COVENANT COMMUNITY CHURCH: EARLY THANKSGIVING

Sunday, November 22, 2009

EARLY THANKSGIVING

Covenant Community don't mess around when it comes to Thanksgiving. I mean just look at all that beauty: a perfect 16 lb. bird (a la Donald), rosemary mashed potatoes and gravy (a la Jay), creamed corn (a la Jeanny), candied yams (a la Hetty), Honeybaked ham and cranberry relish (a la Jerry), fruit & veggie stuffing (a la Jeanny), and not to mention what Richard referred to as a "dangerous" pumpkin cheesecake (not pictured). Today's sermon (Mark 1:40-45) was a bit excruciating to endure as the aroma of all these glorious goodies were wafting into the prayer hall from the kitchen. Is it just me or did Pastor Ben wrap up his message just a little faster than usual? Before plating up we did our tradition of going around the room to hear each member's list of things to be thankful for. This part always seems like a hassle at first because who really wants to be put on the spot? But once the round is done it's always nice to hear about everyone's sincerest blessings and we all realize we are thankful to have things to be thankful for.

Needless to say we all immediately bee-lined it to the serving tables, eager to load up our styrofoam plates with about 3,000 calories worth of pure heaven. You never heard as many groans and cries of joy from adult men.

Afterwards all the little Covenanteers joined Pastor Ben in singing and dancing to praise songs, while the old folks slowly succumbed to the onset of food coma and tryptophan sedation.

At the end we all walked away feeling a little warmer, a little closer to each other, and a little more settled in our hearts. It's funny how soothing it can be to fix our gaze upon those things that God blesses us with. It's also funny how easily we sometimes forget.

-Eric

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Sunday Worship 12:00 PM

Welcome to Covenant Community Church. The word "covenant" captures the vision of our church. Through the Covenant of Grace, we have been redeemed as God's own possession. In Christ, we are now His people and the Lord is our God. For this reason, we worship Him. We desire to be a community of true worshippers in spirit and truth. In His presence, worship gives us the assurance of God's covenantal promise: "I will be your God and you will be my people." This is the heart of the covenant. That is why we invite you to join us. So if you are weak and seek rest, and if you need grace and God's assurance, please come join us in our worship.

Sincerely,

The Congregation of CCC

About Us

"To provide a faithful local church in the San Fernando Valley area with the Gospel of Christ to bring glory and honor to God."

Covenant Community Church is a new church plant in the San Fernando Valley area, with the purpose to preach the Gospel of Christ to bring glory and honor to God. Our mission is to establish a faithful local church with emphasis on family by reaching young professionals as well as families.

We know that there are many churches out there. And making a decision on which church to attend can be both overwhelming and exhausting. But it's the most important decision you can make for you and your family. So we ask that you spend much time in prayer and in His word. And if time permits, please get to know us as well. We hope and pray that many questions can be answered by this blog, but if you want more answers, please visit our website at www.covenantworship.net, or contact us and we'll be glad to help you.

So come and see what the Lord is doing in our church on Sunday. And if the Lord wills, we hope to have you join our family.

Fellowship

"And they were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer" (Acts 2:42)

One of the greatest priviliges of being a Christian is to enter into the church's fellowship. The word fellowship means to "share one another's burden." We as the members of God's family admonish and build one another up. At Covenant Community Church, we consider fellowship to be of utmost importance. Please browse through this blog or our website at www.covenantworship.net to find out the news and updates, prayer requests and mostly importantly, the ways you can get involved in our church.

Come and join us...let us share the love of Christ together!

Beliefs

Both qahal (OT) and ekklesis (NT) define church as "the gathering of God's people." By definition, we learn two things: First, the church is an organism, not organization. Second, the church consists of all those who are truly saved through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. This complete gathering of God's people is what we call "the invisible church." For it consists of every believer from every age and every land. This "invisible church" is, however, manifested visibly through a gathering of a local church. For this reason, a local church is both confessional and connectional: "One body and one Spirit...one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God." (Eph 4:4-6). Thus, this is our confession and our faith in Jesus Christ.

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