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Bicycling from Alaska to Argentina, One Covenanters Journey

by covwebster – Feb 5, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (February 5, 2010) – Matt Kelly is riding his bicycle 18,000 miles from Alaska to the city considered the most southern in the world because he sat in front of his computer reading blogs one frosty January night.

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Super Bowl Sunday: Cheering on a Saint with Covenant Roots

by covwebster – Feb 5, 2010

MIAMI, FL (February 5, 2010) – A lot of churches will be hosting Super Bowl parties this Sunday, but members of Kingdom Covenant Ministries will be watching with special interest—Bobby McCray Jr., the New Orleans Saints defensive end (93), grew up attending the church.

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Much-Used Counseling Center Gets New Facility

by covwebster – Feb 4, 2010

SOLDOTNA, AK (February 4, 2010) – The New Hope Counseling Center has been able to increase its services to students at Alaska Christian College and the surrounding community, thanks to a new building funded through donations and constructed largely by volunteer labor.

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Mexican Foundation Started by Missionaries Installs Two National Directors

by covwebster – Feb 4, 2010

MONTERREY, MEXICO (February 4, 2010) – The Family Development Foundation recently installed two national directors, the first time Mexicans have filled an executive position at the nonprofit started by missionaries of The Evangelical Covenant Church in 1999.

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In Haiti during Quake, Covenanters Lend Hand at Orphanage

by covwebster – Feb 3, 2010

LUNENBERG, MA (February 3, 2010) – The bus in which Barbara “Bobbie” Curtis was riding was about to pull alongside the 10-foot-high cinder block wall surrounding the guesthouse where she and fellow mission team members were staying after spending a day helping at a Haitian orphanage.

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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

by covwebster – Feb 3, 2010

PLANTATION, FL (February 3, 2010) – Covenant Village of Florida announced that Charles W. Johnson has been named the Covenant Retirement Community’s executive, and Judith I. Johnson (no relation) has been named its health care administrator.

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Organist Honored for Half-Century of Musical Service

by covwebster – Feb 2, 2010

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 2, 2010) – Gordon “Gordy” Ahlquist first started playing organ during worship services for First Covenant Church when he was a teenager.

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CWR Aid to Haiti Leads January’s Most-Read Stories

by covwebster – Feb 2, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (February 2, 2010) – Stories about the Evangelical Covenant Church’s response to the catastrophe in Haiti, the nomination of Efrem Smith to be the superintendent of the Pacific Southwest Conference, as well as the death of Keith C. Fullerton were the most-read on the denomination’s website in January.

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Sale of CBC Property Makes Possible New Seminary Center

by covwebster – Feb 1, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (February 1, 2010) – The legacy of Covenant Bible College (CBC) as an institution that prepared its students for intercultural ministry will continue with the formation of the Center for World Christian Studies at North Park Theological Seminary.

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