CHICAGO, IL (March 24, 2006) – A work team of students from North Park Theological Seminary looked forward to getting an education in missions when they recently traveled to Ecuador. They got one – just much different than they expected.…
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Erickson in Critical But Stable Condition
| FORT MYERS, FL (March 24, 2006) – Former Northwest Conference Superintendent Paul Erickson is listed in critical but stable condition and remains unconscious after sustaining a severe head injury Wednesday, when he was struck by a van while bicycling. |
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Former Superintendent in Serious Bicycle Accident
FORT MYERS, FL (March 23, 2006) – Former Northwest Conference Superintendent Paul Erickson sustained a severe head injury Wednesday, when he was struck by a van while bicycling.
Covenant Village of Colorado Marks 10 Years
WESTMINSTER, CO (March 23, 2006) – The Covenant Retirement Community of Colorado celebrated its 10th anniversary over the weekend.
Sacrifices at Funerals? Culture Is Changing
By Stan Friedman
ST. PAUL, MN (March 22, 2006) – The Hmong woman asked how many cows should be sacrificed for her father’s funeral. That was not a question for which Pastor Anne Vining’s Protestant seminary training had prepared her.…
CHIC Prayer Rooms Are Thriving
CHICAGO, IL (March 22, 2006) – Several churches that have developed week-long “24-7” prayer rooms to pray for CHIC have decided to make the rooms permanent, because church members have found them helpful to their devotional lives.
Small Church – Big Impact on Ministry
PORT ALLEGANY, PA (March 21, 2006) – The Evangelical Covenant Church here has a congregation of some 70 people – and three of them are in seminary, two of them from the same family.
Readers Share Their Thoughts
By Don Meyer
CHICAGO, IL (March 21, 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.
Retiring Dvorak to Continue Brown Hymnal Tradition
CROMWELL, CT (March 20, 2006) – The Brown Hymnal Society will continue, even though its unofficial leader, Bob Dvorak, is retiring as superintendent of the East Coast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Best-Selling Author to Focus on Liberal Arts
CHICAGO, IL (March 20, 2006) – Tickets remain available to hear best-selling author Kathleen Norris at North Park University at 7 p.m. April 6 in Anderson Chapel.