The local newspaper reported on 22 women in the church who spent several hours ripping sheets and rolling them for bandages that will be used in northwestern Congo, where the ECC partners in mission work with the Covenant Church of Congo (CEUM).
“We want to make sure if we say we are Covenant, that we are Covenant.”
“We’ve gotten a lot of donated sheets since the newspaper article,” says Sharon Meeker, who coordinated the effort.
The Philadelphia FOX-TV news affiliate planned to send a film crew to capture the women rolling more bandages, but inclement weather has forced them to reschedule, Meeker says. Storms have dumped heavy snow throughout large portions of the Midwest and Northeast.
Members of Christ Covenant – which was adopted into the denomination in 2007 – learned about the bandage project when it was the focus of one of the activities during a Women Ministries retreat in the East Coast Conference.
“We saw firsthand how simple this project is,” Meeker says.
The church raised $800 last year for the Children’s Service Project directed at helping the “rag picker” children of India.
“We’re trying to get plugged in,” Meeker says. “We want to make sure if we say we are Covenant, that we are Covenant.”
