The Covenant Companion

World Cup Flavor Permeates Worship Atmosphere

DOWNEY, CA (June 14, 2010) – Members of El Encino Covenant worshiped God on Sunday, but they also had the chance to declare loyalties to their favorite teams playing in the World Cup.

Sale of Building Sparks Transformation and New Life

SAN JOSE, CA (June 11, 2010) – Pastor Kevin Budd is known for his dry wit, but he chokes up as he describes how lives of people from around the world – and in his own congregation – have been transforming since the small church he pastors sold their previous building and moved into a local elementary school.

From Renter to Landowner – Big Transition for Church

SARNIA, ONTARIO (June 10, 2010) – Transitioning from a congregation that met for nearly a decade in rented space to being a church that now has its own building is an ongoing process as the congregation considers new ways of fulfilling its vision to “Love, Live, Serve,” says Glenn Peterson, pastor of Lighthouse Community Church.

News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

CHICAGO, IL (June 9, 2010) – Preaching Magazine recently named The Company of the Preachers: A History of Biblical Preaching from the Old Testament to the Modern Era, written by retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister David Larsen, as one of the 25 most influential books on preaching in the last 25 years.

Event Simulates Trauma of Refugees Forced from Homes

ST. PAUL, MN (June 9, 2010) – Covenant World Relief (CWR) works with partners throughout the world to care for refugees who have been traumatized by the ravages of war and persecution.

Readers Share Their Thoughts

CHICAGO, IL (June 8, 2010) – Hardly a week goes by that we do not receive a few comments from readers on stories published as part of the Covenant online news report.

Stolen Painting Returned to Artist – 20 Years Later

CHICAGO, IL (June 7, 2010) – North Park University art professor Tim Lowly never expected to again see his painting “Carry the Body” after it was heisted from the wall of a local art gallery in 1991.

Approaching Winter Refocuses Chile Relief Efforts

TOME, CHILE (June 7, 2010) – As Chile’s damp and very cold winter sets in, local Evangelical Covenant churches are refocusing their relief and reconstruction work to help survivors of the deadly earthquakes and tsunami that killed hundreds of people and obliterated villages last February.

New Tractors to Enhance Farming in Congo

GEMENA, CONGO (June 4, 2010) – In a country where machetes often are the only tools available to farmers, three tractors donated by the Congo government to the Covenant Church of Congo (CEUM) will greatly improve the ability of people to grow crops for themselves and even sell them at market.