GLENVIEW, IL (June 29, 2010) – After Glenview Covenant Church closed two years ago, the members each started attending various congregations that became their new church homes, but the cooperative ministry that began with the Glenview Korean Covenant Church, who …
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VBS Outreach with a Multicultural Flavor
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Tags: Central, Children, Discipleship, Local Church
Glenview VBS Photos
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Tags: Central, Children, Discipleship, Local Church
GLENVIEW, IL (June 29, 2010) – Following are additional photos from the VBS program at the Glenview Korean Covenant Church.
Pastor May Be Oldest to Receive Ordination
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Tags: Annual Meeting 2010, Central, Leadership
ST. PAUL, MN (June 28, 2010) – When hands were laid on Roy White and he was prayed over Sunday morning, Roy White – at age 77 – may have become the oldest minister ever to receive his ordination in …
Samuel Alvarado Honored with T.W. Anderson Award
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Tags: Annual Meeting 2010, Central, Newsmakers
ST. PAUL, MN (June 26, 2010) – For six months at ten o’clock every night, Samuel Alvarado would go to the home of a fellow Dearborn Covenant Church member who was dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) to lift the …
Covenant Leaders Honored – Past and Present
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Tags: Annual Meeting 2010, Canada, Central, Compassion-Justice, Discipleship, East Coast, ECCAK, Finance, Great Lakes, Health Care, Leadership, Midsouth, Midwest, Mission, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Southwest, Planting-Vitality, Southeast
ST. PAUL, MN (June 25, 2010) – Former and current members of the Council of Administrators and Council of Superintendents who served between 1985 – the denomination’s centennial anniversary – and 2010 were honored during this morning’s business session.
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21 Congregations Welcomed into ECC Membership
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Tags: Annual Meeting 2010, Central, Great Lakes, Local Church, Midsouth, Midwest, Northwest, Pacific Southwest, Southeast
ST. PAUL, MN (June 25, 2010) – Delegates to the 125th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church welcomed 21 churches into membership, representing a cumulative average attendance of 2,796.
Ten Churches Removed from Member Roster
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Tags: Central, East Coast, Great Lakes, Local Church, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Southwest, Southeast
ST. PAUL, MN (June 25, 2010) – Ten churches from six conferences were removed from denominational membership during the 125th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Hinsdale Women Raise $2,000 for Break the Chains
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Tags: Central, Compassion-Justice, Finance, Local Church, Newsmakers
HINSDALE, IL (June 23, 2010) – Fifteen women from Hinsdale Covenant Church raised $2,000 for Break the Chains by competing in a local 18-mile triathlon even though most of them had never participated in the event before.
Doing the Impossible Keeps Gymnast Flipping Out
PAXTON, IL (June 15, 2010) – “I love being in the air,” says 14-year-old Garret Waterstradt. “It’s fun to do all the crazy stuff people think is impossible.”
News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines
CHICAGO, IL (June 9, 2010) – Preaching Magazine recently named The Company of the Preachers: A History of Biblical Preaching from the Old Testament to the Modern Era, written by retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister David Larsen, as one …