Remember Well the Future: Advent Reflection
Remember Well the Future Receiving Advent’s Covenant Promise by Don Johnson | December 4, 2019 Planning, leading, guiding, and preaching on Sundays is a high honor and privilege. But planning worship for the Advent and Christmas season is tricky business. [...]
Incarcerated Men Reflect on Grace in Week of Prayer Guide
All of the reflections for the 2020 Week of Prayer guide, “Reconciling Grace,” were written by men […]
The Disregarded Gift: Advent Reflection
The Disregarded Gift With all our focus on Christmas, does the manger still catch us unaware? by Leeann Younger | December 2, 2019 Tanya’s life is littered with loss. To the untrained eye the ravages of urban poverty, her battle [...]
Five for Friday: Robots that Love Us, a Cellist in a Tree, Black Green Churches
Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles and […]
Support Karawa Coffee Growers on #GivingTuesday
Covenanters have the opportunity to help 2,000 coffee producers in the Democratic […]
Midwinter Early Registration Deadline Is December 6
Registration also is open for pre-Midwinter events, including […]
SSC Announces Transitions in Vitality Team
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California Governor Pardons Refugee Threatened with Deportation
(November 20, 2019)—Supporters of Saman Pho say they are thrilled the Cambodian refugee who was expected to be deported due to a prior felony conviction will soon return to his family. California Governor Gavin Newsom used executive clemency to pardon […]
Shaping the Future: Sustainable Young Adult Ministry Review
Sustainable Young Adult Ministry Making It Work, Making It Last Mark DeVries and Scott Pontier IVP Books, 224 pages Reviewed by Jordan Cone | November 20, 2019 Being a young adult in church can be awkward. No longer in high-school [...]
Marla Salazar, a DACA recipient, shares her story at a town hall on immigration at Covenant Offices.
In Wake of DACA Supreme Court Arguments, Covenant Offices Holds Immigration Town Hall
He emphasized that the immigration debate does not have to pit compassion against obedience of the […]
The North Park Distinctive: An Interview with Mary Surridge
The North Park Distinctive An Interview with Mary Surridge by Erin Chan Ding | November 18, 2019 At her inauguration less than one year ago, Mary Surridge, the 10th president of North Park University, referenced the nine men who [...]
Five for Friday: Book Heaven, Railroad Modeler Rod Stewart, Talking in the Light
CHICAGO, IL (November 15, 2019) – Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles and videos that Covenant News Service believes may be of interest to others. Each Friday we post five of them. Following is a sample of those […]