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Sessions to Focus on Covenant – Past and Future

by covwebster – Jun 15, 2010

ST. PAUL, MN (June 15, 2010) – What is this movement we call the Evangelical Covenant Church? And in what ways do the Covenant’s founding principles influence and shape our future?

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World Cup Flavor Permeates Worship Atmosphere

by covwebster – Jun 14, 2010

DOWNEY, CA (June 14, 2010) – Members of El Encino Covenant worshiped God on Sunday, but they also had the chance to declare loyalties to their favorite teams playing in the World Cup.

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Midwest Conference Changes 2011 Annual Meeting Date

by covwebster – Jun 14, 2010

OMAHA, NE (June 14, 2010) – The Midwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church has rescheduled next year’s 125th Annual Meeting to April 15-16, 2011.

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Sale of Building Sparks Transformation and New Life

by covwebster – Jun 11, 2010

SAN JOSE, CA (June 11, 2010) – Pastor Kevin Budd is known for his dry wit, but he chokes up as he describes how lives of people from around the world – and in his own congregation – have been transforming since the small church he pastors sold their previous building and moved into a local elementary school.

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From Renter to Landowner – Big Transition for Church

by covwebster – Jun 10, 2010

SARNIA, ONTARIO (June 10, 2010) – Transitioning from a congregation that met for nearly a decade in rented space to being a church that now has its own building is an ongoing process as the congregation considers new ways of fulfilling its vision to “Love, Live, Serve,” says Glenn Peterson, pastor of Lighthouse Community Church.

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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

by covwebster – Jun 9, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (June 9, 2010) – Preaching Magazine recently named The Company of the Preachers: A History of Biblical Preaching from the Old Testament to the Modern Era, written by retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister David Larsen, as one of the 25 most influential books on preaching in the last 25 years.

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Event Simulates Trauma of Refugees Forced from Homes

by covwebster – Jun 9, 2010

ST. PAUL, MN (June 9, 2010) – Covenant World Relief (CWR) works with partners throughout the world to care for refugees who have been traumatized by the ravages of war and persecution.

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Stolen Painting Returned to Artist – 20 Years Later

by covwebster – Jun 7, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (June 7, 2010) – North Park University art professor Tim Lowly never expected to again see his painting “Carry the Body” after it was heisted from the wall of a local art gallery in 1991.

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Approaching Winter Refocuses Chile Relief Efforts

by covwebster – Jun 7, 2010

TOME, CHILE (June 7, 2010) – As Chile’s damp and very cold winter sets in, local Evangelical Covenant churches are refocusing their relief and reconstruction work to help survivors of the deadly earthquakes and tsunami that killed hundreds of people and obliterated villages last February.

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