{"id":686,"date":"2013-08-16T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/worldmission\/?p=686"},"modified":"2015-03-09T11:58:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T16:58:55","slug":"missionary-connection-event-mce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2013\/08\/16\/missionary-connection-event-mce\/","title":{"rendered":"Missionary Connection Event (MCE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-690\" alt=\"IMG_4881\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4881-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4881-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4881-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Last week we welcomed our Covenant missionaries in Chicago for the Missionary Connection Event (MCE). Some were preparing for visits with ministry partners during home assignment, while others were preparing to go back to their country of service.<\/p>\n<p>We gathered together to reconnect for prayer, support, and inspiration, mixed with a little fun. We encouraged one another while building each other up. We were able to witness the glory of God at MCE and are thankful for the time we spent together.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"clear\" \/>\n<div class=\"one_third\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-697\" alt=\"IMG_4790\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4790-300x200.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4790-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4790-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"one_third\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-698\" alt=\"IMG_4948\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4948-300x200.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4948-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4948-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"one_third last\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-699\" alt=\"IMG_4813\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4813-300x200.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4813-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/08\/IMG_4813-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"clear\" \/>\n<div class=\"cta\">\n<h3>Connect with our Covenant missionaries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"button large right\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/mission\/\" target=\"_blank\">CWM<\/a><\/div>\n<p>We now have an electronic version of the Covenant Missionary Prayer Calendar. When you sign up, you will receive a daily email with prayer requests related to Covenant missionaries, their countries of serve, and international ministry partners. You can subscribe <a href=\"http:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin\/ea?v=001Teov247qfCsYdPxjl7jI4g%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, by selecting &#8220;Covenant Missionary Prayer Calendar &#8211; Electronic Version.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=686&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we welcomed our Covenant missionaries in Chicago for the Missionary Connection Event (MCE). Some were preparing for visits with ministry partners during home assignment, while others were preparing to go back to their country of service. 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You can subscribe here, by selecting &#8220;Covenant Missionary Prayer Calendar &#8211; Electronic Version.&#8221; Report This Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[4515,24627,29],"class_list":["post-686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-covenant-world-mission","tag-mce","tag-missionary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Missionary Connection Event (MCE) - Serve Globally Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2013\/08\/16\/missionary-connection-event-mce\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Missionary Connection Event (MCE) - Serve Globally Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last week we welcomed our Covenant missionaries in Chicago for the Missionary Connection Event (MCE). 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