“It takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us” is a book written by Hillary Rodham Clinton and published during the time she was […]

Feb 08,2015 Under federal court order, tomorrow, February 9th, Alabama becomes the 37th state to legalize gay marriages. The United Church of Christ was the […]

This Sunday’s gospel reading from Mark 1 is about healing.  As I studied it this week preparing for the sermon, I was reminded of the […]

This week I’m departing from the lectionary gospel text to preach from Mark 4, the portion of the chapter that deals with Jesus calming the […]

“SHARING JOY BECAUSE YOU MATTER TO GOD!” This Sunday morning, I will conclude a 3 week sermon series on Covenant’s vision statement; “To be an […]

The effectiveness of a vision statement for any organization such as Covenant is to make it easy to remember and effortless to say.  Covenant’s vision […]

NOTE FROM PAST J R FOR ADVENT 4, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2014 Last Saturday evening, Covenant hosted the annual Christmas Program for the four United […]

NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR ‘PINK’ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2014 ‘joy to the world’ If you noticed the heading, you undoubtedly caught that I […]

NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT – PEACE DECEMBER 7, 2014 I may be showing my age but I loved […]

Note from pastor j r FOR SUNDAY, NOVEBMER 30, 2014 THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Where did 2014 go?  There is only one month left […]