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Zambikes a Finalist in World Challenge Competition

by covwebster – Oct 7, 2010

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA (October 7, 2010) – Newsweek and BBC World News have announced that Zambikes, a bicycle manufacturing business in Zambia co-founded by a 25-year-old member of Clairemont Covenant Church, is one of five finalists in the media companies’ World Challenge competition.

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Vitality Journey – Focusing on Future, Not the Past

by covwebster – Oct 4, 2010

SAN DIEGO, CA (October 4, 2010) – Clairemont Covenant Church is the first congregation in the denomination to work through all phases of the Congregational Vitality Journey, and the pastor says the experience has been a source of renewal.

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Memorial Service Saturday for William May

by covwebster – Oct 1, 2010

SAN DIEGO, CA (October 1, 2010) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor William May, 89, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mount Miguel Covenant Village Bailey Center. He died Tuesday.

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Five Churches Support Pastor Facing Deportation

by covwebster – Sep 23, 2010

TORRANCE, CA (September 23, 2010) – Five Evangelical Covenant Churches as well as Pacific Southwest Conference (PSWC) leaders are advocating on behalf of a Torrance pastor who is fighting her “order of deportation.”

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Ministry Seeks to Serve Area Plagued by Poverty, Violence

by covwebster – Sep 22, 2010

OAKLAND, CA (September 22, 2010) – A lengthy feature posted today on the San Francisco Chronicle website highlights members of New Hope Covenant Church who have chosen to reside and minister in a violent, low-income neighborhood even though they could have decided on an upper-class lifestyle.

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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

by covwebster – Aug 27, 2010

SAN DIEGO, CA (August 27, 2010) – Construction has begun on a new roofed basketball court in San Juan Laguna, Guatemala, thanks in part to Covenanters who helped Richard Paff raise $26,000 on his record-setting trek during which he shot a basket in each of the 48 states earlier this year.

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Creating Multi-Sensory Worship for People with Alzheimer’s

by covwebster – Aug 26, 2010

ANAHEIM, CA (August 26, 2010) – A Covenant minister who is developing a worship program for people with Alzheimer’s hopes churches and care facilities will begin to incorporate it into their ministries.

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Origins Event Photos

by covwebster – Aug 3, 2010

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 3, 2010) – More than 1,500 individuals participated in “The Banquet on The Row,” a special event where homeless individuals were the guests of honor. Following are additional moments from that event captured by the camera.

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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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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

by covwebster – Jul 30, 2010

LAKE GENEVA, WI (July 30, 2010) – A recent walk sponsored by Covenant Harbor Bible Camp and Conference Center to raise funds for Break the Chains proved to be an educational outreach as well as a way to raise funds.

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