{"id":8445,"date":"2003-12-09T22:25:16","date_gmt":"2003-12-10T03:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=8445"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:28:11","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:28:11","slug":"3392","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2003\/12\/09\/3392\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Geneva Church Holds Grand Opening Worship Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAKE GENEVA, WI (December 9, 2003)\u00a0 &#8211; Anchor Covenant Church hosted its grand\u00a0 opening worship service last Sunday at the YMCA of Lake Geneva as 87\u00a0 attended, including Central Conference associate superintendent Jolene\u00a0 Bergstrom Carlson.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div>Pastor Ryan Eikenbary-Barber said that the church has coordinated a\u00a0 house-to-house mailing for 15,000 households in the area and 200\u00a0 handwritten invitations were sent out to friends and neighbors by\u00a0 parishioners. Eikenbary-Barber has been the senior pastor at the church\u00a0 since March &#8211; he was previously associate pastor at Bethlehem\u00a0 Evangelical Covenant Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;I&#8217;ve enjoyed it, it&#8217;s been a great ministry,&#8221; said Eikenbary-Barber of\u00a0 his initial months at Anchor Covenant. &#8220;I&#8217;ve learned this ministry\u00a0 demands an absolute and utter dependence on God, but it&#8217;s been wonderful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>The church of 50 has tried to get the word out about upcoming activities\u00a0 via a church newsletter during the past two years as it has grown from a\u00a0 Bible study group into a congregation. Karen Hinz, the chaplain at\u00a0 nearby Covenant Harbor Bible Camp, was an integral part of the beginning\u00a0 stages of the church plant.<\/p>\n<div>Anchor Covenant had a float in the Lake Geneva Christmas Parade on\u00a0 December 6 as a way to provide last minute information about the new\u00a0 congregation, said a recent church newsletter. Preview services and\u00a0 summer Sunday morning services at Covenant Harbor also attracted as many\u00a0 as 120, said Eikenbary-Barber. The congregation will focus on small\u00a0 group ministry in the coming months, he added.<\/p>\n<div>The church will host a 7 p.m. Christmas Eve candlelight worship service\u00a0 at the YMCA, located at 203 Wells Street in Lake Geneva. 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