{"id":7549,"date":"2006-06-14T15:06:33","date_gmt":"2006-06-14T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:32:40","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:32:40","slug":"4947","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/06\/14\/4947\/","title":{"rendered":"Delegates Arriving for 121st Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GRAND RAPIDS, MI (June 14, 2006) &#8211; Delegates continued arriving today to participate  in the 121st Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church, which begins  with a worship service this evening featuring Mossai Sanguma, president of the  Covenant Church of Congo, and concludes on Saturday.  <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>During the Executive Board meeting this morning, three retiring members were  honored for their service. Members and the committees on which they served  during their tenure include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catherine Gilliard, who served as board chair and vice chair; World Mission,  Communications and Finance committees.<\/li>\n<li>Stanley Long, Church Growth and Evangelism and Communication committees.<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Sandell, who served as board secretary and vice secretary;  Christian Formation and World Mission committees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Covenant pastors were scheduled to participate in a continuing education  training program on the Advocacy for Victims of Abuse (AVA) project, led by  director Aleese Moore-Orbih, with the Covenant Ministerium scheduled to meet  this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>New delegate orientation and the seventh annual banquet to honor retiring  clergy will complete the day&#8217;s activities prior to the worship service.<\/p>\n<p>The evening worship service will be broadcast live over the Internet through  the Covenant website. To log onto the broadcast, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/am\">Live Broadcasts,<\/a> select the broadcast  link and follow the instructions. The broadcast signal will begin approximately  five minutes prior to the scheduled start of the service at 7 p.m. Eastern  Daylight Time.<\/p>\n<p>News stories and photographs covering the business sessions, worship services  and other activities will be posted to this online Covenant news report  beginning with tonight&#8217;s worship service and continuing throughout each day  through the conclusion of activities on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>To keep abreast of these activities and other breaking news stories from  around the Covenant, register for the free online news service, Covenant  Newswire, by going to the Covenant home page and selecting the Newswire link at  the upper right of the page. 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