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 […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
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 […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2015
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 […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015
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 […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY BEFORE LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
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 […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2015
“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 […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2015
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 […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015
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 […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2015
So far 2015 has been a very hot summer, with seemingly no relief in sight from this heat wave. I was in South Georgia last […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2015
Last Sunday was my birthday and it was a great birthday. I received over 500 Facebook birthday greetings! The Board, Staff, Mama Dorothy and others […]