CHICAGO, IL (October 2, 2009) – This past summer, Bob McFadden, the youth pastor at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Lafayette, Indiana, set out on the road – literally – to figure out what and who the Covenant is.
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Kenya – Beauty Marred by Drought, Hunger, Suffering
MALAKAL, SUDAN (October 1, 2009) – Editor’s note: Curt Peterson, executive minister of the Department of World Mission of the Evangelical Covenant Church, is currently traveling in Congo on the first of three key mission trips planned before the end …
Lake Geneva (WI) Church to Worship in New Location
LAKE GENEVA, WI (September 30, 2009) – Anchor Covenant Church, which has met at the YMCA since 2003, will hold the first service in their new home at 5 p.m. Sunday.
Saturday Funeral Service for Edna (Thorene) Fretheim
BLOOMINGTON, MN (September 30, 2009) – A funeral service for Edna (Thorene) Fretheim, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church Pastor Arthur Fretheim, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bloomington Covenant Church. She died this morning.
Quilt Auction Raises $12,000 for New Covenant Enabling Residence
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (September 30, 2009) – A quilt auction held at First Covenant Church raised $12,000 Sunday night to help finance the building of a new Covenant enabling residence for handicapped adults.
Typhoon Flooding Damages Covenanters’ Homes
MANILA, PHILLIPINES (September 29, 2009) – The second floor of Jesus Covenant Church—a Covenant congregation in a suburb of Manila—has become a refuge for the pastor, Jhun Peji, and his family, who evacuated their residence due to severe flooding from …
Young Covenanter Wins National BMX Competition
MOLINE, IL (September 29, 2009) – Fourteen-year-old Abby Olson became the nation’s top BMX racer in her class during a recent competition at the National Bicycle League Championships in Louisville, Kentucky.
Second Online Mission Trip Planned in 2010
ALEXANDRIA, MN (September 29, 2009) – In February, 3,000 teenagers across the world participated in the first Online Missions Trip, which was organized by Tim Schmoyer, youth pastor at Alexandria Covenant Church.
Registration Open for Chicago’s First Journey to Mosaic
CHICAGO, IL (September 28, 2009) – Registrations are now being taken for the first Journey to Mosaic in the Central Conference, which will be held November 12-15 in Chicago.
Sanguma Email Hacked Again
CHICAGO, IL (September 28, 2009) – Hackers have again accessed a closed email account of Mossai Sanguma, president of the Covenant Church in Congo.