Covenant Presbyterian Church – Charlotte NC

Amid holiday celebrations, many of us struggle with hard realities of grief, loss, illness and unfulfilled dreams. This candlelight service is intended to bring comfort and re-center our focus.

Matthew 11:2-6: When John heard in prison what the Messiah[a] was doing, he sent word by his[b] disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” 4 Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers[c] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brough...

The singing and ringing choirs of Covenant, accompanied by Rob Dicks on the organ as well as piano and brass, celebrate Christ's birth at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13. This is a re-broadcast of the 2019 Lessons and Carols service. See and hear Covenant Choir, Covenant Ringers, Youth Singers, Angelus and Chorister Choirs along with Charlotte Brass -- all under the direction of Heather and Kenney Potte...

Psalm 137 Isaiah 40:1-5, 11

This is the final podcast of the season as we transition to a busy Advent calendar. Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers 11 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus[d] was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten lepers[e] approached him. Keeping their distance, 13 they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show...

The journey started out in disbelief and sadness. It ended in joy, excitement, love and true devotion. The same can happen to each one of us.

I Chronicles 16:34 I Thessalonians 5:16-18

The prodigal son, or lost son, was an abuser of grace. He had a loving father, a good home, a future and an inheritance, but he traded it all in for temporal pleasures. We are the prodigal son.

15 He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth 16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: 18 “The Spirit of the Lord i...

In today’s podcast, Grace and Bob talk about leading with love in a troubled world. “It seems like we’re holding rocks ready to hurl,” Bob said. “That’s just not going to work There is a much better way forward.”

Celebrating those who have passed in the last year.

35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37 A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him...

The Canaanite Woman’s Faith 21 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.” 23 But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.” 24 He ans...

Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. 3 Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not bur...

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as they migrated from the east,[a] they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, a...

Gentiles Hear the Good News Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

2 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”...

A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed 21 When Jesus had crossed again in the boat[a] to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. 22 Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet 23 and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made...