Posts Tagged ‘Pacific Northwest’

Covenant Shores Named to U.S. News Honor Roll

2 comments Written on February 15th, 2012     
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MERCER ISLAND, WA (February 15, 2012) – The nursing home at the Covenant Shores Retirement Community has been named one of the 39 best in the country by U.S. News & World Report.

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Church Finds ‘To-Go’ Lunch a Great Outreach

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PORTLAND, OR (February 7, 2012) – St. Johns Covenant Church had provided the Roosevelt High School girl’s basketball team with to-go meals for all of their away games, but they all sat together for a taco dinner to celebrate a …

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Funeral Service Planned for Allan C. Johnson

7 comments Written on January 19th, 2012     
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MILWAUKIE, OR (January 19, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Allan C. Johnson, 75, will be conducted at 6 p.m. January 25 at Milwaukie Covenant Church. He died Tuesday.

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An ‘Under the Bridge’ Christmas for Homeless

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

PORTLAND, OR (December 30, 2011) – Shari, a homeless woman who is roughly 50 years of age, thanked the two young girls who had just nervously painted her nails and told them, “I feel like a princess.”…

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Two ‘Kinect’ Developers Have Covenant Connections

2 comments Written on December 28th, 2011     
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By Mike Mirza

SEATTLE, WA (December 28, 2011) – Two former North Park University students are helping Microsoft “Kinect” with gamers internationally and across cultures.

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Church to Build 61-Unit Affordable Housing Project

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SEATTLE, WA (November 18, 2011) – The community development arm of the Emerald City Bible Fellowship, an Evangelical Covenant Church congregation, has been awarded a $5.9 million grant to build a 61-unit affordable housing project.

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Covenanter Honored as Illinois Student Laureate

2 comments Written on November 17th, 2011     
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CHICAGO, IL (November 17, 2011) – Hannah A. Haugen, a North Park University senior and member of Milwaukie (Oregon) Covenant Church, is one of 51 students from Illinois colleges and universities to be named a Student Laureate.

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Volunteers Work on Homes, Schools in Outreach Effort

Post a Comment » Written on September 23rd, 2011     
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By Stan Friedman

BELLEVUE, WA (September 23, 2011) – In 2005, Highland Covenant Church decided to celebrate its 50-year anniversary with a Jubilee Service Day outreach.

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Briefs: Top Award, Youth Supporting Kenyans

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Smietana Earns Award For Best Religion Story

DURHAM, NC (September 22, 2011) – The Religion Newswriters Association has honored Covenanter Bob Smietana with its Cornell Religion Report of the Year award for mid-sized newspapers.

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Olympia Church to Build New Bokonzo Water Tower, Lines

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OLYMPIA, WA (September 14, 2011) – The water tower in Bokonzo, Democratic Republic of Congo, frequently runs dry, but thousands of people in the area count on that water. Even when the tower is filled, broken supply lines have hampered …

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