{"id":4138,"date":"2013-01-09T20:58:35","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T01:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/?p=4138"},"modified":"2013-01-09T20:59:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T01:59:36","slug":"welcome-ben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/2013\/01\/09\/welcome-ben\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">We would like to extend a warm welcome to one of the newest chair members<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">of the CHIC 2015 council, Ben Pease!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/01\/2012-Renewal-Conference-0012.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[4138]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-4144\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/01\/2012-Renewal-Conference-0012-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben is originally from Massachusetts, and served as a youth pastor there for 6 years before serving at Salem Covenant Church in MN for the past 8 years. \u00a0When he is not busy working with students (especially in leadership development). He enjoys taking on big adventures with his wife and three kids. He also enjoys spending time outside hiking, running, backpacking, and canoeing.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am excited and honored to chair the CHIC 2015 Council!\u00a0 I have the incredible opportunity to work with an amazing team of people on an event God has used powerfully to move the hearts of students and leaders, to shape their lives, to advance the kingdom and to bring himself glory. Please pray with us and for us, that we would faithfully follow God&#8217;s lead as we dream about and plan for CHIC 2015.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are blessed and excited to have such a strong team that will bring a creative vision to CHIC 2015!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=4138&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We would like to extend a warm welcome to one of the newest chair members of the CHIC 2015 council, Ben Pease! 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