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Pastor's Big Catch Lands Food Pantry Big Donation
ALLEGAN, MI (June 12, 2002) - Covenant pastor Brian Haight won a fishing prize
and the food pantry run by his church raised approximately $1,000 for its
ministry last Saturday.
An associate pastor at Christ Community Covenant Church in Allegan, Haight
caught five pounds of bluegill to win first prize during the church's
annual fishing tournament. For his efforts, Haight received a commemorative
fish clock, as did Mark Van Order, who caught a fish that weighed
eight-tenths of a pound for the largest single catch of the day.
Haight was fishing with Christ Community Covenant Senior Pastor Patrick
White, but White said that Haight seemed to have all of the good fortune
Saturday. Actually, the church's food pantry was the biggest beneficiary of
the day. Christ Community Covenant has raised more than $2,600 for The Vine
Food Pantry during the past two years. Funds are being collected this week
for this year's event, but tourney director Earl Gillette said he expects
more than $1,000 to be raised this year.
White is the founding pastor at Christ Community Covenant, which began in
1995. The congregation averages 250 in worship attendance in a small town
located near Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. Haight recently came to Allegan
after serving as a pastor at a Covenant church in Shaktoolik, Alaska.
For more information about Christ Community Covenant and its ministries,
call White or
Haight at 616-673-2329.
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