CHICAGO, IL (September 15, 2006) – Workers were working non-stop on Thursday preparing the 68,000-square-foot Helwig Recreation Center for the dedication ceremony slated for 2 p.m. Friday on the campus of North Park University.
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Exclusion, Embrace, Reconciliation: A Conversation with Miroslav Volf
By Stan Friedman
CHICAGO, IL (September 15, 2006) – Miroslav Volf author of Exclusion and Embrace and Free of Charge, has written extensively on forgiveness and reconciliation. But for this theologian and native of Croatia, these topics are not purely
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Miroslav Volf; ‘Truth Is a Dangerous Claim’
By Stan Friedman
CHICAGO, IL (September 14, 2006) – Miroslav Volf, one of the world’s premier theologians, told a gathering at North Park University last week that people have the “moral obligation” to work together in remembering the past correctly
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North Park Soccer Team Cracks Top 25
CHICAGO, IL (September 14, 2006) – North Park University’s men’s soccer team cracked the Top 25 national rankings for the first time in the school’s history.
New Book Focuses on Issues Facing Teenage Girls
CHICAGO, IL (September 14, 2006) – Ginny Olson had the frightened male youth pastor in mind when she wrote her new book, “Teenage Girls: Exploring Issues Adolescent Girls Face and Strategies to Help Them.”
Impact of CHIC Generosity Continues to Grow
CHICAGO, IL (September 13, 2006) – The final total is in: Covenant youth attending this year’s CHIC event in Tennessee, along with those donating online, contributed $101,772.86 – an amount even greater than the total announced in July.
Family Weeps as Chaplain Redeployed to Baghdad
CHICAGO, IL (September 13, 2006) – Ordained Evangelical Covenant Church minister and U.S. Army Chaplain Capt. John Grauer wept when he called his family to inform them that he will not be coming home from Iraq as planned, but will
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How Sankofa Changed One Man’s Life
CHICAGO, IL (September 12, 2006) – Bill Baca read the four-part series of stories in the Seattle Times that focused on local Evangelical Covenant Church members who traveled on a Sankofa trip to the South. Baca knew then that he
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Sankofa: 16th Street Baptist Church
BIRMINGHAM, AL (September 12, 2006) – The following photos were taken during a 2002 Sankofa trip by members of the Council of Administrators of the Evangelical Covenant Church, focusing on the 16th Street Baptist Church.
Pilot Program Focuses on Ministry in Urban Context
OAKLAND, CA (September 12, 2006) – A recently completed pilot program that brought eight young participants to work with the poor, study and reflect on the experience over a three-week period was a huge success, says Greg Yee, director of …