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Minnesota Teens Challenged to ‘Be Different’

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 5, 2012) – Some 250 teenagers and youth workers from throughout the Northwest Conference who participated in M.O.V.E. 2012 this past weekend engaged in activities designed to give them a better understanding of how Christians can make …



North Park Justice Seminar Recordings Available

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CHICAGO, IL (April 4, 2012) – Audio recordings of workshops presented at the North Park Justice Summit and Chicago Reload conference are now available for purchase.…



‘Radical Generosity’ Tops March’s Most-Read List

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CHICAGO, IL (April 4, 2012) – A non-Covenant congregation’s decision to contribute $17,000 to Castle Oaks Covenant Church was the most-read Covenant News Service story in March.…



Gammelgard Accepts East Coast Conference Position

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CROMWELL, CT (April 3, 2012) – Kreig Gammelgard has accepted a call to serve as associate superintendent and director of congregational vitality for the East Coast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church, it was announced today by superintendent Howard Burgoyne.…



Small Act of Grace Leads to Lifelong Friendship

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By Stan Friedman

UNALAKLEET, AK (April 3, 2012) – It was a short letter really, written to an eight-year-old boy whose father had just died.…



Alaska Celebrates 125 Years of Ministry

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By Stan Friedman

UNALAKLEET, AK (April 2, 2012) – This year’s annual meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Alaska celebrated the ministry that began 125 years ago in Unalakleet by a Swedish missionary.…



Four Churches Join for Special Easter Worship Service

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By Stan Friedman

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 2, 2012) – Four San Francisco Evangelical Covenant Church congregations will forego their individual traditional Easter worship services and will celebrate the holy day together. …



Groundbreaking for New Kansas Retirement Community

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LENEXA, KS (March 30, 2012) – Covenant Retirement Communities (CRC) has broken ground on Covenant Place of Lenexa, a pilot project that will be entirely comprised of rental apartments. Opening is set for some time in Spring 2013.…



No U.S. Source for Purchasing India Wafers

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CHICAGO, IL (March 29, 2012) – Response to Tuesday’s online article, Broken Lives Find New Hope in Communion Wafers, has been heartwarming, accompanied by numerous requests from local Covenant churches asking how they can purchase supplies of the communion …



New CEUM President Installed

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GEMENA, DR CONGO (March 28, 2012) – More than 5,200 people attended the installation of Jules Mboka as the new president of the Congo Covenant Church (CEUM), which took place as part of a nearly six-hour worship service on Sunday.…