Posts tagged ‘Great Lakes’

Rehab Center? Prison? Not Your Average Church

BRONX, NY (August 13, 2010) – Like an increasing number of congregations, The Promised Land Covenant Church is adding satellite campuses. Unlike most congregations, however, these satellites are not in the usual places – one in the South Bronx is in a drug rehabilitation center and the other is located in a local prison. Continue Reading »

Serving Those in Need – No Ordinary Internship

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (July 28, 2010) – Summer is a time when many church youth groups participate in mission trips, but a growing number of high school and college students at Thornapple Covenant Church are serving as interns at Grand Rapids inner-city social service organizations. Continue Reading »

Transforming Teen Lives – One Garden At a Time

DETROIT, MI (July 12, 2010) – Carole Hawke hopes to transform the lives of teenagers in her neighborhood one garden at a time. Continue Reading »

Memorial Service Friday for Werner Lemke

ROCHESTER, NY (July 12, 2010) – A memorial service will be held Friday for Covenant minister Werner Lemke, 77, who spent his professional career teaching theology. Lemke died July 5. Continue Reading »

Support Sought for Internet Service for Alaska Church

CANTON, MI (July 9, 2010) – The Great Lakes Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church is asking churches to consider funding one month of Internet access for each of three years for the Mekoryuk Covenant Church in Mekoryuk, Alaska. Continue Reading »

Whitehall Photos

WHITEHALL, MI (July 6, 2010) –Following are before and after photographs taken during the Lakewood Bible Church renovation project. Continue Reading »

Surprise Call: ‘We Want to Help Restore Your Church’

WHITEHALL, MI (July 6, 2010) – The pastor of Lakewood Bible Church was befuddled when a person he had never met called to ask if members of the congregation would volunteer to help Whitehall Covenant Church with a construction project. Continue Reading »

Covenant Leaders Honored – Past and Present

ST. PAUL, MN (June 25, 2010) – Former and current members of the Council of Administrators and Council of Superintendents who served between 1985 – the denomination’s centennial anniversary – and 2010 were honored during this morning’s business session. Continue Reading »

21 Congregations Welcomed into ECC Membership

ST. PAUL, MN (June 25, 2010) – Delegates to the 125th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church welcomed 21 churches into membership, representing a cumulative average attendance of 2,796. Continue Reading »

Ten Churches Removed from Member Roster

ST. PAUL, MN (June 25, 2010) – Ten churches from six conferences were removed from denominational membership during the 125th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Continue Reading »