{"id":279,"date":"2015-12-28T10:13:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T16:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/decastro\/?p=279"},"modified":"2015-12-28T10:13:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T16:13:55","slug":"bethel-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/decastro\/2015\/12\/bethel-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethel, Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Bethel, Alaska<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bethel, Alaska is located about 4 hours north of Anchorage.\u00a0 It is a hub town located on the frozen tundra.\u00a0 We partner with Bethel Covenant Church who has a thriving relational ministry to their community.\u00a0 The community takes pride in hospitality and taking care of each other.\u00a0 The prices are outrageous for groceries and pretty much anything else\u2026but the warmth of the people by far make up for the budget!\u00a0 A team from Michigan came up and did some work projects with the church, sang at a local nursing home, brought hand made items for a local maternity center, and fellowshipped with the youth.\u00a0 The church hosted an after Prom party which was well attended and a blast.\u00a0 If you are interested in \u201croughing it\u201d they would love teams to come help build a camp in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/decastro?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=279&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethel, Alaska Bethel, Alaska is located about 4 hours north of Anchorage.\u00a0 It is a hub town located on the frozen tundra.\u00a0 We partner with Bethel Covenant Church who has a thriving relational ministry to their community.\u00a0 The community takes pride in hospitality and taking care of each other.\u00a0 The prices are outrageous for groceries &hellip; 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