Posts tagged ‘Midsouth’

Briefs: Meals for Hungry Kids, Young Life Remembered

Volunteers Pack Meals for Hungry Children

TULSA, OK (February 6, 2013) – Six hundred volunteers at Redeemer Covenant Church recently packed more than 108,000 meals, enough to feed 298 impoverished children around the world. Continue Reading »

Outreach Ministry Helps Immigrants Process Applications

By Stan Friedman

LA VILLA, TX (September 4, 2012) – Members of La Villa Covenant Church this week were helping area residents apply for the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that could enable them to avoid deportation and provide a temporary green card. Continue Reading »

Isaac Impacts Newly Adopted Covenant Church

NEW ORLEANS, LA (August 30, 2012) – Hurricane Isaac has destroyed the home of a Canal Street Covenant Church member and caused minor damage to the congregation’s building, Pastor Page Brooks told President Gary Walter on Wednesday night. Continue Reading »

Briefs: Historic Church Sold, School Partnership Honored

Historic Church Bought for $1 Through Craigslist

MURDOCK, MN (May 15, 2012) – A grateful buyer purchased the 112-year-old Frank Lake Covenant Church building for one dollar after it was listed for sale on Craigslist, securing a new future for the historic structure. Continue Reading »

North Pacific, Midsouth Welcome New Churches

MOUNT VERNON, WA (May 3, 2012) – Delegates to the North Pacific Conference annual meeting honored Superintendent Mark Novak for his years of service. He is the nominee to succeed Dave Kersten as executive minister of the Department of Ordered Ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). Continue Reading »

Funeral Service Conducted for James C. Jennings

SAN ANGELO, TX (April 12, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor James Curtis Jennings, 92, was conducted April 5 in San Angelo, Texas. He died April 2. Continue Reading »

A Lot of Stomping and Hollering Going On

By Stan Friedman

TULSA, OK (March 15, 2012) – The kids who participate in the Stomp & Holler program sponsored by Redeemer Covenant Church got to perform for the professional cast of STOMP Thursday night last week. Continue Reading »

Walking in Another’s Shoes – That’s Friendship

By Stan Friedman

DESOTO, TX (December 21, 2011) – A spontaneous small act by a little child at CrossRoads Covenant Church is one that Pastor Josef Rasheed says he will always remember. Continue Reading »

Briefs: Top Award, Youth Supporting Kenyans

Smietana Earns Award For Best Religion Story

DURHAM, NC (September 22, 2011) – The Religion Newswriters Association has honored Covenanter Bob Smietana with its Cornell Religion Report of the Year award for mid-sized newspapers. Continue Reading »

Fight 4 Faith – Unique Effort to Reach Out to Others

KATY, TX (July 11, 2011) – More than 500 people attended a major Jiu-Jitsu and grappling tournament for charity put on by Mission Covenant Church. Continue Reading »