Effective Date: July 27, 2026

Covenant Presbyterian Church respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information with care. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you visit our website, contact the church, submit a prayer request, register for an event, give online, or interact with our ministries.

By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

• Complete a contact form

• Submit a prayer request

• Subscribe to church emails or newsletters

• Register for a worship service, class, event, or ministry activity

• Request information about membership, baptism, counseling, or church ministries

• Give a donation through an online giving platform

• Apply for employment or volunteer service

• Communicate with a pastor, elder, staff member, or ministry leader

The information collected may include:

• Your name

• Email address

• Telephone number

• Mailing address

• Names and ages of household members

• Church or ministry interests

• Event registration details

• Volunteer interests and availability

• Donation information

• Prayer requests or other information you choose to provide

We ask that you avoid submitting highly sensitive information through a general website form. Private pastoral, counseling, medical, financial, or family matters are better discussed directly with an appropriate pastor, elder, or ministry leader.

Prayer Requests and Pastoral Communications

Information submitted through a prayer request or pastoral contact form may be shared with pastors, elders, staff members, or designated prayer ministry participants when reasonably necessary to respond to your request.

Please indicate when a prayer request is confidential or should be shared only with church leadership. Although we will make reasonable efforts to honor those instructions, online forms and email should not be considered completely private or secure methods of communication.

Submitting information through the website does not establish a formal counseling, pastoral-care, or confidential professional relationship.

Children’s and Family Information

Some church events and ministries may request information about children or other family members. This may include names, ages, allergies, emergency contacts, or other information reasonably needed for registration and participation.

Parents and legal guardians should provide this information on behalf of children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 without the involvement or consent of a parent or legal guardian.

Information collected for children’s ministries will be used for purposes such as registration, communication, safety, attendance, and ministry administration.

Online Giving

If you make an online donation, your transaction may be processed by a third-party giving or payment provider. That provider may collect information such as your name, contact information, donation amount, payment method, and transaction details.

Covenant Presbyterian Church may receive information necessary to record and acknowledge your donation, but payment card or bank account information may be collected and processed directly by the payment provider.

The provider’s collection and use of your information are also governed by its own privacy policy and terms.

We may retain giving records as needed for contribution statements, accounting, financial administration, legal compliance, and other legitimate church purposes. Federal public-disclosure rules generally do not require tax-exempt organizations to publicly disclose contributor names and addresses reported with annual returns.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies, analytics tools, and similar technologies. This information may include:

• Internet Protocol address

• Browser and device type

• Operating system

• Approximate location

• Referring website

• Pages viewed

• Date and time of your visit

• General interactions with the website

This information helps us operate the website, understand how visitors use it, improve its performance, and make church information easier to find.

Cookies and Website Analytics

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files stored on your device that help websites function, remember preferences, and understand how visitors use different features.

Because this website is hosted through Squarespace, Squarespace may use necessary cookies for basic website functions and optional analytics or performance cookies to measure activity such as traffic sources, page views, and unique visitors.

You may be able to manage optional cookies through the website’s cookie banner or your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the performance or availability of certain website features.

How We Use Information

Covenant Presbyterian Church may use information collected through the website to:

• Respond to questions, prayer requests, and pastoral inquiries

• Communicate information about worship services, events, classes, and ministries

• Process event and ministry registrations

• Administer church membership and ministry participation

• Coordinate volunteers

• Provide contribution acknowledgments and giving records

• Send newsletters and other requested communications

• Maintain the safety, security, and functionality of the website

• Improve our website and ministry communications

• Maintain appropriate church, financial, and administrative records

• Comply with legal, accounting, insurance, and reporting obligations

• Protect the rights, safety, and property of the church and others

We may also use information for another purpose disclosed when it is collected or with your permission.

How We Share Information

Covenant Presbyterian Church does not sell or rent personal information.

We may share information with:

• Pastors, elders, deacons, staff members, and ministry leaders

• Designated church volunteers

• Website hosting, email, registration, and communication providers

• Online giving and payment-processing providers

• Professional advisers, such as accountants, attorneys, and insurance providers

• Service providers that assist with church operations

• Government authorities or other parties when disclosure is required by law

Information will generally be shared only when reasonably necessary to respond to a request, administer a ministry or event, operate the church, provide a requested service, or comply with applicable obligations.

Email Communications

When you provide your email address, we may use it to respond to your inquiry and send information about church services, ministries, events, or announcements.

You may unsubscribe from nonessential church emails by using the unsubscribe option included in the message or by contacting the church. Unsubscribing from general emails may not prevent necessary communications related to an event registration, donation, ministry responsibility, or direct pastoral inquiry.

Photographs, Video, and Livestreams

Covenant Presbyterian Church may photograph, record, or livestream worship services, events, classes, and other church activities.

These images or recordings may appear on the church website, social media accounts, livestreaming platforms, printed materials, or other ministry communications. When appropriate, the church may provide notices or request permission, particularly when children are prominently featured.

Anyone with a concern about appearing in church photographs or recordings should contact the church.

Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to social media platforms, livestreaming services, giving platforms, denominational resources, ministry partners, or other third-party websites.

Covenant Presbyterian Church does not control the privacy, security, or content practices of these third parties. Your activity on another website or platform is governed by that organization’s privacy policy and terms.

We encourage you to review the policies of any third-party service before submitting personal or financial information.

Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information provided through the website.

However, no website, email system, electronic transmission, or storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information online at your own risk.

For confidential or urgent pastoral matters, please contact the church directly rather than relying solely on a website form or email.

Data Retention

We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Respond to an inquiry or prayer request

• Administer an event, class, or ministry

• Maintain membership, volunteer, donation, or financial records

• Meet accounting, tax, insurance, legal, and administrative obligations

• Protect the church’s legitimate interests

• Resolve questions or disputes

When information is no longer reasonably needed, it may be deleted, anonymized, or securely disposed of.

Your Choices

You may contact us to request that we:

• Correct or update information you previously provided

• Remove you from nonessential email communications

• Answer questions about how your information has been used

• Delete certain personal information when reasonably and legally possible

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Certain information may need to be retained for financial, legal, membership, safety, pastoral, or administrative purposes.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our website, ministries, service providers, or legal obligations.

The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of the website after a revision indicates acknowledgment of the updated policy.

Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or information submitted through the website, please contact:

Covenant Presbyterian Church
Flower Mound, Texas
Email: office@covenantflowermound.com