Covenant World Relief Funds at Work in China

Post a Comment » Written on April 23rd, 2010     
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In our culture, no singular event identifies an individual as “adult.” Rites of passage vary – getting married, starting a career, gaining financial independence, joining the military, or something else altogether. Everyone experiences such transitions at their own pace, if …




Victim of Thailand Accident Returns to States

Post a Comment » Written on April 22nd, 2010     
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ESTES PARK, CO (April 22, 2010) – Tom Cousineau, executive director of Covenant Heights Camp and Retreat Center who was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident while traveling in Thailand last month, returned to Estes Park Monday night.…




Sunday Focus: Preventing Spread of Malaria in Congo

Post a Comment » Written on April 22nd, 2010     
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CHICAGO, IL (April 22, 2010) – As organizations and countries around the world focus this Sunday on World Malaria Day as a way of fighting the plague, members of Evangelical Covenant churches can do their part by participating in this …




Students Explore Social Concerns, Join in Service Projects

Post a Comment » Written on April 21st, 2010     
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN (APRIL 21, 2010) – Three hundred and fifty students and youth workers from across the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church converged on First Covenant Church in Minneapolis for M.O.V.E. 2010 – a weekend of teaching, worship, …




Funeral Service Saturday for Alf E. Jacobson

Post a Comment » Written on April 21st, 2010     
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NEW LONDON, NH (April 21, 2010) – A funeral service for former Evangelical Covenant Church minister Alf E. Jacobson, 86, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the local First Baptist Church. He died Sunday.…




What Challenges, Joys Do Christians Face in Workplace?

Post a Comment » Written on April 20th, 2010     
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CHICAGO, IL (April 20, 2010) – For 125 years, Covenanters have been following Jesus together. This year as we celebrate 125 years of denominational life, The Covenant Companion is publishing a series of reader reflections on topics of Covenant identity.…




Volcanic Action Delays Covenanters’ Return to States

Post a Comment » Written on April 20th, 2010     
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BARCELONA, SPAIN (April 20, 2010) – Evangelical Covenant Church leaders who traveled to Europe for an International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches (IFFEC) meeting last week either never arrived or now cannot get home due to volcano ash that has …




Banquet Celebrates 50 Years of KICY Broadcast Ministry

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NOME, AK (April 20, 2010) – Fifty years to the day that KICY radio broadcast its first signal, more than 400 people attended a banquet Saturday celebrating the ministry’s outreach to Alaska and the Russian Far East.…




NPU, Alaska Christian College Develop Credit Transfer Plan

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SOLDATNA, AK (April 19, 2010) – An agreement between North Park University and Alaska Christian College (ACC) has given students from the Alaskan Bush the opportunity to attend the Chicago school.…




Readers Share Their Thoughts

Post a Comment » Written on April 19th, 2010     
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By Don Meyer

CHICAGO, IL (April 9, 2010) – Hardly a week goes by that we do not receive a few comments from readers on stories published as part of the Covenant online news report.…