Choir Rehearsal
2023-09-14 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States

Long Beach Gives
2023-09-21 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
We invite you to this city-wide philanthropic event to uplift young lives through Rising TIDE.

CLICK HERE to give in support of efforts to uplift young lives

Junior Bach Festival Awards Recital
2023-10-14 14:00 - 17:30 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States

Cutters
2023-10-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Dinner will be held at 6 pm. Please see Pastor Adele or Mary Lou for more information or to RSVP.

CROP HUNGER WALK Long Beach
2023-10-22 14:30 - 16:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Ending Hunger One Step at a Time

PWC Women's Game Day
2023-11-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
On Sunday afternoon!

Thanksgiving Potluck After Worship
2023-11-19 12:00 - 13:30 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States

Rising TIDE showcase of 'My Favorite Things'
2023-11-19 13:30 - 14:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States

Jazz Concert
2023-11-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Featuring Section Leader, Maria Schafer and her band!

Joy Gathering
2023-12-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Presbyterian Women in the Congregation invite you to the Joy Gathering at Chez Bacchus for $30 per person. RSVP by 11/25/23.

Buy a Poinsettia
2023-12-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
You can help enhance the beauty of the Sanctuary this Advent season by buying a Poinsettia by December 17th for $15. You can do so by contacting Adele at ALangworthy@CovenantLB.org or fill out the online form by clicking the link below or copying this link on your browser: https://forms.gle/KJxxk6WEmuiJVLGCA

Click here to fill out a Poinsettia Purchase Form

Movie Goers
2023-12-10 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Join members of your Covenant family for an afternoon at a local movie theater and a light meal following. For movie and showtime details, please contact Pastor Adele at ALangworthy@CovenantLB.org.

Christmas Organ Recital and Carol Sing
2023-12-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Peter Bates at the console of the Lough Memorial Organ (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1458) Assisted by Desiree Flores, mezzo-soprano. This program will be both in-person and live-streamed through Covenant’s website. This concert is free of admission charge – a freewill offering will be received.

Cutters
2023-12-17 17:00 - 18:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Cutters will be enjoying their annual Christmas Dinner at 5:00 PM. This year the event will be held in the Fireside Room at Covenant. Please see Pastor Adele or Mary Lou for more information or to RSVP.

In-depth Bible Study
2024-01-08 19:00 - 20:00 | CA
This on-line study meets on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Pastor Adele and Pastor Rob jointly lead this study through the Bible. You are invited to join our study as this month it studies the books of 1 & 2 Samuel.

Book Club
2024-01-09 18:30 - 19:30 | CA
The on-line Book Club is now reading and discussing Everybody’s Normal Till You Get to Know Them by John Ortberg. Elder Mark Wiley and Pastor Rob lead this group, on Tuesdays, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Women's Valentine Craft Afternoon
2024-02-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Bells are ringing calling ladies to a Valentine Craft Afternoon hosted by PWC. Women, plan to join in a fun afternoon as you will have an opportunity to make unique valentine cards Sunday, February 4th, at 2 pm in the Fireside Room.

Cutters Breakfast
2024-02-10 09:00 - 10:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Cutters are a group of adults who enjoy getting together month to break bread together over breakfast (on Saturday mornings) or over dinner (on Sunday evenings). In February, Cutters will be enjoying breakfast on Sunday, February 10th at 9:00 am at Polly’s Pies on Atlantic Ave. in Long Beach. See Mary Lou or Pastor Adele to make a reservation or to find out more details.

Souper Bowl of Caring
2024-02-11 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
On Super Bowl Sunday, join with the youth from Covenant and across the nation to raise money to help tackle hunger. Make this SOUPER BOWL year a winner! Look for youth with soup pots as you leave worship collecting financial and food donations on Sunday, February 11th, give through Covenant’s website, or mail a check to the church. Thanks for making a play to tackle hunger in Long Beach!

Ash Wednesday Worship
2024-02-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
12 Noon in the Sanctuary & Streamed Live
Imposition of Ashes & Holy Communion
James 4:8-10
“A Positive Negative”

Movie Goers
2024-02-25 13:30 - 15:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Join members of your Covenant family for an afternoon at a local movie theater (and a light meal following) on February 25th. The movie and show time have yet to be announced. For more details about Movie Goers, please contact Pastor Adele at ALangworthy@CovenantLB.org.

March 2024 Pastors’ Letter
2024-03-01 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
March 1, 2024
Beloved of God,
Our faith centers – neither on our doctrines, nor on the traditions of our particular church, nor on our service to our city and the world beyond – but on a Person: a Person whom we believe to be, and may have experienced to be, both the perfect Human Being and “very God of very God” – a Person whom we take to be the Source of everything good about us and what we do – a Person whom we love and follow and depend on as Someone who is alive here and now.
Our faith builds on the daring conviction that this Person, Jesus Christ, who once was as dead as a doornail, rose from the grave, never to die again. To live out this faith is to bank on the reality of His resurrection and His ongoing companionship in life. It is to love Him, follow Him and rely on Him as the best Friend we could ever hope to have.
The church this month prepares us for the last day of this month: Easter Day when we especially celebrate the reality of Jesus’ resurrection and give thanks for His being there for us every moment of every day in eagerness to bless us – and, most especially, to live in us, and to have us live in Him, that we might live beyond ourselves through Him.
As those who walk through life with this living Person, we serve each other and those outside our spiritual community, and we bear witness to the risen Savior’s love and longing for everyone. We go out of our way to invite others who don’t yet know Him (or could know Him better) to give Him a second look and to open their hearts and minds to the One who reaches out to strike up a relationship.
To that end, let us, as the Spirit enables and our friends and family members allow, share what a difference this resurrected, living Savior has made for us, and invite those we care about to join us for Easter’s celebration (or any other church event) – perhaps to experience something of the presence of this living and loving Savior.
Warmly in Christ,
Rob & Adele
Link to full letter: (Letter_for_March_2024)

An Evening in Paris, Rising TIDE-Style
2024-03-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
On March 1st, beginning at 6:00 pm, there will be interpretive centers, a mock French bar & French appetizers, followed by a full course meal at 6:45 pm to raise much needed funds.
Help Rising TIDE climb their Eiffel Tower—1,710 steps of giving—to reach a goal of $50,000. The first $20,000 is being matched!
Reservations are required. To reserve, simply visit www.RisingTIDEatMKEC.org & call/text 562-257-6881.

Children & Youth Hybrid Sunday School
2024-03-03 11:15 - 12:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Children’s Hybrid Sunday School
Sunday School for children thru 5th grade meets at 11:15 a.m. in a hybrid style (in-person & virtual).
Youth Hybrid Sunday Programming
Youth gather in-person & on-line on Sundays at 11:15 a.m. for Sunday School, fellowship, and youth group activities.
For more information about the children’s & youth’s programming, including codes to join virtually, please contact Pastor Adele at ALangworthy@CovenantLB.org.

Cutters
2024-03-09 09:00 - 10:00 | Katella Deli, 4470 Katella Ave, Los Alamitos, 90720, United States
Cutters are a group of adults who enjoy getting together monthly to break bread together over breakfast (on Saturday mornings) or over dinner (on Sunday evenings). In March, Cutters will be enjoying breakfast on Saturday, March 9th at 9:00 a.m. at Katella Deli – 4470 Katella in Los Alamitos. See Mary Lou or Pastor Adele to make a reservation or to find out more details.

Good Friday Service
2024-03-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
In-person worship 12 Noon in the Chapel, airing at 12 Noon virtually

April Pastor's Letter
2024-04-01 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Letter_for_April_2024
April 1, 2024
Beloved of God,
We are sending out this April letter considerably earlier than we otherwise would because of something that might happen before the calendar turns to April.
The last day of March this year, March 31st, is perhaps the most important day of the year for a church: Easter, the day we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection.
We are planning to have one Easter worship service at 8:00 a.m. outside in the Courtyard, and an entirely different one at 10:00 inside in the Sanctuary. (Both services will be streamed live.)
The present weather forecast says that there is a three-to-one likelihood of rain at the time of that first Easter service this year.
We want you all to know that we will have that first Easter service whatever the weather will be at the scheduled 8:00 a.m. time. If it is raining, or if there is a high chance there will be rain before the service is over, we have made plans to hold it indoors.
The two of us sometimes reflect on how the older we get, the more things there are about which we are uncertain, but the more certain we are about the things about which we are certain. We are all the more certain that God loves everyone just as they are, that Jesus is real and life’s most precious gift, that the Bible is the greatest source of wisdom in the world, that God is good all the time and works for good in all things – to name just a few examples. What we are less certain about is how God is working exactly for good in any number of situations, how best to run a church, or how the weather will be just a few days from now.
We don’t mind this development. For the more confident we are that God is completely faithful and gracious and wise, the less we feel the need to figure everything out. It is enough to rest assured that He has everything figured out and will always do what’s best. Because we know what is in His heart, we don’t have to know everything in His mind. While we love to seek to understand His will, we are content to leave what we don’t understand in His hands – and to thank Him by faith ahead of time for whatever happens. So let us entrust our unknown future to the God who has made Himself known in the death and resurrection of Jesus – and proven therein His love and power to bless us mightily.
Warmly in Christ,
Rob & Adele

Rising TIDE @ MKEC Programming for Children & Youth
2024-04-01 12:30 - 20:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Homework Help, Tutoring, Activities, Science Experiences, The Arts, Recreation & More
12:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Pre-school & Elementary-aged Children
2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Middle School & High School Youth
Go to www.RisingTIDEatMKEC.org

to sign up a child, click on New Participant Form
to apply to volunteer to uplift young people, click on Volunteering

Special Middle School & High School Programs:
1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m.
Empowerment Groups:
Boys 2 Men
GLOW (Girls Leading Others Wisely)
2nd & 4th Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m.
Youth Group

May Pastor's Letter
2024-05-01 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
May Pastor’s Letter
May 1, 2024
Beloved in Christ,
We, who live out our discipleship to Christ in and through and from the fellowship of the Covenant family, want our family to grow spiritually, morally and, yes, numerically.
Of course, quality matters more than quantity; and people matter more than numbers. But numbers represent people! So how could we not want numerical growth if that means more and more people are being blessed by walking through life in the loving companionship of Jesus Christ and in the caring, supportive companionship of the family He creates?
The mission of a church must always involve more than the pursuit of numerical growth, but it must never exclude the pursuit of numerical growth.
To pursue numerical growth is to engage in evangelism. Evangelism arises out of Christians loving one another in the spiritual home they share and then sending one another out beyond that home to offer others the blessings of a life with Christ!
Engaging in such outreach takes courage, patience, humility and, most of all, genuine concern for those not yet a part of the Christian faith.
Even more, it takes the gracious help of God. We at best are channels through whom God touches others and wins them to Himself. No one becomes a follower of Christ apart from the work of the Holy Spirit!
This month we celebrate Pentecost. Pentecost marks the first coming of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus’ disciples. On Easter Day, Jesus had reminded them that “as the Father has sent me” – that is, sent Jesus from heaven to reach out and communicate the Father’s love to all people – “so I send you” – send you and me to reach out and communicate the Father’s love into every corner of the earth. Then, immediately after saying that, Jesus had breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” [John 20:21-22]
On Ascension Day Jesus had reminded them yet again that they would “receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witness…to the ends of the earth”.
Then on the Day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit did come upon them. The Spirit empowered them a) to reach out to a variety of people who spoke countless different languages and b) to communicate to that variety of people about the Father’s love in such a way that each heard the good news of Jesus in their own tongue. What was happening was dual action: the disciples were acting but, even more decisively, the Holy Spirit was acting. From that divine-human collaboration in the work of evangelism, there was great numerical growth. Acts 2:41 says, “Three thousand persons were added” to the family of Jesus’ disciples that day.
It was, as Tony Evans once put it, like walking on one of those moving sidewalks found in many airports. Our legs may be carrying us forward, but the moving sidewalk is simultaneously carrying us along. We’re acting and it is acting – and the collaboration is enabling us to walk further and faster than we ever could on our own.
This month, let us both walk in obedience to Christ’s call to go and bear witness to the ends of the earth and entrust ourselves into the power of the Spirit that the Spirit may make our outreach fruitful in a way we never could on our own.
That will eventually bring the numerical growth that will thrill the heart of God!
Warmly in Christ,
Rob & Adele

Cutters at The Local Spot
2024-05-11 09:00 - 11:00 | Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Cutters are a group of adults who enjoy getting together monthly to break bread together over breakfast (on Saturday) or over dinner (on Sunday). In May, Cutters will be enjoying breakfast on Saturday, May 11th at 9:00 a.m. at The Local Spot – 6200 PCH.
See Mary Lou or Pastor Adele to make a reservation or to find out more details.
