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The Catch of the Week is a bite-sized update focusing on telling the story of our conference. We do this primarily through interviews with church members, staff, and event leaders. This year we celebrated baptisms, reflected on events, tackled challenges, welcomed new staff, supported outreach projects, checked in on our church plants, and got to know our conference staff. 38 blog posts were added to our website and featured in our Friday newsletter. Visit our blog at the link below to catch up, or click on any of the previous issues links.
Previous Issues:
Chief Ronnie Roberts Speaks at Grace Community Covenant Men’s Breakfast
By Monty Harmon, Men’s Ministry Leader, Grace Community Covenant Church At the Thrive Leadership Conference in Sacramento, I learned Men’s breakfasts have a habit of fizzling at a breakout session last year. I had just revived ours after years of no breakfasts. At the first one, pastor Rhyan give us his testimony. We had great…Continue reading→
BLESS: 5-month Evangelism Initiative on the Oregon Coast
By David Robinson, Lead Pastor, Cannon Beach Community Church The people of Cannon Beach Community Church, a Covenant Church in Cannon Beach, Oregon, celebrate the BLESS way of evangelism every year with an annual 5-month emphasis upon BLESS, from January through May. BLESS is an evangelism initiative through “Make and Deepen Disciples” with the Evangelical…Continue reading→
Napali Covenant Church Supporting Children in Napal
By Bashu Prasai, Pastor, Nepali Covenant Church of Kent, WA My mission trip began from Seattle to Assam India, Bhutan and up to Nepal. There I did teaching in Bible training and ended with a Children’s program. Every year we give up to 40 children school supplies including backpacks, shoes, sandals, slippers, socks, school uniforms…Continue reading→
A Different Light
By Peter Sung, Conference Coach, PacNWC Matthew 5:14-16 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine…Continue reading→
You are Dust, and to Dust You Shall Return
By Greg Yee, Superintendent, PacNWC “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” The imposition of ashes this Wednesday is a tangible reminder of the fragility of our mortality. Our reality in our inner world and worldwide is brokenness. I served in a leadership development organization for young Asian North American pastors…Continue reading→
MUD 2019 Recap
By Lisa Holmlund, Associate Pastor of Youth, Grace Community Covenant Church and Tim Anderson, Youth Pastor, Cascade Covenant Church From Lisa: Hey friends! Just wanted to write up a quick recap of our conference wide Sr. High Winter Camp, affectionately called The MUD retreat. We are so thankful to Cascades Camp and Conference center for being…Continue reading→
In Reflection of my First Midwinter Experience
By Shaun Higgins, Children’s Intern, Midway Covenant Church In reflection of my first Midwinter experience, there is no one phrase that I can think of to describe it. What I understood going into this week was that there would be several workshops and worship services that we would attend. I was excited about the workshops…Continue reading→
Team Serves Those Devastated by Hurricane Florence
By Paul Granlund, Milwaukie Covenant Church On the week of January 21, 2019, we sent a team of four men to New Bern, North Carolina. Our mission was to serve those affected by the devastating flooding produced by Hurricane Florence on August 31, 2018 to September 19, 2018. The trip was coordinated by Merge Ministries,…Continue reading→
Get Ready for BLESS Sunday – March 17th
BLESS Sunday is March 17th and I want to bring your attention to the importance of it. Evidence in most churches today reflects that our evangelism temperature is low. Our life’s work is disciple making. This is the core of our family business. Our product is more followers of Christ. But too often, we are…Continue reading→
YWC Review
By Becca McNurney, Director of Youth Ministry, Alive Covenant Church I’m home from an amazing trip to Denver for Youth Workers Connection (YWC)! YWC is an opportunity for youth workers in the ECC from all over the country to get together and share their experiences and encourage each other in their ministries. This was my…Continue reading→