The Covenant Companion

Holmstad Rates High in National Satisfaction Survey

BATAVIA, IL (May 14, 2010) – Residents at Michealsen Health Center, the skilled-nursing facility at The Holmstad, a Covenant Retirement Community, think it is a great place to live, according to a nationwide survey that sought opinions of nursing home residents about their communities.

Canada Conference Revamps 50-Year-Old Constitution

CALGARY, AB (May 13, 2010) – The new constitution ratified by delegates to the Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada Annual Meeting will allow the conference to hold future gatherings simultaneously in different sites.

CWR Assistance Provided for Victims of Attack in Sudan

CHICAGO, IL (May 13, 2010) – Covenant World Relief (CWR) has sent emergency relief funds to help villagers in Southern Sudan who survived a deadly attack that claimed the lives of more than 100 people, including members of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Sudan (ECCS).

Church Plant Has Place to Meet – Now Needs Chairs

CHAMPAIGN, IL (May 12, 2010) – Berean Covenant Church was able to hold services on Easter, but not the week after or on Palm Sunday because they didn’t have a place to meet.

Readers Share Their Thoughts

CHICAGO, IL (May 11, 2010, 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.