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 are available for you to watch/listen at your convenience.

The first Sunday School was Sunday, June 7 on “Introduction to the Psalms.” This Sunday, June 14, Pastor Tom Groelsema will be teaching on “Psalms of Lament.” These Sunday School will go through July 5.

Did you know there are three different types of prayer guides available to you each week from our church? Each prayer guide is a great way to pray with your family at home and alongside your church family. The prayer guides available are as follows:

1. Weekly Prayer Guide - Are you overwhelmed by the many things happening in our world and in our church that it’s hard to know exactly what to pray? Our weekly prayer guide focuses on one item a day to help guide you in prayer. This prayer guide covers everything from praying for our local ministry partners, government, healthcare workers and the persecuted church. This is an easy-to-use resource that fits any age category.

2. Supported Workers Prayer Guide - Every month our Missions & Outreach Department provides prayer and praise updates for each of the 60 supported workers in 24 countries that you support through Faith Promise giving. This is a wonderful resource to use to know how to pray for our supported workers in light of the current events and challenges they are facing. This is an excellent resource to use for discussion around the dinner table.

3. Church-Wide Prayer Guide - Christ Covenant Church has so many active ministries, elders, deacons, pastors, and staff. This monthly prayer guide provides a Scripture focus, a daily prayer focus, and staff, elders, and deacons to remember in your prayers.

Each prayer guide can be found at christcovenant.org/prayer. Each prayer guide is printable after downloading.

Your pastors and staff are praying for you! If there is anything we can specifically be praying for, click the 'Submit a Prayer Request' box below.

Below is how the sign-ups will work by Pastoral Communities for in-person worship for

Sunday, June 21. 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, June 21

Pastoral Community Sign-ups

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.

To learn more about in-person worship opportunities for June 14 & 21 and to read how we are working to regather safely, please visit christcovenant.org/regathering.

Did you miss the announcement sent on Wednesday, June 10 with FAQs about in-person worship? You can find it here.

Thank You!

Over the last 10 weeks we have collected and distributed 10 pickup truckloads of staples and canned goods to Second Harvest and 10 carloads to Matthews Help Center. Teams from Christ Covenant Church have helped to box up over 60,000 boxes of food for distribution to local schools and food pantries in partnership with Second Harvest.

If you have food donations throughout the Summer beginning Monday, June 15, please drop them off at the Matthews Help Center.

We will continue to collect any PPE and hand-made masks outside the North Lobby on Monday-Friday from 9am-4pm.

Thank you for serving and for giving to our community and to the greater city of Charlotte during this unprecedented time!

Serving One Another in the Church

We know that there are many in our church family who for various reasons may be struggling to get to the grocery store, pick up medication, etc. Christ Covenant has set up a temporary team of volunteers to meet these needs during this season. Please email Ginni Larkins at glarkins@christcovenant.org, or get in touch with your pastor to request assistance with any needs you may have. We love you and want to serve you any way we can!

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!

Current opportunities at Christ Covenant include:

• Engagement and Connections Ministry Manager

Details at: christcovenant.org/aboutus/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 2020.