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

If you are unable to join us in person for either morning or evening worship we hope you will join us on the livestream on either YouTube and or our website at christcovenant.org/live.

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.

Tom Engstrom on the loss of his mother, Phyllis Engstrom.

Cary Van Alstyne on the loss of his mother, Jane Van Alstyne.

This Sunday we will have a special deacons' offering. Since the beginning of the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA), the annual Women’s Ministry Love Gift has been used by God to strengthen our denomination. Your gifts over the two decades have helped us partner with PCA committees and agencies.

This year’s gift will be used once again to extend resources (including people resources, written resources, and financial resources) to bless the global church. Your gift will allow us to help our PCA church workers as they go and make disciples of all nations. We understand that our international ministry staff members can easily grow weary in well-doing, so this year we will again come alongside women serving with Mission to the World (MTW) to provide resources including video tools that will both encourage and equip. Funds will also be invested to continue the work of the Committee on Discipleship Ministries (CDM) through the International Women’s Ministry.

This wide-reaching project has been coordinated with the International Director of each of the 5 regions (Africa, Europe, The Americas [South, Latin, North], Asia/Pacific, and Global Muslim Ministries) along with a MTW female liaison. The project’s focus is to encourage and to equip MTW female field missionaries and their female national partners. These projects share a legacy of resources (written and people) and the cultivating of relationships. Each region will receive the same proportion of the gift.

The women who will be assisted include many single women who have been called to international ministry and women who work with their husbands on mission throughout the world. The funds will be given as a one-time gift to each region to be used in 2022 for the specific purpose of providing the best resources for equipping and encouraging. The project will end with a report on the ways these resources were used by God to bless women in international ministry and the individuals they serve as ambassadors of Christ.

Your gift today combines with gifts from PCA churches across the US as an investment in fulfilling the Great Commission. Thank you for your gift and for your prayers for God’s women in mission on every continent. To learn more visit https://pcacdm.org/wm-love-gift/.

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. Thank you for your gift!

All men ages 16 and older are invited to join the Ministry to Men Fellowship Breakfast on Saturday, November 5, from 7:00 am - 8:30 am, at Stacks Kitchen on Monroe Road in Matthews. The only cost is your breakfast! Come and bring a friend! RSVP by Friday, November 4 by clicking here.

Mark your calendars to set your clocks back one-hour late Saturday evening, November 5, 2022. Daylight Savings Time is officially Sunday, November 6, and we will fall back an hour. Sunday School will still begin at 9:00 am on Sunday, November 6.

Our new psalm of the month is Psalm 29. You can pick up a copy of the introduction and the music (with chords for instrumentalists) in the north, south and main lobbies this Sunday. To help you learn the song, you can listen by either clicking here or on the graphic below. We will be singing this Psalm this Sunday morning during worship.

When we sing the psalms, we are singing songs that Jesus sang, songs that were about Jesus, and songs that point to Jesus. Our hope is to have a steady diet of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs at Christ Covenant. To that end for eight or nine months of the year we will try to highlight a psalm, a hymn, or other songs during seasons like Advent or Easter. You are welcome to collect these psalms as a personal devotional resource or use them in small groups as many do with the bulletin.

All ladies are invited to join Women’s Ministry for a Girls’ Night Out to get to know Sheri Groelsema, wife of our Executive Pastor, Tom Groelsema. Join us on Monday, November 7, at 6:00 pm at Tacos 4 Life in the Arboretum located at 3351 Pineville-Matthews Rd #300, Charlotte, NC 28226. We will enjoy dinner and fellowship together. The only cost is the cost of your dinner. We hope to see you there!

During the Faithful Conference all middle and high school and adults will gather for a combined Sunday School in the sanctuary with Pastor Mark Dever. Don’t miss this great Sunday School on Sunday, November 13, beginning at 9:00 am.

Join Christ Covenant for the final cookie fellowship of the season! We will enjoy cookies, coffee and fellowship in the lobbies in the worship center on Sunday, November 13, from 10:15 am - 10:45 am. Stop by for a cookie and time to get to know other Christ Covenant members and guests!

All senior adults are invited to attend the Annual Christmas Dinner, a festive occasion to celebrate the birth of Jesus with new and old friends. The sit-down dinner includes a salad, main dish, and dessert, catered by Tara Dabbs, one of our church members. And yes, we will be singing the Twelve Days of Christmas! Our guest speaker this is year is Nathan George, our Pastor of Worship. The cost is $18 per person. To reserve your spot contact Lucille Ruths by emailing her at lmruths@gmail.com. Reservations will be confirmed with receipt of payment to Lucille Ruths no later than Sunday, November 13.

Each wreath is $15 a piece and sponsors can purchase them through November 23 clicking here.

The 2022 Women's Christmas Brunch will be held on Thursday, December 1, 2022 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm in the Community Life Center. Join us for a fun morning of Christmas carols, great food, and fellowship! We will also hear from Connie Miller, wife of pastor Mike Miller, about what God is doing in women's ministry around the world. Childcare is available. Spots are limited so be sure to register soon to reserve your spot! The deadline to register is November 23. Learn more and register by clicking here.

Our first worship service at Carmel Place, a retirement living center, is this Sunday, November 6! One of our senior adult members, Peggy, who is a resident at Carmel Place, recently shared with her elders that there is an open door to have a worship service on Sunday morning in their chapel. The service provides residents, who are unable to attend church, with a time of worship, preaching and singing. 

A team of Christ Covenant men (elders, pastors, and interns), have formed a team to serve at Carmel Place each Sunday. Please pray for this outreach in spreading the gospel and for lives to be transformed by the grace of God. If you'd like to learn more about this outreach at Carmel Place, contact Bruce Creswell at bcreswell@christcovenant.org.

In-person voting for the 2022 election is Tuesday, November 8. Early voting began October 20 and goes through November 3. For voting information, including a sample ballot and early voting locations, please visit the following websites:

• Mecklenburg County: https://www.mecknc.gov/BOE/Pages/default.aspx

• Union County: https://www.unioncountyncelections.gov/

Homeschooling Covenant Children is dedicated to supporting and encouraging families at Christ Covenant Church in their homeschooling journey through fellowship and resource sharing, informational meetings, and family gatherings. We connect via email and on our Facebook page- Homeschooling Covenant Children. Please contact Charity Decker at charityldecker@gmail.com to get connected!

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.