Enrollees in the Bethany Benefit Service health insurance plan can earn $200 through a new wellness initiative intended to spur participants to seek preventative care and make lifestyle changes.
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CovEnterprises Grant Draws People Together at Gathering House
The ethnically diverse audience was a rarity in this city where 87 percent of the 200,000 residents are white. They had come to the Gathering House Covenant Church and Café to hear poetry, a music trio, and a talk on racial reconciliation as well as celebrate Women’s History Month.
Five for Friday: Redemption in Prison, Jesus and Healing Reconsidered, Saving Redwoods
Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles and videos […]
Video Outlining Pension Plan Changes Posted
A video outlining key proposed changes to the Covenant Pension Plan and the implications […]
Mozambique Covenanters Spread Hope Amid Ongoing Tragedy
Although the Melanie Center sustained significant damage to its building when Cyclone Idai destroyed 90 percent of this city nearly two months ago, the ministry of the Covenant Church of Mozambique continues to feed 100 children a day and has helped reduce the spread of cholera by serving as a vaccination site.
Grace and Peace
Lately I have been reading Michael Massing’s massive Fatal Discord, an account of the relationship between the sixteenth-century scholar Desiderius Erasmus and the reformer Martin Luther. Erasmus was a typical academic: happiest when surrounded by his books. He longed for […]
Fire Damages Valley Covenant Church
Valley Covenant will hold its Sunday service at a local school […]
May/June CovSparks Available
The COV Sparks downloadable discussion guide is now available for the May/June issue of The Covenant Companion. Based on articles from the current issue of the magazine, COV Sparks provides stimulating questions for Sunday-school classes, small-group discussions, and personal reflection.
Companion Receives Top Awards
The Covenant Companion was honored with eleven awards from the Associated Church Press (ACP) and nine awards from the Evangelical Press Association (EPA) for works published in 2018. Five first-place awards included recognition in the categories of In-Depth Coverage, Interview, Column, Letters to the Editor, and the tongue-in-cheek category, Best Disparaging Letter to the Editor.
Next Embrace Webinar: ‘Teaching Biblical Sexuality in Youth Ministry’
The next Embrace webinar, “Teaching Biblical Sexuality in Youth Ministry,” will be a conversation with Walt Mueller from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7.
Tuesday Is Deadline for T.W. Anderson Award Nominations
The award is named in honor of the only lay president to serve the Evangelical
Obituary: Diana Lynn Wymore
Retired Covenant minister Diana Lynn Wymore died Thursday, April 18. She was 59.