Posts tagged ‘Great Lakes’

Recovery – for Addicts and Congregations

By Stan Friedman

JAMESTOWN, NY (March 30, 2011) – A recovery group sponsored by First Covenant and Zion Covenant churches earned its one-year chip in January. Started with little advance planning, the group now attracts 40-50 people on Monday nights and several other church-sponsored meetings around town are likewise well attended. Continue Reading »

New Enabling Residence Opens in Michigan

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (March 22, 2011) – Six residents are now living at the newest Covenant Enabling Residence for high-functioning handicapped adults, which opened here last month. Continue Reading »

Haiti: How Detroit Helped Prepare Caregivers

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (March 17, 2011) – Editor’s note: This report is part of a week-long series of articles written by Stan Friedman, news editor for Covenant News Service, who spent five days accompanying a five-member medical team from the United States providing care to Haiti residents during a two-week volunteer mission. Continue Reading »

Japanese Missionaries Fear for Loved Ones

NOVI, MI (March 15, 2011) – Shunichi Miyamoto, one of two missionaries from the Japan Covenant Church to the United States, learned Sunday that his elderly mother is safe although the tsunami that devastated Sendai also destroyed her home. Continue Reading »

News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

JAMESTOWN, NY (February 24, 2011) – Brian “Head” Welch, formerly of the heavy metal band Korn, will share his story of coming to Christ and escaping drugs at the Crown Theater at 4 p.m. Sunday. Continue Reading »

Services Pending for Franklin G. Hagberg

VENICE, FL (February 16, 2011) – Services are pending for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Franklin G. Hagberg, 84, who died Saturday night. Continue Reading »

Congregation Concerned Over Woman’s Disappearance

BLOOMINGTON, MN (January 27, 2011) – Members of Bloomington Covenant Church are paying special attention to the search for a young mother who disappeared from her home in Hartford Township, Michigan. Continue Reading »

Japanese Missionaries to Work in Great Lakes Conference

NOVI, MI (December 21, 2010) – The first missionaries from the Japan Covenant Church to the United States will focus on three primary objectives during their two years of service. Continue Reading »

South Sudan Referendum Holds Key to Freedom

CHICAGO, IL (December 14, 2010) – “Many people ask us, ‘Why do you want to separate?’ ” Nyajuok (Sunday) Chuol, a South Sudanese student at North Park University, told a gathering on Saturday in advance of a historic referendum. “The reason is one word – freedom.” Continue Reading »

Legos – Great Tool for Teaching Kids About Creation

CANTON, MI (December 13, 2010) – Jody Eidnes, manager of the Great Lakes Conference office of the Evangelical Covenant Church, had such a great time playing with Legos during a recent visit to Stuttgart, Germany, that the conference is now asking for donations of the snap-together plastic bricks. Continue Reading »