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Michigan Church Plant Attracts 175 to Opening Service
WIXOM, MI (September 24, 2002) - Christ Covenant Church, a church plant helped by
Faith Covenant Church in nearby Farmington Hills, had approximately 175 in
attendance at a grand opening service and other activities Sunday, said
pastor Nathan Pawl.
"It was a really good day," said Pawl, who previously served four years as
pastor at Harbert Community Church in Harbert, Michigan. "We really hope to
significantly raise attendance and we did a 10,000-piece mailing of
invitations to the community and a lot of personal inviting. We're
following it up with an outreach at Joe Louis Arena (home of the
National Hockey League Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings) Sunday.
We'll have rental of the ice for a few hours and we hope to attract people
who would normally not step inside a church."
Representatives of the Evangelical Covenant Church asked more than a year
ago if he was interested in planting a church. A core group of more than 60
people helped with the beginning stages of the church plant. Pawl hopes
that community groups of 30-50 people can operate as mini-churches in
various geographic areas. Currently, the church meets
at a local middle school.
According to Great Lakes Conference Associate Supt. Larry Sherman, Christ
Covenant began launching its work in a community of 50,000 located near
many suburbs around Detroit. The church had 140 in attendance at its first
preview service January 13. The church has had about 100 at services during
the spring and summer as the church geared
up for the grand opening and other outreach services this fall.
"The core group has been incredible - people have made significant
commitments to the church - and we had a very helpful church to work from,"
Pawl said. "We've had a partnership with Kensington Community Church, which
averages about 5,500, to help us plant this church. It's (Kensington) not a
Covenant church, so it's a pretty unique relationship. They've supported us
with training and the church and pastor Steve Andrews have committed money
to us for next year to help us bring another staff person on. The Detroit
metro area is a neat area to be in right now."
For more information about the church, call Pawl at 248-866-4117 or email
him at npawl@sprynet.com.
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