Posts tagged ‘Central’

Covenant Point Selects Strom as New Executive Director

IRON RIVER, MI (June 6, 2011) – Erik Strom has been selected as executive director of Covenant Point Bible Camp in Iron River, Michigan. Continue Reading »

Services Pending for Dr. Willie B. Jemison

CHICAGO, IL (June 5, 2011) – Services are pending for Dr. Willie B. Jemison, retired senior pastor of Oakdale Covenant Church, who died this morning (Sunday). Continue Reading »

Damage Reported in Wake of Minneapolis Tornado

By Stan Friedman

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (May 23, 2011) – Jeremy Scheller was hosting a birthday party for his son when a tornado ripped through his community in north Minneapolis. Continue Reading »

Pastor Takes on Unsavory Roles

MILWAUKEE, WI (May 16, 2011) – Mike DeLong can barely stand to play his multiple characters in a theatrical production that traces the life of Sojourner Truth—from the day she is sold away from her family as a young girl, through her struggle to free herself and her son, to her emergence as a popular and respected advocate of abolition and women’s rights.

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Cornerstone Finishes Sixth, Misses Out on Grant

CHICAGO, IL (May 13, 2011) – Homeless shelter Cornerstone Community Outreach missed winning a $15,000 grant for upgrading its playground by a mere .02 percent of the vote, says Glenn Palmberg.

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Central Conference Celebrates 125 Years, Looks to Future

CHICAGO, IL (May 12, 2011) – Delegates to the 125th Annual Meeting of the Central Conference committed themselves to pursuing a future that embodies their predecessors’ passion to serve one another and a hurting world.

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Vote Now to Support Playground for Homeless Kids

CHICAGO, IL (May 6, 2011) – Just three-tenths of a percent separate the Jesus People USA Covenant Church’s proposed playground center from qualifying for a $15,000 award to help renovate and upgrade the playground at the church’s homeless shelter. Continue Reading »

Two Covenanters Murdered in Separate Assaults

By Stan Friedman

CHICAGO, IL (April 26, 2011) – Two attendees of Evangelical Covenant Church congregations were murdered during Holy Week in separate incidents. Continue Reading »

Rooftop Playground Just Clicks Away from Upgrades

CHICAGO, IL (April 25, 2011) – Former Covenant president Glenn Palmberg hopes people will spend 30 seconds on the Internet to help Jesus People USA Covenant Church raise $15,000 for a playground at the church’s homeless shelter. Continue Reading »

Differing Languages No Barrier to Worship

CREST HILL, IL (April 19, 2011) – It was like Pentecost on Palm Sunday when three congregations of different languages met for worship at Good Shepherd Covenant Church on Sunday afternoon. Continue Reading »