Across the Midwest Conference of the ECC, young people are asking significant questions: How has God made me? Where are my gifts needed? What might God be inviting me to do? At the same time, the church is asking questions of its own. Nearly half of active Covenant pastors will…
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The Oasis Ministries, based in Fort Collins, CO, is an outreach ministry that strives to connect people to Jesus, both locally and internationally. The ministry launched in April 2017, with non-profit status coming just a few months later in July. Our focus is on three spheres: 1) previous established relationships, 2)…
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A Sunday farmers market at Bethlehem Covenant Church (BCC) in Waverly, Nebraska, is helping families around the world put food on their own tables. BCC held its third annual farmers market Aug. 2, raising $2,000 for Growing Hope Globally. Church and community members contributed homegrown produce, baked goods, jams, sauces,…
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What does it look like to say yes to God? Sometimes it means crossing the street. Sometimes it means crossing an ocean. This summer at Gather, the Evangelical Covenant Church commissioned Reagan Smith as Serve Globally personnel to Japan. While her destination is on the other side of the world,…
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This summer marked a significant milestone for Twin Lakes Bible Camp in Manson, Iowa as campers gathered for the very first chapel service in the new Lakeview Chapel on June 22. Just two weeks later, on July 4, friends of the camp celebrated with an open house, giving many their first opportunity to step…
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“This is a beautiful song. Do you know it?” “I’m learning it.” This snippet of a conversation took place as the choirs from Paseo Baptist Church of Kansas City, Mo., and Community Covenant Church of Lenexa, Kan., sat down to sing together for the first time in either church’s history.…
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The smell of fresh bread has a way of bringing people together. But long before bread reaches a table, there is a field. There is a harvest. There are faithful hands willing to steward what God has provided. That vision is at the heart of Ruth’s Grain Exchange, an emerging…
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Sometimes loving your neighbor begins with creating a place to sit down together. On May 29, Renew Covenant Church in Carroll, Iowa celebrated the ribbon cutting for The West End, a coffee shop and gathering space born from a simple question: How might every square foot of our building serve…
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Three years from now, what stories will we be telling? At this year’s Midwest Conference Annual Ministry Celebration (AMC), held in April at Centennial Covenant Church in Colorado, we took time to listen for the Holy Spirit’s answer. As part of our shared MWC ministry focus – Communities of Jesus:…
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During the April 2026 Annual Ministry Celebration, we reflected on 140 years of ministry in the Midwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) — a diverse family of churches across Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado, deeply committed to Jesus Christ and passionately engaged in God’s mission in the…
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