NWC Annual Meeting features reports from affiliated ministries and commissions

Childcare provided during Friday worship service 

 

The 2012 Northwest Conference Annual Meeting, which will feature the theme "Mission Friends: Love Mercy, Do Justice," will take place April 20-21 at Alexandria Covenant Church in Alexandria, MN. "Love Mercy, Do Justice" is one of the Five Smooth Stones (core ministries) of the Evangelical Covenant Church.   

 

One major component of the Annual Meeting is the opportunity to hear testimony from a variety of commissions and affiliated ministries of the Northwest Conference. Leaders from these essential ministries will give testimony to the great things God is doing through our collective efforts.

 

Come hear reports from the Parish Nurse Commission, the Town and Country Commission, Minnehaha Academy, a representative from one of the five Covenant camps in our region, Covenant Enabling Residences, Women Ministries, Covenant Retirement Communities of Minnesota, and the Ministerial Association.

 

Attention Parents:
Alexandria Covenant Church has announced that it will provide nursery care for the Friday night Worship Service during the Annual Meeting.

Speaker: Soong-Chan Rah 

In keeping with the theme of this year's meeting, Dr. Soong-Chan Rah will be the keynote speaker for both the NWC Annual Meeting, and the Ministerial Association Annual Meeting, which takes place April 19-20 at the same location.

Rah is Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL, and the author of "The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity."

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Order your "Ask the Lord of the Harvest" bulletin inserts online at no charge from Covenant Bookstore: http://covbooks.com/products/ask-brochure. Send prayer lists to the NWC Annual Meeting with your elected delegates.   

Brochures and registration materials for the 2012 NWC Annual Meeting are available at http://nwc-cov.org/2012-nwc-annual-meeting 

M.O.V.E. (Mission Outreach Venture and Experience) is March 30-31 at First Covenant Church in Minneapolis. The theme is Tru: Faith. Justice. Love.

It's a great opportunity for high school students to experience serving in an urban environment.

For more details, registration info, etc.: http://nwc-cov.org/children-youth-family/move. Like the M.O.V.E. page on Facebook and see photos and videos from the event.

The 2012 Women's Renewal Conference, sponsored by Women Ministries of the Northwest Conference, will take place at First Covenant Church in Red Wing, MN on March 23-24. 

Theme: "Uniquely U"

Speakers: Debbie Griffith and Meagan Gillan.

From Covenant Trust Company

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