Our In-reaches, Outreaches & All Other Ministries In-between
The New Covenant Coalition (Incoporated) - Hub
Chronologically, born out of the memory consisting of witnessing her mother's depression and mental collapse from physical, sexual and verbal domestic violence, which was nonetheless eventually followed by a determined, intelligent, bold and divinely timed escape for her and her children's sake; and born out of the memory of a housing project neighbor being found, threatened, shot and killed by an ex-husband; and born out of being chased and almost taken late one night by a pimp and his boys; and born out of the experience of having a new male acquaintance refusing to let her out of his grasp on a subway car and attempting to pull and drag her to an unknown location; and born out of the experience of a presumed friend who refused to let her out of the menacingly high crosswinds on the balcony and back into his parent's 32nd floor condo if she didn't agree to be his girlfriend; and born out of having friends put out of their homes, separated from their families, targeted by legalities as well as criminalities, and pushed as well as pulled into living arrangements and social circles controlled and managed by self-serving deviants and predators because their sexual preferences and gender beliefs did not line up with expectations or assumptions; and born out of the experience of a police officer approaching her on a sparsely populated, 'lights on, lights off' subway car and telling her she could be taken in for wearing a spiked cat-modelled knuckle brace regardless of whether or not it was for protection; and born out of having a friend who finally thought she'd married the man of her dreams because he went to the same church she did only to end up in the emergency room not more than three weeks later and on leave with a battered. swollen face while also being shamed by the pastor who knew of his mental illness; and born out of creating a church program which provided teenagers with critical thinking and hands-on, life application Bible lessons which revealed amazing entanglements and complexities some youth face from every direction; AND now sustainably fueled by her daughter's friend ultimately becoming addicted to prescription painkillers and ultimately overdosing herself, unknowingly with a Fentanyl-laced portion of such painkillers, out of a terrifying, tormenting relationship, Reverend Constance Coleman-Fletcher maintains The New Covenant Coalition (Incorporated) in dedication to Black women and girls who suffer in silence and aloud, from their lives of life-disfiguring confusion, entrapment, misuse and abuse. It is a ministry, she and her closest friends, who shared similar experiences, considered and established in 2013 for the sake of being a lighthouse of hope and healing for Black women's minds, bodies, souls and spirits. For more information on how you can support this outreach, you may call Rev. Coleman-Fletcher at the number on the 'Contact Us' page, or visit: www.thenewcovenantcoalitionincorporated-hub.com.
Seasonal Song & Dance & Arts & Crafts Showcase
Calling all creative types, including 'green thumbs' to share your gifts & talents. Every season with a 5th Sunday via Zoom.
The Gamer's Grotto
No sore losers allowed! This is a time for some playfully competitive fun and fellowship! Place and time to be agreed upon during Official Board Meetings.
Pastor Coleman-Fletcher's: Cracks, Closets, Corners & Cellars
A ministry close to the pastor's heart is the redemption and restoration of those who have suffered domestic and/or sexual violence - details below. There's no finger-pointing or blame gaming here, in any direction, only realizing and rejecting any further interactions with the traps which have always been set and waiting to ensnare. Participants have a choice of twelve (12) one-to-one, or small group (4) sessions and must be fully committed to see it through to completion. Note: One-to-one sessions are Zoom only and small group are hybrids of Zoom and in person. At any time, participants can change from one-to-one to small group and vice versa, but only once. If the participant chooses to leave small group for one-to-one, she must remain in one-to-one for the remaining sessions.
Pastor Coleman-Fletcher's: Breaches, Boxes, Borders & Basements
Another ministry close to the pastor's heart is the renewal and revival of those who have battled being who they know they are most comfortable being as a male member of society, which isn't always society's considerations of what a "real man" is - details below. There will be no bashing or angry rehashing for the purpose of keeping the 'tough guy' mask on, but there will be plenty of opportunity to verbalize pain anger, and struggle which will be acknowledged with the understanding of 'familiar spirits' and the sinister ways curses travel with them. Participants have a choice of twelve (12) one-to-one or small group (4) sessions and must be fully committed to completing the sessions. Note: One-to-one sessions are Zoom only and small group are hybrids of Zoom and in person. At any time, participants can change from one-to-one to small group and vice versa, but cannot switch back. If the participant chooses to to leave small group for one-to-one, he must remain in one-to-one for the remaining sessions.
THEE Reverend CEE's Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Intersectional Survival Café
If one is ever able to sit down to have a conversation with the pastor about music, just be prepared for some serious outside of the box dialogue! Does she enjoy Gospel and contemporary Christian music? Certainly! But with her moniker of "THEE Reverend CEE" she has not forgotten her soul, island and rap music days! Likewise, they have not forgotten her, revealing to her just how music of ALMOST any genre can flip the script in Jesus' direction for many a troubled heart and mind. In fact, her testimony proudly shares that the England Dan & John Ford Coley song, "Love is the Answer" is what finally planted her feet on her own personal journey towards genuinely receiving Christ Jesus and heeding God's call to preach. And so, for just about any human impacting topic, she's got a song and discussion for it - guaranteed! Grab your Bible and connect with her to be enriched by an array of sounds she's collected to meet the struggling where they are, but not leave them there. Someway, somehow, there’s always a marker, a bridge, at an intersection pointing to Christ’s side and the pastor can hear it, see it, reveal it, flip it, align it. Welcome to her special survive (and thrive!) intersectionality music café. And if you get to listen to one of her playlists and need any help navigating, just ask!
Footprints of Jesus: "Cracks, Closets, Corners & Cellars"
Lessons Addressing Issues Impacting Girls & Women
This specialized curriculum tackles the Biblical, yet problematic scriptures of domestic abuse and sexual violence in the context of cultural norms, time period and religious belief systems. Because of racial, social, political and even spiritual biases which have been levied against bodies of color, specifically female bodies of color, this curriculum is well able to respect the reality of the retraumatizing which continues in every setting of our society for girls and women of African, Native American, Latin American and Asian heritage.
Calling out from the cracks, closets, corners and cellars the shame and marginalization which have confused and clouded the lives of many, it rebukes the dismissal of the post-traumatic societal disorders that still exist. Women and girls who have experienced intentional assaults will gain tools and reinforcements for pushing back against others' stereotypes and the Enemy's persistence of robbing them of happiness & joy, as well as their authority & ability to take & stand their ground against all forms of malevolence. It's neither unusual or weak to become fearful or angry after being targeted, marginalized and violated to consider all men or all persons of a certain background dangerous and to be avoided or eliminated. However, for any identifying themselves as a "Christian" or a disciple of Christ, the risk is following through on those feelings to the point of extreme actions resulting in a final judgment which won't differ from any who don't identify as such. Battling against bitterness for the sake of living without the condemnation that comes with what Rev. Coleman-Fletcher calls maintaining "an insecure, envious and fear-based blanket bias" against others, she teaches how we are to love as God unconditionally loves, while yet hating what God hates per Proverbs 6:16-19, emphasizing that none of what it says deliberately or malevolently, spotlights or highlights by name a particular race, gender or religious belief, regardless of who it was written to and for. In other words, just because someone doesn't look like, sound like, believe like or have preferences like us, is no reason or excuse for being undermining or unkind to the majority due to the choices a relative few made in favor of wickedness. She encourages participants to be mindful of Jeremiah 18:18-23, Nehemiah 6:1-14, Psalm 37:1-40, and Matthew 15:1-20 among others during these lessons, solidifying how closely God is listening to the words and seeing the actions of everyone, especially those called by His Authentically Great Name, along with the reasonings behind those words and actions to see by whose standards/principles they're really being said and done.
These highly mature lessons are facilitated in small groups, primarily for women and girls from communities of color who are enduring, are seeking the resolve to escape or have already escaped abuse and violence of all levels, in all forms, from all areas, and desire a well-rounded renewing of their minds and hearts, rebuilding of their bodies and souls, and recollection of their spirits to live the fulfilling, joyful life God intended.
ALL BOOKS, EXCEPT FOR THE HOLY BIBLE, REQUIRED FOR THESE MEETINGS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE PASTOR.
Footprints of Jesus: "Breaches, Boxes, Borders & Basements"
Lessons Addressing Issues Impacting Boys & Men
This focused series reviews the Biblical, yet seemingly contradictory scriptures of males demonstrating a presumed gold, Godly standard of bold masculinity while also downplaying or completely ignoring "bad actor" and "player" behavior. Through the lessons in this program, boys and men from communities of color, African, African-American, Native American, Latin American and Asian, who have suffered or may still be in a situation of domestic violence or sexual abuse will glean how not to become "the perfect storm" of their own lives, let alone a combined tornado, hurricane, earthquake and flood in the lives of those who care about and/or for them. Parallel to the female-oriented program, 'Cracks, Closets, Corners & Cellars', the lessons in this curriculum is well able to respect the reality of what Pastor Coleman-Fletcher calls a "trap cycle" permeating every facet of the male existence and thus enabling a violent thought process coupled with a possessive and protective yet diminishing and destructive approach being the immediate response to every threat, as well as an interwoven and progressively complex behavior-personality trait passed from generation to generation.
From all of the places where fear, frustration and fury wait to explode - the breaches, boxes, borders and basements - Pastor Coleman-Fletcher is calling males from communities of color who have been diminished through ugly and esteem-twisting words, inappropriate and angry touches along with the expectations of an intimate performance that rattles heaven and earth while being inwardly broken and non-verbally screaming for help. Learn, if you will, from a woman who began life with a sexually violent predator and father, continued with an emotionally and physically violent stepfather, verbally and psychologically abusive boyfriends and yet through the eyes of the Holy Spirit, through higher education, seminary studies, counseling, interfaith & multicultural meetings, community & specialized group conversations, a certification program and definitely not to be left out, a fantabulous husband, learned how to remember them with a peace surpassing all understanding and a truly amazing, forgiving, unconditional love. No, their actions were not excused or dismissed, but layers in front of the bigger picture of how & why they were then and how & why some of today's males are now, have been revealed & understood for such a time as this, to share ways out of self-destructive as well as world-annihilating maleness .
These mature lessons are also facilitated in small groups, primarily for men and teen boys from communities of color who have been and are doing what they have to do to keep up appearances of being in control in the mirror of being victimizers, while perhaps having been victims themselves. For the man or young man of color who is weary from and finished with toxic, faulty and phony manhood, as well as the so-called "male gaze" that tends to go along with it, let's discover your path of escape out of the matrix and away from the blurred lines of being a humane human being capable of being content as the man God purposed you to be.
ALL BOOKS, EXCEPT FOR THE HOLY BIBLE, REQUIRED FOR THESE MEETINGS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE PASTOR.
Our "Healing Americans' American History" Project
Through Our Church Calendar We Share, We Learn, We Heal
Created primarily as an answer-ready resource with our faith tradition’s school youth, clergy-track candidates, missions-oriented auxiliaries and congregations’ distant/extended family members in mind, “The Liberty Leader” is currently a hybrid (physical & virtual), categorical, memory & recordkeeping collection of the moments, milestones and more, which demonstrate genuine kinship, meek stewardship and compassionate humanity by vision-driven founders, genius-level formulators, faith-filled speakers, freedom-focused fighters and Christ-like bridge builders.
Project Sponsor
All ‘Liberty Leader’ History Project inputs are researched and reviewed, using fact-checking services and resources in order to be documented, developed, produced, and presented by New Covenant Nation on behalf of Stephen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Gause, Texas.