DEXTER, MI (July 8, 2011) – Services are pending for Bonnie Gelaude, wife of Connexions Covenant Church Pastor Ron Gelaude. She died Thursday night.
Posts Tagged ‘Great Lakes’
News Briefs: Church Fire, Student Honored, Romanian Relief
Filed under: News
Tags: Compassion-Justice, East Coast, Great Lakes, Pacific Northwest, Youth
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.
Two Covenant Youth Honored for Contributions
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 …
Church in Arab Muslim Area Reaches Out
DEARBORN, MI (May 19, 2011) – Dearborn Covenant Church will host two mission training conferences this summer to help Christians share the gospel with Muslims.
News Received of Paul Bjorklund’s Death
Filed under: News, Obituary
Tags: Central, Great Lakes, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Southwest, Southeast
MERCER ISLAND (April 13, 2011) – Retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Paul Bjorklund, 94, died March 23.
Two Congregations Find Similarities Outweigh Differences
Filed under: News
Tags: Compassion-Justice, Great Lakes, Planting-Vitality
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 …
Memorial Service Set for Elaine Swanson
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.
Community Gardens Provide Food, Connect People
MCPHERSON, KANSAS (April 5, 2011) – Countryside Covenant Church is the latest congregation in a growing trend of churches sponsoring community gardens.
Churches Find ‘Ministry Together’ Even More Effective
Filed under: News
Tags: Evangelism-Outreach, Great Lakes, Local Church
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.
Recovery – for Addicts and Congregations
Filed under: News
Tags: Evangelism-Outreach, Great Lakes, Local Church
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 …