CHICAGO, IL (April 29, 2009) – Mekoryuk Covenant Church will soon be the beneficiary of work trips from churches in the Great Lakes Conference, says conference Superintendant Richard Lucco.
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\n\u201cOur work teams will do whatever needs to be done. The church will be the main focus but we\u2019ll allow them to tell us what it is they most need done,\u201d says Lucco.<\/p>\n
Lucco explains that he\u2019s been in contact with six to eight churches that have expressed interest and that he had hoped to be able to get Nathan Hanna, Mekoryuk\u2019s pastor, to the Great Lakes Annual Meeting, but experienced scheduling conflicts.<\/p>\n
Lucco is excited for the opportunity to create a relationship with Mekoryuk, citing the importance of denominational ties.<\/p>\n
\u201c(This work is) important because they are part of the Covenant,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we, as superintendents, learned a few years ago about the substandard conditions up in Alaska, we said, \u2018That\u2019s not acceptable and we need to find a way to help.\u2019 There are enough hardships for pastors to go up there to these villages and minister in remote places. The least we could do was to give them decent housing and whatever else they needed.\u201d<\/p>\n