TARO, JAPAN (October 25, 2011) – Good fortune isn’t always what it seems, as Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Gary Carlson learned during a relief trip to a tsunami-devastated region of Japan. …
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Rolling Bandages – ‘Alive and Well’ in the Covenant
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Tags: Africa, Compassion-Justice, Women Ministries
By Stan Friedman
RED WING, MN (October 24, 2011) – Girls in the AWANA program at First Covenant Church had no idea they could save lives just by tearing up bed sheets.…
Alaska Christian College Accepts Keys to New Van
SOLDOTNA, AK (October 24, 2011) – Keys to the van that Alaska Christian College won in a contest – thanks to Covenanters around the country who voted online – were handed to the school’s president, Keith Hamilton, during a recent …
Covenant Leaders React to “Legalizing” Domestic Violence
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Tags: Compassion-Justice, Women Ministries
By Stan Friedman
TOPEKA, KS (October 21, 2011) – Evangelical Covenant Church leaders say recent political gamesmanship that led Topeka, Kansas, to decriminalize domestic violence points to the need for public officials to be held accountable to protect victims as …
Webcast to Feature Congregational Vitality
CHICAGO, IL (October 21, 2011) – Congregational vitality will be the focus of the next installment of Take One, a roundtable webcast that enables Covenanters to dialogue with participants.…
Conference Calls to Focus on CWR Projects
CHICAGO, IL (October 21, 2011) – Covenant World Relief (CWR) will facilitate two conference calls that will enable people to discuss the ministry’s current projects, ways in which they can connect with these initiatives, and CWR’s new materials.…
Art Helps Victims Find Meaning Amid Devastation
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Tags: Compassion-Justice, Latin America, Mission
TOMÉ, CHILE (October 20, 2011) – Mission Friends Covenant Church is working with women artists in the nearby community of Dichato, who are reclaiming their lives and hoping to enrich others spiritually and economically more than a year after a …
Record Kernels of Hope Crop to Benefit Congo Farmers
MELFORT, SK (October 19, 2011) – Kendell Arndt doesn’t know how to farm the 80 acres he purchased, so he turned growing canola grain into a community project that will benefit farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.…
New Book Shares Stories of God’s Presence in Lives
GRANBY, CT (October 18, 2011) – After Karen Stanhope had what she calls a “more than a coincidence” experience, she thought there must be other members of Pilgrim Covenant Church who have stories to share about how God has moved …
Gospel Choir to Perform Six Michigan Concerts
CHICAGO, IL (October 18, 2011) – The acclaimed Gospel Choir of North Park University will lead worship in six concerts at Michigan churches this weekend. The theme of the choir’s fall tour is “Celebrating an Incredible God.”…