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February Newsletters Reveal Range of Activities
CHICAGO, IL (March 8, 2005) - A wide range of activities are represented in
material gleaned from the more than 250 local church newsletters
received during February by the Department of Communications of the
Evangelical Covenant Church.
Following are excerpts from those newsletters, organized by conference
and region.
CENTRAL
- Crest Hill, Illinois: G. Richard Deal recently presented a concert
of inspirational piano music at Good Shepherd Evangelical Covenant
Church. Deal has presented more than 2,100 sacred and classical concerts
in Europe, Asia, North America and South America.
- Galesburg, Illinois: The Discovery Channel is again featuring
Midwest Choppers Custom Motorcycle Builders, which is owned by Chip and
Chrissy Myler, members of the Galesburg Covenant Church.
- Iron River, Michigan: Nancy Pasternak received an achievement award
for more than 25 years of leading the local Muscular Sclerosis group,
which meets at Grace Covenant Church. Jack Hudson also has earned a lay
minister's license.
EAST COAST
- Manchester, Connecticut: Trinity Covenant Church deacons led by
Linda Reilly-Blue have begun a telephone visitation ministry. Volunteers
will call families every six weeks to inquire whether they have needs to
which the church can minister.
MIDWEST
- Omaha, Nebraska: Maren Mylander was named junior class queen for
homecoming festivities at Seattle Pacific University. The university
celebrates homecoming during the basketball season. Maren is the
daughter of Rick Mylander, associate superintendent of the Midwest
Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
NORTH PACIFIC
- Bellingham, Washington: Members of the Bellingham Covenant Church
are participating in "The Sanctuary Project" during Lent. Each Wednesday
evening, members gather to pray in a "laboratory" for the previous
Sunday's sermon on practical approaches to prayer.
NORTHWEST
- Bloomington, Minnesota: Mark Stromberg, associate superintendent of
the Northwest Conference, led an adult Sunday school class in a
discussion of the eight essential characteristics of a healthy church.
- Burnsville, Minnesota: Leith Anderson, noted author and pastor of
Woodale Church in Eden Prairie, recently presented a seminar at Faith
Covenant Church. The seminar focused on how the church can relate to
contemporary society from a kingdom perspective.
- Duluth, Minnesota: Lakeview Covenant Church recently hosted an
old-fashioned hymn sing that featured a traveling gospel trio, a
fiddling duo and the Lakeview Gospel Band. The church also held a
farewell dinner for Becky Hogan, who has been the parish nurse for the
last six of her 16 years at Lakeview.
- Ellsworth, Wisconsin: Zion Covenant Church recently celebrated a
luau at the church - temporarily known as Tiki Beach Café - to raise
funds for CHIC2K6 next year at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
Registration and event information is available at the Evangelical
Covenant Church website at www.covchurch.org.
- Hastings, Minnesota: Nearly 50 people attended the first Newcomers
Pizza Night sponsored by Emmaus Road Covenant Church, which is a recent
church plant. The evenings at the Green Mill Restaurant are intended to
help people know each other better.
SOUTHEAST
- Greensboro, North Carolina: Mary Anne Scherff and Sally Goyne
recently performed a piano and organ concert for Trinity Covenant Church
before the Goynes family moved.
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