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Software Training Begins Northwest Conference Session
ROSEAU, MN (April 25, 2002) - More than 40 individuals from churches in the
Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church participated today
in a training session for the new Covenant WorshipStudio worship planning
software.
The training session was the first of numerous activities planned during
the 2002 Northwest Conference Annual Meeting that is under way at the
Evangelical Covenant Church in Roseau.
Covenant WorshipStudio is a comprehensive worship planning software program
that is being offered free to all Evangelical Covenant churches. It
combines various worship resources, including the Covenant Book of
Worship and The Covenant Hymnal: A Worshipbook. Users can custom
design worship services, produce finished worship bulletins and prepare
other useful worship tools, including staff cue sheets for churches that
involve a number of worship leaders and participants and technical staff.
Leading the Roseau training session is Dan Shelton, intern pastor at
Edgebrook Covenant Church in Chicago and one of the WorshipStudio
consultants (see accompanying photo).
The conference ministerium begins its business sessions later today,
concluding with a worship service. Ruth Hill, executive minister of
Covenant Women Ministries, will bring the evening message.
Covenant Women Ministries will conduct its annual meeting Friday, with the
ministerium concluding its business Friday morning. Annual meeting
delegates will register Friday noon with annual meeting sessions continuing
Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
"We consider it a great privilege to be the host church for this meeting,"
said Joe Elick, pastor of the Roseau church. "Actually, we were a bit
scared and nervous when first asked, but with some fear and trembling we
accepted the invitation as being from the Lord.
"I have been so moved by the way our people have responded and
joined in to help make this happen," he continued. "There is a sense of joy
and excitement in helping. We see our responsibility as not only hosting a
conference, but also in ministering to the people who come. That's the way
we do ministry, whether it's a concert or a program. We try to minister to
those who come."
The Northwest Conference includes more than 130 churches. Paul Erickson is
the superintendent.
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