BROOKLYN PARK, MN (September 21, 2011) – More than 350 people attended the Hispanic Heritage Festival, an outreach of Redeemer Covenant and La Bendición Covenant churches to their increasingly multicultural neighborhood.
Posts Tagged ‘Northwest’
Pastor, Family Lose Home in Weekend Blaze
By Stan Friedman
SAGINAW, MN (September 19, 2011) – Brad Shannon, pastor of New Life Covenant Church, chokes up as he describes the assistance community members have provided his family since their house burned to the ground Saturday morning.
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Churches Help Kids Prepare for Start of Classes
Filed under: News
Tags: East Coast, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Southwest, Southeast, Youth
By Stan Friedman
CHICAGO, IL (September 9, 2011) – Evangelical Covenant Church congregations across the country have been helping local students and teachers prepare for classes in the public schools.
Briefs: Top Honors, Oldest ECC Church, Ministry to Children
Filed under: News
Tags: Children, Northwest, Pacific Southwest
Covenant Retirement Community Earns ‘Best’ Honors
SAN DIEGO, CA (September 7, 2011) – Mount Miguel Covenant Village captured top honors in two categories of the 2011 San Diego Union-Tribune’s “San Diego’s Best” readers’ survey of businesses and organizations.
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One Church Rebuilds in Ethiopia, Thanks to U.S. Congregations
Filed under: News
Tags: Africa, Local Church, Mission, Northwest
GAMBELA, ETHIOPIA (August 31, 2011) – In 2006, a flood destroyed a church in the Ethiopia Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan. The church was especially vulnerable to the high waters because, like many other buildings, it …
News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines
Filed under: News
Tags: Central, Compassion-Justice, Leadership, Northwest, Pacific Northwest
Free Workshop for Town and Country Leaders
ALEXANDRIA, MN (August 23, 2011) – The Town and Country Commission will sponsor a free leadership workshop October 9-10. It will precede the Ministerial Association Retreat.
Briefs: Conference Realigns Leadership; Building Remodeled
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (August 19, 2011) – The Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church has restructured its staff and redefined roles among the leadership to better advance its three priorities of congregational vitality, church planting, and children, youth and family …
Briefs: Prime Real Estate, Fireworks, and Great Camps
Filed under: News
Tags: Camps, Northwest, Pacific Southwest, Youth
EDINA, MN (August 15, 2011) – Developers keep calling the Edina Covenant Church trying to persuade the congregation to sell their property, but so far, the answer has always been “no.”
Former Minnesota First Lady Has Covenant Ties
By Stan Friedman
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (July 29, 2011) – Mary Pawlenty, former First Lady of Minnesota and wife of presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, grew up attending Edina Covenant Church where her parents were charter members.
Briefs: Church Vandalized, House Church in India
CADILLAC, MI (July 28, 2011) – The First Covenant Church edifice was one of three local church buildings that vandals spray-painted with Satanic messages Tuesday night.