City Covenant

City Covenant Practicing the way of Jesus in the heart of the city.

We meet at 9am on Sundays at the Historic Central Lutheran church building at 512 S Bernard (a block from Lewis and Clark High School), and throughout the week in small groups all over the city.

Ron Pyle continued the series on Exodus last Sunday with a look at God’s call to Moses, Moses’ objections and God’s resp...
05/05/2026

Ron Pyle continued the series on Exodus last Sunday with a look at God’s call to Moses, Moses’ objections and God’s response to Moses’ resistance.

“The ways God responds to Moses reveals how God shapes us,” Ron said.

Moses resists because he is insecure. God says, “I will be with you.”

Moses says, I’m not special. But God uses the available and the ordinary to do the extraordinary.

Moses says, I’m not eloquent. God says, I will be your teacher.

Moses says, Send someone else. God adapts by including Aaron. God works his plans through imperfect humans.

Asher’s resurrection sermon this morning focused on how life is often not what we expect, “not how things were supposed ...
04/06/2026

Asher’s resurrection sermon this morning focused on how life is often not what we expect, “not how things were supposed to go.”

For the disciples, Christ’s death seemed all wrong, and afterward, their lives were fraught with difficulty, as were the lives of the majority of early Christians.

The point of Christianity isn’t that life will go our way but that Christ will be with us in it.

He is risen. He is risen indeed.

Please join us on Sunday, April 5th at 9 or 11 a.m.512 S BernardCoffee and treats after service.
04/04/2026

Please join us on Sunday, April 5th at 9 or 11 a.m.

512 S Bernard

Coffee and treats after service.

Last Sunday, Asher continued his series on the Sermon on the Mount, focused on Matthew 7:1-5.Asher emphasized the import...
03/15/2026

Last Sunday, Asher continued his series on the Sermon on the Mount, focused on Matthew 7:1-5.

Asher emphasized the important balance between grace and truth. Brutal honesty (without grace) isn’t really honest, he said, and lavish grace without honesty isn’t really grace.

He reminded us of the log and the speck. “Relentlessly deal with your own sin. One of the best gifts we can give the world is our own self-awareness.”

Last Sunday, Asher continued his series on the Sermon on the Mount with a look at Matthew 6:24-34 on the subject of worr...
03/04/2026

Last Sunday, Asher continued his series on the Sermon on the Mount with a look at Matthew 6:24-34 on the subject of worry.

Rough paraphrase: The human soul is not equipped to deal with “omniscience.” We weren’t meant to know and be bombarded by all the world’s problems at once. We get overwhelmed and have a tendency to do nothing at all, even in the local spaces where we could actually make a difference. We cannot worry and worship at the same time.

We live, Asher said, in a culture of “enough.” That was Jesus’ message for the people listening to the Sermon on the Mount — people who had much less than we do today. People who were barely surviving, and yet, Jesus said they need not worry.

If you missed last Sunday, you can catch the full sermon on City Cov’s YouTube channel.

Meet Jeff and Cassy Benefield and their daughter, Ada. “We met later in life and then Ada came along. She is our delight...
03/04/2026

Meet Jeff and Cassy Benefield and their daughter, Ada.

“We met later in life and then Ada came along. She is our delight after years of empty nesting before meeting one another.”

Jeff is retired from Spokane Public Library, where he worked as a reference librarian for 39 years. Cassy works part-time as the associate editor for FāVS News (which stands for Faith and Values News). She started freelancing for them in 2018 and still writes stories and columns. She says being a religion journalist is her “dream” job. Ada started Sacajawea Middle School in 7th grade after attending Southside Christian School since she was 3 years old.

“We love to travel. Our biggest trip yet was this last summer when we went to Scotland for about two weeks. For Ada, though, the fancier the hotel room and the less amount of driving with her in the backseat, the better. We like to play games together, watch BBC period dramas. Mom and Ada like to shop, and Dad and Ada like to be silly. Mom and Dad love to read, and Dad loves the out-of-doors, while Ada enjoys playing Roblox with her friends.”

Plans/hopes for New Year? “More positivity, trust and joy despite circumstances. Continue getting to know City Covenant, which we gratefully discovered about a year and a half ago.”

Prayer requests for the New Year: “To continue to grow into our roles as ‘bigger, stronger, wiser, kinder’ parents and grow in Christ together as a family.”

Women of City Cov are skiing and snowshoeing on Friday mornings. Contact Mia if you’d like to join.
01/28/2026

Women of City Cov are skiing and snowshoeing on Friday mornings. Contact Mia if you’d like to join.

Continuing his series on the Sermon on the Mount Sunday, Asher preached on Matthew 5:27-37.Asher started with a prayer: ...
01/21/2026

Continuing his series on the Sermon on the Mount Sunday, Asher preached on Matthew 5:27-37.

Asher started with a prayer: “Let our love for you become so big that our other passions become small.”

“Lust” in this passage, Asher explained, means inordinate desire, and the verb “looks” in this case could be translated as stares or leers in a dehumanizing, objectifying way.

Asher said the Bible is clear that s*x is reserved for marriage because intimacy needs safety. Outside of these boundaries, s*xuality brings brokenness.

S*x, Asher said, is not merely a physical act. “S*x is amazing and powerful; so great care is required.

The Bible doesn’t advise fighting s*xual sin. Rather, it says, “run!”

Krista and Kyle Johnson were among the group of new members introduced last Sunday. Here’s a brief Q and A to help you g...
01/20/2026

Krista and Kyle Johnson were among the group of new members introduced last Sunday. Here’s a brief Q and A to help you get to know them better.

1) How did you find City Covenant?

We were looking for a smaller church and knew a few friends who attended here.

2) How long have you been coming?

Around 1 year.

3) How long have you been married?

6 years

4) Schools?

We both attended Whitworth University for our undergrad degrees (although we didn’t know each other then). Kyle also did a masters program at Gonzaga University.

5) How is God working in your life (in big or small ways)?

God has shown and is continuing to show us how his timing is often better than our own.

6) How do you like to spend your time? What do you enjoy doing — separately or together?

We spend most of our time playing games, reading, watching Survivor and playing with our two spunky doodles.

7)Jobs?

Kyle is an elementary school counselor for Spokane Public Schools, and Krista is in Finance at Avista.

Please take a moment to say hello and welcome them when you see them.

01/19/2026

How wonderful to welcome all these new members!

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Spokane, WA
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