OUR MINISTRY AND OUR WORSHIP
Since its beginning, Covenant Church has been active in a variety of ministries beyond its walls. Mission projects of the national church have been supported throughout the years, and members have served the Presbyterian Church (USA) as commissioners to larger governing bodies.
Covenant Presbyterian Church of Bisbee, Arizona, is a diverse community of Christians worshiping in the Presbyterian tradition. We love each member of our church community and support each other in our personal journeys of faith. Also, we pray for the relief of persons suffering on either side of the border which lies so near to us and welcome as fellow pilgrims those who are skeptical about the elements of our Christian faith. We share a rich sense of history and of the need to preserve the buildings which house us in praising the Risen Lord. We love music as an avenue of praise. We also preserve the rituals of our reformed tradition and supplement those rituals with a continual outreach to the community that surrounds us. We are tolerant followers of the Lord who accept individual differences in background and vision and are united in wanting to learn more from our pastor and each other. We respect each other's beliefs regardless of the believer's age, color, place, origin or financial status, asking only that they share their doubts, sorrows and joy. We believe in the power of prayer, the power of the spoken word as revealed to us in the Bible, the power of giving, and the power of music.
Covenant Church has a history of community involvement and members of the church are volunteers in almost every aspect of Bisbee life. We support the Food Bank, Frontera De Cristo, the Renaissance House for the recovery of homeless and drug dependent women, the Bisbee Homeless Shelter, the Boys and Girls Club of Bisbee, the Food Not Bombs program, and ecumenical gatherings such as Easter sunrise services, the World Day of Prayer, and the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Active groups within Covenant Church include the Session, a Board of Deacons, a worship committee. a property committee, a nominating committee, a Sunday School, a Women's Association, an ecumenical men�s group, and an ensemble that provides special music during our Sunday services. Many of us belong to more than one of these groups.
Regular worship services are held each Sunday of the year. Special worship services are held during Lent and Advent and on World Communion Sunday, Pentecost and Christmas Eve. In the fall of the year, the church celebrates its Scottish heritage with the Kirkin' of the Tartans. This service has grown to recognize not only the Scottish history of the Presbyterian Church but also the unique heritage of Covenant Church.
