By Stan Friedman
NEW YORK, NY (November 21, 2012) – Ecumenical relief work led in part by Evangelical Covenant Church ministers continues providing essential assistance to survivors of Hurricane Sandy. Continue Reading »
Posts tagged ‘East Coast’
Transforming Power of Love, Acceptance, Forgiveness
KEENE, NH (November 21, 2012) – When Carl Babbitt Jr. was released from prison in 2000 after serving 11 years of a 15-year sentence for manslaughter, he vowed to never return. Three years later, he was back in jail. He laughs about it. Continue Reading »
Storm Sandy May Force Daycare Center Closure
LAURENCE HARBOR, NJ (November 15, 2012) – Hurricane Sandy has forced Laurence Harbor Covenant Church to close its daycare since the storm struck and threatens the jobs of its employees as the congregation may have to close it permanently, Pastor Ray Burnett said today. Continue Reading »
Relief Fund Matching Grant Offer Announced
CROMWELL, CT (November 8, 2012) – The East Coast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church will match contributions by conference churches and members to its hurricane relief fund up to a total of $25,000. Continue Reading »
Covenanters Rally to Support Storm Victims
By Stan Friedman
BRONX, NY (November 6, 2012) – Several vehicles, including a U-Haul truck carrying relief supplies from churches in the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) of the Evangelical Covenant Church, arrived at the Kingsbridge Armory on Monday to help survivors of Hurricane Sandy. Continue Reading »
CWR, Conference Partner to Help Storm Victims
CHICAGO, IL (November 2, 2012) – Covenant World Relief (CWR) and the East Coast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church will work together to provide relief to survivors of Hurricane Sandy, it was announced today. Continue Reading »
Covenant Churches Report Damage from ‘Sandy’
By Stan Friedman
CROMWELL, CT (October 31, 2012) – Members of East Coast Conference churches have been removing water from church buildings and assisting neighbors with cleanup as well as adapting to power outages since super storm Sandy smashed into the region. Continue Reading »
New CD Uses Rap, Urban Music as Outreach
BRONX, NY (October 30, 2012) – Following two years of recording, the Elements Church, an Evangelical Covenant Church congregation, released its new urban gospel CD last week with a name that people familiar with the denomination’s history will appreciate – Mission Friends. Continue Reading »
Ashram Cancelled as Residents Brace for Storm
By Stan Friedman
CROMWELL, CT (October 29, 2012) – Hurricane Sandy already has forced the cancellation of the East Coast Conference’s 2012 Ashram that was scheduled to begin today as Covenanters along the storm’s expected path and in the wider region beyond are preparing to be without power and fresh water. Continue Reading »
Crafty Graffiti Artists Tag Covenant Village of Cromwell
CROMWELL, CT (October 11, 2012) – A group of residents at Covenant Village of Cromwell vandalized parts of the retirement community earlier this month when they yarn-bombed it. Continue Reading »
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