New Look for Enhanced Covenant Website
CHICAGO, IL (July 31) - Visitors to the Evangelical Covenant Church website will notice a change in appearance sometime within the next 12 hours as we move from the current website design to an enhanced.... [Read more]

Two Covenant Churches Among Top 20 in U.S.
CHICAGO, IL (July 31) - Two Evangelical Covenant Church congregations are among the 20 most influential in the United States, according to a poll conducted by The Church Report magazine. Life Covenant.... [Read more]

Church Celebrates 100 Years of Ministry
LAKE UNION, MINNESOTA (July 31) - A small church's nourishment and training of its pastors was celebrated during centennial anniversary activities at Lake Union Evangelical Covenant Church on July 16. Although.... [Read more]

CHIC Youth End Up with Quite a 'Deal'
CHICAGO, IL (July 28) - Four students returned from CHIC 2006 with $1,000 each to help fund future mission trips, thanks to the encouragement of Evangelical Covenant Church President Glenn Palmberg, who.... [Read more]

At 109, She Doesn't Question God - Just Keeps Going
WHITEHALL, MI (July 26) - Mary Hogan just keeps going and going and going. The member of Fruitland Evangelical Covenant Church recently celebrated her 109th birthday. "I don't know why God wants me on.... [Read more]

CHIC News Stories Retained in News Archive
CHICAGO, IL (July 26) - The majority of news stories covering the recently concluded CHIC 2006 in Knoxville, Tennessee, will now be found in the online news archive for the month of July. "The response.... [Read more]

Zack Doing Well Following Cancer Surgery
ROCHESTER, MN (July 25) - Zack Stuck says he will be released from the Mayo Clinic later this week following successful surgery last Friday to remove a tumor the size of a quarter from his right lung.... [Read more]

Free CHIC Music Downloads Available
KNOXVILLE, TN (July 25) - Leaders of the CHIC 2006 Worship Team have given permission for mp3 music files and guitar lead sheets for their original music sung at the event to be downloaded from.... [Read more]

Readers Share Their Thoughts
CHICAGO, IL (July 25) - The recently concluded CHIC 2006 on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville generated a considerable number of reader responses, many of which were included in last.... [Read more]

Labor of Love for CHIC Volunteers
KNOXVILLE, TN (July 25) - They spent hundreds of dollars of their own money, sacrificed vacation time, endured cross-country bus trips, and worked long hours, often barely noticed. Still, the volunteers at.... [Read more]

Lots of Prayer Underpins CHIC Experience
KNOXVILLE, TN (July 24) - Every three years, students come to CHIC hoping to have a good time. They also bring with them many burdens. "They are bringing with them adult problems," says Martha Swanson.... [Read more]

Lillie Makes It to CHIC – Finally!
KNOXVILLE, TN (July 24) - Lillie Harrison attended her first CHIC event. She is 86 years old. "They didn't have CHIC when I was a teenager," she says, adding.... [Read more]

Roseville (MN) Student Wins CHIC Competition
KNOXVILLE, TN (July 24) - Julia "Juice" Peterson had played her guitar and sang at several coffee houses, but the 17-year-old winner of the CHIC 2006 Battle of the Bands competition seemed.... [Read more]

Ministry Seeks to Help Boys Transition into Manhood
TULSA, OK (July 24) - How does a boy become a man? That question spawned an entirely new ministry outreach for folks at Redeemer Covenant Church here as they looked with dismay at the way in which.... [Read more]

Readers Share Their Thoughts
CHICAGO, IL (July 21) - Hardly a week goes by that we do not receive a few comments from readers on stories published as part of the Covenant online news report. We will share from time to time some of.... [Read more]

CHIC Kids Donate $100,373 to Help Sudanese
KNOXVILLE, TN (July 21) - Students attending CHIC 2006 donated more money for the impoverished people of Bentiu, Sudan, than Covenant World Relief (CWR) Director Jim Sundholm ever imagined or hoped for. "I.... [Read more]

Memorial Service Thursday for Doris Anderson
GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (July 17) - A memorial service will be conducted Thursday for Doris Anderson, wife of retired Evangelical Covenant Church Pastor Carold Anderson. She died early Saturday morning at.... [Read more]

ECC Embraces Women Leaders
CHICAGO, IL (July 17) - A number of Covenanters have requested a copy of the June 24 story published by The Grand Rapids Press covering the 121st Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church in.... [Read more]

Speakers Announced for Campus Theme Program
CHICAGO, IL (July 17) - The visit of one of the world's top Christian scholars and ethicists highlights a list of speakers who will participate in North Park University's annual Campus Theme Program.... [Read more]

Project Focuses on Rehabilitation of Alaskan Parsonages
ELIM, AK (July 14) - The upstairs of the parsonage here can turn bitter cold during the long winters because the home lacks sufficient insulation and an adequate heating source. Improper wiring.... [Read more]

Novel VBS Program Seeks to Build 'Community'
BROOKLYN, NY (July 13) - Pastor Conway Boyce hopes the church's first extended Vacation Bible School (VBS) program will help bring a sense of community to a neighborhood that is rapidly changing.... [Read more]

Charity Golf Event Renamed to Honor Antwan Williams
LAKE GENEVA, IL (July 12) - The charity golf outing to help fund camping scholarships at Covenant Harbor Bible Camp and Retreat Center has been renamed the Antwan Williams Memorial Golf for Kids, in honor of.... [Read more]

Nexus: Students Gain First-Hand Look at Harsh Reality
CHICAGO, IL (July 12) - High school juniors talked late into the night over several nights as they processed their experiences during a Youth Nexus event at North Park Theological Seminary, an event they.... [Read more]

'Camp Creation' Links Art with Christian Faith
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (July 11) - A sense of community as well as art skills were enhanced during Camp Creation, a summer arts camp provided by Thornapple Covenant Church that attracted 140 youth and opened up.... [Read more]

Readers Share Their Thoughts
CHICAGO, IL (July 11) - Hardly a week goes by that we do not receive a few comments from readers on stories published as part of the Covenant online news report. We will share from time to time some of.... [Read more]

Pastor Joins Chaplain Ranks to Help Fill a Need
ORANGE, CA (July 10) - Frank Riley's swearing in as a U.S. Naval Reserve chaplain a week ago was a celebrative event for the River47 Evangelical Covenant Church. A highlight of the ceremony came when.... [Read more]

U.S. Volunteers Assisting Taiwan Summer Program
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (July 10) - A group of 20 volunteers representing 11 Evangelical Covenant churches in the United States began working today as part of the Taiwan Summer English Program, following several.... [Read more]

First-Ever Asia Retreat Assesses Ministry Approaches
HUA HIN, THAILAND (July 7) - Evangelical Covenant Church missionaries to Asia explored how they could "let Christ be born in every culture," during their first-ever retreat together, which wrapped up last.... [Read more]

Candidates Sought for Two World Mission Positions
CHICAGO, IL (July 6) - Applications are being accepted for two of the four new positions identified as part of a restructuring of Covenant World Mission that was announced in June. The strategic.... [Read more]

CRC Announces Scholarship Recipients
CHICAGO, IL (July 6) - Covenant Retirement Communities (CRC) has awarded six post-high school scholarships totaling $10,000 to dependents of its employees, part of an ongoing commitment to help.... [Read more]

Human Sexuality Paper Released
CHICAGO, IL (June 30) - A new paper that will serve as a resource for Covenant churches, Towards a Biblical & Theological Discernment of God in Human Sexuality, has been released by the Board of.... [Read more]

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