The Covenant Companion

News

Covenant Doings

Short stories, activities, and events from various points around the Covenant.

Featured story

Puertas Abiertas / Open Doors

Fue a través del CHET que descubrí mi llamado para el ministerio. / How CHET helped me find my path to ministry.

Features

Puertas Abiertas / Open Doors

Fue a través del CHET que descubrí mi llamado para el ministerio. / How CHET helped me find my path to ministry.

Consuming Worship

Examining the influence of consumer capitalism on worship music and strategies for preserving meaningful songs.

Transforming Sounds

Matt Lundgren and Sharon Irving Cochran share their experiences and insights on the evolution of worship music.

God Moves Mountains

How rural churches in Alaska found a surprising solution to an ongoing need.

Featured story

Do What You Can

Preach the gospel by doing what you can and trust God to make it sufficient and maybe even extraordinary.

Commentary

Do What You Can

Preach the gospel by doing what you can and trust God to make it sufficient and maybe even extraordinary.

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Weekly updates from the Evangelical Covenant Church

Arts & Culture

Rooted in Mutuality

In his book, Humility Illuminated, Rev. Dr. Dennis Edwards redefines humility as submission to God, fostering mutual empowerment and communal healing.

Engaging the Seat Fillers

Find practical strategies to engage churchgoers and improve volunteer recruitment in Angela Yee’s newest book.

Meme Your Faith

Christian memes have reshaped faith communication, mixing humor and theology, but risk misinterpretation and oversimplification.

Not the Same Old Song

Ordained Covenant pastor Jules Glanzer invites readers to view leadership through a new lens in his book, The Sound of Leadership: Kingdom Notes to Fine Tune Your Life and Influence.

A Life-Giving Invitation

With the beginning of AANHPI month in May, the Companion shares this review of Our Unforming: De-Westernizing Spiritual Formation.

A Holistic Approach to Healing

In her forthcoming book, Does God See Me?, Dieula Previlon says, “Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can step forth and create a more just world where all God’s created beings can flourish.” In honor of Black History Month, we share this excerpt.

Announcements

Jin Lee to Join Serve Clergy

Serve Clergy and Ordered Ministry are happy to announce the addition of Jin Lee as director of pastoral support and practice.

Cyndi Hoffman Named VP of Finance

The Covenant Executive Board has approved the appointment of Cynthia “Cyndi” Hoffman to serve as vice president of finance and corporate treasurer of the Evangelical Covenant Church.

Weekly Devotions

Home Altar

In Memoriam

Ann Maleski

Retired Covenant minister Ann Maleski passed on July 10, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. She was 77 years old.

Ruth Honnette Winstedt

Ruth Honnette Winstedt, widow of Rev. Robert Honnette and Rev. Clarence Winstedt, passed on July 4, 2024, in Hilmar, California. She was 102.

David A. Potts

Retired Covenant minister David A. Potts passed away on July 25, 2024, in Jamestown, New York. He was 68.

Irene Johnson

Irene Johnson, widow of Rev. Edward Johnson, died on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

Diana Day

Diana Lynn Day died on September 3, 2023, in Portland, Maine, following a long struggle with dementia concurrently with bulbar-onset ALS. She was 70.

Thomas Kelly

Retired Covenant global personnel Thomas Kelly passed away in Northbrook, Illinois, on June 24, 2024. He was 73.

Jea Tae Kim

Retired Covenant pastor Rev. Jea Tae Kim passed away on December 31, 2022. He was 87.

Thorstein Burtness

Retired Covenant pastor Thorstein Burtness passed away on September 24, 2021, in Aurora, Colorado. He was 96.

Love the Cov

Podcast

Sankofa: Join Us on the Bus

Hear from leaders and participants, as well as Sankofa veteran Nilwona Nowlin, who walks us through the journey—and shares her reflections after years of getting on the bus. For more information visit covchurch.org/sankofa

We Are a Multiethnic Mosaic

Mary Chung March outlines our history of becoming a multiethnic mosaic, growing from our roots as a Swedish immigrant church. And Steve Wong, pastor of the first Asian American church plant in the Covenant, reflects on his journey into the Covenant, how he has seen the denomination change, and our

We Seek Racial Righteousness

Covenant historian Hauna Ondrey and Dominique Gilliard join us to talk about the end of the 1960s, the Black Manifesto, the Covenant’s unique response to this call to white churches and synagogues—and where we witness similar themes in our culture today.

We Make Affirmations

In the Covenant we identify as non-creedal, meaning we do not adhere to a specific creed. But non-creedal does not mean we are without theology. The six Covenant affirmations address the question, “What does the Covenant believe?” Retired North Park Theological Seminary professor Klyne Snodgrass joins us.

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Lina Sánchez-Herrera

Chicago West Suburbs, Illinois

ECC Conference: Central
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Prior to moving to the USA, I was a professor at the National University of Colombia and served with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in Colombia for 16 years. Starting in 2001, I served as InterVarsity National Staff in the USA. I have a master’s degree in Christian Ministries, and I serve in Spiritual Direction to those who want to be fully present and available to God and receive His grace over them. My joy is to see professors and college students coming to know Jesus and being transformed into people that bring the good news of righteousness and justice to others.

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