ST. PAUL, MN (June 18, 2010) – Those attending the 125th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church will have an opportunity to work together on Saturday morning next week in a project called Local Impact, a service project at …
Posts Tagged ‘Local Church’
125th Annual Meeting Offers Service Project Opportunity
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Tags: Annual Meeting 2010, Evangelism-Outreach, Local Church, Northwest
Iowa Covenanters Donate Grain Auger to Asia Farmers
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Tags: Asia, Development-Relief, Local Church, Midwest
POMEROY, IA (June 18, 2010) – An agricultural operation run by a Christian businessman in Southeast Asia will get a large contribution thanks to members of the Pomeroy Covenant Church who dismantled a 57-foot grain auger on Wednesday.
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.”
World Cup Flavor Permeates Worship Atmosphere
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Tags: Educational Institutions, Local Church, Pacific Southwest
DOWNEY, CA (June 14, 2010) – Members of El Encino Covenant worshiped God on Sunday, but they also had the chance to declare loyalties to their favorite teams playing in the World Cup.
Sale of Building Sparks Transformation and New Life
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Tags: Local Church, Pacific Southwest, Planting-Vitality
By Stan Friedman
SAN JOSE, CA (June 11, 2010) – Pastor Kevin Budd is known for his dry wit, but he chokes up as he describes how lives of people from around the world – and in his own congregation …
From Renter to Landowner – Big Transition for Church
SARNIA, ONTARIO (June 10, 2010) – Transitioning from a congregation that met for nearly a decade in rented space to being a church that now has its own building is an ongoing process as the congregation considers new ways of …
Story, Heart Tug Prompt Help for Freed Indian Slaves
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Tags: Asia, Compassion-Justice, Local Church, Midwest
OMAHA, NE (June 3, 2010) – A group of freed Indian slaves, who face eviction from land on which they have been living, soon may have a place to go thanks to the generosity of people responding to an email …
‘Day in the Park’ – Another Way to Touch Lives
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Tags: Evangelism-Outreach, Local Church, Pacific Southwest
OAKLAND, CA (June 3, 2010) – A homeless man who has occasionally attended Convergence, a fairly new Evangelical Covenant Church, was the one who broached an idea that ultimately led to 500 people participating in the congregation’s “A Day …
Convergence Photos
OAKLAND, CA (June 3, 2010) – Following are additional photos from this year’s Day in the Park event sponsored by Convergence church. Photos are courtesy of Jeffrey Chou.
Edgebrook Youth to Assist Disaster Relief in Guatemala
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Tags: Central, Development-Relief, Latin America, Local Church, Youth
EDGEBROOK, IL (June 2, 2010) – A mission team comprised of teenagers from Edgebrook Covenant Church can expect to do disaster relief work when they arrive in Guatemala next month.