Events
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GLC Annual Celebration 2025
Camp Mission Meadows 5201 NY-430, Dewittville, NYWhere: Camp Mission Meadows 5201 East Lake Road, Dewittville, NY 14728 Registration & Brochure: Register Online Register by Mail Download the full 2025 Brochure, including Schedule, Workshops, Places to Stay, and More Download PDFs: 2025 Annual Celebration Schedule 2025 Annual Meeting Presentation - Ministry Planning Cycle 2025 Annual Meeting Presentation - Ministry Planning Cycle 2...
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ECC Gather 2025
The Annual Meeting is the highest legislative session in the Evangelical Covenant Church. Every congregation is entitled to representation as we worship God and celebrate what God has done throughout the year. We gather to discern future direction, select leaders, consecrate missionaries, credential and ordain clergy and encourage one another to greater discipleship. We make...
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Webinar: Why don’t they come back?
Why don’t they come back? First impressions matter to visitors to your church starting with the website, how the property looks, how people are welcomed and what the pastor says. Join Rob Hall, VP of Real Estate Services, National Covenant Properties and Peg Cichon, Great Lakes Conference’s Vitality Liaison to reflect on best practices and...
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Fall Pastors Retreat 2025
Maumee Bay Lodge and Conference Center 1750 State Park Rd #2, Oregon, OHPastors, staff members, and spouses are encouraged to come. Make this a time where you learn and grow together.
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Midwinter 2026
Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk Hotel, Chicago, IL Info: covchurch.org/midwinter Register online: Click Here Register soon! 2026 Registration Rates: Early registration through November 21 / Regular registration after November 21, 2025 Primary Registrant | $395/$440 (early/regular) Additional Registrant | $365/$410 (early/regular) Retiree, Spouse, Bivocational | $225/$275 (early/regular) NPTS/CHET Student | $225/$275 (early/regular) Midwinter Intro Video...
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Exploring Your Call Retreat
Weber Retreat and Conference Center, Adrian, Michigan 1257 E Siena Heights Dr, Adrian, MI, United StatesLocation: Weber Retreat and Conference Center, 1257 E Siena Heights Dr, Adrian, MI 49221 Registration: Click Here to Register Online Download Brochure Are you sensing a pull towards ministry, yet feeling uncertain about what it means or how to move forward? This upcoming February, the GLC invites you to step away from the busyness of...
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GLC Annual Celebration 2026
LifeChurch Canton, 7001 North Haggerty Road, Canton, MIWhere: LifeChurch Canton 7001 N Haggerty Rd, Canton Twp., MI 48187 Registration & Brochure: Register Online Register by Mail Download the full 2025 Brochure, including Schedule, Workshops, Places to Stay, and More Schedule: note: Times are subject to change. Friday April 24 8:00am - Open Registration 9:00am-12:00pm - Ministerial Association Annual Meeting - no online...
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2026 Hope of the Gospel Evangelism Conference
Date: Wed, May 20 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Central Time Location: Virtual Summit (link provided after registration) Conference Host: Ieisha Hawley, director of Evangelism, Serve Locally | Make & Deepen Disciples FREE Registration: Info & Registration here The “Hope of the Gospel” virtual summit on May 20 will help strengthen the culture of evangelism...
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Succession Planning for Lay Leadership Workshop
6:45 p.m. -- Meet and Greet 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. -- Training Session Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85699532441 Have you ever been nominated to serve in a position for which you have had no education or training? Have you ever served in a position of leadership and found yourself wondering “who are they going to find to...
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Church Security Webinar
The Great Lakes Conference is offering a 90-minute webinar featuring four approaches to church security from different sized churches in different locations. The webinar will be September 17. The zoom room will open at 6:30 p.m. for those who want to meet their colleagues from other churches. The speakers will begin at 7:00 p.m. and...
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GLC Pastor-Spouse Fall Retreat 2026
Maumee Bay Lodge and Conference Center 1750 State Park Rd #2, Oregon, OHRegister by Mail: Click here to download the Brochure, and mail the registration form with your payment. Register Online: https://www.covchurchgiving.com/p-123-fall-ministers-retreat.aspx Request a Scholarship: https://tinyurl.com/glcmaretreat Our fall retreat this year is October 5-7 at Maumee Bay Lodge, 1750 State Park Road, #2, Oregon, OH 43616 This year's retreat will be led by a team from the Ministry...
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Simple Facility Updates Webinar
Online Webinar Email [email protected] to sign up As facilities age and the needs of a congregation change, it can feel overwhelming to think about how to keep your building aligned with your ministry. Major renovations can be expensive and, for many churches, simply out of reach right now. Yet there are meaningful, affordable upgrades that...
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Book Launch Event at North Park Seminary
Nyvall Hall, North Park Seminary 5110 North Spaulding Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesDo You Want to Study the Bible More Deeply? November 12 | 3:00 pm CT | Nyvall Hall at North Park Seminary and livestreamed Click Here to Register Join Dr. Sophia A. Magallanes-Tsang for the launch of her new book, Scripture, Our Comadre: A Relational Approach to Inductive Exegesis. Based on nearly two decades of...
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Women’s Ordination, Covenant Polity, and Cultural Change: A 50-Year Retrospective
In 1976, Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) delegates voted to open ordination to women, marking a historic moment for the denomination. Fifty years later, North Park Theological Seminary invites pastors, students, scholars, and church leaders to a two-part conversation as we learn from the past, examine the present, and consider together how the ECC can faithfully...
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NextGen Conference 2027
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville 225 E Coastline Dr, Jacksonville, FLLocation: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, Jacksonville, FL Time: Registration opens Saturday, January 16 at 2:00 pm and the opening session is at 7:00 pm (Eastern). The standard package ends Monday, January 18 at noon. Register online: Click Here Info: covchurch.org/nextgen The NextGen Conference is for everyone who leads children, youth, and young adult ministries, whether...
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Midwinter 2027
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville 225 E Coastline Dr, Jacksonville, FLLocation: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, Jacksonville, FL Time: Opens with evening worship on Monday, January 18 at 7:00 pm (Eastern) and runs through Friday, January 22 Register online: Click Here Info: covchurch.org/midwinter Midwinter is the Evangelical Covenant Church’s gathering for pastors and ministry leaders. It is a time to worship, learn in breakout sessions, and...
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BLESS Sunday
Info: BLESS: Intentional Evangelism BLESS Sunday has a new date! The Covenant is beginning the year with a focus on evangelism, seeking to share the love of Jesus with our communities. BLESS is an approach to prayer and evangelism that is less about memorizing scripts and more about authentically loving our neighbors. It is built...
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Exploring Your Call (PLCBC)
Portage Lake Bible Camp 4158 Camp Delight Road, Onekama, MISave the Date for Exploring Your Call – March 5-7, 2027 at Portage Lake Bible Camp Location: Portage Lake Bible Camp, 4158 Camp Delight Road, Onekama, MI 49675 Registration: Click here to register Contact: Peg Kohring Cichon, [email protected] The research is in – The most effective way to develop new pastors, lay leaders, chaplains, missionaries,...
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Exploring Your Call (MM)
Camp Mission Meadows 5201 NY-430, Dewittville, NYSave the Date for Exploring Your Call – May 21-23, 2027 at Mission Meadows Camp Location: Camp Mission Meadows, 5201 NY-430, Dewittville, NY 14728Registration: Info to comeContact: Peg Kohring Cichon, [email protected] The research is in – The most effective way to develop new pastors, lay leaders, chaplains, missionaries, and spiritual directors is for you to...