FOND-DES-BLANC, HAITI (November 8, 2012) – Before Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast of the United States, it hammered parts of the Caribbean, including Haiti, where it wiped out an estimated 70 percent of the nation’s agriculture, including a …
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Storm Sandy Ravages Crops in Haiti
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Tags: Compassion-Justice, Covenant World Relief, Haiti Disaster
Services Pending for John Withem
WOODLAND, CA (November 8, 2012) – Services are pending for John Withem, 58, senior pastor of Bayside Woodland Covenant Church, who died Sunday following a lengthy battle with cancer.
Relief Fund Matching Grant Offer Announced
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Tags: Compassion-Justice, Covenant World Relief, East Coast
CROMWELL, CT (November 8, 2012) – The East Coast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church will match contributions by conference churches and members to its hurricane relief fund up to a total of $25,000.
Hindustani Church Supports Sandy Storm Victims
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Tags: Asia, Compassion-Justice, Development-Relief
CHICAGO, IL (November 7, 2012) – The Hindustani Covenant Church (HCC) has contributed $3,000 for Covenant World Relief (CWR) to assist survivors of Hurricane Sandy in New York City.
Funeral Service Planned for Robert Kronberg
Filed under: News, Obituary
Tags: Central, Midwest, Northwest, Pacific Southwest
OMAHA, NE (November 7, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Robert Kronberg will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. next Tuesday, November 13, at Swedeburg Covenant Church in Swedeburg, Nebraska. He died last Sunday.
Covenanters Rally to Support Storm Victims
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Tags: Compassion-Justice, Covenant World Relief, East Coast, Great Lakes
By Stan Friedman
BRONX, NY (November 6, 2012) – Several vehicles, including a U-Haul truck carrying relief supplies from churches in the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) of the Evangelical Covenant Church, arrived at the Kingsbridge Armory on Monday to help …
Election Day Communion Services Planned
CHICAGO, IL (November 5, 2012) – God is king, and his people are called to unity regardless of who wins the presidential election, say Evangelical Covenant Church pastors whose congregations are celebrating Election Day Communion services.
CWR, Conference Partner to Help Storm Victims
CHICAGO, IL (November 2, 2012) – Covenant World Relief (CWR) and the East Coast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church will work together to provide relief to survivors of Hurricane Sandy, it was announced today.
NPC Accepting Nominations for Superintendent
MERCER ISLAND, WA (November 2, 2012) – Nominations are being accepted for the position as superintendent of the North Pacific Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), according to a posting on the conference website.
When the Child Becomes the Parent
By Greg Asimakoupoulos
SEATTLE, WA (November 1, 2012) – November 4, 2008 was a red-letter day for our nation as well as our family. The same day we elected our first black president, my dad lost his lengthy battle with …