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A Church Family Member Remembers
   by Ann-Helen Anderson

September 15, 1941 was a beautiful, warm day in Chicago.  On that day the Edgebrook Evangelical Mission Covenant Church was dedicated to God’s service in its new home.  New home?  Where was it before?  The congregation transplanted itself from Humboldt Park in Chicago, an area where its ministry to the community was waning.  After years of prayer and hard work, the Humboldt Park parent congregation broke ground in the then-sparsely populated Edgebrook community and proceeded to build a church (now our Chapel), trusting God to grow the church and bless the neighborhood. Pastor Titus N. Pohl (1936-1944) presided over the ground breaking

We have created this guide to assist visitors in their participation in our Sunday services.  We want everyone to understand why we do what we do during this time, for we believe this is the most important hour of each week.

What Exactly is Worship?

To worship God is to ascribe to God’s supreme worth.  God is both the subject and object of worship, meaning worship is both for God, and about God.  It is always active and participatory.  Worship is not something your observe; rather , it is something you DO.  Worship is both private and public.  It is done both individually and in groups.  When done individually, worship is mainly contemplative.  When done in groups (called the church or congregation), worship is celebrative, as the congregation

The Evangelical Covenant Church believes there are eight major areas where a local Covenant church can work to fulfill Christ’s mission of bring people the word of God.  Here’s how Edgebrook Covenant Church works in those eight key areas:

Bible-Based Learning

• Worship/preaching
• Adult Sunday School and Inquirers’ Classes
• Children and Youth Sunday School
• Special emphases (weekend seminars, seasonal opportunities, etc.)
• Small Group opportunities
• Confirmation
• Vacation Bible School (one week in summer)
• Summer camping program – participating in Central Conference Camping Opportunities

Celebrative Worship

• Sunday morning – Communion on the first Sunday of the month (usually)
• Seasonal worship opportunities (Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter)
• Children’s Choir
• Youth worship
• Choir and worship ensembles

Evangelical Covenant Church’s vision is to develop fully devoted followers of Christ who are grounded in the Word, vibrant in worship, connected to one another, using individual gifts and reaching the world.

Central to the achievement of this Vision are these Core Values:

WORSHIP
To enrich the life of our Christian community and reach out to the unchurched through our worship.  Our worship is Biblically based and creatively expressed, blending the richness of our liturgical tradition with the freshness expressed in the Church today by men, women, and children. 
   Deuteronomy 10:20-21, Psalm 95, John 4:23-24

EDUCATION
To give priority to knowing and applying the Scriptures to all areas of our lives, through all stages of our lives.  We desire to be a community shaped by the Word

Our congregation is a member of The Evangelical Covenant Church, which has its roots in historical Christianity as it emerged in the Protestant Reformation, in the biblical instruction of the Lutheran Church of Sweden, and in the great spiritual awakenings of the nineteenth century.

As a church fellowship, we believe in the tenets of evangelical Christianity. Among these are: belief in the authority of the Bible; the necessity of spiritual life through a personal relationship of faith with Jesus Christ; the significance of the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Christian; the unity of all true Christians; and the obligation of the world-wide missionary task.

As a church we affirm the reality of freedom in Christ, which allows for differences of

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