{"id":3499,"date":"2016-11-22T20:25:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T20:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/?p=3499"},"modified":"2019-05-07T19:56:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T19:56:09","slug":"give-a-covcares-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/give-a-covcares-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Give a CovCares Gift for Congo This Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By CKC Project Manager Cat Knarr<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As you settle into the Christmas season, take a moment to open up the <a href=\"http:\/\/covcares.covchurch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new CovCares guide<\/a> and consider what gift you might be able to give to walk with our\u00a0brothers and sisters in Congo (and around the world!).<\/p>\n<p>Through the CovCares guide, you can support many of the\u00a0valuable ministries of the Evangelical Covenant Church, both at home and abroad. Want to support CKC? Give an <strong>&#8220;Invest in Gemena&#8221; gift<\/strong> to benefit CKC sponsored children, their families, and the whole city of Gemena in northwest DR Congo.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.convio.net\/ecc\/site\/Ecommerce\/43726753?VIEW_PRODUCT=true&amp;product_id=1068&amp;store_id=1241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Invest in Gemena Gift<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.convio.net\/ecc\/site\/Ecommerce\/43726753?VIEW_PRODUCT=true&amp;product_id=1068&amp;store_id=1241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft wp-image-3501\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/11\/invest_in_gemena-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Invest in Gemena gift\" width=\"282\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/11\/invest_in_gemena-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/11\/invest_in_gemena.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Gemena, a city in northwest DR Congo, is home to 350,000 people and many Covenant churches. 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