Covenant Houston Podcast

Ascension Sunday

The scripture lesson for this Sunday, May 13, was Acts 1:1-11. We had 3 guest proclaimers: David Ramsey, Melissa Bernadoni, and K. T. Tilford. 

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A celebration of the African-American Spiritual

The scripture lessons for this Sunday were Psalm 56:1-4 and Psalm 59:16-17. Our proclamation was sung by our choir. Included in this recording: 

"Hush" arranged by Alice Parker,

"There Is a Balm in Gilead" arranged by William L. Dawson,

"The Creation" from God's Trombones by James Weldon Johnson, narrated by Moses Mason,

"Listen to the Lambs" by Nathaniel Dett.

This Sunday was also a day of celebration for our new building. All ages joined in writing thier hopes and prayers for the future on the framing (Photo). And we welcomed organist Patrick Parker!

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Be God-bearers.

The scripture lessons for this past Sunday, April 29 were Psalm 139:1-12 and 1 John 4 (selections). Ashely Kress was the guest proclaimer.

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Tending the Earth, Serving God.

The scripture lessons for this Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, were Genesis 1:27-28, Genesis 2:15, Psalm 24:1.

Susan Yarbrough was our guest proclaimer.

The banner in the image below was made by Nancy Henry.

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Second Comings.

This Sunday, April 15, was the first day of Rev. Laura Mayo's sabbatical. Covenant members performed a dramatic reading of Bill Martin's "Second Comings." 

"The primary inspiration for this playlet was A. J. Langguth's Jesus Christs, a 1968 novel comprising a number of vignettes of the sort included in the performance. I do not have easy access to that book, but I have note cards from a considerably longer (and seriously dated) performance that I gave at Covenant in the 1970s in which I acknowledged a significant debt to the Langguth book, claiming approximate originality for only about 50 percent credit of the remainder. In the current version, I estimate that at least a third of the scenes are borrowed directly from that book, though condensed and tweaked, and that other lines may or may not be, or may come from poems, cartoons, or irreverent companions. As I noted in the introduction, I have mused on such scenes since childhood."

Players included: Jim Avera, Jodi Bash, Ruddy Cravens, Bill Martin, and Shannon Stewart.

Nancy Henry read the opening Call to Worship; the poem: "Heaven on Earth" by Kristin Berkey-Abbott from, Whistling Past the Graveyard. Pudding House Publications, 2004. Bill Martin read the scripture lesson.

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Faithful Thomas and the Wonder of it All.

The scripture lessons for Sunday, April 8 were 1 Kings 19:11-12 and John 20:24-29. Susan Yarbrough was our guest proclaimer.

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Easter Sunday: Death does not have the last word

Our scripture lesson for Easter Sunday, April 1, was Mark 16:1-8. Rev. Laura Mayo gave the proclamation. Our congregation sang the "Halleluajah Chorus" from The Messiah. 

Rev. Mayo's sermon was also published in the Houston Chronicle on Easter. It can be read online here.

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Listen to Jesus, Palm/Passion Sunday

This is the recording of Rev. Laura Mayo's proclamation from Palm/Passion Sunday, March 25. The scripture lessons were readings from Mark for each day of Holy Week.

Sunday: Mark 11:1-11

Monday: Mark 11:14-19

Tuesday: Mark 11:20–13:37

Wednesday: Mark 14:1-11

Thursday: Mark 14:12–14:72

Friday: Mark 15:1-47

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Good Friday.

This is the entire recording of the Tenebrae or Good Friday service that Covenant held on Sunday, March 18th. The service consists of music and readings from Mark chapter 15.

The order of worship from the service can be found online here: https://www.covenanthouston.org/worship-orders.html. 

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Stay awake.

On Sunday, March 11, we reflected on Thursday of Holy Week. Included in this week's recording:

A duet of "Panis Angelicus" by Cesar Frank, the scripture lesson Mark 14:22-72, Rev. Laura Mayo giving the proclamation, and the choir singing "Pange Lingua" by Anton Bruckner. 

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