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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME REMINDER
Don’t forget to spring your clocks forward one hour on Saturday night so you don’t miss the service!
SACRED RECKONINGS SPIRITUAL EDUCATION SESSION AFTER WORSHIP ON SUNDAY
This Sunday, March 9, after worship (in person and online), Liz Vizza will teach us about what she’s learned about the indigenous people who settled the area now called the Back Bay, through research during a monument intervention project done when she led the Friends of the Public Garden.
BOOK DISCUSSION AFTER WORSHIP ON MARCH 16
After worship (in person and online) on Sunday, March 16, the Sacred Reckonings Team will lead an all-church book discussion on James by Percival Everett. James is a reimagined telling of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, a person who was enslaved and was Huck’s companion. You are welcome to attend even if you haven’t read the book.
MARCH 30 SPECIAL 5th SUNDAY
March 30 will be the first special 5th Sunday at Covenant. Join us in worship for this creative expression of worship that will look and feel new. Everyone who comes in person will receive a special gift that will infuse our Being SEEDs Lenten theme worship. For those planning to join this service online, please fill out this form to let us know we can send you a gift in advance that will help make that service more fun and interactive.
40 ACTS OF GENEROSITY THIS LENT
As we have in years past, you can sign up for this simple but profound daily discipline in practicing generosity throughout Lent, brought to you by your Generosity Generators: https://40acts.org.uk/. Click on the red button “Sign up today.”
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!
CORO ALLEGRO CONCERT IN SANCTUARY ON SUNDAY, MARCH 9
On Sunday March 9 at 3:00 pm, Coro Allegro, Boston’s LGBTQ+ and Allied Classical Chorus and Covenant tenant, will be performing a concert called From Darkness to Light in the sanctuary. The concert program confronts some of the worst of humanity, but ultimately shows a path to the best in us and our hopes for the future. For more information, visit https://www.coroallegro.org/season/from-darkness-to-light.
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.
- Sunday, March 9: Rev. Rob Mark preaching, First Sunday in Lent, Sacred Reckonings Spiritual Education Session Led by Liz Vizza After Worship
- Sunday, March 16: Rev. Joshua Lawrence Lazard preaching, Second Sunday in Lent, Holy Communion, Ordination/Installation of Officers, All-Church Book Discussion of James
- Thursday, March 20: Spring Equinox Eco-Evensong (in-person only), 6:30 pm, Arthur Fiedler Dock
- Sunday, March 23: Celebration of the Word Service, Third Sunday in Lent
- March 30: Special 5th Sunday Worship (in-person or online)
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OTHER COTC ACTIVITIES
BIBLE STUDY WEDNESDAYS
Our weekly Bible Study meets on Wednesday mornings at 9:45 on Zoom. We are studying the book of Genesis, reading the origin stories that shaped the lives and faith of ancient Jews and exploring their meaning for contemporary Christians. 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
On Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 6:30 pm, 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.
THE MARCH ISSUE OF COVENANT NEWS can be read online here.
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