Explore Membership, Virtually
Covenant will offer its second virtual Explore Membership class in April. Covenant Visitor and New Member Coordinator Amy Skaggs leads the class. She and a few people who participated in…
Making a Difference at Manos
The advent of COVID-19 last year caused a sharp spike in activity at Manos de Cristo’s food pantry. From January through March 2020, Manos served 300 people a month. The…
The Covenant Community at Community First!
A group of five men park their cars and walk to the site where they are constructing a house. Their temperatures are taken, their masks are donned. It’s before 7…
The New Face of Congregational Care and Mission
When Emily Vanderslice saw the job posting for Covenant’s Assistant for Congregational Care and Mission, she was excited. “I knew that Covenant was a vibrant, active community. I decided to…
Behind the Scenes of Covenant Online Worship
It’s 7 ‘clock Friday morning, and just like the week before and the week before and the week before, Jonathan Kofahl arrives at Covenant and unpacks cameras, lights, sound equipment…
Kay Austin: Serving with Extravagant Generosity
Ten years ago, Covenant’s Assistant for Congregational Care and Mission Kay Austin reached her typical tenure at a job. She’d been at Covenant for three years and, in all of…
Helping Our Neighbors: An Unexpected Call
“There are people who make it happen, people who watch it happen and the last group, who say, ‘What happened?’ Four years ago, I decided to make it happen.” Jo…
Lasting Relationships
Rob Bishop is a familiar figure at Covenant. He’s been spotted riding his bike to worship services on Sunday morning, hanging with students on the fourth floor, refereeing Upward Basketball…
ESL History at Covenant
For several years, Covenant has partnered with Manos de Cristo to offer classroom space and teachers for ESL classes. Though not currently meeting, the team hopes to start classes again…
AVEY Grateful for Donations; Needs Food Distribution Volunteers
During the month of July, Covenant has been highlighting our mission partner, Austin Voices for Education and Youth (AVEY). Our goal has been to educate our members and friends about…
Update: Covenant’s Donation to Relieve Medical Debt
In March, Covenant announced that we had made a $100,000 donation that would be used to relieve $10 million worth of secondary medical debt for the poorest households in Travis…
Austin Voices Stays Busy During Pandemic
The daily interaction that the Austin Voices in Education and Youth (AVEY) staff had with the St. John’s Neighborhood came to an abrupt stop in mid-March. Like all of Austin…
David Peña Answers God’s Call
In December 2017, Covenant featured Texas Reach Out Ministry, and David and Margie Peña in the Cornerstone. As we mourn the loss of our friend and mission partner, David, and pray for…
#BucketsofJustice
A “bucket hat” is defined on the Internet as “a simple soft cloth hat with a brim.” They are trendy right now, and one young Covenant member is making and…
Celebrating Grads in New Ways
Covenant deacons and our Children and Family Ministry celebrated our Covenant graduates with spirited send-offs. Like almost everything else this spring, they were different than anyone had imagined, but Covenant…
Covenant Delivers Baskets to Refugee Families
It’s tough times right now for people across the world, but how much harder might it be if you had recently moved to the U.S. from another country? Covenant’s refugee…
Two Covenant Employees Make Moves
Two Covenant employees, Billy Streu and Rachael McConnell, will have their last day at Covenant on May 31. Billy is leaving to pursue his master’s in social work. Rachael will…
Marjon’s Amazing Journey
As the semester winds down (in a most unusual way), so do spring and, in the case of Marjon Ahmadian, an internship three years long. Marjon has been a Student…
Covenant Meets Mission Needs
“Some cool mission stuff is happening,” Mission Director Whitney Bell said, referring to the last several weeks of donations coming into Covenant and other plans that are underway. For starters,…
Covenant Material Helps Frontline Medical Workers
Tucked away in Eaton Hall are dozens of sewing machines and a plethora of material, collected by Covenant volunteers and staff. The intent was to take it to Belize and…
Finding Purpose: Facemask Making
The Covid-19 Shelter-in-Place order means that we are home … all the time. Some of us are working more than ever, some of us are barely working and some of…
Covenant Helps Relieve $10 Million worth of Travis County Medical Debt
Church Gift, Multiplied 100X by Innovative Non-Profit, to Help the County’s Poorest In worship services today, Covenant Senior Pastor Thomas Daniel shared that a $100,000 Covenant donation will relieve $10…
The Timeless Nature of our God
Thomas Daniel is celebrating six years at Covenant this week! Here, he writes about the relationships he’s formed and the things he’s learned. He also writes about what has changed,…
Finding Grace in the Unknown
Thomas Daniel writes about this uncertain time we are in … and how he’s been grieving the things we have lost while still discovering new evidence of God’s grace. Read…