This Sunday, Covenant will hold its Annual Congregational Business Meeting. As part of the meeting, we will pass a budget and elect Board members. Leading […]

The lectionary text for this Sunday in Hebrews 4 uses the term “High Priest,” a term that is unfamiliar, at best, to most of us. […]

This Sunday, Covenant will observe World Communion Sunday. The first Sunday in October is a day set aside when Christians around the world gather at […]

I’m writing this Note from Pastor J R immediately after having watched Pope Francis’ address to a joint session of the U. S. Congress. Just […]

This Sunday will be my 15th Anniversary as the Senior Pastor at Covenant Community Church. So allow me to use this opportunity to reminisce and […]

There is probably nothing that has gotten most of us in more trouble than our tongues. Have you ever wished you could take something back […]

Every now and then you hear something so outrageous that you find yourself saying, “He or she said what?” It’s usually a word or comment […]

“A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thorn bushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes. A good person […]

Growing up in the Black sect of the Pentecostal Holiness Churches in southern Virginia and northern North Carolina, I can remember the efforts to cross […]

Most of the time, I follow the lectionary as the scriptural inspiration for my Sunday morning sermons. Well, this week I’ve decided to only partially […]