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THE E-COURIER
NEWS & EVENTS
October 10-16, 2021
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This Week at Christ Covenant |
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We will have one morning worship service at 10:45 am.
If you are unable to join us in person, we hope you will join us on the livestream.
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Sunday Morning | 10:45 am
"When Desires Deceive"
Genesis 25:27-34
Kevin DeYoung
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Sunday Evening| 6:00 pm
"Wide Open Hearts"
2 Corinthians 6:11-13
Kevin DeYoung
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To download and/or print the bulletin for worship this Sunday,
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Christ Covenant is now on Spotify! |
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We will be using Spotify to make a playlist of some of the songs we will be singing during Sunday worship. This is a great way for all of us - young and old - to be able to learn songs we sing together in worship. You can find this week's playlist by clicking here. You'll need a Spotify account to log in if you do not have one. Spotify is a resource to play and share music on various digital devices, and we hope you'll enjoy this added feature.
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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. |
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Pray for Covenant Day School
Join us in prayer for the Covenant Day School Head of School Search Team as they seek the right candidate to lead Covenant Day in the coming years.
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Please Note: Change on Campus Due to Construction |
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As you come onto campus for worship this Sunday, October 10, the South Lobby entrance will be closed. Due to construction, scaffolding is blocking the entrance doors to the South Lobby. You can still access the South Lobby once you are inside the worship center. The entrance into the South Lobby is not accessible. Please use the main entrance, north entrance, or the entrance from behind the worship center as you come into the worship center. |
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Welcome To New Staff & Pastoral Interns |
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We are excited to introduce you to our new staff and new pastoral interns! We hope
you will join us in praying for them as they enter these new roles.
Join us in welcoming them to our staff.
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Clay Anderson, Assistant Director to Middle School |
Clay grew up in Greenville, SC where he was a member at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church. He studied economics and political science at Clemson University for undergrad. In college Clay was an intern at Clemson Presbyterian Church, a campus tour guide, and a mascot. He also served for four years as a summer conference intern with Reformed Youth Ministries (RYM). He is currently in his first year at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS). Clay is married to his wife Delaney and loves sharing the gospel with students, playing beach volleyball, and eating tex-mex. |
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John Robert Biggs, Assistant Director to Middle School
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John Robert has served as a pastoral intern at Christ Covenant since 2018, and he is excited about joining the Christ Covenant Youth Ministry (CCYM) staff. He and his wife Mary have four kids: Annie Louisa (5), Gilbert (4), Francis (2), and Dorothy (8 months). He has a degree in English from the University of Central Oklahoma, spent a year as a Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) intern at New Mexico State University and expects to graduate from Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) in December 2022. |
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Matthew Kirk, Pastoral Intern |
Matthew grew up in Northern Ireland until he went to Durham University in the North of England where he studied History and Politics as an undergraduate. Matthew went on to earn a Masters in Early Modern History at the same university, and then spent four years working for a church in the heart of Durham city. Initially, he served in student ministry and children’s ministry, he later worked more specifically with international students. Following a few years working in Business Development and World Heritage Fundraising, Matthew moved to Leeds to explore the call to ministry, then came under the care of the International Presbyterian Church in the UK. Matthew and his family moved to Charlotte in July 2021 in order to study and pursue a Masters of Divinity at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS). Matthew is happily married to Caroline and the proud father of Archibald and Beatrix. |
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Daniel Pollorena, Pastoral Intern |
Daniel grew up in Cabo, Mexico. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Music at Escuela Superior de Artes de Yucatan. In 2015 he moved to Memphis, TN and served as a music intern at Second Presbyterian Church. In 2018 he earned his Master’s in Music (Piano Performance) at the University of Memphis. He served as the Worship Director and Pastoral Assistant at Iglesia Presbiteriana Esperanza in Memphis, TN from 2018-2019. In 2019 he moved to Charlotte to pursue a Master of Divinity at RTS. Daniel is married to his beautiful wife, Katie Pollorena. Daniel loves God, family, people, music, and watching NFL (#GoPats!). |
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Children’s Programs During Faithful Conference |
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We have free children’s programs on Saturday night for ages 4 months - 5th grade. All children’s programs on Sunday morning & Sunday evening will operate as normal. To register your child(ren) for Saturday night’s activities, register at faithfulconference.org.
Our Faithful Conference is November 13 - 14, 2021 in our worship center. Our special guest speaker is William Taylor from St. Helen’s Church in London, England. The conference is free. When you register to attend, you will receive a $10 off coupon for the Faithful bookstore, which is hosted by the 10 of Those bookstore! Register today at faithfulconference.org!
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Communicants Class for 5th-8th Graders |
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Our 2021-22 Communicants class will be forming soon! If you have a son/daughter in the 5th-8th grade who desires to become a communing member of the church 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! |
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Homeschooling Covenant Children |
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Homeschooling Covenant Children is dedicated to supporting and encouraging families at Christ Covenant Church in their homeschooling journey through fellowship and resource sharing. There are support meetings scheduled throughout the school year for moms as well as gatherings for the whole family. Please contact Charity Decker at charityldecker@gmail.com or 704-231-5210 to be included on our email list. It’s a great way to connect! You may also connect with us on Facebook at Homeschooling Covenant Children. |
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Audio /Visual Volunteers Needed |
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Do you like music and film? Do you enjoy working with technology, or seeing behind the scenes? We would love to have you volunteer as part of the Audiovisual Tech Team on Sundays! You’ll be trained on how to run sound, set up mics and cables, run the lights and camera system for the livestream, and more. Being responsible for the production side of the service, our goal is to assist in bringing the Word of God to the church with clarity and excellence. If the sound is cutting in and out and the camera angles are weird, it becomes a distraction from worship. However, when done well, technology enhances the worship service and plays an integral part of discipleship.
You don’t need to have any prior experience in this field to serve with us; we will get you up to speed on everything you need to know. If interested, please contact Asher Pope at audiovisual@christcovenant.org. We are eager to add to the team and look forward to hearing from you! |
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Christ Covenant’s 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. In October, Set Free’s ministry to men will begin a series of meetings to start the process of recovery from pornography. Interested? Send an email to SetFree@Christcovenant.org to get more information. |
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Save the date to celebrate Christ Covenant Church being a particularized church in the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA) for 40 years and having a beautiful church here in Matthews for 25 years! Sunday, December 12 during and after the evening worship service is when we will celebrate, so mark you calendars now! |
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We are hoping to have 100% of the congregation participate in the Envision capital campaign. We are currently at 67%. It’s not too late to turn in your pledge card for the Envision capital campaign! Pledge cards and information about the many upgrades and changes we hope to accomplish through Envision can be found in the brochures and booklets in the worship center and online. You can also make a pledge online at christcovenant.org/envision. We currently have 67% of families participating and $897,626 pledges toward our goal of $1,500,000. |
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Ways to Pray for Envision |
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Join us in praying for Envision! We are envisioning having one person praying every day at 5:30 pm through the end of the campaign to pray specifically for the Envision capital campaign. You can sign up by clicking here or by visiting christcovenant.org. We have also included specific ways you can pray for Envision. Would you join us by signing up for one or more days to pray for the Envision capital campaign? Here are specific ways you can join us in prayer:
- The Project – That work would proceed at a good pace to allow use of these welcome additions (Psalm 90:17).
- The Church – That we would as a body embrace the call of “70 by September” and see 70% member participation.” (Ephesians 4:16)
- The Mission – As we see concrete and steel in their right places, we would be able to see people being cared for and drawn to Christ through these physical means (Psalm 84:10).
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Current opportunities at Christ Covenant include:
• Facilities Maintenance (full-time)
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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 2021.
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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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All are invited to join us for worship either in-person or on the livestream at 10:45 am each Sunday morning and at 6:00 pm each Sunday evening. The livestream can be found on our homepage ChristCovenant.org, Facebook, YouTube, or Vimeo
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