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Skid Row Homeless Special Guests at Banquet

by covwebster – Aug 3, 2010

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 3, 2010) – Evangelical Covenant churches partnered with the Fred Jordan Mission to help kick off the first Origins event with “The Banquet on The Row,” at which the homeless were the invited guests.

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Serving Those in Need – No Ordinary Internship

by covwebster – Jul 28, 2010

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (July 28, 2010) – Summer is a time when many church youth groups participate in mission trips, but a growing number of high school and college students at Thornapple Covenant Church are serving as interns at Grand Rapids inner-city social service organizations.

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Church Hit by Tornado Reaching Out to Neighbors

by covwebster – Jul 27, 2010

ROCHESTER, MN (July 27, 2010) – Although the Rochester Covenant Church sustained damage caused by a series of tornadoes that ripped through the area on June 17, the congregation is focusing on helping neighbors who suffered far worse and still are seeking relief.

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Support Sought for Internet Service for Alaska Church

by covwebster – Jul 9, 2010

CANTON, MI (July 9, 2010) – The Great Lakes Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church is asking churches to consider funding one month of Internet access for each of three years for the Mekoryuk Covenant Church in Mekoryuk, Alaska.

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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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Project Explores Ways to Engage Culture with Gospel

by covwebster – Jul 7, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (July 7, 2010) – David Gibbons, pastor of Newsong Covenant Church in Irvine, California, hopes the fledgling Origins Project he is helping guide will lead to innovative ways of communicating the gospel by drawing on the experience and insight of a growing community of pastors and laity.

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Surprise Call: ‘We Want to Help Restore Your Church’

by covwebster – Jul 6, 2010

WHITEHALL, MI (July 6, 2010) – The pastor of Lakewood Bible Church was befuddled when a person he had never met called to ask if members of the congregation would volunteer to help Whitehall Covenant Church with a construction project.

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Reaching Out In Love, Hospitality

by covwebster – Jun 25, 2010

ST. PAUL, MN (June 25, 2010) – A small gift of hospitality extended 100 years ago to the widowed mother of a boy extended through multiple generations led to a surprise connection between this morning’s devotional speaker, Curtis Ivanoff, and one of the students he mentors at Alaska Christian College (ACC).

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Empty Baby Bottles Put to Good Use

by covwebster – Jun 18, 2010

EAST GREENWICH, RI (June 18, 2010) – The Baby Bottle Campaign that members of Christ Church are participating in symbolizes the involvement of both men and women in making responsible decisions about sexual behavior and pregnancies.

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