MINNEAPOLIS, MN (August 24, 2012) – Kara Stromberg has joined the staff of the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church as director of Children and Family Ministry. She will assume her new responsibilities September 15.
Briefs: Charity Golf Event, Hispanic Heritage Festival
Filed under: News
Tags: Great Lakes, Health Care, Latin America, Northwest
Golf Tourney Benefits Detroit Mobile Dental Ministry
DETROIT, MI (August 22, 2012) – Covenant Community Care’s new mobile dental program will benefit from the medical ministry’s golf outing on September 8.
Training Offered on Helping Domestic Violence Victims
Filed under: News
Tags: Compassion-Justice, Pacific Northwest, Women Ministries
CHICAGO, IL (August 22, 2012) – Trainings to educate participants on how they can minister to victims of domestic violence will be offered in September in Portland, Oregon, and in October in Seattle, Washington.
Hot Rod Charity Show to Benefit Hospice of Emanuel
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Tags: Health Care, Pacific Southwest
TURLOCK, CA (August 21, 2012) – The Kool Kars for Charity hot rod show will take place September 15, raising money to benefit Hospice of Emanuel and the Parent Resource Center in Modesto.
Kids for Congo Registrations Moving at Fast Pace
By Stan Friedman
GEMENA, DR CONGO (August 20, 2012) – Since beginning their work less than three months ago, volunteers already have registered 12,000 children for the Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision project.
Taiwan Experience Gives New Meaning to ‘Retirement’
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Tags: Central, Compassion-Justice, Mission
NORTHBROOK, IL (August 17, 2012) – Numerous children in a school in Taiwan have been learning English, thanks in part to a program at Covenant Village of Northbrook that made it financially possible for resident Robert Poor to put his …
Congregation Experiences Growth Along Vitality Pathway
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (August 16, 2012) – Editor’s note: The following article appears in the summer issue of the e-publication Imprints produced by the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC).
Live Congo Broadcast Cancelled
CHICAGO, IL (August 15, 2012) – Plans to broadcast a live interview from the Democratic Republic of Congo later today had to be scrapped due to logistical incompatibilities in accessing an adequate Internet connection in Gemena.
News Briefs: Local Church Initiatives Making Headlines
Filed under: News
Tags: Central, East Coast, Northwest
CHICAGO, IL (August 14, 2012) – Local Evangelical Covenant Church congregations capture the attention of their local news media from time as they serve their communities through a variety of ministries. Following are a few of the more recent examples.…
75th Anniversary Mission Celebration Under Way in Congo
By Stan Friedman
KARAWA, DR CONGO (August 13, 2012) – More than 8,700 Congolese men, women, and children gathered Sunday for nearly seven hours on an open field nicknamed “Times Square” to celebrate 75 years of Evangelical Covenant Church ministry …