The Church of the Covenant is a member of InterReligious Partners in Action of Greater Cleveland, which is a coalition of over seventy congregations, campus groups, community organizations and neighborhood residents. A model of collaborative partnerships, InterAct Cleveland builds the capacity of organizations and congregations to become involved in issues of common concern.

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Covenant Tutoring Programs

The Church of the Covenant is an official partner of Daniel E. Morgan Elementary School, which is located in the Cleveland Municipal School District. Covenant volunteers help first-graders learn to read at the school on weekday afternoons.

The Saturday Morning Tutoring Program, which is held at the church, helps students from many schools in the Cleveland area. Volunteers from the congregation and from the community assist students with basic reading and math, proficiency test preparation, and homework assignments.

You're encouraged to visit Covenant's Tutoring Website, which describes our tutoring programs in more detail.

The English as a Second Language Center at Case invites interested Covenant volunteers to meet weekly with students to help them improve their English language skills. By talking with the students over a cup of coffee, the volunteers learn about another culture without leaving Cleveland.

This program organized by InterAct Cleveland assists people in the Welfare-to-Work Program return to the world of work. They receive instruction in how to complete a job application, how to interview for a job, and other basic life and survival skills. A represenative from Covenant volunteers in the Bridging the Gap Program.

This program organized by InterAct Cleveland links an individual in the process of moving from the Welfare system to work with a congregational or cross-congregational mentor team in a one-year covenant relationship. Covenant members have served on Partners in Action teams.

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Habitat for Humanity

The Church of the Covenant provides volunteers, food, and money toward building homes with Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity.

A team of Covenant volunteers works on-site one Saturday per month in collaboration with other congregations. They not only build homes--they're building interfaith connections, strengthening neighborhoods, and changing lives!

Helpers are needed for the new Habitat for Humanity House. Habitat has the foundation completed on the new house on E. 110th Street. They are now ready to do the framing and helpers are needed. Covenant's day to work on the Habitat house will be on the second Tuesday of each month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Mildred at 216-421-0482.

New Life Community is a faith-based, interdenominational, non-profit organization whose mission is to empower persons in homeless, jobless families to make the transition to independence and self-sufficiency.

This shelter, which is located in the former St. Cecila Catholic School on Kinsman Road, is an apartment-style housing complex that is a home where single parents and their children can stay for up to four months.

Volunteer opportunities include teaching the residents money management or computer skills, helping them prepare for job interviews or find apartments, tutoring the children, and preparing rooms for new families.

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InterAct Cleveland Hunger Center

The InterAct Cleveland Hunger Center, in partnership with the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland, provides a three to five day emergency supply of food to approximately 900 families each month. The Hunger Center manager and the staff of InterAct Cleveland also provide information about additional resources and services available to program participants.

This loose-knit group of volunteers from the Church of the Covenant and the community prepare and distribute meals to homeless persons once or twice a month from October through March of each year as available from donations. The meals are distributed to an average of 55 people at the Bishop Hargrove Center and the Women Allied Health Center. The volunteers also distribute personal care items, clothing, and Bibles.

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The Open House

Volunteers from the Church of the Covenant work closely with The Open House program in Cleveland Heights to provide direct assistance to individuals in the HIV/AIDS continuum or to answer phones and provide other administrative support. The Open House is affiliated with the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland.

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The Church of the Covenant also supports the work of the following local organizations:

Early Childhood Options
The Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland
Garden Valley Neighborhood House
Karamu House
United Protestant Campus Minisries (UPCaM)

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