Covenant News

'The Well' Conducts First Preview Service

CORVALLIS, OR (December 16, 2004) - A new church plant sponsored by the North Pacific Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church – called "The Well" Covenant Church - conducted its first preview service last Sunday (December 12) at a downtown location with more than 60 people in attendance.

Church planting pastor Bernd Strom said that the worship service was held at Majestic Theatre's second floor community room. Strom and his family have lived in Corvallis for nearly five months after serving as an associate pastor at Bethany Covenant Church in Mt. Vernon, Washington. Visitors reflected a wide diversity - friends from his children's school, colleagues and students he met through his volunteer soccer coaching connections at nearby Oregon State University (OSU), as well as people from the neighborhood. He says it is that diversity that gives him optimism that there is a need for a Covenant congregation in town.

On January 6, "The Well" Covenant Church will meet again at the Majestic Theatre community room for a second preview service. On February 6, the congregation will meet on the theatre's first floor main room, which seats 300. It is hoped a grand opening service will occur in April.

"There were babies, there were college students, there were older couples, lawyers and homemakers, counselors and coaches, Hewlett Packard and OSU employees," said Strom. "There were folks new to Corvallis and others who'd lived here for years and years, people with physical challenges. We were gathered together for a variety of reasons, but I like to think we gathered in the presence of God to join one another in the journey of life."

To learn more about the Corvallis church plant and future ministry plans, email Strom at Jacobs_Well@hotmail.com. Or, read an article previously published in this Covenant online news report at The Well.

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