{"id":10115,"date":"2007-09-21T13:29:58","date_gmt":"2007-09-21T18:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=10115"},"modified":"2011-08-08T13:30:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T18:30:29","slug":"5837","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/09\/21\/5837\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unity Concert\u2019 to Benefit Sudan Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (September 21, 2007) \u2013 As many as 200 choir members and  musicians from nine Evangelical Covenant Churches and the North Park  University Gospel Choir will join together in a \u201cunity concert\u201d to  benefit Covenant World Relief projects in Sudan.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The free event  is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Oakdale Covenant Church. However, a  freewill offering will be taken to benefit the Sudan projects.<\/p>\n<p>In  addition to members of Oakdale, also participating in the event will be  Naperville Covenant Church, Atonement Covenant Church, The Storehouse  Covenant Church, Beverly Covenant Church, New Jerusalem Life Covenant  Church, Community Covenant Church, Friends for Life Covenant Church, and  new church plant Emmanuel Covenant Church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our desire to  bless the people in Sudan and to work together,\u201d says Emmanuel pastor  Jocelyn Thornton, who proposed the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton says she was  inspired by a motion at this year\u2019s Central Conference Annual Meeting  that called for churches to be more intentional about doing combined  ministry in multi-ethnic settings.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton, who is new to the  denomination, says she has appreciated the support from other pastors in  the area. \u201cIt has been a wonderful experience,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Gospel  singer Joyce Hurley will be the featured singer for the evening. 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