Stan Friedman

About the Author

Stan Friedman is the news and online editor for the Covenant Companion and is grateful for the opportunity to serve in a job that combines his newspaper and pastoral ministry experience. He has been to 15 Bruce Springsteen concerts in four cities and listened to “Thunder Road” an average of at least once a day for 41 years.

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Portable Showers Enable Church to House Evacuees

Sep 23, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

Community Covenant Church was able to help shelter 80 fire evacuees for more than a week

Smoke Forces Service Cancellations, but Ministry Continues

Sep 19, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

The thick smoke that has blanketed much of California, Washington, and Oregon

Bethany Benefits Introduces Tiered Health Insurance Plan

Sep 18, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

CHICAGO (September 18, 2020) — Bethany Benefit Service will introduce a new health insurance tier system in 2021 that will give families more coverage options. The tier system will allow participants to add just a spouse or just children to […]

Student at the Sylvia Center

Shelter Transforms Empty Space into Classrooms for Homeless Children

Sep 16, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

Cornerstone Community Outreach received media attention for creating classroom space where homeless children can do online learning.

Members of Cedarcreek Covenant Church took turns saying goodbye to pastor Kenton Johnson and his family.

‘Drive-by’ Goodbye Celebration Honors Departing Pastor

May 4, 2020By Stan Friedman1 Comment

It was certainly an unusual send-off when Cedarcreek Covenant […]

The Hobbs Family performed call-in hymn requests.

KICY Radio Even More Important to Alaska Bush During Crisis

May 4, 2020By Stan Friedman1 Comment

KICY radio has played an important role in connecting Alaska villages […]

Oscar "Smiley" Parham (center) posed with friends, family, and Lauren Daigle (fifth from left) shortly after being released from Stateville Correctional Center.

How Can It Be? Oscar Parham’s Best Last Day of Prison

Apr 29, 2020By Stan Friedman1 Comment

How Can It Be? Oscar Parham's Best Last Day of Prison by Stan Friedman | April 29, 2020 Oscar “Smiley” Parham says he had the best exit from prison in history. “I am talking about in history! [...]

Pardoned

Apr 28, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

Pardoned How a life sentence in prison became the place of call for Smiley Parham by Stan Friedman | April 28, 2020 Fifty-year-old Oscar “Smiley” Parham was just five years old when his father had a heart attack and died [...]

Deborah Masten and the Global Emergency Response Team of Serve Globally were responsible for making sure Covenant personnel were safe.

Getting Serve Globally Personnel to Safety Amid Pandemic

Apr 27, 2020By Stan Friedman1 Comment

Evens and Karina Paul, along with their two small children, were preparing […]

ECC #GivingTuesdayNow to Benefit Relief Initiative

Apr 27, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

CHICAGO, IL (April 27, 2020) – Covenanters are invited to give, as they are able, to the recently launched Covenant COVID-19 Financial Relief Initiative on #GivingTuesdayNOW, May 5. .The Covenant’s unprecedented financial relief initiative provides: Short-term loans to local churches, […]

South Sudanese Church Offers Tribute to Jim Sundholm

Apr 21, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

The entire membership of the ECCSSE and the people of South Sudan who were […]

Santiago Partnership staff are helping deliver food and cleaning supplies to people in Cayambe, Ecuador.

CWR Partners Continue to Minister During Pandemic

Apr 17, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

“We have encouraged all partners currently implementing CWR-funded community […]