Covenant Presbyterian Church, OPC
Morning Worship
Please join us for morning worship, which meets each week at 11 AM. As we gather to praise God and listen to His Word, we are currently studying the Old Testament book of Ruth, which sets before us a comforting picture of God's loyal love and a challenging call for followers of Jesus to show forth a similar love towards others. Previous sermons are available on our Media Archive Page.
Evening Worship
Please join us for evening worship, which meets each week at 6 PM (except on second Sundays of the month, when we start at 2:30 PM). As we gather to praise God and listen to His Word, we are currently studying 2 Samuel, which highlights the exploits of King David so that we can learn about his greater descendant, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Economic security disappears...a life-time of accomplishment evaporates...loved ones die..the body breaks down with disease...a spouse lashes out...friends place blame where it doesn't belong...worst of all, God seems an enemy, not a friend. These are the trials of the biblical figure Job, and while they may be more extreme than anything we've ever experienced personally, they nonetheless set before us the suffering common to humanity in this broken world. While we sometimes construe our theology to protect God from responsibility for our hurts, the book of Job could not be clearer that God has control even over the disasters that confront His people. Please join us for our summer adult Sunday School class as we confront the hard questions about God's use of pain in our lives posed by the book of Job. We'll consider Job's exemplary integrity, God's sovereignty in our suffering, the difficulties caused to faith by partial truths, the nature of true biblical wisdom, and the grandeur of our God who speaks out of the whirlwind. And, as in all our studies, we'll find the Lord Jesus set before our faith, for it is only in and through His sacrifice on the cross that all suffering finally makes sense. This class will be team taught by Pastor Kevin Kisler, Elder Doug Giebel, and Mr. Keith Karr, and will meet from June 2 to September 1.
Adult Sunday School
Spring 2013
Hebrews
Taught by Keith Karr
Class will meet in the Library
No New Testament book has challenged the reader, original and contemporary, as Hebrews. Questions surrounding authorship, audience and use of the Old Testament are a sample of its puzzling issues. However, the sermon's original challenge to persevere in Christian faith remains for all readers both ancient and modern. This quarter we will focus on the second half of the epistle. There we will see Jesus, our Great High Priest, who offered Himself as the only sufficient sacrifice for sin, fulfilling the shadows of the Tabernacle. We will also see Jesus, the Pioneer of our faith, setting the example of endurance in the midst of temptation and suffering, challenging us to persevere in our profession.
Practices Promoting Christian Community
Taught by Kevin Kisler
Class will meet in Rm. 209
All around us, we see people enduring broken relationships and living in relative isolation. As Christians, we recognize that loving Christ requires loving His people within the church, and yet far too often we profess that love better than we live it out in practice. The world impact us more than we care to admit, and the unity of the Spirit within the church suffers as a result. This class will build off of the stunning insights of the book Living into Community by Christine Pohl to consider four Christian practices which promote true Christ-centered community within the church: gratitude, promise-making, truth-telling, and hospitality.
Friendship Class
Taught by Edith McKlveen
Class will meet in Rm. 208
The Friendship Class welcomes all who would like to study the Bible at a steady pace and develop stronger relationships within the body of Christ. This quarter, the class will continue its practice of studying the variety of scripture texts used in that Sunday's morning service.
At Covenant Presbyterian Church, "Christ at the Center" is not simply a motto, it's the goal of everything we do.
Jesus is at the center of the Bible's message about God and His love towards His people. Jesus is at the center of how God has done away with our sin and will deliver us from sin's consequence of death. Jesus is at the center of the Church's preaching and teaching. Jesus is at the center of true worship. Jesus is at the center of a new and increasingly transformed life. Jesus is at the center of our every hope for today and for eternity to come. Jesus is at the center of all lasting joy.
Who is Jesus to have such an important place?
Jesus is the eternal Son of God. He created us and takes care of us. He became man and died for His people's sins on the cross. He defeated death by rising from the grave, and is even now preparing an everlasting home with the Heavenly Father for those who love Him. He gives us His Word and Holy Spirit so we can come to Him in faith and live totally devoted to Him. He puts us in His Church to share the joys and struggles of our lives with others. He equips leaders to help us in our faith. He saved us from sin and death to praise Him forever. Because He is who He is, knowing Him is the greatest joy conceivable.