Covenant Companion Receives Seven Top Awards

Post a Comment » Written on May 3rd, 2011     
Filed under: News
Tags:

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).

Report This Post

Report This Post




Church Members Help Lay Sandbags to Prevent Flooding

Post a Comment » Written on May 2nd, 2011     
Filed under: News
Tags:

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 …

Report This Post




Annual Meeting Early Registration Deadline Tuesday

Post a Comment » Written on May 2nd, 2011     
Filed under: News
Tags: , ,

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.

Report

Report This Post




Funeral Service Saturday for Gerald Alger

2 comments Written on May 2nd, 2011     
Filed under: News, Obituary

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.

Report This Post

Report This Post




Reader Responses to News Stories

Post a Comment » Written on April 29th, 2011     
Filed under: News

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.

Report This Post

Report This Post




Hill Accepts Position with Anti-Trafficking Group

2 comments Written on April 28th, 2011     
Filed under: News
Tags: , ,

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.

Report This Post

Report This Post




Health Care Tax Credit Could Help Some Churches

Post a Comment » Written on April 28th, 2011     
Filed under: News
Tags: , , ,

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.

Report

Report This Post




Deadline Nears for Feast Early Registration Discount

Post a Comment » Written on April 27th, 2011     
Filed under: News
Tags:

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 …

Report This Post




Five-Year Wait for Permanent Home Comes to an End

1 Comment » Written on April 27th, 2011     
Filed under: News
Tags: ,

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.

Report This Post

Report This Post




Two Covenanters Murdered in Separate Assaults

1 Comment » Written on April 26th, 2011     
Filed under: News
Tags: ,

By Stan Friedman

CHICAGO, IL (April 26, 2011) – Two attendees of Evangelical Covenant Church congregations were murdered during Holy Week in separate incidents.

Report This Post

Report This Post




Report This Blog