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Expand Info Fri May 25 - Mon May 28 NEXT Conference

Spend four days beholding Jesus Christ—who he is and what he has done—at a conference in Orlando, Fla. that’s all about seeing the gospel transferred from one generation to the next. Visit thisisnext.org for details and to register.
Expand Info Fri Jun 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. Preaching Night

Enjoy hearing the Word of God preached with passion? Join us for a series of preaching nights designed to train up young preachers of the Word. Speakers will vary with each semi-monthly event.
Expand Info Wed Jun 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. Prayer Meeting

Join us as we gather to pray for our church and the Spirit’s work in and through us.

“Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” Psalm 85:6

Location: PC Classroom

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Expand Info Sat Jun 16 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Single Parents Ministry Meeting

A ministry, led by Adam Malcolm, to equip and care for single parents of Covenant Life Church. All single parents as well as those who want to explore serving in this ministry are invited to attend.
Expand Info Tue Jun 19 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Singles Backyard BBQ

Bring food and invite a guest for our second annual Backyard Bar-B-Que. We’re taking over the back lawn of the church. Nets will be set up for volleyball, and the outdoor courts will be open for basketball (bring a ball). Questions? E-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Expand Info Wed Jun 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. Prayer Meeting

Join us as we gather to pray for our church and the Spirit’s work in and through us.

“Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” Psalm 85:6

Location: PC Classroom

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Expand Info Wed Jul 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. Prayer Meeting

Join us as we gather to pray for our church and the Spirit’s work in and through us.

“Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” Psalm 85:6

Location: PC Classroom

For more info contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Expand Info Fri Jul 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. Singles Seminar with Carolyn McCulley

More info coming soon…
Expand Info Wed Jul 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. Prayer Meeting

Join us as we gather to pray for our church and the Spirit’s work in and through us.

“Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” Psalm 85:6

Location: PC Classroom

For more info contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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Tue Feb 24 2009

The God of Mission

God called a pagan moon-worshipper and told him that he was not only going to bless him but the entire earth through him.  And this guy didn’t even know or serve God.  Abram heard the call of God and responded.  God delivered on his promise.  And today we are all blessed through Abraham’s offspring: Jesus Christ.

At our first Big Meeting in our series on mission, Isaac led the charge and directed our gaze to our God who seeks to bless undeserving sinners like Abram and like us. 

God’s mission is to redeem the people of the earth through His redeemed people. We are His redeemed people.  We are called to His mission.

In light of this call, each one of us needs to soberly assess where we spend our time and energy and money to see if we are in fact carrying out His mission.

God’s purposes will never be thwarted (Abram made mind-blowing mistakes that seemed to put our redemption in jeopardy), but he has decided to use his redeemed people to carry out these purposes.  As weak and fallible as we are.

We don’t want to be content with our current knowledge of and zeal for His mission—we want more.  We want the mission of God to be infused into the DNA of our lives.  We want this to become a part of what it means to be a mature follower of Christ—a holiness that leads us to meet the needs of others.  Real physical needs:  Food. Clothing. Mentoring.  Housing.  And even greater needs: that all people be reconciled to their Creator through belief in the death of Jesus Christ.

Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of the promise of blessing through Abraham.  Scripture makes it clear that Christ is the offspring that Abraham was promised (Gal 3:16) and that we are children of Abraham through our common faith in the promise of God (Gal 3:6-9, Rom 4:13-25).

How should we live in light of this God and His mission?

• We should worship our God who initiated the mission by calling an undeserving sinner named Abram and promising blessing to him.
• We should have confidence for the mission: it was His idea, and His will that brought it about.
• We should have sustaining strength for the mission: God never tires, and He never gets bored of this mission and goes off to start a new one.  Let’s draw our strength each day from the God of mission.
• Find a place to serve and proclaim.  We don’t need a plan of study for six months.  We just need to find a need and meet it and begin proclaiming the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Just like Abram…we must go.