The Covenant Podcast

This week on Table Talk, Pastors Kyle Gatlin and Nick Shepherd discuss the concept of addition by subtraction as the final step in their series on going deeper with God. They argue that to truly grow spiritually, one must often remove things like distractions, time-consuming commitments, or unhealthy habits to create the necessary space for a deeper relationship with Jesus. The Pastors also explor...

Kyle brings us the message recorded live at Covenant

This week on Table Talk. Pastors Kyle Gatlin and Nick Shepherd discuss how serving and giving can deepen one's relationship with God, arguing that it takes you to a different and deeper level than prayer or Bible reading alone. They explore why this kind of service, especially when it involves giving of one's time, gifts, or body for others, is so impactful, suggesting it aligns with our...

Kyle brings us the message recorded live at Covenant. 

 This week on Table Talk: Pastor Kyle Gatlin sits down with Dr. Carl Creasman to discuss Dr. Creasman's new administrative role and the challenge of reading the Bible. Dr. Creasman shares his approach to a deeper study, drawing a parallel between "collateral reading" in college and the common struggle Christians have with making time for God's Word. The conversation highlights...

Bobbi brings us the message recorded live at Covenant. 

 This week on Table Talk. Pastors Kyle Gatlin and Nick Shepherd discuss the common challenge of prayer "dryness" and the metaphor of "leaving the shallows" to go deeper in one's spiritual life. They emphasize that overcoming dryness requires persistence and experimentation with different prayer methods. The hosts conclude that the depth of one's faith is tied to the d...

Kyle brings us the sermon recorded live at Covenant. 

This week on Table Talk. Pastors Kyle and Bobbi are back on the podcast this week over the telephone. In this episode the Pastors give a full review of our 2025 Covenant Methodist Church Serve Day. Serve Day is the day when our congregation goes out together into our local communities and serves others just as Jesus did.

This week on Table Talk. Pastors Kyle and Bobbi discuss the middle man of the Holy Trinity, Jesus. The pastors discuss the significance of Jesus making his dwelling among us contrasting it with the Old Testament God who was Holy Other. They explore the 30 undocumented years of Jesus's life, where he lived a normal life in obscurity before his ministry. The Pastors conclude that Jesus is &quot...

Kyle brings us the message recorded live at Covenant. 

This week on Table Talk. Pastors Kyle and Bobbi discuss the middle man of the Holy Trinity, Jesus. The pastors discuss the significance of Jesus making his dwelling among us contrasting it with the Old Testament God who was Holy Other. They explore the 30 undocumented years of Jesus's life, where he lived a normal life in obscurity before his ministry. The Pastors conclude that Jesus is &quot...

Bobbi brings us the message recorded live from Covenant. 

This week on Table Talk Pastors Kyle Nick discuss the many names of God. The Pastors dive in to Jesus' use of the word Father to represent God, how others like David refer to him as Lord, and the many titles of God. The Pastors discuss the importance of the use of the word Father and why they believe it was the title chosen by Christ.

Kyle brings us the message recorded live at Covenant. 

This week on Table Talk we are joined by Pastors Kyle and Nick. In this episode Pastor Kyle asks if we can look at the story of Lazarus from different points of view. The Pastor's discuss the ways Jesus meets Marie and Martha, how the meetings differ, and why this might have happened.

Kyle brings us the message recorded live at Covenant. 

Bobbi brings us the message recorded live at Covenant. 

Kyle brings us the Message recorded live at Covenant. 

This week on Table Talk Pastors Kyle and Nick are talking about our current sermon series Ghosted. In this episode Kyle and Nick dive in to Pslam 13 where the writer David prays to God "How long Lord? Will you forget me forever?", and how this compares to the modern feeling of being ghosted by someone. The Pastors discuss events in their own lives where they have felt this way with peopl...

Kyle brings us the message recorded live at Covenant.

This week on Table Talk we are joined By Assistant Pastor Nick Shepherd and His wife Lauren Barfield-Shepherd who is our Youth Ministry Director. In this episode Nick and Lauren discuss the wellspring group's whole hearted living elevator model of the heart and how it has assisted them in learning each others feelings and desires, and how to work through them with Christ Jesus.

Nick brings us this weeks message recorded live at Covenant. 

This week on Table Talk we are joined by Assistant Pastor Nick Shephard, and Pat Heldman our Church Administrator. In this episode Nick and Pat discuss servant leadership, what it means to lead with a whole heart and a servants mindset, and how to show grace, forgiveness, and love in a leadership position as a Christian.

Kyle brings us the message with special guest Nick Shepherd. Recorded live at Covenant.