Covenant News

VBS Project to Benefit Colombia Church

CHICAGO, IL (March 11, 2005) - Funds raised during this summer's VBS Project will benefit the Covenant Church of Colombia, it has been announced by the Department of World Mission of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC).

The "Providing for Learning" project will help support the equipping of churches and schools to better serve the educational needs in Colombia. The project goal is $15,500 – enough to provide materials and equipment for 34 Covenant churches and three schools that are currently ministering to 3,200 children.

The Covenant Church of Colombia was founded in 1968, beginning in Medellin and expanding to Bogota and Cartagena, among others. The Covenant in Colombia has more than 35 member churches, with several church plants in process. There are more than 20 social ministries, a national Christian education ministry, a national youth ministry and a national women's ministry working in three regions of Colombia and in at least 18 cities and towns.

Gary and Mary Lou Sander and Cathy Campobello are full-time Covenant missionaries serving in Colombia. They were instrumental in preparing a comprehensive booklet that will enable VBS programs throughout North American Covenant churches to know more about Colombia and the children's ministries in place within Colombian Covenant churches and affiliated schools.

To learn more about the Covenant Church in Colombia, visit the denomination's website at www.pactocol.org. Campobello will be traveling to North America later this year and will visit Covenant congregations to promote the 2005 VBS project. More about her itinerary can be found by calling the Department of World Mission at 773-907-3316.

A list of specific needs for the Covenant Church of Colombia's various congregations is also available through the Department of World Mission. Those desiring to support this project may direct donations to the Department of World Mission, 5101 North Francisco Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60625. Make certain to designate gifts "2005 VBS Project Colombia."

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