{"id":3713,"date":"2017-09-28T14:39:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T14:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/?p=3713"},"modified":"2017-09-28T14:39:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T14:39:07","slug":"covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/","title":{"rendered":"Covenanters Run in Record Heat to Benefit CKC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Stan Friedman, as featured in the Covenant Newswire<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2017\/09\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3713]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3714\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2017\/09\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Covenant Offices employees who ran the Chicago Half-Marathon amid sweltering record-breaking heat on Sunday said they gained an even greater appreciation of the need for clean water wells in Gemena, Democratic Republic of the Congo, that are being built through Covenant Kids Congo.<\/p>\n<p>Women in Gemena may have to walk as far as 6K (3.7 miles) to retrieve water from dirty sources for their families\u2019 needs. Temperatures during Sunday\u2019s run in Chicago exceeded 90 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought about how difficult it must be for women to walk so far in the heat for water,\u201d said Tracy Torgerson, a receptionist who ran the 5K. \u201cI was so thirsty! I wasn\u2019t even carrying anything, let alone my family\u2019s daily water needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/covenantcompanion.com\/2017\/09\/25\/covenanters-run-in-record-heat-to-benefit-ckc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the rest of the article in the Covenant Newswire here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=3713&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Stan Friedman, as featured in the Covenant Newswire Covenant Offices employees who ran the Chicago Half-Marathon amid sweltering record-breaking heat on Sunday said they gained an even greater appreciation of the need for clean water wells in Gemena, Democratic Republic of the Congo, that are being built through Covenant Kids Congo. Women in Gemena [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[33671,19496,16705,171,33670],"class_list":["post-3713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chicago-half-marathon","tag-covenant-kids-congo","tag-dr-congo","tag-evangelical-covenant-church","tag-team-world-vision"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Covenanters Run in Record Heat to Benefit CKC - Covenant Kids Congo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Covenanters Run in Record Heat to Benefit CKC - Covenant Kids Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Stan Friedman, as featured in the Covenant Newswire Covenant Offices employees who ran the Chicago Half-Marathon amid sweltering record-breaking heat on Sunday said they gained an even greater appreciation of the need for clean water wells in Gemena, Democratic Republic of the Congo, that are being built through Covenant Kids Congo. Women in Gemena [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Covenant Kids Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-28T14:39:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2017\/09\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"catherineknarr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"catherineknarr\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"catherineknarr\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cfb90bf6463c53e7abe51fb114d5496b\"},\"headline\":\"Covenanters Run in Record Heat to Benefit CKC\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-28T14:39:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/97\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chicago Half marathon\",\"Covenant Kids Congo\",\"DR Congo\",\"Evangelical Covenant Church\",\"Team World Vision\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News &amp; Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/\",\"name\":\"Covenanters Run in Record Heat to Benefit CKC - Covenant Kids Congo\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/97\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-28T14:39:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cfb90bf6463c53e7abe51fb114d5496b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/97\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/97\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":466},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Covenanters Run in Record Heat to Benefit CKC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/\",\"name\":\"Covenant Kids Congo\",\"description\":\"Powered by World Vision\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cfb90bf6463c53e7abe51fb114d5496b\",\"name\":\"catherineknarr\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ea68f37fa0ab0cf83f13294373684d9cb33012f18c34fbf1c16351c56d029c97?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ea68f37fa0ab0cf83f13294373684d9cb33012f18c34fbf1c16351c56d029c97?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ea68f37fa0ab0cf83f13294373684d9cb33012f18c34fbf1c16351c56d029c97?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"catherineknarr\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/covenantkidscongo\\\/author\\\/catherineknarr\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Covenanters Run in Record Heat to Benefit CKC - Covenant Kids Congo","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Covenanters Run in Record Heat to Benefit CKC - Covenant Kids Congo","og_description":"By Stan Friedman, as featured in the Covenant Newswire Covenant Offices employees who ran the Chicago Half-Marathon amid sweltering record-breaking heat on Sunday said they gained an even greater appreciation of the need for clean water wells in Gemena, Democratic Republic of the Congo, that are being built through Covenant Kids Congo. Women in Gemena [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/","og_site_name":"Covenant Kids Congo","article_published_time":"2017-09-28T14:39:07+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2017\/09\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"catherineknarr","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"catherineknarr","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/"},"author":{"name":"catherineknarr","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/#\/schema\/person\/cfb90bf6463c53e7abe51fb114d5496b"},"headline":"Covenanters Run in Record Heat to Benefit CKC","datePublished":"2017-09-28T14:39:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/"},"wordCount":148,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2017\/09\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg","keywords":["Chicago Half marathon","Covenant Kids Congo","DR Congo","Evangelical Covenant Church","Team World Vision"],"articleSection":["News &amp; Updates"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/","name":"Covenanters Run in Record Heat to Benefit CKC - Covenant Kids Congo","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2017\/09\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg","datePublished":"2017-09-28T14:39:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/#\/schema\/person\/cfb90bf6463c53e7abe51fb114d5496b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2017\/09\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2017\/09\/chicagomarathon-e1506609508302.jpg","width":800,"height":466},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/covenanters-run-record-heat-benefit-ckc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Covenanters Run in Record Heat to Benefit CKC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/#website","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/","name":"Covenant Kids Congo","description":"Powered by World Vision","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/#\/schema\/person\/cfb90bf6463c53e7abe51fb114d5496b","name":"catherineknarr","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea68f37fa0ab0cf83f13294373684d9cb33012f18c34fbf1c16351c56d029c97?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea68f37fa0ab0cf83f13294373684d9cb33012f18c34fbf1c16351c56d029c97?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea68f37fa0ab0cf83f13294373684d9cb33012f18c34fbf1c16351c56d029c97?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"catherineknarr"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/author\/catherineknarr\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3715,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713\/revisions\/3715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}