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You can find this week's playlist by clicking here.

We will not be livestreaming morning and evening worship on Facebook or Vimeo. We will continue to livestream on YouTube and our website at christcovenant.org/live.

Joe and Emily Lukins on the birth of their daughter, Eleanor Diane Lukins.

Sam Menchinger married Deanna Pilkington on August 27, 2022.

We hope you will take time to submit your confidential prayer requests either online at ChristCovenant.org/members/prayer or by email at prayer@christcovenant.org. Your pastors and staff are continually praying for you!

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.

Our fall Sunday School kicks off with a combined Sunday School in the sanctuary with teaching from Eric Russ, Pastor of Evangelism and Mobilization. This combined Sunday School includes all adults, senior adults, middle and high school youth joining together for Sunday School on September 4 at 9:00 am. This Sunday is a class called “Evangelism: Mission, Mandate and Methods” that will showcase an introduction to the theology of evangelism and how to practically cultivate a healthy evangelistic posture in our city and neighborhood. Pastor Eric is excited to encourage and to inspire our church family to want to grow in the practice of evangelism.

Regular classes begin September 11 and go through November 20. To see the class options we invite you to either pick up a Sunday School booklet or to click here.

Our special/monthly communion offering on Sunday, September 4 is directly related to the role the deacons have in our church and amongst our congregation. The general mercy fund provides resources for our deacons to use as a part of their ministry to assist our own church family when needs arise and to act on our behalf in response to disasters, assistance to ministry partners in our community, support for outreach projects and investments in new opportunities for ministry as they arise.

While the specific expenditures of the mercy fund within our church family is always confidential, deacons are known for their prayerful and practical stewardship of God’s resources. Decisions are based on biblical principles and coupled with wisdom gained over many years of quiet ministry. Addressing the immediate needs of a family in distress may include providing meals or taking care of a utility bill. It might mean helping with the mortgage or replacing an appliance that is beyond repair. It may be assisting with an unexpected medical expense.

The assistance options the deacons may fund in any given year are as varied as the needs. But they are alike in the most way; each one is provided as an expression of God’s love for His children and our love for others.

Our gifts today will be spent carefully as needs arise. This fund provides the deacons with the flexibility they need to act quickly on our behalf to meet a critical need. Through your support and your prayers, we are able to show mercy to others in gratitude for God’s mercy to us.

If you are aware of a need that should be brought to our deacons’ attention, or you want to learn more about how you might assist in our mercy ministries, please contact your shepherding deacon, your shepherding elder or pastor, or the church office at 704-847-3505.

On Sunday, 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!

Campus Outreach (CO) is a ministry of Christ Covenant whose mission is to “Glorify God by Building Laborers on the Campus for the Lost World.” Staff members of CO are strategically deployed to various campuses across North Carolina to share the gospel and disciple young men and women in the faith. One of the ways that CO accomplishes this vision is through an annual eight-week summer project called the Leadership Project (LP), hosted in Orlando, FL. At the LP, students work jobs in the community and receive discipleship, Bible, prayer and evangelism training. This past summer was the first Leadership Project that Campus Outreach was able to host since 2019. Join us tonight during the evening worship as we get to hear a brief testimony of what the Lord did during the Leadership Project and how we can pray for the gospel to be heard and known on college campuses this year.

The New Member Class is for adults and students 9th grade and above who wish to join Christ Covenant Church. Our Pastors teach this class, which reviews Christ Covenant’s philosophy of ministry, the reformed faith, the Presbyterian form of government, the vows of church membership, and other topics pertinent to church membership. This class is required for those seeking to join Christ Covenant Church. Our next New Member Class will be held during Sunday School beginning September 11. The class will be ten-weeks long meeting from 9:00 am – 10:20 am. If you are interested in attending, please contact Michelle Gustavson to register by September 5.

All men ages 16 and older are invited to attend a men’s ministry breakfast on Saturday, September 10, 7:00-8:30am, at Stacks Kitchen, 11100 Monroe Rd., Matthews. Jim Stoudenmier & Dana Lamb from Gideons International will be speaking about “God Allows No Maverick Molecules…Now What?” Your only cost is your breakfast. Come fellowship with your brothers in Christ and bring a friend! RSVP by clicking here.

Our support groups are facilitated by caring members of our church who understand what you may be going through and want to help. The video seminar features some of the nation’s foremost Christian experts on divorce and grief recovery topics as seen from a biblical perspective. Weekly devotional materials and group discussions are designed to draw you closer to God and provide comfort.

DivorceCare & GriefShare will be held Monday evenings, from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm, starting on September 12 in the Community Life Center (CLC(. If you have a family member or friend going through separation and divorce or is mourning the loss of a loved one, please encourage them to join our groups as well.

You can register for the DivorceCare group at DivorceCare.org.

You can register for the GriefShare group at GriefShare.org.

Or contact John Ramseur at jdramseur@gmail.com with any questions.

Have you been separated or divorced? Have you experienced the deep grief of losing a loved one to death? Have you learned valuable lessons and experienced healing from the hurt? Would you like to help others do the same?

Call or email to learn more about the different volunteer opportunities with our DivorceCare and GriefShare ministries. Contact John Ramseur at jdamseur@gmail.com or (704) 763-7966.

All women are invited to join a fun filled evening on Tuesday, September 13, from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, in the Community Life Center for the Women’s Ministry fall kickoff. The theme is “Back in the Saddle,” so come dressed in western wear!

Enjoy food, fellowship, and learn about Women’s Ministry for the upcoming year. We will hear from special guest speakers from the Pregnancy Resource Center. Please click here for a list of items you can bring this evening to donate to the Pregnancy Resource Center.

There are many types of caregiving: part-time, long-distance, 24/7, and even in an advisory role. All caregivers need encouragement and support from time to time. Come join others who have walked the caregiving path and be encouraged. The caregivers support group will begin meeting on Mondays on September 19, from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm in the Community Life Center rooms 3 & 4 (CLC). For more information or to register for the group, contact Mary Jo Culver at (704) 307-3054 or maryjoculver@yahoo.com.

Our 2022-23 Communicants class will be forming soon! If you have a son/daughter in the 5^th-8^th grade who desires to become a communing member of the church and join in this year’s class, please contact Amy Wallace at awallace@christcovenant.org for more information and an application! We look forward to having your student join us! 

We are so thankful we have had a HUGE response to signups for Bible Studies and First Friday Fellowship this year. This increased growth means we need more caregivers. If you have time in your Thursday morning (weekly) or Friday morning (once a month) to serve some young moms by loving on their precious little ones, we would love to hear from you! The positions run September through May. Thursday mornings and the first Friday morning of each month are the greatest need, but other paid childcare opportunities are also available. Pay is $12/hour. For more information, please contact Stephanie Bennett at 704-814-1049 or sbennett@christcovenant.org.

Do you have children taking music lessons? Do you love humming your favorite tunes? Have you thought of dusting off that old instrument? Consider joining the music ministry. We love to see both youth and adults learn to hone their skills to the glory of God and believe that over time this will help us all continue to grow as a singing, worshipping church.

• 8th - 12th grade Youth Choir meets Sundays from 4:40-5:50 pm in the worship center room 201

• 3rd - 7th grade Children’s Choir meets Sundays from 4:40-5:50 pm in the worship center room 211

• Kindergarten - 2nd grad Beginner’s Choir meets during Sunday evening worship in the worship center room 105

• Adult Choir meets Wednesdays from 7:00 - 8:30 pm in the worship center room 201

• Orchestra meets Wednesdays from 6:00-7:00 pm in the sanctuary.

• Contemporary band rehearsals are called as needed.

Pastor Nathan George would be glad to schedule an audition for adult choir, traditional orchestral instruments (strings, winds, brass, percussion, etc.), and contemporary instruments (bass, drums, guitar, mandolin, keyboard. etc.). Please email Liz McNulty at lmcnulty@christcovenant.org for more information or to schedule an audition.

Current opportunities at Christ Covenant include:

Facilities Maintenance (full-time) and

Ministry Administrator to Operations (full-time)

Details: christcovenant.org/aboutus/employment

Covenant Day School is hiring for various positions. Details can be found at https://www.covenantday.org/about-us/employment

Thank you for your tithes and gifts to all of the ministries of Christ Covenant.

You can give online by clicking here.

Please continue to pray for God’s provision throughout 2022.