CHICAGO, IL (May 3, 2011) – The Covenant Companion has been honored with seven top awards for outstanding content in competition sponsored by the Associated Church Press (ACP).
Church Members Help Lay Sandbags to Prevent Flooding
By Stan Friedman
PADUCAH, KY (May 2, 2011) – Several hundred members of Four Rivers Covenant Church have spent the last week helping the community attempt to stave record flooding that is overwhelming the area and which already has claimed …
Annual Meeting Early Registration Deadline Tuesday
Filed under: News
Tags: Annual Meeting 2011, ECC Offices, Feast
CHICAGO, IL (May 2, 2011) – Tuesday (tomorrow) is the Early Bird registration deadline for the Evangelical Covenant Church Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held June 28-30 at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado.
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Funeral Service Saturday for Gerald Alger
DASSEL, MN (May 2, 2011) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Gerald Alger, 74, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Church in Walker, Minnesota. He died April 26.
Reader Responses to News Stories
By Don Meyer
CHICAGO, IL (April 29, 2011) – Every week we receive comments from readers on stories published as part of the Covenant online news report.
Hill Accepts Position with Anti-Trafficking Group
Filed under: News
Tags: ECC Offices, Leadership, Women Ministries
CHICAGO, IL (April 28, 2011) – Ruth Hill, executive minister of the Department of Women Ministries, has accepted an offer to become the national awareness coordinator for Shared Hope International, an anti-human trafficking organization.
Health Care Tax Credit Could Help Some Churches
Filed under: News
Tags: Finance, Health Care, Legal, Local Church
CHICAGO, IL (April 28, 2011) – Some local Evangelical Covenant churches may benefit from a new small employer health care tax credit designed to provide financial relief to qualifying churches that provide health benefits from their denominational benefit program.
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Deadline Nears for Feast Early Registration Discount
CHICAGO, IL (April 27, 2011) – Next Tuesday is the final day individuals can take advantage of early registration discounts for the Feast, and organizers hope that every Evangelical Covenant church will help send at least one family who …
Five-Year Wait for Permanent Home Comes to an End
PALM SPRINGS, CA (April 27, 2011) – After renting space for five years at a local high school, Cornerstone Covenant Church held the first worship service in their new building on Easter Sunday.
Two Covenanters Murdered in Separate Assaults
By Stan Friedman
CHICAGO, IL (April 26, 2011) – Two attendees of Evangelical Covenant Church congregations were murdered during Holy Week in separate incidents.