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Memorial Service Saturday for Gloria Swensen

by covwebster – Oct 11, 2010

WOODSTOCK, CT (October 11, 2010) – A memorial service for Gloria (Fast) Swensen, wife of retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Norman Swensen, will be conducted on Saturday, October 16. She died Thursday.

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Church Declared Crime Scene – Worship Moves Outside

by covwebster – Sep 28, 2010

BRONX, NY (September 28, 2010) – More than 200 people were forced to worship in the parking lot of Fellowship Covenant Church because the building had been burglarized earlier in the morning and still was considered a crime scene.

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This Ministry ‘Goodbye’ Comes With a Future

by covwebster – Sep 23, 2010

PLAINVILLE, CT (September 23, 2010) – An infant baptism earlier this month and the sending off of a teenager to serve in short-term missions has helped Trinity Covenant Church deal with their grief as they prepare to hold their final worship service on Sunday, says Pastor David Chandler.

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CHIC Food-Packing Event Sparks Dream in Connecticut

by covwebster – Sep 8, 2010

BERLIN, CT (September 8, 2010) – Nearly 271,000 meals for starving people in Swaziland were packed during a three-day event sponsored by Bethany Covenant Church.

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New Space Meets More than Worship Needs

by covwebster – Sep 1, 2010

BOSTON, MA (September 1, 2010) – Members of Cornerstone Church of Boston know the $40,000 a year in rent they are paying for their new meeting space will go to a good cause.

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New Dining Hall Planned for Pilgrim Pines Center

by covwebster – Aug 19, 2010

SWANZEY, NH (August 19, 2010) – Nearly 400 people watched a multi-generational team put shovels to dirt during groundbreaking ceremonies for the new dining hall at Camp Squanto on Sunday.

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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

by covwebster – Aug 6, 2010

CLYDE, KS (August 6, 2010) – Gary Carlson, a member of the Brantford Evangelical Covenant Church, will serve as coordinator for the Midwest Conference’s partnership with Mountain Village Covenant Church in Alaska.

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Memorial Service Set for Pastor Killed in Bus Tragedy

by covwebster – Jul 9, 2010

ELLICOTT CITY, MD (July 9, 2010) – A memorial service for Kenny Ye, an assistant pastor at Highrock Covenant Church in Arlington, Massachusetts, killed in a bus accident will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bethel Church in Ellicott City.

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Ministry Helps Refugees Create a New Life in U.S.

by covwebster – Jul 8, 2010

EAST GREENWICH, RI (July 8, 2010) – The Burmese refugees don’t know until just days before they arrive in the United States that this country will be their new home. They know nothing of the language, its customs, or even about modern appliances. Poor, largely uneducated, and persecuted by their native country, most have spent at least a decade living in refugee camps established in Thailand.

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