Posts Tagged ‘Great Lakes’

Services Pending for Bonnie Gelaude

Post a Comment » Written on July 8th, 2011     
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DEXTER, MI (July 8, 2011) – Services are pending for Bonnie Gelaude, wife of Connexions Covenant Church Pastor Ron Gelaude. She died Thursday night.

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News Briefs: Church Fire, Student Honored, Romanian Relief

Post a Comment » Written on June 20th, 2011     
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI (June 20, 2011) – A fire last Tuesday caused $600,000 in damage to a church building that at one time served as home to Mission Covenant Church.

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Two Covenant Youth Honored for Contributions

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI (June 2, 2011) – Caledonia High School always honors only one student with its Principal’s Award for leadership, but the school’s top administrator couldn’t decide between two students, so he presented it to Samuel Ernest and Gretchen …

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Church in Arab Muslim Area Reaches Out

Post a Comment » Written on May 19th, 2011     
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DEARBORN, MI (May 19, 2011) – Dearborn Covenant Church will host two mission training conferences this summer to help Christians share the gospel with Muslims.

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News Received of Paul Bjorklund’s Death

5 comments Written on April 13th, 2011     
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MERCER ISLAND (April 13, 2011) – Retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Paul Bjorklund, 94, died March 23.

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Two Congregations Find Similarities Outweigh Differences

1 Comment » Written on April 8th, 2011     
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By Stan Friedman

DETROIT, MI (April 8, 2011) – In Fall 2009, the leadership of the Covenant Church of Cheboygan began looking for ways the church could serve outside their small rural community and beyond the boundaries of their comfort …

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Memorial Service Set for Elaine Swanson

2 comments Written on April 6th, 2011     
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JAMESTOWN, NY (April 6, 2011) – A memorial service for Elaine (Ringbloom) Swanson, 89, widow of former Great Lakes Superintendent Harry Swanson, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Covenant Church. She died Saturday.

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Community Gardens Provide Food, Connect People

1 Comment » Written on April 5th, 2011     
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MCPHERSON, KANSAS (April 5, 2011) – Countryside Covenant Church is the latest congregation in a growing trend of churches sponsoring community gardens.

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Churches Find ‘Ministry Together’ Even More Effective

Post a Comment » Written on March 30th, 2011     
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By Stan Friedman

JAMESTOWN, NY (March 30, 2011) – First and Zion Covenant Churches were founded prior to the year 1900 and are less than two miles apart – but have rarely done ministry with each other.

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Recovery – for Addicts and Congregations

2 comments Written on March 30th, 2011     
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By Stan Friedman

JAMESTOWN, NY (March 30, 2011) – A recovery group sponsored by First Covenant and Zion Covenant churches earned its one-year chip in January. Started with little advance planning, the group now attracts 40-50 people on Monday nights …

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