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AfricaJapan Student Raises Money for Congo Girls Project
TOKYO, JAPAN (May
16, 2007) – A high school freshman at the Christian Academy in Japan (CAJ)
recently raised more than $525 for the Educate the Girls program in Congo,
sponsored by Women Ministries of the Evangelical Covenant Church...Read more...
Student Leads Effort to Fund Needs of Kenya Children
LIBERTYVILLE,
IL (May 4, 2007) – The members of Libertyville Covenant Church may want to
consider hiring high school junior Alex Gutierrez to lead its next fund-raising
drive...Read more...
Seeds Program Seeks to Help 2,500 Liberian Families
NORQUAY, SK
(April 17, 2007) – Organizers of Kernels of Hope 2007 are looking for even more
“farmers” to raise money to help 2,500 Liberians families become self-sufficient
through agricultural production...Read more...
CHIC-Inspired Teens Help Fight Poverty in Africa
TUCSON, AZ (January 24, 2007) – When Kim Didra returned from CHIC 2006, she
stood before the congregation at Grace Community Covenant Church and told them,
“I am going to do something to change things in Africa.”...Read more... Bed Sheets and Coffee? Yep, That’s Mission
MASON CITY, IA (January 12, 2007) - What do you get when you gather a group
of women once a month with ripped bed sheets and a little coffee? At First
Covenant Church, what you get is a dedicated group that calls itself "Rip, Sew
and Roll."...Read more...
No Prize, But Bikes Project Will Move Ahead
SAN DIEGO, CA (January
8, 2007) – Vaughn Spethmann didn’t win a cash prize at Urbana 06 to make his
dream come true for establishing a bicycle factory in Zambia, but the
22-year-old says the contacts and advice he received will prove priceless in the
future...Read more...
Church’s Love Inspires Ministry in Zimbabwe
BOWIE, MD (January 4, 2007) - Abednigo Ndoga was facing a crisis...Read more...
Latin America/Caribbean
Eight U.S. Churches Partner to Help Rio Bravo Group
RIO BRAVO,
MEXICO (July 23, 2007) – A new cooperative venture among Evangelical Covenant
churches in Minnesota and Wisconsin promises to bring together members of those
churches with the people of this Mexican community for years to come...Read more...
A Box of VaporRub for a New Water Well?
ENDEAVOUR, SK (January 23, 2007) – Doug Wildman hopes to trade a box of Vicks
VaporRub for construction of a water well in Haiti...Read more...
Domestic MissionPhoenix (LA) Rebuilding to Resume After August Break
PHOENIX, LA (August 3, 2007) - When Melvin Dillard
traveled to this community ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, he had a better idea
than many volunteers of how the residents had suffered...Read more...
First-Ever Missions Trip Started With CHIC Contest
BREWSTER, MA (August 2, 2007) - The youth group of the Cape Cod Covenant
Church of Brewster completed its first missions trip this summer to Lexington,
North Carolina, and it all started because of CHIC...Read more...
Missions: No Need to Travel Far to Serve Others
TUCSON, AZ (August 1, 2007) - Students from Grace Community Covenant
Church are on an affordable mission trip this week - affordable, at least,
in that they are simply traveling across town, rather than across their region
or across the world, to serve...Read more...
Phoenix: In the Midst of Devastation, Love Abounds
CHICAGO, IL (July
31, 2007) – Thirty-two students and leaders from North Park Covenant and
Edgebrook Covenant churches returned last week from a week-long missions trip to
Phoenix, Louisiana, where the students became personally involved in the effort
to help this Katrina-ravaged community continue the rebuilding process...Read more...
NOTE: Learn about opportunities your church can participate in domestically and abroad. Other Covenant InstitutionsSeeking Million Signatures on Anti-Trafficking Petition
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (February 11, 2008) - As the Evangelical Covenant Church
strengthens its focus on the worldwide tragedy of human trafficking, one
Covenanter is working with an international organization to halt the $10
billion-a-year industry...Read more... Mission Program Based on Relationships, Not Just Visits
CHICAGO, IL (July 27, 2007) – Nykki Thompson began what she hopes will be an
ongoing relationship with Zambian children she met in the African nation this
summer while on a mission trip with her North Park University classmates...Read more...
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