SAN DIEGO, CA (April 12, 2011) – Two memorial services for retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Jerry Reed, 73, have been announced – one to take place later this month and one in May. Reed died early Sunday morning.…
Syrup Project Raising Funds for Camping Program
LONG PRAIRIE, MN (April 11, 2011) – There was a time when Covenanters making “home brew” and selling it in pint mason jars would have been frowned upon, but Brian Alnes, the executive director of Lake Beauty Bible Camp, …
Memorial Services Pending for Jerry Reed
SAN DIEGO, CA (April 11, 2011) – Memorial services are pending for retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Jerry Reed, 73, who died early Sunday morning. Services will be conducted in San Diego and Chicago, Illinois.…
Two Congregations Find Similarities Outweigh Differences
Filed under: News
Tags: Compassion-Justice, Great Lakes, Planting-Vitality
By Stan Friedman
DETROIT, MI (April 8, 2011) – In Fall 2009, the leadership of the Covenant Church of Cheboygan began looking for ways the church could serve outside their small rural community and beyond the boundaries of their comfort …
Hunger Fast Supports Emergency Food Aid Funding
CHICAGO, IL (April 8, 2011) – Evangelical Covenant Church members are being encouraged to participate in an ongoing national Hunger Fast, a movement of fasting, prayer and advocacy to protest proposed federal budget cuts in emergency food aid.…
Memorial Service Held for Frank Ashley
PORTLAND, OR (April 7, 2011) – A memorial service for former Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Frank Ashley, 60, was conducted March 20 at Sunnyside Methodist Church. He died March 17.…
Caring Bridge Website Created for Jerry Reed
SAN DIEGO, CA (April 7, 2011) – A Caring Bridge website for Jerry Reed, longtime Evangelical Covenant Church missionary and educator, has been set up so friends and family can offer prayers and words of encouragement as he battles …
‘Reload’ Event Fires Up Urban Youth Workers
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Tags: Discipleship, Educational Institutions, North Park, Youth
CHICAGO, IL (April 6, 2011) — It wasn’t only young people who showed up at Saturday’s “Reload” conference for urban youth workers at North Park University.…
Memorial Service Saturday for Margaret Markuson
MERCER ISLAND, WA (April 6, 2011) – A memorial service for Margaret (Gusarson) Markuson, 94, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church minister Aaron Markuson, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Covenant Shores Retirement Community. She died April 1.…
Memorial Service Set for Elaine Swanson
JAMESTOWN, NY (April 6, 2011) – A memorial service for Elaine (Ringbloom) Swanson, 89, widow of former Great Lakes Superintendent Harry Swanson, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Covenant Church. She died Saturday.…