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Spiritual Direction Gaining Momentum in Covenant

by covwebster – Mar 8, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (March 8, 2010) – Spiritual director networks that are being formed in several conferences of the Evangelical Covenant Church are providing new opportunities for Covenant pastors and laity to strengthen their relationships with God, says Dan Pietrzyk, director of the Sustaining Pastoral Excellence program.

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Photos from the Chile Earthquake

by covwebster – Mar 8, 2010

DICHATO, CHILE (March 8, 2010) – Although many of their own homes have been heavily damaged or destroyed, members of the Covenant Church of Chile in Tomé are helping their neighbors 10 minutes away in Dichato, another community that was decimated by the earthquake and the tsunami that followed.

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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

by covwebster – Mar 5, 2010

WALNUT CREEK, CA (March 5, 2010) – Outreach Magazine has named Evangelical Covenant Church Pastor Mae Cannon’s book, Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World, as a Resource of the Year.

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Haiti Disaster Relief Fund Tops $900,000 Mark

by covwebster – Mar 4, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (March 4, 2010) – The Covenant World Relief (CWR) disaster relief fund for Haiti has received more than $900,000 in contributions following an earthquake just seven weeks ago that leveled much of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, says CWR Director Dave Husby.

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Developments in Chile Closely Watched

by covwebster – Mar 4, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (March 4, 2010) – Covenant Merge Ministries staff member Alejandra Ibarra and her family survived the 8.8-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami that destroyed much of Tomé, where she lived.

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Out-of-Towners Adopt Baby and a Covenant family

by covwebster – Mar 4, 2010

ORLAND PARK, IL (March 4, 2010) – When Hope Covenant Church’s Assistant Pastor Ryan Cooper and his wife, Sunni, traveled from Illinois to Beaumont, Texas, last month to pick up their newly adopted baby, their “family” grew larger than they even expected.

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U.S. Ministry Approaches Don’t Work Just Anywhere

by covwebster – Mar 3, 2010

MERCER ISLAND, WA (March 3, 2010) – Ken Lottis had plenty of experience ministering to college students in the United States and was confident his approach would be as effective in doing the same kind of outreach work in Brazil.

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Haiti, Super Bowl Among February’s Top Stories

by covwebster – Mar 3, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (March 3, 2010) – Stories related to the Super Bowl and Haiti were among the most-read news stories on the Evangelical Covenant Church website in February.

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Some Chilean Covenant Church Leaders Reported Safe

by covwebster – Mar 2, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (March 2, 2010) – Three Covenant Church of Chile (CCC) leaders and their immediate families are reported to be safe following Saturday’s earthquake that killed more than 700 people, but no word has been received about the status of others.

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Eyewitness Account: ‘Most Terrifying Minute of My Life’

by covwebster – Mar 2, 2010

RANCAGUA, CHILE (March 2, 2010) – “It was the most terrifying minute of my life,” said Evangelical Covenant Church minister Henoch Fuentes, who was awakened when an earthquake and numerous aftershocks devastated much of the country early Saturday morning.

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