Hope Sunday

Ten Quick Facts on Covenant Kids Congo

Post a Comment » Written on September 12th, 2013     
Filed under: Child Sponsorship, Ground Update, Hope Sunday, News & Updates, Resources

1. The name of the city where most of the work is occurring on this Area Development Program (ADP) is Gemena which is located in the northwest region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo).

2. The name chosen …

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Furthering the Work in Congo

Post a Comment » Written on August 27th, 2013     
Filed under: Child Sponsorship, Events, Hope Sunday, News & Updates

Renée Stearns (of World Vision) was a keynote speaker at Triennial XIV and here, along with Merritt Sawyer (President and Executive Director of Paul Carlson Partnership) and Lois Carlson Bridges (wife of the late Paul Carlson), shares her thoughts on …

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Ocean Hills Sprints for Kids

Post a Comment » Written on August 23rd, 2013     
Filed under: Child Sponsorship, Events, Featured Churches, Hope Sunday, News & Updates

Members of Ocean Hills Covenant are participating in the Santa Barbara Triathlon, Saturday, August 25th to raise funds for Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision and Ocean Hills Kids. This is yet another creative way churches throughout the …

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Child Sponsor Follows God’s Call to DR Congo

Post a Comment » Written on August 12th, 2013     
Filed under: Child Sponsorship, Featured Churches, Ground Update, Hope Sunday, News & Updates, Travel

Click here to read an article on Denee Anderson, a member of Naperville Covenant Church, who was on a recent Vision Trip to DR Congo with church members and some ECC denominational staff. This demonstrates one way in which …

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Volunteer Shares His Love for the Children of Congo

1 Comment » Written on August 8th, 2013     
Filed under: Child Sponsorship, Ground Update, Hope Sunday, News & Updates, Travel

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Note: The translation in the video above is hard to hear. Please turn up the volume on your device before viewing to hear better.

Written by Kim Crawford, associate director for Mission & Mobilization

His name is Karl. …

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Where Do Your Sponsorship Dollars Go?

4 comments Written on June 20th, 2013     
Filed under: Child Sponsorship, Ground Update, Hope Sunday, Missionary Update, News & Updates

Written by Christine Buettgen, short-term missionary in DR Congo

It was a joy and encouragement to have a Vision Trip team come at the beginning of June. We were only able to have seven people come due to required use …

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Creating an Environment for a Hope Event

Post a Comment » Written on May 16th, 2013     
Filed under: Featured Churches, Hope Sunday, News & Updates

Written by Jeff Grosskopf, youth pastor at Bellingham Covenant Church

At Bellingham Covenant, we spend quite a bit of time creating a visually engaging worship space for our congregation. We’ve found that visual media is an unexpected language of our …

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Two Churches, One Mission

Post a Comment » Written on May 15th, 2013     
Filed under: Featured Churches, Hope Sunday, News & Updates

Written by Adam Phillips, project consultant

BCCI’ve preached at multiple services before. Typically it’s two services back to back, broken up with a coffee hour or Sunday School session. There was even the odd church a few years ago that …

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First Covenant Pastor Pushes CKC Locally

Post a Comment » Written on April 30th, 2013     
Filed under: Featured Churches, Hope Sunday, News & Updates

First Covenant Church in Fort Dodge, IA hosted a Hope event on February 10, 2013. Their pastor, Allan Redenius, has continued to promote Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision throughout his local community. Recently, he was interviewed by Stan …

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Covenant Kids Congo: Turning the Corner Towards the 10,000 Child Sponsorship Marker

Post a Comment » Written on March 27th, 2013     
Filed under: Hope Sunday, Lent Campaign 2013, News & Updates

Written by Reesheda Washington, project leader

We are excited. We are encouraged. We are inspired. For six months Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision has encouraged the Covenant to “pray. hope. act.” on behalf of our brothers and sisters …

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