CHICAGO, IL (January 10, 2006) – North Park sophomore Evie Peterson was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Women’s Basketball Player of the Week Monday after her performance during the previous week of competition.
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Retirement? No – God Has Other Plans
ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA (January 10, 2006) – When Paul Spjut, an avid golfer, retired in October 2004, he began living a life to which he had long looked forward – days spent on idyllic fairways and greens. God had other plans.…
Lady Vikings Shock National Champs
By Stan Friedman
CHICAGO, IL (January 9, 2006) – The North Park University women’s basketball team shocked Millikin University’s Big Blue squad Saturday afternoon, defeating the nation’s 22nd ranked team and last year’s NCAA Division III national champions.
Liver Recipient Continues to Do Well in Recovery
WAUKEGAN, IL (January 9, 2006) – David Caspari is able to greet the new year with a new liver and a new lease on life as the result of recent transplant surgery in which another member of his church donated …
Innovative Musical Event a Huge Success
CALUMET PARK, IL (January 7, 2006) – The Christmas musical was unlike any other that Community Covenant Church had produced before. A 16-year-old high school student wrote the drama, music included local musical groups as well as the Dartmouth College …
Services Pending for Pastor Carroll Lind
NORTHBROOK, IL (January 6, 2006) – Funeral services are pending for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Carroll Lind who died at Covenant Village and Brandel Care Center in Northbrook.
Third Grader’s Christmas Letter Evokes Tears
MOSUL, IRAQ (January 6, 2006) – It was a Christmas service that Covenanter Yong Chun will always remember.
Like many places around the country, Christian Iraqis in towns around this violent city gathered amid fears of reprisals to celebrate the …
Funds Available for Chicago-Area Church Accessibility Projects
CHICAGO, IL (January 6, 2006) – Some $250,000 in Accessible Faith Grant funds from the Retirement Research Foundation (RRF) remain available for Chicago area churches interested in making accessibility improvements to their facilities, with the first of two application deadlines …
Friday Service for Helen Bergstrom Kapus
WESTMINSTER, CO (January 5, 2006) – A memorial service for Helen (Bergstrom) Kapus, 90, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Covenant Village of Colorado. Before remarrying, she was the wife of Covenant pastor David E. Bergstrom, who …
100 Years of History Gone in One Hour
SELAH, WA (January 5, 2006) – It took a demolition crew only an hour to bring down nearly 100 years of history on Wednesday, when the former building of the Selah Covenant Church was leveled.