Covenant News

Grand Opening February 15 for Deland (FL) Church

DELAND, FL (January 28, 2004) - Covenant Community Church will host its grand opening celebration on February 15 after beginning its ministry in the fall of 2002, according to pastor David Shaw.

Along with the special worship service, the congregation is hosting a free brunch buffet catered by a noted local restaurant. Covenant Community meets at DeLand High School and averages 80 in worship attendance. The Central Florida church has hosted weekly services since last April following preview services that began in January 2003.

Shaw served as an associate pastor at Northland Community Church, a large non-denominational church near Orlando. Families from that congregation who had commuted from the DeLand area have helped form the core group of this congregation, whose theme is "Together, loving Christ and serving our community."

Thus far, Covenant Community Church has made its most successful inroads through its youth ministry, FIREPROOF Youth, said Shaw. The group meets on Wednesday nights in a downtown coffee house they rent from another DeLand church.

Outreach for the grand opening includes a strategy of personal invitation, along with the distribution of 10,000 informational door hangers the week prior to the event, with the help of volunteers from other churches including Northland Community.

To learn more about the church and its ministries, call the church at 386-740-8933 or e-mail Shaw at cccdaveshaw@aol.com.

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