Church of the Covenant

Boston, Massachusetts

This Week at Covenant

This Sunday at Covenant

Hybrid Worship Service

10:30 am

Zoom Link: click here

Bulletin: click here

Worship Participants

Preacher – Rev. Rob Mark

Minister of Music – Tom Handel

Liturgist – Rev. Joshua Lawrence Lazard

Lector – Barbara Darling

Covenant Choir

Guitar – Xinyi Yang

Violin – Anita Gram

Communion Servers – Mocky Day, Sally Pomeroy

Ushers – Linda Pursley, Trisha Thompson

Digital Minister – Diane Lauber

Audio Visual Tech Team

NEW & NOTABLE AT COVENANT

THE SEASON OF LENT

Join us this Lenten season as we engage the theme: “Out There: Close Encounters of the Human Kind – following Jesus through sacred eXchange.” Click here for more information. 

WELCOME CHILDREN & YOUTH!!

Welcome to all children, youth, and families—those we know already and those who are here for the first time. We offer Christian education through Godly Play for ages 3-9, youth classes for ages 10-13 and 14+, and a nursery for the littlest ones. If you need help finding us, please ask an usher. We share CYCE info regularly via email, so please email Rev. Kate at kate.carlisle@cotcbos.org if you want to receive updates.

COVENANT CONNECTIONS

Are you in college? Just moved to the Boston area for grad school? Are you early in your career and looking for a spiritual home? Covenant Connections is a small group for those looking for a spiritual community to discern what God has next for them through Bible studies and connecting over meals. If you want to know more, email Rev. Joshua at joshua.lazard@cotcbos.org.

LIFE ALIVE BRUNCHES

Every third Sunday, Life Alive meets immediately after church for monthly fellowship. Life Alive is a small group for adults navigating career, family, and life transitions. If you want to join or have questions, see or email Rev. Joshua at joshua.lazard@cotcbos.org. Next brunch will be March 15.

FANEUIL HALL NAME-CHANGE COMMUNITY-LED MEETING

The New Democracy Coalition is holding a rescheduled community meeting on Saturday, March 14, at 2:00 pm, at the Grove Hall Public Library. The Boston City Council has voted to change the name of Faneuil Hall. This meeting will give community members one minute each to offer name suggestions. Please join this public process. 

WORSHIP IN THE STREETS: BOSTON’S WINTER WALK

The Winter Walk has been postponed to Sunday, March 22, when we will once again take our worship to the streets by joining the 10th annual Boston Winter Walk, walking two miles in shoulder-to-shoulder solidarity with those experiencing homelessness in our city, and re-committing ourselves to the prayerful work of housing justice. There will be three options: to join the walk in person; to join the walk virtually on your own; or to join in a virtual “prayer walk” at home. To register, please visit https://tinyurl.com/cotcbosww2026register. Scroll down to register under the Women’s Lunch Place. You can choose to fundraise for or pay the $100 registration fee. Once you register, please join the Church of the Covenant team. Also, please RSVP to Covenant staff at https://tinyurl.com/cotcwinterwalk2026. If you have any trouble registering, contact Nancy Stockford (nancy.stockford@cotcbos.org).

STAFF AWAY

Bill will be away March 3-10 – Rev. Rob and Nancy will be covering. 

WORSHIP IN BATES HALL

Due to our sanctuary getting roof repairs, we will hold in-person worship downstairs in Bates Hall until Holy Week, at the earliest. Questions? Contact our Building Committee.

PARKING NEAR CHURCH OF THE COVENANT

Parking is available at the Back Bay Garage (Clarendon Street, between Boylston and St. James) on Sundays between 6:00 am and 9:00 pm for the first three (3) hours for only $5. To get this rate, please ask an usher before or after the worship service for a parking discount voucher. A weekend discount is also available for longer periods: $10 for up to eleven (11) hours. A scannable parking voucher is available from an usher and at this link: https://tinyurl.com/cotcsundayparking2.

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UPCOMING WORSHIP

Please join us each Sunday at 10:30 am and during the special services listed below as we come together in community to pray, sing, share celebrations and concerns, and hear God’s still-speaking Word proclaimed in these hybrid services (in-person and Zoom options). Zoom link for each service.

• March 1: Second Sunday in Lent (EXAMINE), Rev. Rob Mark preaching, Holy Communion
• March 8: Third Sunday in Lent (EXTEND), Nicaragua Companions Leading Worship, Celebration of the Word, Guest Musician, Sacred Reckonings Spiritual Education After Worship
• March 15: Fourth Sunday in Lent (EXPAND), Guest Preacher Dr. Daniel Montañez, Life Alive Brunch After Worship
• March 20 (Friday): Spring Equinox Outdoor Eco-Evensong, Arthur Fiedler Dock, 6:30 pm
• March 22: Worship in the Streets with Boston’s Winter Walk
• March 29: Palm Sunday (EXHORT), All-Ages Service

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OTHER COTC ACTIVITIES

BIBLE STUDY WEDNESDAYS

Bible Study meets weekly on Wednesday mornings at 9:45 on Zoom. The Wednesday morning Bible Study is exploring the Gospel of Matthew. If you would like more information or want to be on the list to get regular reminders and Zoom details, contact Jack Ammerman at jwacooks@gmail.com.

WEDNESDAY EVENING PRAYERS

Join us for our weekly Wednesday evening prayers with intentional liturgy, contemplative song, psalms, and sharing of prayers with our siblings from Newton Presbyterian on Zoom (link on http://www.cotcbos.org).

THE FEBRUARY ISSUE OF COVENANT NEWS can be read online here. March issue coming soon!

OTHER EVENTS

TITICUT FOLLIES AT COOLIDGE CORNER THEATER ON MARCH 4

On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 7:30 pm, Prisoners’ Legal Services is hosting a free screening of Titicut Follies at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline. Following the screening, the Disability Law Center will give a brief presentation highlighting the ongoing challenges faced by individuals in our community and advocating for the rights of people with disabilities. Click here for more information.

ROBIN WALL KIMMERER LECTURE AND Q&A

Wellesley College and Mass Audubon are hosting scientist and educator Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass and The Serviceberry, (both all-church reads for Covenant) for her talk, “All Flourishing is Mutual,” on Sunday, March 8, 5:00-6:15 pm. In-person tickets sold out in 45 minutes, but the talk will be livestreamed, no registration required. Go to wellesley.edu/live to view the talk on March 8 at 5:00 pm. The video will be available after the event if you can’t make it that day.

CORO ALLEGRO CONCERT ON MARCH 15 IN CAMBRIDGE

Coro Allegro, Boston’s LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus (and Covenant tenant partner), led by David Hodgkins, presents And Still They Vanish on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 3:00 pm, at First Church in Cambridge (11 Garden Street). The concert will feature a single, uninterrupted work: Annelies by James Whitbourn, a luminous and emotionally direct oratorio based on The Diary of Anne Frank. Through Anne’s own words, the music—immediately accessible and deeply moving—follows the inner life of a Jewish teenager forced into hiding during the Holocaust. Soprano Sonja DuToit Tengblad performs the role of Anne. Click here for more information and tickets. Use discount code 6726 for $5 off tickets. 

BILL MCKIBBEN TALK “A FRESH START FOR OUR CITIES”

Thursday, March 26, 2026, 6:30-8:00 pm. In person on the Harvard campus, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 42 Qunicy Street, Cambridge. Also available on livestream. For over 40 years, Bill McKibben has been raising the alarm about the climate crisis, starting with his groundbreaking book, The End of Nature. Now McKibben says, for once in his life, he is spreading good news. In his latest book, Here Comes the Sun, he explains why the recent boom in solar and wind power has given him hope for the planet’s future, and he implores everyone to buy in. This will be an inspiring and important conversation! Click here for more information.

Church Calendar/Upcoming Events

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