provide these scholarships to families for several years, and they continue to be a source of great blessing and needed refreshment for our families who are able to attend.  

In supporting the ministry of HisAbilities, Sunday's special offering will go in part to the continued provision of vital respite opportunities like these. We are grateful for the ways that Christ Covenant continues to invest in this ministry of our church.  

If you give during morning worship, please place all special/monthly communion offering gifts in an envelope (found in pews) and label it ‘Special Communion Offering’ and include the name of the ministry before placing your gift in one of the tithe boxes located inside the sanctuary at our main doors in the north, south and toward the main lobby. You can also give online by clicking here. Thank you for your gift!

Christ Covenant’s HisAbilities ministry needs volunteers for a Respite Night it is hosting for our families living with disability. Spring Respite Night is Saturday, April 23, in the Community Life Center (CLC) in the youth area located downstairs.

This is a time for Christ Covenant parents with children affected by disabilities to have a few hours away while their child and their siblings are cared for and engaged by a team of volunteers who will provide a variety of fun activities including crafts, games, music and more!

If you would like to serve or learn more about volunteer opportunities with Respite Night or learn more about the HisAbilities ministry and other opportunities to serve, please email Amy Van Dusen at avandusen@christcovenant.org. Please plan to register to volunteer by

March 28.

A new series of Sunday School classes began this morning, Sunday, March 6 and will continue through Sunday, April 10. All Sunday School classes begin at 9:00 a.m. We hope you will find a class that will benefit your relationship with Christ and connect you with others. The following is a list of new classes we hope you will join!

•Delighting in the Trinity taught by Blair Smith

•Praying with Jesus and Paul taught by Tom Groelsema and Ben Traynor

•Virtue and Vice: Habits of Grace that Overcome Habitual Sin taught by Derek Wells

•Introduction to Reformed Theology: A Study of the Heidelberg Catechism taught by Kevin DeYoung, which begins Sunday, March 13.

Please know that Turning Points in Christian History: Learning to Spot Key Moments/ Movements That Impact our Life taught by Paul Engle, Your Greatest Doubts and Fears: How to Keep the Faith When Facing Life’s Toughest Questions taught by Michael Kruger and The New City Catechism for our King’s Community are all classes that are continuing on.

We will not have Sunday School beginning Sunday, April 17 through Sunday, May 29. To learn more about each of these classes and where they meet, click here or pick up one of the Sunday School brochures located on the tables outside the sanctuary. 

Our pastors are looking forward to hosting a time of fellowship and prayer each Sunday morning as we begin class. Regular discipleship and fellowship is a vital part of learning to stand on truth and walk in grace together. If you have any questions about Sunday School, please email info@christcovenant.org.

Tens of thousands of Afghans were forced to flee their homeland this summer as the country fell to the Taliban’s brutal regime. Leaving everything behind, these desperate people were evacuated on hurried flights and now await resettlement here in the United States.

As Christ Covenant considers welcoming and sponsoring a family from Afghanistan, please consider how you can help us prepare to support and love them in the name of Christ! We need your skills and resources in a variety of areas as we form an organizational team and volunteer network to serve this family! We anticipate a team of 6-8 people giving significant time and assistance to a single Afghan family in these and other areas.

• Help them find housing,

• Offer housewares and home furnishings,

• Enroll children in school and shop for school supplies,

• Teach skills like driving and shopping,

• Provide transportation to appointments,

• Engage children and family in community events,

• Introduce parents to potential employers,

• And much more!

If you are interested in serving as part of this team, please contact Mike Miller at mmiller@christcovenant.org or at 704-814-1056.

Jonathan Gibson’s new devotional Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship is a 31 day guide to personal or family devotions. Cloth-bound and set on linen paper, the quality of the material speaks to the gravity and worth of the content. Pastor Kevin has likened it to being a “Presbyterian Book of Common Prayer.” Cost is $20 per book.

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s Studies in the Sermon on the Mount is a helpful companion to Christ Covenant’s evening sermon series. It is written with the doctor’s typical edifying style. Pastor Kevin highly recommends this volume. It is 585 pages and costs $28. John Stott and Sinclair Ferguson’s smaller books on the Sermon on the Mount are $8 and $10, if you are looking for something more compact. These can be found in the Book Nook located in the main lobby of the worship center.