“There’s this moment as winter is reaching its end when the dead branches sway in the growing warmth of the sun, and I wonder, will these trees find new life? Will leaves and flowers begin to bud from these dead limbs, ushering in the spring—or will winter never cease? There is something sacred in this moment when the limbs of trees seem suspended between the harsh cold of winter and the vibrancy of spring. These reaching branches need tending, water, and sunlight to grow, and this logo is meant to image that parched posture. The letters of ‘letting go’ are stripped bare to recall a returning to self and a letting go of that which keeps us from God and one another.”


~Artist and Eco-Steward Lauren Wright Pittman
Lent is a season of spiritual gardening, of inviting God to unearth in us what lies fallow, what needs to be tended, and what needs to die for new life to emerge. This Lent at Church of the Covenant, embrace with us the spiritual process and practice of cultivating and letting go.
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“Let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put compost on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can, cut it down, let it go...”
~Luke 13:8-9
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A tradition during Lent is to either “let go” of certain habits, practices, or behaviors that lead us away from our true selves in God, or “take on” new habits, practices, or behaviors that help us return to our truest selves in God. Echoing this tradition, and in following the guidance of our lectionary scriptures for this season, Church of the Covenant will focus this Lent on things we might Cultivate and things we might Let Go of in our personal faith lives, and in our life together as a community of faith.
"For me, this theme points to the messiness of self-reflection, the need for difficult work in our individual lives and corporate structures to bring about peace and restoration. I think the inner and outer work of cultivation leads us to letting go. It leads us to a place where we can loosen our grip on the things that keep us separated from God and one another, and welcome the resurrected life we were meant to live."


~A Sanctified Art Artist Lisle Gwynn Garrity

holy week at church of the covenant

Palm Sunday, April 14 10:30 AM
Sanctuary at Covenant
We will begin Holy Week with our Palm Sunday service, including a multigenerational procession with palms and the Service of Holy Communion.

Maundy Thursday, April 18 7:30 PM
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St.
Ecumenical Foot Washing Service, with Holy Communion
We will worship with Emmanuel Church, common cathedral and Old West Church for Maundy Thursday, remembering Jesus’ Last Supper and washing his disciples’ feet.

Good Friday, April 19 7:00 PM
Sanctuary at Covenant
Tenebrae Service
Musical and spoken meditations on the seven last words of Jesus combined with reflections on our current nation held in our Sanctuary.

Holy Saturday April 20 12:00-12:45 pm, Sanctuary at Covenant
Musical Contemplation Vigil
Join us for a unique chance to pause and be guided in prayerful contemplation by musicians on this sacred day poised between the cross of Good Friday and the hope of Easter where we acknowledge the seeming “silence of God.”

Easter Sunday, April 21 10:30 AM,
Sanctuary at Covenant
Celebrate this most joyful day with choir, organ, special time with children,
and the Red Line Brass Ensemble. Immediately after worship, there will be an
Easter Egg hunt in the sanctuary and hot cross buns and coffee in Bates Hall.