CHICAGO, IL (December 31, 2011) – Offices of the Evangelical Covenant Church will be closed Monday in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday.…
An ‘Under the Bridge’ Christmas for Homeless
Filed under: News
Tags: Compassion-Justice, Pacific Northwest
By Stan Friedman
PORTLAND, OR (December 30, 2011) – Shari, a homeless woman who is roughly 50 years of age, thanked the two young girls who had just nervously painted her nails and told them, “I feel like a princess.”…
Links: Your Guide to Online Conversations
CHICAGO, IL (December 29, 2011) – Editor’s note: Many Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles and videos that Covenant News Service believes may be of interest to others. Following is a sample of those submissions – their inclusion …
Still Time to Help Hurting Individuals Worldwide
Filed under: News
Tags: Compassion-Justice, Covenant World Relief, Mission
CHICAGO, IL (December 29, 2011) – This is the time of year when many people are focusing on the new year ahead – making resolutions, anticipating a better year financially and health-wise than the just-concluding year, or perhaps preparing for …
Briefs: Blue Christmas, Israel Tour, Congo Baptism
Filed under: News
Tags: Africa, East Coast, Great Lakes
‘Blue Christmas’ – From Solemn Remembrance to Hope
MIDDLEVILLE, MI (December 29, 2011) – Morning Star Church, a new Evangelical Covenant Church congregation, conducted a Blue Christmas Service of Remembrance and Hope shortly before Christmas.…
Ministry Focuses on Women in Strip Clubs
Filed under: News
Tags: Compassion-Justice, Great Lakes, Women Ministries
By Stan Friedman
DETROIT, MI (December 28, 2011) – Eve’s Angels, an outreach ministry to women working in strip clubs, has been offering support to six children of an exotic dancer who was apparently abducted several days after Thanksgiving.…
Two ‘Kinect’ Developers Have Covenant Connections
Filed under: News
Tags: Educational Institutions, Pacific Northwest
By Mike Mirza
SEATTLE, WA (December 28, 2011) – Two former North Park University students are helping Microsoft “Kinect” with gamers internationally and across cultures.…
We Celebrate in Different Ways the Same Story
By Don Meyer
CHICAGO, IL (December 25, 2011) – You find them in varying styles in all kinds of places throughout the world during the Christmas season. There were more than three dozen of them displayed in Evangelical Covenant Church …
Covenanters Come to Mexico Bearing Gifts
By Stan Friedman
ENSENADA, MEXICO (December 23, 2011) – Members of Rancho Vista Covenant Church delivered more than 2,000 gifts to children here earlier this month, an act that brought praise from the town’s mayor.…