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Palmberg to Speak at Rockford's 50th Anniversary
ROCKFORD, IL (April 4, 2002) - Glenn R. Palmberg, president of the Evangelical
Covenant Church (ECC), will be the guest preacher as Broadway Covenant
Church in Rockford celebrates its 50th anniversary May 18-19 with a
number of events.
The celebration will begin during the afternoon of May 18 with a slide
show in the Broadway Covenant Church sanctuary. Later that evening, a
free program entitled "Remembering Our Past" will be presented at nearby
First Covenant Church. The event will include musical numbers from past
choirs that will be directed by Broadway Covenant's previous choir
director, Maxine Haney.
After Palmberg brings the morning message May 19, the church will host a
brunch in the church's dining hall. The cost for brunch is $7 per
person.
Broadway Covenant was organized with the help of First Covenant Church
in Rockford. First Covenant developed a significant Sunday school
ministry in the neighborhood around Broadway Covenant, which began with
52 founding members in 1952. Under Pastor J. Robert Hjelm, the church
embarked on a building project two years later and, after completing the
first phase in 1955, expanded the facility twice in the next dozen years
that followed.
Throughout the history of Broadway Covenant, there have been sons and
daughters of the church whose spiritual roots thrived in various
confirmation, Sunday school and youth programs. Several former youth
members of the church who have been guest preachers during the past few
months include Thomas Anderson of Community Covenant Church in Shawnee,
Kansas; Kendall Dahlstrom of the Evangelical Covenant Church in South
Bend, Indiana; and Mark Pearson of Christ Evangelical Covenant Church in
Portland, Maine. Two others who will preach in upcoming weeks include
Don Holmertz of Valley Evangelical Covenant Church in Stillman Valley,
Illinois, and Mary C. Miller, ECC vice president of administration.
In recent years, a Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) program and a
preschool have been positive aspects of community ministry for Broadway
Covenant. A summer sports camp and a neighborhood Fun Fair have also
been successful and a summer reading program is another ministry being
considered. Currently, Dick Rasanen is the senior pastor of the church,
which averages more than 150 in worship attendance.
For more information about the Broadway Covenant events, call Judy Sowl
at the church, 815-399-9296, or email her at Judy@bwaycov.org.
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