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CKC Water Project – Summer Camp 2013

Post a Comment » Written on April 29th, 2013     
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Summer is time for fun especially fun at the beach, pool and waterparks.  While our student’s enjoy this time of water, water, and more water. It is a great opportunity to turn all the water splashing into a time of awareness and perhaps participation in a water project.

In 2013, Covenant camps will have the opportunity to help provide clean water and access to better sanitation and hygiene in Gemena, located in the Equateur Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo).

A recent study of more than 4,000 households in the community found that less than 6 percent had access to clean water and sanitation facilities were almost non-existent. The community themselves, confirmed by this study, has identified that solving the clean water situation has to be the first intervention in this new Area Development Program. To that end, the community is pursuing a multi-tiered approach.

The Ledia Water project is a new initiative to bring clean water to all residents of the Ledia community, where the Covenant Kids Congo program is located. The aim of this project is to save lives and improve health, particularly among children, by reducing the prevalence of waterborne and water related diseases such as cholera and dysentery. This project represents a tangible opportunity to dramatically improve the quality of life for people in the Ledia community.

Will you come alongside our brothers and sisters in the Congo to extend this life-giving help? For less than $20 per person you can help provide clean water access for life.

For more information, please visit the CKC Camp project website.

 

“Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14



Summer Fun

Post a Comment » Written on April 15th, 2013     
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Adventures in Leadership – June 15-22 

Do you have a high school student leader who is ready to be challenged to grow in his/her leadership abilities? Nominate 1 or 2 of your key leadership students for AIL. This amazing leadership development experience affirms the leadership potential of students and captures their imaginations on how God can use them as leaders. Because of its impact, other ECC conferences are now looking to replicate the AIL experience for their students.

If you’re interested in being an AIL leader, contact Jon Kramka. Promo and application materials are now available on our AIL page.

Global Student Leadership – June 29-July 7

Merge Ministries is providing an opportunity for US/Canadian youth to develop their leadership skills in an international cross-cultural setting. They will work in partnership with international youth who seek to develop their leadership skills. North American students will live, learn and serve alongside youth from other nations. Teaching and mentoring will be by both North American and International youth leaders. All learning will be done bilingually, in Spanish and English. North American students will live with their international counterparts, attend creative sessions on leadership together, and work together to encourage and enhance local community ministry in the international setting.

If you’re interested, contact Dale Lusk.

MUUUCE – August 15-17 

The Most Unbelievable Ultimate Urban Camping Experience for middle school/jr. high students will be at Crossroads in Woodbury, MN. Heather Flies is the speaker! More details to come.

Emerge – August 23-25  

Begin to plan now for this conference-wide high school leadership retreat. It’s a great opportunity to build your student leadership team and launch them for the school year. It’s at Lake Beauty Camp. More details to come.

 

 



Adventures in Leadership

Post a Comment » Written on March 6th, 2013     
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Summer Gig

Post a Comment » Written on January 14th, 2013     
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Would you like to spend the summer making a difference?

Merge is going to have a big summer in 2013! They will need a full summer staff to be able to support all of the teams going. Merge will need people based in Mexico, Guatemala and in the Dominican Republic. They are looking for interpreters, construction supervisors and food coordinators/people ministry assistants. This is a great opportunity for college students who have a passion for missions, demonstrate leadership skills, and a desire to work with youth!

The summer staff at Merge will have the chance to grow personally and spiritually — surrounded by people from all over the world. You’ll have a chance to try new things and spend some quality time in the most beautiful places on God’s earth. You’ll also be challenged to take your faith to a new level and learn how to serve like Jesus. Giving you the feeling of being refreshed by the people you’ve impacted during the summer.

If you have interest in serving with Merge this summer, please contact Dale at dale.lusk@covchurch.org.
For more information about Covenant Merge Ministries, check out their website!
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Using Story to Change

Post a Comment » Written on December 19th, 2012     
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Tune in on Saturday, January 12, 2013 10:00 am – Noon CST for a Workshop/Webinar on: Using Story to Change the World: For Teenagers Who Are Student Leaders

This interactive workshop is designed for teenagers who are student leaders, although adults discipling student leaders are welcome to attend. We will participate in activities designed to help us share our unique stories for community transformation, as well as how to better handle conflict among peers. Join us on the journey of using our stories to change the world.

To register for this free webinar, click here!

Presented by by Marcus Simmons and Alison Burkhardt, North Park University
This event is available as an in-person workshop and will also be broadcast as a webinar for those not able to come to campus. Contact the CYMS office cyms@northpark.edu or at (773) 244-5207 with questions.

 

To learn more about youth leadership opportunities, click here!



Slam Trips

Post a Comment » Written on December 17th, 2012     
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Slam Trips is a program of Mending Wings – A Native American, non-profit youth organization on the Yakama Reservation in Washington State. S.L.A.M. stands for “Students Learning About Missions”, and it is a faith-based program that exists to stir up change in ways of thinking among youth groups and college groups with regard to current mission trip practices. We provide cultural immersion for groups in the evenings while they assist elders with house/yard work during the day. It is a beautiful time to build relationship between our cultures and bring about healing from historical trauma caused by both government, and church policies.  Through these week long trips, students are invited to enter the reservation as listeners and learners in the Yakama Community.

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What then? – Part 2

2 comments Written on December 10th, 2012     
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By Dale Lusk

Studies by important missiologists have shown that although over 50% of students who have participated on a mission trip say their lives have changed as a result of what God taught them on a mission trip (we have all heard students say “that trip changed my life forever!”) the reality is less than 2% of those students actually change their behavior toward missions, missionaries, ethnic groups, community ministry, prayer or serving as a result of mission trips. If this is true, then mission trips often do little to change the lives of our students.

Don’t we want to have a higher percentage of our students truly have a life-changing experience through Christ as the result of mission trips?

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What then? – Part 1

Post a Comment » Written on November 8th, 2012     
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By Dale Lusk

Mission trips are often a major part of the student development plan in many churches. I think that is great! I’m all for it.

Unfortunately, many of us as youth pastors might be missing out on what probably is the most important student development element of a mission trip. All of the preparation meetings are super important. The team building, ministry preparation, language learning, prayer, cultural sensitivity training, and more, are necessary and make the trip worthwhile for the hosts.

Of course the cross-cultural relationships built during the trip, as well as the serving, the learning, allowing God to utilize your student’s skills, putting others before yourself, etc. All are so important to the encouragement of the local ministries and enhancement of what they are doing in their communities.

And yes, the debriefing times during a trip are important, as students are wrestling with all of the input they receive each day during a trip that sometimes blows their minds. Then we often return home from a mission trip and quickly move on to the next thing thereby missing an incredible opportunity.

I remember the spring youth mission trips I ran when I was young. We spent months preparing for the trip, hours debriefing during the trip, but as soon as we got home all of my energy went into the next things I had planned (graduation events, summer planning, camps, etc.). This got me thinking – I totally missed out on a great opportunity.

With that being said:  What do you think?

Do we really think students (or anyone, for that matter) are truly able to grasp what they learned on a mission trip DURING the mission trip. Wouldn’t it make more sense to work through those issues more in depth AFTER the trip?



The Feast 2011

Post a Comment » Written on June 13th, 2011     
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June 25-28, 2011 Estes Park, YMCA of the Rockies, CO
We would like to have as many people as possible experience the Feast, a spiritual life experience for the whole intergenerational, multi- ethnic Covenant Family (www.covchurch.org/feast).
Consider this: we invest in things all the time. We invest in the latest technology, education, causes we believe in, relationships, learning and mastering new challenges. As a church we invest in our community, missions, compassion, mercy, and justice. We invest in discipleship by mentoring, teaching, and caring for others. We invest in the spiritual walks of children, youth and adults.

As a church, please consider investing in a child, a youth, a young adult, a couple, a young family or a retiree. Invest in their faith walk and encourage them in their journey by sending them to the Feast. The Feast is a unique opportunity to do life together and experience the best of who God has made us to be… and embody the Kingdom of God!

In an effort to make these gatherings more accessible, we’ve made some adjustments to registration costs; keep reading! Continue Reading »



New Executive Director for Covenant Point

Post a Comment » Written on June 6th, 2011     
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Friends, change and transition are part of our daily experience. Many times things happen and the resulting change is minimal. Other times the changes that take place are unexpected and a ripple effect on other aspects of our lives including  family, friends, and the future are impacted to where much must be adapted in order to take the next step.

Last November, Chuck Frasier passed away suddenly leaving many in shock and a vacancy in the leadership of Covenant Point Bible Camp where he had served as the Executive Director for 26 years. Upon his passing, the Harbor Point Ministries Board called together a search committee.

I’d like to share some great news with you! After months of seeking out who might be the next leader at Covenant Point, a candidate was unanimously approved by the search committee. Erik Strom, a youth ministry colleague of ours, has accepted the position of Executive Director for Covenant Point.

As the busy summer months are upon us and with a great deal of transition underway for many please pray for:

  • The Strom family (Erik, wife Courtney, and their three sons),
  • The Covenant Point family (those who work there year round and throughout the summer months, and those who have been and will be attending camps and retreats at Covenant Point this summer), as well as
  • The continued ministry of Winnetka Covenant Church (where Strom has served as youth Pastor since 2007)

For more information, contact Bob Olson (Chair, HPM Board) by phone: (847)571-5185 or email:olson.bb@comcast.net

Continue reading for the email sent to those in the Central Conference earlier today.

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