CHET: Nothing Like Success to Create More Challenges

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By Don Meyer

COMPTON, CA (September 26, 2011) – “Can you believe it?” the email begins. “We have just started our second academic school year at our new, beautiful CHET Compton venue, and we are literally bulging at the seams.”…




Volunteers Work on Homes, Schools in Outreach Effort

Post a Comment » Written on September 23rd, 2011     
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By Stan Friedman

BELLEVUE, WA (September 23, 2011) – In 2005, Highland Covenant Church decided to celebrate its 50-year anniversary with a Jubilee Service Day outreach.…




Church Packs 272,160 Meals for Starving Children

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BERLIN, CT (September 23, 2011) – Members of Bethany Covenant Church were among the thousands of people who packed 1.1 million meals during CHIC 2006 and 2009 – the meals were distributed around the world by Feed My Starving Children …




Briefs: Top Award, Youth Supporting Kenyans

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Smietana Earns Award For Best Religion Story

DURHAM, NC (September 22, 2011) – The Religion Newswriters Association has honored Covenanter Bob Smietana with its Cornell Religion Report of the Year award for mid-sized newspapers.…




Eye-Witness Recalls Horror of Air Show Crash

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By Stan Friedman

SANTA ROSA, CA (September 21, 2011) – Scott Peterson, pastor of children’s ministries at Redwood Covenant Church, is trying to sort through agonizing spiritual questions and emotions after witnessing the crash of a P-51 Mustang at the …




Festival Celebrates Hispanic Heritage

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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.…




Hispanic Festival Photo Gallery

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Free Webinar Thursday on Church Intern Programs

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CHICAGO, IL (September 20, 2011) – A free webinar on developing an internship program within churches will be hosted by the Center for Youth Ministry Studies at North Park University.…




2011 Pastoral Compensation Report Now Available

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CHICAGO, IL (September 20, 2011) – The 2011 edition of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) Pastoral Compensation Report is now available on the Covenant website, offering a wide range of resources and guidelines for use by local Covenant churches in …




Special Vehicle Helps Ministry in Harsh Environs

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SCAMMON BAY, AK (September 19, 2011) – Jason Stromstad, pastor of Scammon Bay Covenant Church on the west coast of the Bering Sea, says the recent donation of an all-terrain vehicle “is a specific answer to prayer.”…