{"id":7443,"date":"2006-07-18T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2006-07-18T18:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7443"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:33:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:33:41","slug":"5031","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/07\/18\/5031\/","title":{"rendered":"CHIC: Youth Pack Food, Donate to Sudanese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KNOXVILLE, TN (July 18, 2006) &#8211; Five thousand students attending CHIC  2006 crammed every aisle and row of the Thompson-Boling Arena this  morning for the opportunity to donate money that will benefit the people  of war-torn Bentiu, Sudan. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom here, this looks like an absolutely beautiful picture of what  worship is supposed to be,\u201d said worship leader Matt Lundgren from the  main stage in the arena on the campus of the University of Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>As the students inched their way forward, they sang worship songs with  the prayerful lyrics that included \u201cMake us a channel of your grace\u201d and  \u201cLove, help us be your love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/Fq\/I0\/FqI0_I2vsomp0se4t3NMSQ\/glenn.jpg\" alt=\"Glenn Palmberg\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"right\" \/>The  special morning service gave students the opportunity to give to the  impoverished people of Bentiu as well as other places around the world.  The offering will be used by Covenant World Relief to fund a new school,  provide student supplies, and support teacher salaries, a food program,  and a clinic to address the medical needs of the community.<\/p>\n<p>Students also packed food for the Christian organization <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmsc.org\/\">Feed My Starving Children<\/a> that will be sent to Bentiu and other areas of extreme hunger.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the students wept as they brought forward their donations that  quickly filled buckets held by volunteers in the center of the arena.  The amount raised will be announced Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>During the worship service, many students also formed assembly lines to  pack individual meals in the arena as part of CHIC\u2019s partnership with  Feed My Starving Children. During most of the week, students are packing  food during the afternoons, but organizers wanted to give students a  visible example of ways they can help.<\/p>\n<p>Ian Goodrich of Dassel Covenant Church in Dassel, Minnesota, was packing  food for the second consecutive day. \u201cIt was fun yesterday,\u201d he said,  explaining that he had looked forward to the second opportunity.  Goodrich added that the work has special meaning for him because a  relative once depended on similar meals when he was hungry.<\/p>\n<p>Deb Andrews, a site manager for the organization, told the students that  they already had packed 114,000 of the meals, and that they would  assemble more than half a million by the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the meals weighs about a pound, meaning the students will have  packed more than 2.5 tons of food. That will be enough to feed 1,600  children for a year, Andrews said, telling the students, \u201cYou are what  makes this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The meals are being loaded onto trucks that will transport them to  Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, for eventual distribution throughout 30  countries. Each truckload weighs 43,000 pounds, Andrews says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next time these boxes are opened, they will be opened by a child or family in need,\u201d Andrews observed.<\/p>\n<p>Each meal includes rice, soy, dried vegetables and powdered vitamins and  minerals with chicken flavoring. The artificial flavoring is used out  of respect for cultures that would not eat animal meat, Andrews said  during an interview.<\/p>\n<p>President Glenn Palmberg (accompanying photo) joined in packing the  meals and said he was moved by the students\u2019 compassion. \u201cFaith becomes  real in their lives and they learn to experience their faith in  ministries of compassion, ministry and justice,\u201d Palmberg said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the students\u2019 work represented the best of Covenant ethos.  \u201cWe are a church that believes in the whole gospel,\u201d Palmberg said. \u201cWe  believe we are to share our faith to bring others to faith, and we  share our lives by bringing the love of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Covenant Communications is providing daily coverage of CHIC 2006  from the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville as part of this  online Covenant news report. For additional articles, photo galleries,  and daily blogs (with Spanish translations), please see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noordinaryday.org\/\">CHIC 2006.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=7443&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KNOXVILLE, TN (July 18, 2006) &#8211; Five thousand students attending CHIC 2006 crammed every aisle and row of the Thompson-Boling Arena this morning for the opportunity to donate money that will benefit the people of war-torn Bentiu, Sudan. 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