Small Groups Serve Small People Together
Covenant has been growing. Not only are our worship services (and parking lot) full, but so are our children’s programs. In fact, it takes 43 volunteers to run our kids’…
Serving Our City
Covenant is growing, and with growth come decisions! The church is working to meet demands in two very different ways. The Growth Task Force reported to the congregation last week…
Growth Task Force Update
The Covenant Growth Task Force, created in September to research ways to increase capacity on campus, gave an update at two separate, but identical, meetings in mid-January. Daniel Campbell, who…
Familiar Face is Covenant’s Next Middle School Director
Jake Pluenneke will take over as Covenant’s Director of Middle School Ministry this coming June after he graduates from the University of Texas at Austin. Jake is not a new…
Rescued Sermon Series
Covenant is starting a new sermon series this Sunday, Jan. 5. Through “Rescued,” we’ll travel through the book of Exodus with Moses and the people of Isreal as they learn…
New Year Examen
The new year (and the new decade!) provides an opportunity for us to reflect and plan. The Examen is a great tool to help us do that faithfully. The Examen…
Jill’s Sabbatical: Feeling God’s Favor
Florida, Alabama, California, Hawaii, Ireland, Scotland and England. Jill Williams traveled many places during her three-month sabbatical. Upon her return in early October, she was full of gratitude. “I feel…
Jesse Reyes Celebrates 25 Years!
The year was 1994: Bill Clinton was president. Amazon.com was founded. And Jesse Reyes started at Covenant. December 4 marked 25 years since Jesse was hired as a custodian at…
2019 Day of Service is a Success!
More than 200 people came out to lend a hand at Covenant’s 2019 Day of Service. All the volunteers served with one of our four mission partners, Community First!, Street…
Volunteering with Texas Reach Out is Life Changing
More than 3,000 men and women are released from prison into Travis County every year. Statistics predict that 70 percent of them will return to prison within three years. Texas Reach Out Ministries…
Year End Giving Tips
As the end of 2019 approaches, Covenant’s financial office has tips on “end of year giving.” Covenant accepts gifts of stocks and marketable securities. Members and friends can avoid capital…
Covenant Cottage is Home Sweet Home
Community First! Village is a 51-acre master planned community that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for men and women coming out of chronic homelessness. A development of Mobile…
Covenant Looks to the Future
Covenant leaders are discussing two major goals for our church: One is how to increase our capacity on Sunday mornings; the second is how to be a love letter to Austin. To…
A Scripture a Day: Gifts of Grace
Thomas Daniel suggested in his sermon on Sunday that we read scripture daily this week, as we ponder the fruits of the spirit and try to live out our eulogy…
“Gifts of Grace” Sermon Series Starts September 22
Covenant will embark on a new sermon series titled “Gifts of Grace” on Sept. 22. For nine weeks, we’ll journey through Galatians 5 as the Bible goes into a great deal…
Cheryl Banks Awarded Lifetime PW Honor
Covenant member Cheryl Banks was awarded the Honorary Life Membership in Presbyterian Women at the PW annual kick-off luncheon on Aug. 28. This honor goes to a woman whose life…
Explore Membership at Covenant
Dictionary.com defines speed dating as an organized social activity in which people seeking romantic relationships have a series of short conversations with potential partners in order to determine whether there…
Covenant Volunteers Help Rebuild Houston
Summary of Covenant Disaster Relief Team Trip — June 2019 Covenant is helping to rebuild Houston. Seven members, the largest crew from Covenant since the 2017 Hurricane Harvey, traveled to…
Seeing Homelessness with New Eyes
by Henry Sedberry Editor’s note: Henry recently returned from the Middle School Mission Trip to Oklahoma City. He shares his experience with us here: I had just gotten back from…
The Entrepreneurial Spirit of SYM
by Paul Mowry Before Covenant missionary Terry Cole left a high-tech career to found Street Youth Ministry (SYM) in 2008, he was known as an innovator. Working at Advanced Micro…
Children and Family Activities Sign-up
Covenant Children and Family Ministry has activities for fun and to learn about our programming and how you can be a part of it! Join Covenant Children and Family Ministry…
Welcome Ali
Alison “Ali” Bolsinger jumped in with both feet as Covenant’s new Director of Middle School Ministries. Ali graduated from Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., at the end of May and…
The Rhoades to Adventures.net
The year was 1976 when Mike and Ruth Rhoades started volunteering with Covenant kids. You remember that, right? It was the U.S. Bicentennial! Jimmy Carter was president; Bruce Jenner won…
Jill’s Upcoming Sabbatical
Dear Covenant family, Beginning July 1, I will begin a three-month sabbatical, a request Covenant’s Session graciously approved at the end of 2018. I have been curious about the possibility…