This fall marks a new beginning in Manhattan, Kansas. On Sept. 7, Manhattan Covenant Church gathered for its first worship service – a beautiful and joy-filled moment, full of life.…
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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There are countless needs in every community. None of us can step into all of them. But sometimes, through a conversation, a relationship, or a quiet stirring we can’t shake, God places one particular invitation right in front of us. For Valerie Weyand, a member at Centennial Covenant Church in Colorado, that invitation began…
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When our son Theo was diagnosed with a complex congenital heart difference, our family learned to live one step at a time. Big plans felt too fragile; faith, it turns out, works that way too. Scripture calls us to “walk by faith,” to “walk in step with the Spirit.” Walk…
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Words are powerful. In the Judeo-Christian creation story, Creator speaks creation into existence and declares it good, not perfect (see Genesis 1–2). When I was in early elementary school, I experienced a pressure to be perfect. I now better understand how destructive perfectionism can be. Perfectionism distorts our identity —…
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Reading through Exodus, I noticed about half of the book is dedicated to instructions on co-creating sacred space, called the tabernacle. God invited people to partner by bringing their gifts to build the tabernacle (25:1–7). The tabernacle instructions reveal God’s desire to dwell near God’s people (Exodus 25:8). Through presence and…
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Four languages. Multiple congregations. One shared prayer.
On February 15, Centennial Covenant Church in Littleton, Colorado hosted its fourth Many Nations gathering – an evening where churches and ministries came together to worship and pray across cultures and languages.…
In January 1976, a group of mission friends stepped out in faith to begin a new congregation in the growing suburbs of the Kansas City Metro.
Fifty years later, COMMUNITY Covenant Church stands as a living testimony to God’s faithfulness – and to a people willing to trust the Spirit, take…
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