2009 Annual Meeting Highlights: New Church Inductees, New Church Report, Sent to Serve, Mekoryuk, AK Partnership
Future Annual Meeting Dates | 2008 GLC Annual Meeting Video
2009 GLC Annual Meeting HighlightsGLC Welcomes Six Churches as Membersby Don Meyer
Board members and officers were installed, an adjusted budget for 2009 was approved, and delegates celebrated numerous stories of how God is at work in local congregations throughout the conference in areas of church development, church planting and outreach initiatives. The churches accepted into membership will be presented during the 124th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Portland, Oregon in June. The new churches include: Read the full article at the ECC website
New Churches Inducted 2009
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Sent to ServeSent to Serve is an initiative that Dick Lucco unveiled at the 2009 Annual Meeting that may help churches get started and /or further move ahead in the area of serving their community.Download "Sent to Serve" [pdf] Mekoryuk, Alaska PartnershipAll the conferences will be partnering with a Covenant Church (and its surrounding village) in Alaska to help to improve the living conditions of the pastor and the lives of the people of the village. The village that the GLC will be partnering with is Mekoryuk.
2008 GLC Annual Meeting Video:"Seeking the Welfare of the City"
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Future Annual Meeting Dates2010Date: April 30 - May 1, 2010
Place: New Harvest Christian Church, Oregon, OH (suburb of Toledo)
Theme: Blessed to Be a Blessing: Sent to Care.
We will be working with, serving, and caring for the people who are homeless in Toledo, OH. 2011Date: April 29-30, 2011
Place: Detroit, MI area
Theme: Blessed to Be a Blessing: Sent to Tell
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DEWITTVILLE, NY (May 4, 2009) – Six churches were accepted into membership during this past weekend’s annual meeting of the Great Lakes Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church, held at Mission Meadows camp on the shores of Chautauqua Lake.
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Richard LuccoSuperintendent
Larry ShermanAssociate Superintendent
Steve ArmfieldDirector of Church Vitality
Jody EidnesOffice Administrator
Contact Information7001 N. Haggerty Rd., Canton, MI 48187 |
Our ConferenceThe Great Lakes Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church covers lower Michigan, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, western New York, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia and is committed to church planting, church development, church outreach and christian camping.
Our PassionTo Lift Up Jesus Christ. John 12:32 We are a movement that emphasizes “new life in Christ.” We are continually open to the fresh movements of the Spirit that lift up Jesus Christ and bring people to Him.
Our VisionGreat Lakes 2020 Vision: By the year 2020, to multiply to 100 missional, Christ-magnifying congregations in an increasing mosaic of communities.
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