GRAND RAPIDS, MI (March 22, 2011) – Six residents are now living at the newest Covenant Enabling Residence for high-functioning handicapped adults, which opened here last month.
Posts Tagged ‘Great Lakes’
Haiti: How Detroit Helped Prepare Caregivers
Filed under: News
Tags: Covenant World Relief, Great Lakes, Haiti Disaster, Health Care
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (March 17, 2011) – Editor’s note: This report is part of a week-long series of articles written by Stan Friedman, news editor for Covenant News Service, who spent five days accompanying a five-member medical team from the United …
Japanese Missionaries Fear for Loved Ones
Filed under: News
Tags: Asia, Great Lakes, Japan Disaster, Mission
NOVI, MI (March 15, 2011) – Shunichi Miyamoto, one of two missionaries from the Japan Covenant Church to the United States, learned Sunday that his elderly mother is safe although the tsunami that devastated Sendai also destroyed her home.
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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines
JAMESTOWN, NY (February 24, 2011) – Brian “Head” Welch, formerly of the heavy metal band Korn, will share his story of coming to Christ and escaping drugs at the Crown Theater at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Services Pending for Franklin G. Hagberg
Filed under: News, Obituary
Tags: Great Lakes, Midsouth, Southeast
VENICE, FL (February 16, 2011) – Services are pending for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Franklin G. Hagberg, 84, who died Saturday night.
Congregation Concerned Over Woman’s Disappearance
BLOOMINGTON, MN (January 27, 2011) – Members of Bloomington Covenant Church are paying special attention to the search for a young mother who disappeared from her home in Hartford Township, Michigan.
Japanese Missionaries to Work in Great Lakes Conference
NOVI, MI (December 21, 2010) – The first missionaries from the Japan Covenant Church to the United States will focus on three primary objectives during their two years of service.
South Sudan Referendum Holds Key to Freedom
Filed under: News
Tags: Africa, Great Lakes, Local Church, Mission
CHICAGO, IL (December 14, 2010) – “Many people ask us, ‘Why do you want to separate?’ ” Nyajuok (Sunday) Chuol, a South Sudanese student at North Park University, told a gathering on Saturday in advance of a historic referendum. “The …
Legos – Great Tool for Teaching Kids About Creation
Filed under: Ministry Idea, News
Tags: Children, Great Lakes, Local Church
CANTON, MI (December 13, 2010) – Jody Eidnes, manager of the Great Lakes Conference office of the Evangelical Covenant Church, had such a great time playing with Legos during a recent visit to Stuttgart, Germany, that the conference is now …
Free Dental Care Mission – Volunteers Needed
Filed under: Announcement, Ministry Idea, News
Tags: Great Lakes, Health Care, Local Church
MUSKEGON, MI (December 9, 2010) – The woman nearly committed suicide because the pain of her rotting teeth was so intense. She considered using her loaded gun when someone told her about a temporary clinic set up by members of …