{"id":3422,"date":"2014-12-18T16:11:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T20:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2014-12-18T16:14:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T20:14:32","slug":"a-visit-to-our-home-church-northwest-covenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=3422","title":{"rendered":"A visit to our home church, Northwest Covenant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/NWCOV.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3423\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/NWCOV-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"NWCOV\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/NWCOV-255x300.jpg 255w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/NWCOV.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a>This past Sunday we had the opportunity to visit our home church, <a href=\"http:\/\/nwcov.com\/\">Northwest Covenant Church<\/a> in Mt. Prospect, IL. \u00a0Northwest Covenant is where we attended ever since we got married and moved to Chicago in 2002 up until we moved to Ecuador in 2010. \u00a0NWCC is also where Joel was a pastor\u00a0for a short while as well as the church that we took the mission trip with to Ecuador in which we received our call to Ecuador.<\/h3>\n<h3>It was wonderful to be back with them for both worship services on Sunday morning, worshiping in our familiar home and seeing and reconnecting with so many friends. \u00a0It was a busy morning for us as we were having Esther dedicated in our church home in the States as well as we lighted the advent candle and also gave a short update on what all is happening with us.<\/h3>\n<h3>To top things off, they also held a special dinner for us that evening. \u00a0There were 60 some people who came out and not just those from Northwest but also some from our supporting churches at <a href=\"http:\/\/deergrove.org\/\">DeerGrove Covenant <\/a>(Palatine, IL) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodshepherdcov.org\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Church of the Good Shepherd<\/a> in Joliet, IL. \u00a0It was a great day!!!<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=3422&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Sunday we had the opportunity to visit our home church, Northwest Covenant Church in Mt. 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