by Brian Ellison | Jun 10, 2020 | Covenant Network News, Uncategorized
As leaders of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians, we were saddened to learn about the death of Tony McDade, an African-American transgender man who was killed by a police officer in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 27. His death was one of several in recent...
by Brian Ellison | Aug 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Speakers and workshops have been announced for the latest Covenant Conversation. These events help Presbyterians live into a new day in the church’s life, bringing communities together to talk about being church for ALL God’s people. Our next Covenant...
by Brian Ellison | May 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
I looked around the room at our most recent Covenant Conversation – the one we held in Orange County, California. We were in a presbytery that has lost ten churches over the past decade in the debates over LGBTQIA ordination and marriage. We were at a church that has...
by Brian Ellison | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Join us this Saturday, May 4, for a time of learning, sharing community and discovering together what it means to be a church that truly welcomes all. The Covenant Network of Presbyterians is undertaking a new effort in partnership with congregations and councils...
by Brian Ellison | Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Executive Director Brian Ellison delivered this sermon at University Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, on the Transfiguration of the Lord, Sunday, March 3, 2019. Click here to listen to audio of the sermon. Text: Luke 9:28-43 I grew up in the little town of...
by Brian Ellison | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
A special session of the United Methodist Church General Conference will be held Feb. 23-26, 2019, at the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis, Mo., the same venue where the 223rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) met in 2018. As...
