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Skid Row Homeless Special Guests at Banquet

by covwebster – Aug 3, 2010

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 3, 2010) – Evangelical Covenant churches partnered with the Fred Jordan Mission to help kick off the first Origins event with “The Banquet on The Row,” at which the homeless were the invited guests.

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South Korean Fatal Crash Tops July’s Most-Read List

by covwebster – Aug 3, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (August 3, 2010) – The most-read Covenant News Service story in July focused on the death of Kenny Ye, associate pastor of Highrock Covenant Church, and the serious injuries suffered by congregation member Gary Parrett.

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Covenant Offices to Relocate in Mid-September

by covwebster – Aug 2, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (August 2, 2010) – Offices of the Evangelical Covenant Church will relocate to the Covenant’s new administrative home near O’Hare International Airport in mid-September, with a decommissioning service planned for the current building located adjacent to the Swedish Covenant Hospital campus.

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Decommissioning Service August 30 for ‘5101’

by covwebster – Aug 2, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (August 2, 2010) – A decommissioning service will be conducted at offices of the Evangelical Covenant Church on August 30, bringing to a close 63 years of shared mission operating out of the facility affectionately known to Covenanters as “5101.”

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NPU Tries Out New Exchange Program in China

by covwebster – Jul 31, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (July 13, 2010) – Wesley Lindahl, dean of the North Park University School of Business and Nonprofit Management, recently returned from Guangzhou, China, where he taught a two-week intensive change management course with 20 MBA students at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.

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New Covenant iPhone App Now Available – Free!

by covwebster – Jul 30, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (July 30, 2010) – A new Covenant iPhone application is now available free through the Apple iTunes Store that allows users to check the daily Covenant Newswire online news report and locate Covenant churches throughout North America using a mapping feature.

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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

by covwebster – Jul 30, 2010

LAKE GENEVA, WI (July 30, 2010) – A recent walk sponsored by Covenant Harbor Bible Camp and Conference Center to raise funds for Break the Chains proved to be an educational outreach as well as a way to raise funds.

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Walk Across Africa to Raise Funds for Water Projects

by covwebster – Jul 29, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (July 29, 2010) – Amy Russell remembers, “I was sitting at home and the thought came to me, ‘You should walk across Africa.’ ”

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Serving Those in Need – No Ordinary Internship

by covwebster – Jul 28, 2010

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (July 28, 2010) – Summer is a time when many church youth groups participate in mission trips, but a growing number of high school and college students at Thornapple Covenant Church are serving as interns at Grand Rapids inner-city social service organizations.

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Duke Divinity: Covenant Influence Larger Than Its Size

by covwebster – Jul 28, 2010

CHAPEL HILL, NC (July 28, 2010) – Faith and Leadership, a website published by Duke Divinity School, recently highlighted the Evangelical Covenant Church, emphasizing that the denomination has far more influence on church leadership and theology than its size might suggest.

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