Posts tagged ‘Pacific Southwest’

Church Parking Lot Provides Unique Housing for Homeless

By Stan Friedman

GOLETA, CA (July 2, 2012) – Community Covenant Church is one of several churches in the Santa Barbara area participating in Safe Parking, a program that offers space for homeless residents living in their cars to park overnight. The program is featured in the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Continue Reading »

Helping the Homeless – One Bike At a Time

By Stan Friedman

GRANITE BAY, CA (June 4, 2012) – Shawn Holiday is the unlikely founder of a ministry that provides bikes to the homeless – a ministry that also is on the verge of developing national affiliates. Continue Reading »

Memorial Service Conducted for Lillian Hanson

MERCER ISLAND, WA (May 31, 2012) – A memorial service was conducted today for Lillian (Rendahl) Hanson, widow of Ralph Hanson, executive secretary emeritus of the Department of World Mission of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). Continue Reading »

Memorial Service Planned for Margaret Larson

MERCER ISLAND, WA (May 31, 2012) – A memorial service for Margaret (Anderson) Larson, 91, is tentatively planned for July 21 at Covenant Shores retirement community in Mercer Island. Continue Reading »

Memorial Service Saturday for C. LaVerne Erickson

NORTHBROOK, IL (May 22, 2012) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor C. LaVerne Erickson, 101, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Covenant Village of Northbrook. He died Friday, May 18. Continue Reading »

Newsong Buying Historic Santa Ana Building

SANTA ANA, CA (May 11, 2012) – Newsong, an Evangelical Covenant Church, has agreed to purchase a historic arts building downtown. Continue Reading »

Hands-On Is Best Way to Learn About Nature

By Stan Friedman

SCOTTS VALLEY, CA (May 10, 2012) – The 150 fifth graders from the Oakland Public School District exited the buses that had taken them to Mission Springs Camp and Conference Center recently and saw something they had only read about in books or seen on television – trees all around them. Giant redwoods at that. Continue Reading »

Funeral Service Saturday for George Welch

NORTHBROOK, IL (May 10, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary and pastor George Welch, 100, will be conducted in Lexington, Kentucky, on Saturday. He died Monday at Brandel Care Center in Northbrook, Illinois. Continue Reading »

PSWC: Relationship with Jesus Must Drive Ministry

By Stan Friedman

OAKLAND, CA (April 25, 2012) – Attendees to the Pacific Southwest Conference (PSWC) Annual Meeting were exhorted throughout the gathering to participate in new ministry initiatives, but also were encouraged that their involvement must flow from deepening their personal relationships with Jesus. Continue Reading »

Briefs: Naval Academy Sermon, Overcoming ‘Obstacles’

Smith Preaches at U.S. Naval Academy

Efrem Smith

ANNAPOLIS, MD (April 23, 2012) – Efrem Smith, superintendent of the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church, doesn’t remember exactly how discussions started three years ago to have him preach at the U.S. Naval Academy, but coordinating schedules had not worked out until earlier this month, when he spoke four times. Continue Reading »