Associate Pastor of Youth and Family Ministries
Youth Calendar
March 14: 7pm, Dinner at Donato’s after evening service
Connections
Connections is our fellowship group for students in 6th-8th grades, meeting most Sundays 5:30-7:30 pm. We meet together to have fun and discuss different faith related topics. Then we join the high school students for dinner (please bring $2 to help pay for our dinner), music, and games. If you want more infomation, call Karen Jackson at 451-6677.
Chi Rho
Chi Rho is our fellowship group for high school students, meeting most Sundays 6:30-8:30pm. We meet first with the Connections students for dinner (please bring $2 to help cover the cost of dinner), music, and games. Then, we have time for our high school students to talk about faith. For more information or if you have questions, call Karen Jackson at 451-6677.
Book/Bible Studies for Youth
Sundays, 9:45-10:45am
New study on heaven and hell. We meet in Karen’s office, which is in the pastoral office area.
Confirmation
Alternate Sundays, 9:45am, Lower Level
We’re changing our meetings to every other Sunday morning at 9:45 (during the church school hour). We’ll start asking the questions about things like creation, salvation, suffering, and God.
April 9-10: Mandatory Confirmation Retreat
April 11: Confirmation Sunday
Youth Mission Trips
Photos and information about Covenant youth serving in Puerto Rico, Tennessee, and more
Events
See the Youth section of the Events page for other youth activities.
Forms
Visit the Publications page for Youth Permission Form and photo consent form.
About the Chi Rho Symbol
The Chi Rho symbol is generally depicted as the Greek letter chi (which looks like the Roman alphabet X) superimposed over the elongated stem of the Greek letter rho (which looks like the Roman alphabet P). It is a Christian symbol representing Jesus Christ, with the chi and rho being the first two letters in the Greek spelling of Christ (Christos; chi-rho-iota-sigma-tau-omicron-sigma).
The Chi Rho symbol is also called the labarum, the Monogram of Christ, Constantine’s Cross, the Chrismon, the Christogram, and the Monogram of Constantine. The Chi Rho symbol was used to represent Jesus even before 312 AD. However, in 312 AD, the Roman Emperor Constantine I was said to have had a vision or a dream of the Chi Rho symbol in the sky in which were emblazoned the Greek words ‘en touto Nika’ (translated in Latin into ‘In Hoc Signo Vinces’ and in English into “In this sign (the cross) you will conquer.” Some believe that the arrangement of stars in the night sky of 27 October 312 formed the Chi Rho. In any event, Constantine I had his troops’ shields emblazoned with this symbol and created his own standard with the Chi Rho and the ‘en touto Nika’ as prominent symbols. Constantine I, although outmanned, defeated his enemy and became sole emperor of the Roman Empire.