This Second Sunday in Lent, we will celebrate Covenant’s 35th Anniversary! The assigned Gospel Lesson has a special meaning for me as it comes right […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT, FEBRUARY 14, 2016
This Sunday, The First Sunday in Lent (Purple Sunday), we are confronted with the gospel text from Luke 4 telling us of Jesus’ spiritual journey […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, February 7, 2016
This Sunday is probably one of the least known and observed Sundays on the liturgical calendar. It’s “Presentation of the Lord” Sunday. The assigned gospel […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2016
As I was watching the news about the human-made greed decisions that lead to the current water disaster in Flint, Michigan, I also took note […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2016
Last Sunday, I preached a sermon called “A Miracle Just to Keep the Party Going!” The assigned lectionary gospel text was on Jesus’s first miracle, […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2016
This Sunday, the assigned gospel lesson is about Jesus’ first public miracle. It was when He turned the water into wine at a wedding in […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR, JANUARY 10, 2016 BAPTISM OF OUR LORD SUNDAY
This Second Sunday of the New Year is celebrated in Christian circles as the “Baptism of Our Lord Sunday.” Covenant will join with Christian churches […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2016 The Light for Our Turnaround in 2016
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I’m still away on a much needed vacation of rest for this Holiday Season. However, I will be back in the pulpit […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 27, 2015
For many folks, by this Sunday Christmas is over! For them the decorations have started to come down and they are solely focused on the […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR ADVENT 4 – LOVE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2015
This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Advent and the theme is Love. Most of us think of love as a feeling; but love is […]