Pray for students and leaders coming to MOVE 2015 

The final touches are being put on the plans for MOVE 2015, coming to Minnehaha Academy South Campus this weekend. Please pray for the many students and leaders converging on the Twin Cities, and remember to pray for the team planning MOVE, the speakers, worship team and all the behind the scenes volunteers that make this awesome event possible! 

2015 Annual Meeting

The 2015 NWC Annual Meeting will take place April 16-18 at Salem Covenant Church, New Brighton, MN. We've got great speakers and events lined up this year! There's still time to register your delegates this week on our 2015 Annual Meeting page. 

Spiritual direction opportunities 

The Northwest Conference Spiritual Directors Network offers all pastors and their spouses an opportunity for spiritual direction when we gather for the Ministerial meeting. We welcome you to experience spiritual direction for the first time and/or to sit with a spiritual director as he/she guides you in discerning God's direction for a specific concern or decision. You can sign up for a session when you check in at the registration area.

May 18-19, 2015 // $30 per participant // Lake Beauty Bible Camp 

Take time to create a retreat center in your soul. Jesus invites us to come away and be with him for a time of quieting and empowering rest that we can carry with us into the storms of life and ministry.  

Retreat begins at 1 p.m. on Monday, and concludes at 1 p.m. on Tuesday.

LEADER: Keith Meyer (Lead Pastor, Hope Covenant Church, St Cloud, MN) with Judy Swanberg (Associate Director of Pastoral Care & Development, Northwest Conference) as co-facilitator  

REGISTRATION: Minimum 10, maximum 20 / Confirm your reservation with Judy Swanberg by May 8 - judy@northwestconference.org 

FEE: $30 per participant - includes 3 meals, coffee breaks, and 1 overnight (+$10 if camp provides bed linens and towel) 

CHECKS: Payable to the Northwest Conference 

BRING: Bible, sleeping bag or bedroll, pillow, and towel

Download a flyer for more information

This is the first of several mini-retreats that will be offered each year by the NWC Department of Pastoral Care and Development. Each retreat will be formatted and focused on assisting you in your personal and professional development. For those of you credentialed by the Covenant these retreats can become part of honoring your commitment to four vocational growth experiences each year.  

Prayer Request  

Gary and Nancy Walter 

Please be in prayer for ECC President Gary Walter and family following the death of his wife's (Nancy) mother.

Covenant Pines Ministries Executive Director search update

The Covenant Pines Ministries Search Committee, which was charged by the Board of Directors with finding an Executive Director, has vetted and interviewed a number of applicants over the last several months. After much prayer, careful consideration and numerous discussions, there are two candidates we have identified for a third round of interviews.

These interviews will happen this month. Out of this round, the committee is anticipating making recommendation and presentation of a candidate to the Board of Directors by early May 2015. Continue to pray for us as we approach these final stages of discernment regarding the next Executive Director.

North Metro churches hosting Anti-Trafficking Awareness & Engagement Forum  

Brookdale Covenant, Community Covenant, Redeemer Covenant, The Sanctuary and the Daybreak Human Trafficking Task Force are joining together to host an anti-trafficking forum.

Brookdale Covenant Church
5139 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Center, MN
Saturday, April 25, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Come together to gain awareness about trafficking in North Minneapolis and the near North suburbs. Come together as congregations in order to gain an understanding of the issue, and then work to create interventions in order to reclaim the dignity of our youth, our families and our neighborhoods.

Speakers include: 

• Linda EagleSpeaker, Sacred Journey Program Director, MN Indian Women's Resource Center
• Rev. Alika Galloway, Co-Pastor, Kwanzaa Community Church & Northside Women's Space
• Minister Geraldine Anderson, Trafficking Survivor
• Sergeant Grant A. Snyder, Crimes Against Children Unit & Juvenile Trafficking Team, MPD

Gift card giveaway for youth! CEU credits available for adult professionals!

Parents & Youth Workers: This event is recommended for students in Middle School and up.

Suggested donation: FREE for students (18 and under), $10 per adult. Lunch will be provided.

RSVP by Monday, April 20 to Denise at (763) 535-6305 or defendingdignity@gmail.com. Download a flyer to promote the event in your church. 

Youth Ministry 

Did you go to CHIC? 

As a CHIC alumni, you know how God works in high school students' lives at this triennial Covenant event. Would you help a teenager get to CHIC? It's expensive. $649 for registration + $205 for transportation makes it a challenge for a number of our kids. 

We want to raise enough money to fund 100 $100 scholarships to invest in students who desperately want to go but can't quite afford it. This CHIC, we're planning on over 1,500 people from the Northwest Conference alone. Please partner with us to get each kid who wants to go to CHIC to CHIC. Every dollar helps us reach our goal.  

http://www.youcaring.com/other/get-northwest-conference-kids-to-chic/265502