PORTLAND, OR (February 7, 2012) – St. Johns Covenant Church had provided the Roosevelt High School girl’s basketball team with to-go meals for all of their away games, but they all sat together for a taco dinner to celebrate a season in which the Lady Riders have had to overcome major obstacles. Continue Reading »
Posts tagged ‘North Pacific’
Transforming Lives – One At a Time
By Stan Friedman
MOUNT VERNON, WA (January 19, 2012) – The woman living at Faith House while working to overcome her drug addiction – we’ll call her Anna – was struggling to develop new behaviors and attitudes. Trusting someone was nearly impossible. Anna was defensive and feared being “discarded” when she made a mistake. Conflicts would become intense. Continue Reading »
Funeral Service Planned for Allan C. Johnson
MILWAUKIE, OR (January 19, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Allan C. Johnson, 75, will be conducted at 6 p.m. January 25 at Milwaukie Covenant Church. He died Tuesday. Continue Reading »
An ‘Under the Bridge’ Christmas for Homeless
By Stan Friedman
PORTLAND, OR (December 30, 2011) – Shari, a homeless woman who is roughly 50 years of age, thanked the two young girls who had just nervously painted her nails and told them, “I feel like a princess.” Continue Reading »
Two ‘Kinect’ Developers Have Covenant Connections
By Mike Mirza
SEATTLE, WA (December 28, 2011) – Two former North Park University students are helping Microsoft “Kinect” with gamers internationally and across cultures. Continue Reading »
Church to Build 61-Unit Affordable Housing Project
SEATTLE, WA (November 18, 2011) – The community development arm of the Emerald City Bible Fellowship, an Evangelical Covenant Church congregation, has been awarded a $5.9 million grant to build a 61-unit affordable housing project. Continue Reading »
Covenanter Honored as Illinois Student Laureate
CHICAGO, IL (November 17, 2011) – Hannah A. Haugen, a North Park University senior and member of Milwaukie (Oregon) Covenant Church, is one of 51 students from Illinois colleges and universities to be named a Student Laureate. Continue Reading »
Volunteers Work on Homes, Schools in Outreach Effort
By Stan Friedman
BELLEVUE, WA (September 23, 2011) – In 2005, Highland Covenant Church decided to celebrate its 50-year anniversary with a Jubilee Service Day outreach. 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 »
Olympia Church to Build New Bokonzo Water Tower, Lines
OLYMPIA, WA (September 14, 2011) – The water tower in Bokonzo, Democratic Republic of Congo, frequently runs dry, but thousands of people in the area count on that water. Even when the tower is filled, broken supply lines have hampered delivery to residents. Continue Reading »
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