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Chile Churches Helping Neighbors Rebuild Lives

by covwebster – Apr 23, 2010

DICHATO, CHILE (April 23, 2010) – The high-pitched grind of a chainsaw, mixed with the rhythmic pounding of hammers driving nails, echoed through the tent walls in the refugee camp on a hillside overlooking Dichato, Chile. It is the sound of the Evangelical Covenant Church at work to help victims of the February 27 earthquake (magnitude 8.8) and tsunami, which together claimed at least 570 lives.

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Covenant World Relief Funds at Work in China

by covwebster – Apr 23, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (April 23, 2010) – Covenant World Relief funds are being used to help relief efforts in Qinghai Province, China, where a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred April 14, says Director Dave Husby.

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Victim of Thailand Accident Returns to States

by covwebster – Apr 22, 2010

ESTES PARK, CO (April 22, 2010) – Tom Cousineau, executive director of Covenant Heights Camp and Retreat Center who was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident while traveling in Thailand last month, returned to Estes Park Monday night.

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Sunday Focus: Preventing Spread of Malaria in Congo

by covwebster – Apr 22, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (April 22, 2010) – As organizations and countries around the world focus this Sunday on World Malaria Day as a way of fighting the plague, members of Evangelical Covenant churches can do their part by participating in this year’s Children’s Service Project.

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Students Explore Social Concerns, Join in Service Projects

by covwebster – Apr 21, 2010

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (APRIL 21, 2010) – Three hundred and fifty students and youth workers from across the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church converged on First Covenant Church in Minneapolis for M.O.V.E. 2010 – a weekend of teaching, worship, service and experiential learning.

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Funeral Service Saturday for Alf E. Jacobson

by covwebster – Apr 21, 2010

NEW LONDON, NH (April 21, 2010) – A funeral service for former Evangelical Covenant Church minister Alf E. Jacobson, 86, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the local First Baptist Church. He died Sunday.

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What Challenges, Joys Do Christians Face in Workplace?

by covwebster – Apr 20, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (April 20, 2010) – For 125 years, Covenanters have been following Jesus together. This year as we celebrate 125 years of denominational life, The Covenant Companion is publishing a series of reader reflections on topics of Covenant identity.

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Volcanic Action Delays Covenanters’ Return to States

by covwebster – Apr 20, 2010

BARCELONA, SPAIN (April 20, 2010) – Evangelical Covenant Church leaders who traveled to Europe for an International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches (IFFEC) meeting last week either never arrived or now cannot get home due to volcano ash that has closed airports throughout Europe.

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Banquet Celebrates 50 Years of KICY Broadcast Ministry

by covwebster – Apr 20, 2010

NOME, AK (April 20, 2010) – Fifty years to the day that KICY radio broadcast its first signal, more than 400 people attended a banquet Saturday celebrating the ministry’s outreach to Alaska and the Russian Far East.

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NPU, Alaska Christian College Develop Credit Transfer Plan

by covwebster – Apr 19, 2010

SOLDATNA, AK (April 19, 2010) – An agreement between North Park University and Alaska Christian College (ACC) has given students from the Alaskan Bush the opportunity to attend the Chicago school.

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