By Don Meyer
CHICAGO, IL (July 11, 2006) – Hardly a week goes by that we do not receive a few comments from readers on stories published as part of the Covenant online news report.
Archive for July, 2006
Pastor Joins Chaplain Ranks to Help Fill a Need
ORANGE, CA (July 10, 2006) – Frank Riley’s swearing in as a U.S. Naval Reserve chaplain a week ago was a celebrative event for the River47 Evangelical Covenant Church.
U.S. Volunteers Assisting Taiwan Summer Program
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (July 10, 2006) – A group of 20 volunteers representing 11 Evangelical Covenant churches in the United States began working today as part of the Taiwan Summer English Program, following several days of training and orientation.
Kathy Holmgren to Appear on National Radio
CHICAGO, IL (July 7, 2006) – Covenanter Kathy Holmgren will be the featured guest on the July 9 broadcast of the national radio program Grace Matters.
First-Ever Asia Retreat Assesses Ministry Approaches
HUA HIN, THAILAND (July 7, 2006) – Evangelical Covenant Church missionaries to Asia explored how they could “let Christ be born in every culture,” during their first-ever retreat together, which wrapped up last week.
Candidates Sought for Two World Mission Positions
CHICAGO, IL (July 6, 2006) – Applications are being accepted for two of the four new positions identified as part of a restructuring of Covenant World Mission that was announced in June.
CRC Announces Scholarship Recipients
CHICAGO, IL (July 6, 2006) – Covenant Retirement Communities (CRC) has awarded six post-high school scholarships totaling $10,000 to dependents of its employees, part of an ongoing commitment to help dependents pursue higher education.
New Book Focuses on Finding God’s Call
EDMOND, OK (July 5, 2006) – Craig Groeschel hopes that combining interactive materials on the Internet with his new book and its strange name will help people focus their lives on what God has called them to do and be.…
‘Click for CHIC’ Raising Funds for Impoverished Sudanese
CHICAGO, IL (July 5, 2006) – By simply clicking a computer’s mouse button once a day, Covenanters have raised more than $760 to benefit the impoverished people of Bentiu, Sudan.
‘World Cup Bigger Than Super Bowl,’ Missionaries Discover
STUTTGART, GERMANY (July 4, 2006) – When Ken Larson, pastor of Faith Covenant Church in Farmington Hills, Michigan, traveled to Germany last month, he thought that the Super Bowl was a big deal. Then he experienced the World Cup.
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