Please pray for two of our newest church starts in the Midwest Conference, both with whom we began partnership this past summer. One is in Carroll, Iowa, Emmaus Covenant Church, pastored by bi-vocational Pastor Jeff Grote (wife, Melanie). As seen in the photo, Jeff not only plants churches, but he also plants pumpkins! He had formerly planted a Covenant church in the Denver area, but moved a year and a half ago to western Iowa after purchasing his grandfather’s Century [...]

CHICAGO, IL (October 22, 2010) – Attendees to the FEAST next year will have an opportunity to experience “PLAY…for the kid in all of us!” That is the theme for the gathering…. Downloads Fact Sheet (download pdf now) Annual Meeting 2011 Poster (download pdf now) Bulletin Insert (download pdf now)

The ministry of spiritual direction is fairly new to the larger Covenant family, and several pastors and laypersons in the conference have made themselves available to extensive training. Those pictured in photo recently held their first ever retreat at St. Malo Retreat Center near Estes Park, utilizing the assistance of Helen Cepero of North Park Seminary to pray through and envision how the ministry may be made more readily available to Midwest Covenanters. Go to the Resource section of this [...]

The annual meetings of the Midwest Conference were held at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Lindsborg, Kansas, April 23-24, 2010. Events began Thursday evening for those involved with Women Ministries. The Ministerial Association met Friday at the church followed by an afternoon workshop sponsored by the Midwest Conference. Delegates and friends gathered at the Smoky Valley Auditorium in Lindsborg Friday evening and enjoyed time together, not only with great hymn singing and songs by both the adult and children’s choir [...]

Available for download below are the daily updates from the 2010 trip to Mountain Village. Days 1-4 (download pdf here) Days 5-10 (download pdf here) Team Photos of completed project (download pdf here)