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New Bridges Play Key Role in African Communities
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON (February 21, 2012) – Missionaries in Africa continue to build bridges with the people to whom they are ministering. Last week, a bridge was completed near the hospital in Karawa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Click here to read more. On Wednesday a second bridge near the hospital was completed, as was a bridge [...]
Funeral Service April 7 for Beth Swanson
GRANTSBURG, WI (February 21, 2012) – A funeral service for Beth (Cole) Swanson, 97, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church minister Earl Swanson, will be conducted at 11 a.m. April 7 at Calvary Covenant Church. She died February 13 in Ft. Mill, South Carolina. Swanson was born March 6, 1914, in Walkerville, Michigan. She earned her [...]
Third NYC Congregation Secures New Worship Space
By Stan Friedman NEW YORK, NY (February 20, 2012) – A third congregation connected with the Evangelical Covenant Church has found temporary meeting space after being evicted from the public schools where they had been worshiping. New Vision Community Church will meet in the Student Union of the Queensborough Community College until the end of [...]
Memorial Service Thursday for Missionary Clitus Olson
WESTMINSTER, CO (February 20, 2012) – A memorial service will be conducted for retired Evangelical Covenant Church medical missionary Clitus Olson, 95, at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Covenant Village of Colorado. Olson was born October 20, 1916, in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Omaha University in 1939 and the medical [...]
Links: What Covenanters Are Talking About Online
By Stan Friedman CHICAGO, IL (February 17, 2012) – Many Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles and videos that Covenant News Service believes may be of interest to others. Following is a sample of those submissions – their inclusion does not represent an endorsement of any views expressed. Josh Hamilton’s Christian Rehab – [...]