CHICAGO, IL (December 31, 2011) – Offices of the Evangelical Covenant Church will be closed Monday in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday. Continue Reading »
News
An ‘Under the Bridge’ Christmas for Homeless
By Stan Friedman
PORTLAND, OR (December 30, 2011) – Shari, a homeless woman who is roughly 50 years of age, thanked the two young girls who had just nervously painted her nails and told them, “I feel like a princess.” Continue Reading »
Links: Your Guide to Online Conversations
CHICAGO, IL (December 29, 2011) – Editor’s note: 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. Continue Reading »
Still Time to Help Hurting Individuals Worldwide
CHICAGO, IL (December 29, 2011) – This is the time of year when many people are focusing on the new year ahead – making resolutions, anticipating a better year financially and health-wise than the just-concluding year, or perhaps preparing for a new job or relocation to another part of the country. Continue Reading »
Briefs: Blue Christmas, Israel Tour, Congo Baptism
‘Blue Christmas’ – From Solemn Remembrance to Hope
MIDDLEVILLE, MI (December 29, 2011) – Morning Star Church, a new Evangelical Covenant Church congregation, conducted a Blue Christmas Service of Remembrance and Hope shortly before Christmas. Continue Reading »
Ministry Focuses on Women in Strip Clubs
By Stan Friedman
DETROIT, MI (December 28, 2011) – Eve’s Angels, an outreach ministry to women working in strip clubs, has been offering support to six children of an exotic dancer who was apparently abducted several days after Thanksgiving. Continue Reading »
Two ‘Kinect’ Developers Have Covenant Connections
By Mike Mirza
SEATTLE, WA (December 28, 2011) – Two former North Park University students are helping Microsoft “Kinect” with gamers internationally and across cultures. Continue Reading »
We Celebrate in Different Ways the Same Story
By Don Meyer
CHICAGO, IL (December 25, 2011) – You find them in varying styles in all kinds of places throughout the world during the Christmas season. There were more than three dozen of them displayed in Evangelical Covenant Church offices this year. Continue Reading »
Covenanters Come to Mexico Bearing Gifts
By Stan Friedman
ENSENADA, MEXICO (December 23, 2011) – Members of Rancho Vista Covenant Church delivered more than 2,000 gifts to children here earlier this month, an act that brought praise from the town’s mayor. Continue Reading »
New Network Expands New Life Radio’s Reach
MOSCOW, RUSSIA (December 23, 2011) – New Life Radio (NLR) has the potential to reach an additional 10 million homes now that it has begun broadcasting on the country’s largest and fastest-growing nationwide broadcast service, Tricolor TV network, says Dan Johnson, president of Christian Radio for Russia (CRFR), which operates NLR. Continue Reading »
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