Special Projects

A Covenant Cares Challenge!

Post a Comment » Written on January 14th, 2013     
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When “Covenant Cares” was introduced to the Sunday School children of New Gottland Covenant Church, McPherson, KS, they wholeheartedly embraced it, choosing to provide sheep, at $60 each, for families in Kyrgyzstan, the second poorest country in central Asia.

This past spring children brought their donations; one Sunday providing an amazing $152, a substantial portion of which was given by four brothers who earned money soliciting work from their parents and grandparents, even digging into their personal savings to buy sheep for Kyrgyz families.  A total of $361.51 was raised by the Sunday School classes, enough for six sheep!  The congregation was very proud of their children who sacrificially gave to others in the name of Jesus, the Good Shepherd!

This article was written by Rev. Dick Skar, pastor of New Gottland Covenant Church (McPherson, KS) and originally appeared in the newsletter for the Midwest Conference.

 

 



Kids Helping Kids: India – additional resources

1 Comment » Written on September 29th, 2012     
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If your children’s ministry is participating in the Kids Helping Kids: India project this year, below are a couple of ideas and resources that may help you as you prepare. Continue Reading »



Life-Saving Bed Nets

2 comments Written on August 23rd, 2012     
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You may remember our Children’s Service Project (now called Kids Helping Kids) that focused on raising money to purchase bed nets for kids in Congo. Bed nets are an inexpensive and simple way to protect kids from mosquito bites, which can transmit malaria. Malaria is a life-threatening disease that takes the largest number of lives of children in Congo under the age of five. Bed nets, which cost just $10 a piece, protect children while they sleeping from the deadly insect.

We recently received new photos from the project, depicting the 11,000 bed nets that were purchased from funds raised by this project. That’s a lot of nets and a lot of lives saved!



Kids Helping Kids: India

Post a Comment » Written on July 11th, 2012     
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This year our annual children’s discipleship and giving project, called Kids Helping Kids (formerly known as the Children’s Service Project), is focusing on the children of India. Partnering with the department of Christian Formation, the purpose of Kids Helping Kids is four-fold:

  • Fulfill Christ’s commandment to love God and our neighbor
  • Foster a larger kingdom view
  • Offer an opportunity to serve and obey God
  • Provide a shared faith experience to build community.

This project gives kids in North America the opportunity to work toward hope and opportunity for children in other countries marked by severe poverty and vulnerability.

As mentioned above, the country of focus this year is India. By praying and donating to a weekly monetary offering (rather than collecting and sending items), children in North America can provide children in India with tangible items such as: Continue Reading »



Creative fundraising

1 Comment » Written on May 14th, 2012     
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Here at the Covenant World Relief office, we are always interested in hearing about the creative ways that churches and individuals spread the word about CWR and raise funds for projects. It is exciting to hear about the fun ideas that our generous donors come up with, and we hope that by sharing these stories, other donors will get excited and be creative too!

We received the following letter from Christ Covenant Church in Harleysville, PA: Continue Reading »



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