How One Church Is Welcoming 100s of Fire Evacuees
Disaster Response
Covenant Churches Not Damaged by Michael
COLLEGE PARK, GA (October 11, 2018) – No Covenant congregations have been directly impacted by Hurricane Michael, said Southeast Conference superintendent Catherine Gilliard. “We’ve been in contact with our conference churches asking them to contact us if they need assistance […]
LMDJ Accepting Donations for Florence Relief, Recovery
Love Mercy Do Justice (LMDJ) is working to assess the best way for Covenant ministries to assist victims of Florence’s catastrophic storms and flooding, executive minister Cecilia Williams, said today.
Disaster Relief: In the Aftermath
Rick Millikin, pastor of Mat-Su Covenant Church in Wasilla, Alaska, was on the phone talking about his congregation’s new disaster preparedness ministry while sixty-mile-per-hour winds were ripping a quarter of the tiles from his office roof. […]
Disaster Relief: The Help Network
Recent natural disasters leave us all wondering how to help. The Companion asked Cecilia Williams, executive minister of Love Mercy Do Justice, and Dave Husby, director of Covenant World Relief, to answer questions about disaster response, donor fatigue, and long-term recovery plans. […]
Disaster Relief: Ashes of Lent
Late in the evening of October 8, 2017, a fire started near Tubbs Lane in Calistoga, California. Fueled by years of drought and extremely windy conditions, the fire made its way through the Mayacamas Mountains to Santa Rosa in a matter of hours. […]
Catastrophic Grace
It was the middle of August, the end of a busy season for Mario Valdes, who leads mission trips with Merge Ministries of Serve Globally […]
Covenant, NaLEC Partnering to Provide Support in Puerto Rico
NEW YORK, NY (October 16, 2017) – The National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NaLEC) is partnering with the Evangelical Covenant Church and other religious organizations to provide relief in the hardest hit areas of Puerto Rico that were decimated by hurricanes […]
Redwood Pastor: ‘My Morning Begins with Mourning’
They come through the door with blankets wrapped around themselves shaking and exhausted […]
Covenanters Donate to Churches’ Fire Relief Efforts
People can donate online to local Covenant church relief efforts for victims […]
Youth Minister Saves Grandmother from Wildfire
SANTA ROSA, CA (October 10, 2017) – Mason Williams, associate pastor of student ministries at Redwood Covenant Church, had to break through a door to rescue his sleeping 83-year-old grandmother from her house shortly before it was destroyed early Monday […]
Redwood Covenant Church Sheltering Fire Victims
More than 100 people are sheltered at Redwood Covenant Church this morning […]