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Town and Country Commission Visits Churches
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In mid-July, the ECC Town and Country Commission visited four churches in western Pennsylvania. The purpose of the visit by three Commission members was to encourage pastors and leaders of town and country churches. The three Town and Country Commissioners, including the GLC’s Pastor Harvey Cozart, listened to stories of how God is active in these congregations. The churches visited included: Scandia Covenant Church in Russell, PA, Pleasant Covenant Church in Warren, PA, Mission Covenant Church in Sugar Grove, PA and the Evangelical Covenant Church in Port Allegany, PA.
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One of the of the striking things about the visit was how deeply the pastors and leaders were involved in their community. One pastor leads the marching band, another is a coach, another is the chaplain for the fire department, and another hosts home school students at the church. In small towns, the pastors see members of the community daily and build strong relationships outside of church...
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GLC Welcomes Frantz Cesar
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The GLC welcomes Frantz Cesar to our staff as our new Finance Assistant! Frantz shared a little about himself:
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Born and raised in Jamaica Queens, New York I bring over 10 years of Operations, Customer Relations, and Product Management experience. Throughout my career, I’ve been passionate about building community-centric connections, and organizational solutions that help communities thrive...
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Church Security Webinar, Sept 17
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The Great Lakes Conference is offering a 90-minute webinar on Thurs, Sept 17 featuring four approaches to church security from different sized churches in different locations. The speakers are Pastor Jay Fast from Harbert Community Church, Pastor Mike Rice from Faith Covenant Church in Farmington Hills, MI, and Jerry Ricks, Director of Logistics for Life Church Southfield...
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Exploring Your Call, March 5-7, 2027
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Save the Date for Exploring Your Call – March 5-7, 2027
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The research is in – The most effective way to develop new pastors, lay leaders, chaplains, missionaries, and spiritual directors is for you to prayerfully ask the Lord to give you the gift of identifying and mentoring people. In the next couple months will you pray and talk to people whom you think are called and gifted?
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Ignite and Equip Conference CohortÂ
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Have you ever thought you’d like to be immersed in Biblical studies or be ordained? North Park Seminary and the Great Lakes Conference are working together to provide support for students to earn a Master’s in Christian Arts. North Park University will waive half the cost of the degree, and the Great Lakes Conference will give $500 per year for room and board for in person intensives..
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GLC Pastor-Spouse Fall Retreat
Sun Oct 4 - Wed Oct 7, 2026
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Maumee Bay Lodge, Oregon, OH
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Unite 2027
Sun July 18 - Fri July 23, 2027
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
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