Loveland (CO) Church Marks 50 Years of Ministry

Art Greco, director of prayer and evangelism for the Department of Church Growth and Evangelism of the Evangelical Covenant Church, spoke at both the Sunday morning worship service and a Saturday banquet at the Evangelical Covenant Church of Fort Collins. Midwest Conference Supt. Kenneth Carlson and Associate Supt. Rick Mylander were among the special guests on Saturday and Sunday.

Among the 220 who attended Saturday's banquet were two members of the church's initial core group, Lona Sargent and Leona Earle, as well as some of the congregation's previous pastors. The event included a video documenting the history of the congregation and special music from a church quartet.

LifeSpring Covenant Church, originally known as Loveland Covenant Church, had its first worship service January 27, 1952, under pastor Joseph Broman, who served at the Swedish National Sanatorium of Denver. Bertil Lovain took over as pastor soon after. The church had a membership of 32 and worshiped at a local community center in a town of 8,000.

Currently, the church has an average worship attendance of more than 450 in Loveland, a city of 50,000 located 60 miles north of Denver. The interim pastor at the church is Wendell Grout.

For more information on LifeSpring Covenant, its celebration and its ministries, call the church staff at 970- 667-4730 or email the staff at mail@lovecovenant.org.

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