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The Covenant church: The Evangelical Covenant Church is a denomination of more than seven hundred churches in the United States and Canada. It was founded by Swedish immigrants in 1885 as a voluntary covenant of churches committed to working together to share the good news of Jesus Christ. Covenant churches emphasize the new life in Christ expressed in a day to day walk with the Lord. For more information go to www.covchurch.org The Northwest Conference: The Northwest Conference is one of many regional divisions of the Evangelical Covenant Church of North America. This regional division is an association of more than 130 local Covenant churches plus related ministries and institutions in Minnesota, North Dakota South Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Its office is located at 3106 47th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55406. For more information about the Northwest Conference, of which we as a church are a part, go to www.nwc-cov.org
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| Our beginnings: A meeting was held on February 20, 1979 at the Roger Oelke home to create a new congregation. On March 6, 1979 a meeting was held for further prayer and discussion. Another meeting was held March 20th at the home of Leona Weinman to pray and discuss a new church home. The first Worship was held March 25th at the Central School - room #7. We didn't have hymnals the first Sunday we met, the Trimont Covenant brought in fifty older ones of theirs to use and later gave us fifty new hymnals. We didn't have collection plates so we used a hat. Oelkes had Aldor Rose make us two oak plates. We were in such a hurry to get them and use them that we didn't even get them stained or sealed! There was a board meeting on Monday, April 16th to call a pastor and decide on salary. Pastor Marv Eppard was called as our first pastor. His first Sunday with us was on May 20th, 1979. July 1st was the first Sunday in the new rented building at 1254 Lake Ave. The ground breaking for our new church home on 901 Woodland Ave. was in March 28, 1982. The first worship service in our new church home was in December 5th 1982. Praise God for all He has done! Our connections:Our church is involved in several ministries, which include:
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