Pastor Comments
Honey, the girls, and I want to thank everyone for the Christmas gifts we have received. We are truly blessed to have a wonderful Church family; we thank you all. We are blessed to be here and extremely excited to what God has in store for us in this New Year. Many people look forward to the New Year. I hear people say how glad they are for the New Year because the busy holiday season is behind them. For…
Mission Minute
We are now on the past side of Christmas. The presents have been opened, the last Christmas party is just a memory and good old Saint Nick has stabled his reindeer until next year. But, we can continue to celebrate the joy and wonder of the season far into the New Year by continuing our service to our beloved savior, Jesus, by serving others in need. Covenant Daily Bread continues assisting needy families. The increase in folks needing help with…
Missions Minute
Today has been one of those days. Most of you who know me understand that I am less than patient. I try, but get easily frustrated when I have to wait. Well, today was one of those days. I had to wait on folks to come by the church, I also waited at the pharmacy and that was just part of it. While I waited, for what seemed like a long time, I thought about how patient and long suffering…
Pastor Comments
Fall is here! Everyone seems to love the Fall; whether it be football, wearing flannel, orange colors, pumpkin spice lattes, hot chocolate, the end of 100 degree days or scary movies, there seems to be something that gets everyone excited about this time of the year. Kathryn Lively, who is a professor of Sociology at Dartmouth believes our love for Fall comes from our experiences as a child. “As children, we come to associate fall with going back to school,…
“THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME”
WAIT…IS THAT REALLY TRUE? The title of my article is the title of a very old gospel song. It has been sung for ages. It is probably one of the best known of all the gospel songs. When you check for it on the Internet, you discover that hundreds of people have included it in their albums over the years. The first line of the song says: “This world is not my home I’m just passing through.” I want to challenge that…
Missions Minute
I wonder how many of our current readers remember a country singer, named Glen Campbell. A simple, country boy from…. You got it, Arkansas! Anyway, he had a particular song on the country charts, “By the Time I Get to Phoenix.” My ramblings do have a point and that is that we are also on a journey, a life journey and each day we move a little toward our destination. Although Glen’s song talks a lot about moving away from…
Missions Minute
For those of us who love Autumn, we will soon be officially into the season of falling leaves, a nip in the air and pumpkin spice lattes. The arrival of autumn brings the prospect of colder weather and new challenges for families living day to day. Covenant Daily Bread is an effort to lift a portion of the burden from families in need. Since Covenant began this outreach project, the numbers of families has gradually increased. We have had a…
Mission’s Comments
It seems we have made it through another summer vacation and by the time you read this, Wednesday Nite Live will have begun. It looks like we have an exciting new year beginning . As we begin this new year, there are exciting new things in the works. For years we have collected boxtops for Education and shared them with the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home in Denton, Texas. It is now possible for you to stop clipping boxtops and send…
Pastor Comments
Over the past few months we have been going verse by verse through Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. At the end of this month we will wrap up this journey and begin a new one. One of the themes from the Sermon on the Mount is Jesus confronting us on the position of our heart. He tells us, “Where your treasure is there your heart will be also.” “You cannot serve 2 masters.” The temptation in our world is that…
“… TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE”
The phrase “To err is human, to forgive is divine” is a phrase first used in an essay on criticism by Alexander Pope. Is forgiveness really so weighty that it is given a place in God’s kingdom of being “divine?” YES !!! Forgiveness is one of the most important of all human behaviors. Un-forgiveness is one of the most self-destructive of all human behaviors! Really? Yes! Read the passage of the Unforgiving Servant found in Matthew 18:21-35. That servant is…
Mission Minutes
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you wish you could stay in bed and hope the troubles of the day would slide by your door? I just had one of those weeks and I started to feel really sorry for myself. But, as I sit in front of my ancient PC, I recognize how truly blessed I am. It is cool in my house, opposed to the amazing, scorching temps outside. I have more than I…
Food Mission Results
Last year, our Missions Team began investigating a fresh approach to serving food to our community. We found a new partner in the Oklahoma Food Bank and with their help, we began our new food Pantry Program in August, 2018. Many of you have helped serve and many have helped with donations and much needed prayers. We are a year into this program and I want to share some statistics that has been gathered by the Missions Team. Over the past year,…