CHICAGO, IL (March 7, 2006) – The Phoebe Church Planters Grant provides a grant of $1,000.
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Evelyn M.R. Johnson Leadership Award
CHICAGO, IL (March 7, 2006) – The Evelyn M.R. Johnson Leadership Award provides $500 and a commemorative plaque.
Authors: Church Needs to Embrace Hip-Hop
By Stan Friedman
CHICAGO, IL (March 7, 2006) – Two Evangelical Covenant Church pastors say the church must “sit at the well” with hip-hop culture if it is to continue to reach out.
Harper: ‘I’m So Proud of North Park’
By Stan Friedman
PORTLAND, OR (March 6, 2006) – The Portland Trail Blazers drafted North Park University alumnus Michael Harper because of the way he took opposing players to task on the hardwood, but the NBA team recently presented him …
Readers Share Their Thoughts
By Don Meyer
CHICAGO, IL (March 6, 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.
Track Teams to Exercise Body and Spirit
CHICAGO, IL (March 3, 2006) – Sixteen members of the North Park University track teams will travel to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, over Spring break to get in some warm-weather training as well as work with Habitat for Humanity.
KICY Battling Snow, Wind, Repair Costs
NOME, AK (March 3, 2006) – It has been a difficult winter for KICY radio, which has endured three blizzards in the last 10 days and extended periods of bitter cold. The station also needs to raise more than $183,000 …
April 28 Dinner to Honor Robert Dvorak
CROMWELL, CT (March 2, 2006) – A dinner honoring retiring East Coast Supt. Robert Dvorak is scheduled for April 28.
Independence Celebrations Provide Outreach Tool
NEW YORK, NY (March 2, 2006) – Bethesda Covenant Church recently took the unusual step during a worship service to celebrate another country’s independence.
Holmgren on Congo: ‘Signs of Hope’ Appearing
By Stan Friedman
KARAWA, CONGO (March 2, 2006) – Kathy Holmgren says changes – both better and worse – in the Democratic Republic of Congo made for a “bittersweet” medical mission trip last month, her first time back to the …