Year of Renewal 2017 by Linda Kopetti The time has come for me, as a member of the Year of Renewal Team, to draw your attention to our efforts. As I write this I have just finished Jodi Picoult’s novel Small … Continue reading →
Order of Worship and Bulletin (link) Sunday, January 15, 2017, creates the opening bracket of our Year of Renewal 2017. The date is significant, because it is the Sunday in the weekend of the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. Our … Continue reading →
Order of Worship and Bulletin (link) The feast day of the Epiphany (January 6, or twelve days after Christmas) is when Western Christians celebrate the arrival of the Magi at the home of the Christ Child in Bethlehem. Interestingly, it’s the … Continue reading →
III Narrator Well, so that is that. Now we must dismantle the tree, Putting the decorations back into their cardboard boxes – Some have got broken – and carrying them up to the attic. The holly and the mistletoe must … Continue reading →
Click here to read the January 2017 edition of Covenant News.
Continue reading →by Phil Shoulberg What started out as the coldest day of the winter so far, and my wondering if maybe we shouldn’t cancel our worship service, turned out to be a wonderful day in the life of our church. I … Continue reading →
What’s Old Is New Again What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9 I’m doing my best to stay philosophical about the … Continue reading →
Worship Want to know what’s coming up for worship, this month? Go to FirstChurchWG.org/worship/worship-notes to find out! Membership Have you been missing someone for a while from worship and other church events? Please, let Pastor Dave Denoon or Parish Life Chair … Continue reading →
The Children’s inspiring rendition of “Soon and Very Soon” was our lead-in to the Christmas Season. Remember that the wise men and women are still making their way to Bethlehem. I hope our Sunday School Christmas program, “Alice in Bethlehem,” … Continue reading →
Make a New Year’s resolution to read at least one book relating to the “Renewing Our Mission” program we will be focusing on this year. In Waking Up White author Debby Irving shares her sometimes cringe-worthy struggle to understand racism. … Continue reading →
