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Triennial XII
Chinese Flag Joins Roster
of Triennial XII Countries
CHICAGO, IL (June 20, 2007) – For the first time in
the history of the Women Ministries Triennial meetings, the Chinese flag
will be carried by a woman from this communist country.
The woman, who is referred to only as Susan for security purposes, received
her visa this week to travel to the United States for Triennial XII, to be
held August 9-12 in Chicago. The North Pacific Conference of the Evangelical
Covenant Church is sponsoring her trip.
Susan became a believer following several encounters with Covenanters from
Oklahoma who were in China on a work-related trip. The same Covenanters
opened an English and computer science post-high school training center, and
teacher Barbara Johnson befriended Susan.
“I had the privilege of meeting Susan and having dinner when I visited
Barbara in 2005,” says Ruth Hill, executive minister of Women Ministries.
“We dreamed about her coming to Triennial even then.”
The Women Ministries “Raise the Flag” initiative in all the conferences
seeks to secure sponsors for international representatives so they can
attend Triennials.
The initiative has faced obstacles this year because visas have proven more
difficult to obtain than in the past. Visas for all the candidates from
Congo, Mexico and Colombia were denied, Hill says.
The women’s poverty has been the primary reason for the denials, Hill says.
U.S. State Department officials were concerned that the women would not
return to their home countries, even though they were leaving small children
behind.
Lily Yakote, director of the
Educate the Girls program in Congo,
recently lost her appeal. “We are still waiting for news from leaders in
Ecuador and Sudan,” Hill says. “The Sudanese woman is traveling right now to
Nairobi, Kenya, to apply for her visa since there is no U.S. Consulate in
Sudan.”
Other women who have obtained visas are coming from Germany, Japan, Russia,
Czech Republic and Spain. Alternate leaders with visas have been found from
Mexico, Congo and Colombia.
More than 1,000 women already have registered for the event. Registrations
are still being accepted, Hill notes. To register or to obtain more
information, visit
Triennial XII.
Prayer Walking Team
For women who walk and pray - plans are underway for
an exciting opportunity to join hundred of others around the Covenant as
part of a Prayer Walking Team.
Purpose: To cover Triennial XII with prayer – and
strengthen our bodies!
When: From the first of May right up to the start of Triennial XII, August
9, 2007
Goal: WALK AROUND THE WORLD! That’s 24,000
miles!
Participants will tally their miles on our Prayer Walking web site. As our
total matches the miles to the country of one of our “Raise the Flag!”
guests, we will feature her on our web site.
Cost: $10. Registrants will receive a Prayer Walking
kit containing a T-shirt, visor, lanyard and prayer walking tips. Your
lanyard will have a plastic pocket in which you can carry the latest
Triennial XII prayer requests, downloadable from the TXII web site:
www.triennialxii.org You will also receive a password to log your miles.
Check back for further news and learn how to register
as part of the Prayer Walking Team!
Update:
You are invited to join Covenanters across the
denomination—men, women, youth, kids—in
Prayer Walk 2007. The
focus of Prayer Walk 2007 is Triennial XII. The official web site,
www.triennialxii.org,
will have weekly prayer lists to download and carry with you as you walk and
pray.
We also invite you to register and log your miles! Our goal
is to walk 24,000 miles before the opening ceremony of TXII in Chicago
August 9, 2007! That’s the distance around the world! Watch our
progress each time you log your miles.
Join today! Go to
www.covchurch.org/women
and click onPrayer Walk 2007. Register
for $10 and receive the Prayer Walk 2007 kit—including a T-shirt,
visor, tips for praying while walking and a lanyard with plastic pouch for
the prayer requests—and a password to log on line the miles you’ve walked.
Walk alone, with a friend or with a group!
Let’s start prayer walking and walk around the world!
Free Early Bird
Registration Winners Announced
The NPC Women
Ministries Board drew the 5 winning names for a free "early bird"
registration for Triennial XII in Chicago, August 9-12, 2007. The women
come from 4 different towns in Washington State and one town in Oregon.
Congratulations to:
Mitzi Norman; Melissa
Mitsch; Ellen Gamson; Carol McLaughlin; and Anne Clark
Raise the
Flag 
NPC WM is
excited to announce that our conference is privileged to sponsor a woman
from China! Watch this page for new information
about her. We estimate that it will cost $ 3,800 to bring our
guest to Triennial XII in Chicago, August 2007. We would love for
her to savor the rich experience of Triennial with all of us sisters in
Christ, as we worship, learn, fellowship, and strengthen our faith
together. In 2004, it was the partnership of the women in the North Pacific
Conference that allowed NPC WM to co-sponsor Pastor Kikwiti from Congo to
Triennial XI. Many of us were truly blessed to hear her story when she and
nurse Beawe traveled to several churches after Triennial. We anticipate the
same visiting opportunities with our guest from China during the two weeks
prior to Triennial XII. May your generosity be part of a wonderful life
event for our guest from China.
Great News! Our Triennial guest from China has
been identified, but only as "Susan" for her protection. We are
honored to be part of her experience to our country and to our North Pacific
Conference. You won't be able to read personally identified
information about Susan on this webpage but you will be able to meet her in
person! Would your North Pacific Conference church like to host Susan
for a brief visit prior to Triennial XII? Of course, you will also meet
her at Triennial XII, as women from around the world convene to share in that
deep spiritual refreshment.
Team Up to
Bring 
Covenant Women from Around the World
(Blantantly copied from the Triennial XII site
http://www.triennialxii.org/index_m.htm#Raise)
Part of the richness of the Triennial
experience is the joy of meeting others and learning of the commonalties we
enjoy in Jesus Christ. These experiences are accelerated exponentially when
we encounter women of other countries and cultures. While it has been a
tradition to welcome women from various mission fields around the world, a
special initiative is being launched for Triennial XII.
We are inviting conferences to choose
from five CONTINENTS and work together across the denomination to bring a
woman from each of the 22 countries in which the Covenant has partnerships –
TWICE AS MANY WOMEN AS BEFORE!
We’re challenging the women of the
Covenant to pool their financial resources to bring women from foreign
fields who would not otherwise be able to attend Triennial XII. The
challenge to give will be presented to our many regional retreats,
individual churches, conferences, districts and individuals. In this way we
will enable a meaningful cross-cultural exchange. The involvement of these
many women not only enriches the Triennial, it provides an incredible boost
and encouragement to those who are able to attend because of the generosity
of Covenant women across North America.
Newsflash
-- Free Early Bird Registrations
Women, if you have never been to a Triennial, 2007 could
very well be your year to go. Your North Pacific Conference Women
Ministries board will give away FIVE early bird registrations ($250
each) for Triennial XII in Chicago, August 9-12, 2007. Take a look at the
Triennial XII website and you will understand what an incredible blessing
God is creating for us! You are eligible for this drawing if you are a
woman living in the North Pacific Conference area (Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Montana) who:
1. has never been to Triennial before, and
2. would need financial assistance in order to attend
Triennial XII.
You may download
entry forms (rich text format,
41K) from the website. Additionally, they will be offered at the NPC WM Retreat, Sept 15
- 17, 2006, and you can also enter by emailing your entry to the NPC WM
Board, at chair@npc-cwm.org.
Simply state in your email entry that you have not been to Triennial
before and that you would need financial assistance to go, along with your
name, church (if any), and contact information (address, phone, email).
That's it! It's all on the honor system and and that's all you have to do
to be in the drawing pool! If your name is drawn, you will be contacted
with the details. The NPC WM Board would like to give as many woman as possible a
chance to enter, yet allow enough time for those drawn to make plans and
save up the rest of the expenses needed to make the exciting trip to
Chicago for Triennial XII! The deadline for entering the Free Early
Bird Registration Drawing is the end of the year, December 31, 2006.
The 5 winners will be drawn at a board meeting in mid-January and posted
on our website ASAP. Hope to see you in Chicago!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us
at the same address: chair@npc-cwm.org
Triennial XII General Information
This information is from the
Evangelical Covenant Website (http://www.covchurch.org)
Triennial is the
once-every-three-years gathering of the women of the Evangelical Covenant
Church. Set for August 9-12, 2007, Triennial XII will be held at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel, McCormick, complex in Chicago, Illinois.
But Triennial is more than a gathering.
It is an eventful experience, even a watermark, in the lives of those who
come. It is a place to enjoy fellowship of the richest kind with women from
all over the country, and all over the world. It is a time to worship God
with fullness and joy. It is a place to learn and grow and develop skills to
strengthen your spiritual life, or to begin new life with Jesus Christ! It
is a moment to relax, unwind, and experience something that you've never
done--and to find joy and energy and peace in all of it.
Whatever you do, don't miss Triennial
XII! The speakers, presenters, worship team and resources being assembled
are the best ever – all designed with the women of the Covenant in mind, as
well as their friends and loved ones. We travel from all points around North
America and the world to meet face-to-face to enjoy and celebrate our
similarities and differences in the Lord Jesus Christ."
Click here to download the
worship
team application form.
For further information, please go to
the Triennial Website (http://www.triennialxii.org/)
