Children, Youth & Family Ministry 

Dr. Kara Powell challenges seminar attendees to build a team of adults to minister to each child 

Retirement Party set for Covenant Pines Bible Camp's Bruce Peterson 

Come Celebrate Bruce Peterson's almost 38 years of faithful service at Covenant Pines Bible Camp. Join us at 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 2, at Minnehaha Academy's Hognander Chapel at the North Campus (3100 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN) for Bruce's retirement party.

AC launches Building for the Future Capital Campaign  

By Mike Nelson, Camp Director

From the time Adventurous Christians put its roots down on the Gunflint Trail, the ministry (formerly owned by the NWC) has embraced simplicity, resourcefulness and frugality in the vision for its buildings and structures. The largest retreat cabin, Bosworth-named for one of the original founders of AC-had to be closed September 2013 due to many issues not worth confronting, fixing or eliminating. A new retreat building will be conventionally built, but simply finished. This financial commitment ($260,000) is daunting, like a 600-rod portage with a 100' elevation difference. We cannot do this alone.

I have given this burden to our Lord Jesus. We need His hand and assistance at this time. We are appealing to the people and organizations who value wilderness ministry as a vital part of Christian faith. Your gifts toward this campaign will help provide a place of retreat for all people who desire to find God in His creation. We aim to have 50% of funding raised by early winter of 2014 and be open for guests by December 2015.

A medical mission opportunity to serve Congo both here and abroad:

Paul Carlson Partnership is seeking medical professionals to assist their work in Congo-DRC, to impact medical care for Congolese Covenant hospitals and clinics.

Please join us

Sunday, Oct. 12, 6 to 8 p.m.  

Rochester Covenant Church

4950 31st Ave NW, Rochester, MN 55901

We invite you to an evening hosted by Paul Carlson Partnership (PCP) to learn how you can be involved in the PCP Medical Ambassador program.From 6-6:30 p.m. you can sample African food and learn more about the current state of health care through pictures and a Congo Clinic experience. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Meritt Sawyer, Executive Director of Paul Carlson Partnership, Dr. James Walker, PCP Maternal Health Chair, and Julie Malyon, RN, PCP Nursing Group Co-Chair, will speak to the catastrophic medical reality of medical care in Congo and a new organizational structure and strategy to make a difference.

Medical professionals are needed in the following fields:

Eye Care, Dentistry, Hospital Administration, Family Medicine, Maternal, Nursing, Pediatrics, Pharmaceutical, Surgery, Anesthesiology.

Contact Julie Malyon with any questions about the event: juliekmalyon@gmail.com or 

(651)380-3894

Youth Ministry 

CHIC 2015 Transportation 

Do you know how you're getting to CHIC? Forget sleepless leaders who didn't get a decent night's sleep all week. Don't worry about the rusty church van breaking down in the middle of Illinois. Take the hassle out of planning the travel and ride a Northwest Conference bus.  

For $205, your students and leaders not only get to ride in luxury, but they get a custom-designed NWC CHIC t-shirt. But that's not all! They also get breakfast the morning we head home.

To register your group, contact Cheryl at cheryl@northwestconference.org. There will be various pick-up and drop-off locations throughout the NWC. Want to go early or stay late? We might be able to arrange that too.

CRIM     

2014 Retreat attendees learned from Dr. Jay Phelan, others 

The 21st annual CRIM (Covenanters Retired in Ministry) Retreat is now history. Intended for retired and soon-to-be retired ministers, missionaries, staff members and spouses, the retreat is held each year during the week following Labor Day at Covenant Pines Bible Camp.

Dr. Jay Phelan taught and challenged attendees with ideas presented in his latest book, "Essential Eschatology." A primary theme of the book is that kingdom life is not only the Christian's future hope, but there is a need to "bring the future into the present" and act as kingdom people in our daily journey.

The group was also inspired by life stories from ministerial spouse, Jinny Larson, and former missionary, Ann Carlson. Judy Swanberg, associate director of Pastoral Care & Development for the NWC, preached the communion sermon, and the group joined in the singing of many historic and contemporary hymns. Some of the new participants indicated on the evaluation form that this is an event they will not miss in future years.

MACCC conference to focus on 'The Ethical Dilemma of Spiritual Integration & Practice' 

All pastors are invited to attend the upcoming Minnesota Association of Christian Counselors Conference focusing on "The Ethical Dilemma of Spiritual Integration & Practice: Practicing in the Spirit." This one-day conference will be held on Friday, Oct. 10, at North Heights Lutheran Church in Arden Hills, MN.

Keynote speakers are Marcus Bachmann (Integration of Christian Faith in Counseling) and Andrya Dieter (Ethical Confidence in a Messy World). Remy Diederich, Lead Pastor of Cedarbrook Church (NWC), and Mike Brown, NWC Director of Church Planting, and his wife Julie, will be leading workshops. There is no registration cost for pastors.

Download a flyer for the conference for more information

Redeemer Covenant co-hosting leadership equipping event  

On Oct. 30, Redeemer Covenant Church in Brooklyn Park, MN, is teaming up with Crossroads Alliance Church to co-host "Transforming Churches to Transform Communities." This four-hour seminar features nationally acclaimed author Eric Swanson, who has written and taught extensively on how churches can transform their communities.  

The event will take place at Redeemer Covenant Church (7801 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445) from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pre-registration runs through the end of September and is $30 per person. Each attendee will receive a copy of Swanson's book, "The Externally Focused Church."

 Download the Registration Form