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<body>  <div id="wrap"><div id="wrap2"><div id="wrap3"><div id="wrap4">  <div id="content"> <div id="header"> <h1 id="blog-title"> COVENANT LIFE CHURCH </h1> <p id="description"></p> </div>  <div id="main"><div id="main2">  <div class="post"><a name="114161706618249798"></a> <div class="post-body"> <p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px" height="164" alt="" src="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/32-743845.jpg" width="207" border="0" /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#333333;"><em><span style="color:#666666;">A Reformed Church of Yuma, Arizona </span><br /></em></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#990000;">Staff<br /></span><a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/2006/02/drama-or-reverence.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#990000;">Worship</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#990000;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/2006/02/covenant-theology.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#990000;">Doctrine</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/2006/02/call-to-ancient-evangelical-future.html"><span style="color:#990000;">A Call to Unity </span></a><br /></span><a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/2005/11/recommended-books.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#990000;">Books </span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#990000;">Directions</span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#660000;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;">Thank you for visiting Covenant Life's web page. It is my pleasure to introduce to you this new and exciting church plant in Yuma, Arizona. We are a group of people who are passionate about creating a church that is rooted in the Scriptures as well as the general history of the church. Here are some of our distinctives:<br /><br /><strong>As</strong> <strong>a Reformed</strong> <strong>church</strong> we aim to dig deep into the Scriptures while still remaining humble through ancient symbolic tradition and sacrament. The Reformed church was the movement at the end of the Middle Ages that sought to "reform" the Roman Catholic Church. </span><a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/Bible-756819.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 96px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 79px" height="89" alt="" src="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/Bible-749440.jpg" width="120" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;">Every Christian church is a result of this movement but only the Reformed church continues to hold to the essential doctrines and practices that the great reformers taught. These doctrines and practices amount to a consistent theology that enables us to grasp the <em>entirety</em> of the Bible, as well as the entirety of the church throughout history. It's teaching and practice that makes sense and thus glorifies God! </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;"><br /><strong>Singing</strong> is a wonderful ceremony that Covenant Life partakes in. Singing glorifies and satisfies God </span><a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/Psalms-758197.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 77px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 109px" height="114" alt="" src="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/Psalms-754576.jpg" width="79" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;">(Psalm 147:1), blesses our hearts (Ephesians 5:19), and is obviously a form of teaching and evangelism. We sing the Psalms since it is the very Word of God and it is also the hymnal that the early church used. They also sang hymns that were eventually canonized as Scripture (parts of the New Testament), though we have yet to sing those. We are growing in the area of singing but we are not ashamed to give God "the fruit of our lips" (Hebrews 13:5). We would love for you to grow with us in this area!<br /><br /><strong>The Lord's Supper</strong> is celebrated at Covenant Life Church every week. We are very fortunate to partake of the weekly communion, just as the early church did (Acts 2:46). </span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#666666;">When we partake <a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/Lords-Supper-790173.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 119px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 64px" height="78" alt="" src="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/Lords-Supper-790158.jpg" width="116" border="0" /></a>in communion we actually abide in Christ's grace (John 6:56). Paul the Apostle says that it is a "blessing" and that when we partake, we partake in the unity of Christ (1 Corinthians 1o:16). </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /><span style="color:#666666;"><strong>Baptism</strong> is part of the process of becoming "born again" (John 3:4,5). Upon becoming baptized within the context of becoming born again, you will begin to receive the spiritual blessings of </span></span><br /></span><a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/Water-701992.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 105px" height="154" alt="" src="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/Water-700869.jpg" width="122" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#666666;">Christ, including humility, wisdom, patience and a host of other fruits of the Spirit. We are ready for your commitment to Christ. Come, and be baptized through Him!<br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color:#666666;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Family and friendship</strong> is very important to Covenant Life Church. God does not only call us to celebrate in the Sunday ceremony, but He also calls us to be a covenant community! He calls </span></span><a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/Family-756904.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 126px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" height="72" alt="" src="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/Family-751461.jpg" width="65" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#666666;">us to be interdependent with one another. This bond creates much joy and security in Christ as we grow with one another, sharing our blessings and burdens with each other.<br /><br />We also aim to evangelize "outsiders" into this community of believers, fulfilling the Great Commission of Christ while receiving the wonderful benefit of friendship!<br /><br /></span><br /></span></span><span style="color:#666666;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">These are just a few, brief distinctives of Covenant Life Church. As you are probably aware, the riches of Christ's Word and His Church go much deeper than what we can fit on this page. We </span></span><a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/helping_hand-783816.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 122px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px" height="117" alt="" src="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/uploaded_images/helping_hand-780421.jpg" width="112" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;">would like to share the riches of Christ and His body of believers with you. We can assure you that your questions will be answered properly and, if you hang around long enough, you will become certain of God's grace and how He is giving it through the Reformed church.<br /><br />Hope to see you soon!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;"><br /><br />Worshiping @: 10:45 am, Sunday<br />*Please call for directions </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#666666;">928-503-9235<br /></span><br /><br /> </span></div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Mike Spreng at <a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/2006/03/reformed-church-of-yuma-arizona-staff.html" title="permanent link">7:44 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org/journal/2006/03/reformed-church-of-yuma-arizona-staff.html#links">links to this post</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://www2.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=18784049&postID=114161706618249798" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control blog-admin pid-1498885732"><a style="border:none;" href="http://www2.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=18784049&postID=114161706618249798" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> <p class="post-footer">  </p> </div>    </div></div>   <div id="sidebar"><div id="sidebar2"> </ul>  </div></div>   <div id="footer"><hr /> <p></p> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div>  <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 11px"> <a href="http://www.yuma-reformed.org"><span style="text-decoration: none">Yuma Reformed</span></a> is Hosted By </span> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.saeler.com"> <span style="font-size: 11px; text-decoration:none"> Saeler Enterprises</span></a><br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.saeler.com"> <span style="font-size: 11px; text-decoration:none"> Saeler Enterprises</span></a><span style="font-size: 11px; "> offers <a target="_blank" href="http://www.saeler.org">Discounted Website Development</a> & Free Website Hosting to:<br> Reformed Christian Organizations <a target="_blank" href="http://www.saeler.org">Click Here</a> to Learn More</span></p>  </body>