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Invitation
Glenn Palmberg, President
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"But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream." Amos 5:24 (NIV) On behalf of the Evangelical Covenant Church, I invite you to the 122nd Covenant Annual Meeting, to be held June 21-24 in Portland, Oregon. We have an excellent location in the Red Lion Hotel, on the banks of the Columbia River and just minutes from downtown. The theme this year is “Rivers of Justice, Bridges of Mercy,” based on those wonderful words from Amos. The Annual Meeting is “the Congress of the Covenant.” The highest authority in the Covenant has always been given to the local churches, and their representatives meet together once a year to guide the church’s life—its mission, leaders, finances, and other items of business. This year, among other things, we will vote on new four-year terms for the executive ministers of the Departments of Church Growth and Evangelism, World Mission, and Women Ministries, and on the new executive minister of the Department of Compassion, Mercy, and Justice. We also come together for worship and fellowship. The Covenant Church is a rapidly growing, widely diverse family, and it is good for us to spend time together every year renewing old ties and discovering new friends. I look forward to the Annual Meeting every year. The God-given richness of the Covenant is in its people— old-timers and new-comers, from east and west, from cities and farms, of many different backgrounds and cultures. I hope you will come and be a part of it, and exercise your church’s voice. Join us as we explore how we as God’s people can better serve God’s purposes for us in this world, creating Rivers of Justice and Bridges of Mercy. In Christ,
Glenn Palmberg, President
The Evangelical Covenant Church
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What is the Annual Meeting? The Annual Meeting is the highest legislative body of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), made up of representatives from Covenant churches throughout the United States and Canada. Delegates gather together for worship and fellowship, and to ordain ministers, consecrate missionaries, elect leaders, review finances, adopt a budget, and address the business of the church.
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