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A Word from Joel - June 11, 2025
June 20th, 2025
We had a wonderful week as a family in New Orleans! We ate, and ate, and then we ate some more. Every day started with beignets and chicory coffee. Every night we tried something new from crawfish to ...  Read More
by Joel Esala
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A Word from Joel - June 18, 2025
June 20th, 2025
This past week, we celebrated Trinity Sunday, the only Sunday of the year given specifically to a doctrine of the Christian faith. If Trinity means anything, it means that God’s life is not static but...  Read More
by Joel Esala
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June 8, 2025 Sermon Quotes
June 8th, 2025
We need to harvest the wind, and do the work....  Read More
by Rev. Janice Hilkerbaumer
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A Word from Joel - June 4, 2025
June 4th, 2025
In a time when so many people are suffering from loneliness, I’m so glad that you belong at Covenant during this exciting time in our church’s history. We had 387 people in worship on Easter Sunday. F...  Read More
by Joel Esala
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June 1, 2025 Sermon Quotes
June 1st, 2025
Love covers a multitude of sins....  Read More
by Rev. Joel Esala
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A Word Joel - May 28, 2025
May 29th, 2025
On the evening of the first Easter, Jesus appears to his frightened disciples and speaks words of peace to them, but Thomas missed it. When his friends tell him, “We’ve seen the Lord,” Thomas speaks h...  Read More
by Joel Esala
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May 25, 2025 Sermon Quotes
May 25th, 2025
Doubt & faith belong together....  Read More
by Rev. Joel Esala
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A Word from Joel - May 21, 2025
May 21st, 2025
In his first resurrection appearance to this scared, shamed filled group of disciples, the first word out of Jesus’ mouth isn’t vengeance, or I told you so. No, his first word is peace. Peace be with ...  Read More
by Joel Esala
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A Word from Joel - May 14, 2025
May 14th, 2025
Unjustly overlooked and maligned, Mary Magdalene is the apostle to the apostles and has a claim to being Jesus’ most devout and faithful disciple. She comes to Jesus’ tomb while it’s still dark on the...  Read More
by Joel Esala
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Sermon Quotes May 11, 2025
May 11th, 2025
Resurrection takes place every time a new future is born out of despair....  Read More
by Rev. Joel Esala
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A Word from Joel - May 7, 2025
May 8th, 2025
Hope is a rare commodity these days. Between climate change and rising authoritarianism, no one is selling hope in 2025, which is strange considering we are living through the most prosperous, peacefu...  Read More
by Joel Esala
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May 4, 2025
May 4th, 2025
The risen Christ dwells in our midst. All it takes to see him are eyes opened to the vulnerable God who like a mother willingly breaks her body to give us life....  Read More
by Rev. Joel Esala
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