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Nelson (BC) Church to Celebrate 75th Anniversary
NELSON, BC (March 10, 2005) - The Evangelical Covenant Church of Nelson will
celebrate 75 years of ministry with a weekend event September 3-4,
according to pastor James
Minturn.
On September 4, the congregation will host a Sunday morning worship
service at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson, a noted playhouse. Jeff
Anderson, superintendent of the Canada Conference of the Evangelical
Covenant Church and a previous senior
pastor in Nelson, will give the morning sermon. Following Sunday morning
worship, the church will hold a picnic at nearby Lakeside Park.
Another of the church's previous pastors, Dan Johnson, will be the guest
speaker for a Saturday banquet September 3.
The Evangelical Covenant Church of Nelson was founded in 1930. The
church is located three hours north of Spokane, Washington, and has a
combined worship attendance of 300. The congregation includes a
satellite church in Balfour and two separate
congregations meeting in the same building while being funded by a
combined budget. A Saturday evening contemporary service is conducted at
the Nelson facility while blended services on Sundays occur both in
Balfour and in Nelson.
For more information on the church and its 75th anniversary activities,
call Minturn or associate pastors Andrew Fortuine and Jesse Lerch at
250-352-9613 or visit the church website at www.ecov.org.
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