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Missionaries Dedicated During Worship Service
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (June 22, 2004) - Tim and Tammy Friesen are project
missionaries who were dedicated during this year's Annual Meeting of the
Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). They are planning to be project
missionaries in Thailand for three years, having spent two years
previously in Chiang Mai. They head to Thailand in July where Tim will
provide educational and psychological services to the mission community
in Chiang Mai and Asia - Chiang Mai attracts thousands of missionaries
to the area each year. Tammy will teach English to Thai students at
Chiang Mai International School.
Both Tim and Tammy come from family traditions rooted in Christian
faith, and both came to faith in Christ as children. They were trained
in outreach and evangelism during their adolescence, teaching school and
counseling youth at a summer church camp. They began dating after
working as camp counselors and eventually married in 1978. They are the
parents of two teenagers.
The Friesens call Thornapple Evangelical Covenant Church in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, their church home. Tim has completed his doctoral
studies in psychology and served as a clinical psychologist after
completing a doctoral residency at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The
family lived in Germany for three years while Tim was with the U.S. Air
Force. Tammy earned her undergraduate degree in secondary education and
was a teacher for a time. She has also completed a master's degree in
education.
There are seven other Covenant project missionaries already serving in
sites throughout the world. They include Bob and Grace Shim of Parkwood
Community Church in Lombard, Illinois (Central Asia) and Mexico
missionaries Nils and Erika Clauson of Edgebrook Evangelical Covenant
Church in Chicago, Illinois; Jo Ellen Reaves of Faith Evangelical
Covenant Church in Wheaton, Illinois, and Lisandro and Patricia Restrepo
of Berkeley Covenant Church in Berkeley, California.
There are also a host of short-term missionaries serving in Covenant
mission sites throughout the world. Those listed with ** were scheduled
to be present at the Monday evening worship service.
ARGENTINA (through the Confederation of Hispanic Covenant Churches (CIPE)
- Patricio and Luz Valenzuela of Pacto Con Dios in Rosario, Argentina
ASIA
- Kristine Danielson of Irvington Covenant Church in Portland, Oregon
- Barbara Johnson of North Park Covenant Church in Chicago, Illinois
- **Peter and Anna Kim of Antioch Korean Covenant in Chicago, Illinois
CAMEROON
- **Phil and Kerry Staurseth of First Evangelical Covenant Church in
Superior, Wisconsin
COLOMBIA
- **J.J. McKenna of Trinity Covenant Church in Salem, Oregon
ECUADOR
- Herbert and Elaine Clauson of Bay Evangelical Covenant Church in
Green Bay, Wisconsin
- **Kurt and Lisa Peterson of NorthPoint Covenant Church in
Broomfield, Colorado, and Winnetka Evangelical Covenant Church in
Wilmette, Illinois
- Yonchu Song of Parkwood Community Church in Lombard, Illinois
- Confederation of Hispanic Covenant Churches (CIPE) affiliate
Wilfrido Velasquez of Iglesia del Pacto Jipijapa in Quito, Ecuador
JAPAN
- John and Etsuko Martin of Peninsula Covenant Church in Redwood City,
California
- Clark and Racinda Torgerson of Hope Evangelical Covenant Church in
Grand Forks, North Dakota
KENYA
- Tom Halgren of Fruitland Evangelical Covenant Church in Whitehall,
Michigan
- Alberto and Lisa Zepeda of Hope Community Covenant Church of
Strathmore, Alberta (Canada)
MEXICO
Doug and Jan Hansen of Grace Community Covenant Church in Tucson,
Arizona
Adam Moore of Evangelical Covenant Church in Milwaukie, Oregon
SPAIN
- Leah Bredehoft of First Covenant Church in Sacramento, California
- **Jerry and Nancy Reed of Grace Evangelical Covenant Church in
Chicago, Illinois
THAILAND
- **Kristi Byford of Bethany Covenant Church in Mount Vernon, Washington
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT WITH COVENANT MERGE MINISTRIES
- Edith Cárdenas of Jesús La Vid Verdadera in Aurora León, Mexico
- Carlos Sosa of Evangelical Covenant Church in Anoka, Minnesota
- Andrew Vanover of Thornapple Evangelical Covenant Church in Grand
Rapids, Michigan
KICY RADIO IN NOME, ALASKA (sponsored by the Department of Church Growth
and Evangelism)
- Bo Bowman of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Milwaukie, Oregon
- Neil Peterson of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Pomeroy, Iowa
- April Pugh of the Church of the Nazarene in Nome, Alaska
- Greg and Brenda Ratzlaff of River of Life Assembly of God Church in
Nome, Alaska
- Jamie Saghafi of Faith Covenant Church in St. Petersburg, Florida
- Andrei and Ellen Sarazov of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Nome,
Alaska
- Dennis and Candace Weidler of Kalamazoo Covenant Church in
Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Frances Whitmore of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Kingsburg,
California
- Julie Yoder of the United Methodist Church of Nome, Alaska
(Editor's note: Bob Ritchie of Monadnock Covenant Church in East
Swanzey, New Hampshire, provided much of the information on the
Ritchies. For more information on project missionaries for Covenant
World Mission, call Lana Heinrich at 773-907-3350).
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