The Congo Clinic Initiative Empowering Change, Saving Lives. We are part of a collaborative effort with East Coast Conference churches to adopt a clinic.

Our goal is to raise $2500 a year for development and send one person, as part of a team traveling to the Congo in January 2016.

Covenant World Relief has been the Evangelical Covenant Church’s response to human suffering and injustice in the world for more than 60 years. Through disaster relief and community development, we partner in the transformation of individuals, families, and communities. Our mission is to join God in loving, serving, and working together with the poor, the powerless, and the marginalized.

Relief is immediate assistance in times of natural or human-made disaster by providing water, shelter, and food.

Transformational Development is working with communities and families as they help themselves through micro-enterprise, micro-finance, sustainable water development, community health initiatives, agriculture, and sustainable food programs.

Several members of the church are involved with obtaining, loading, storing, and transporting used municipal playgrounds for export to Christian ministries throughout Guatemala.

Used playgrounds and swing sets are donated by municipalities in Connecticut and stored in a 40-foot sea container in Thomaston prior to shipping to Puerto San Tomas in Guatemala. The container then is trucked to a ministry site for distribution. Ministries share in the pro-rata costs of shipping and customs. Ministries in Guatemala then reinstall the playgrounds for their “new life” in Central America.

Each sea container holds four to six playgrounds, which will be enjoyed by an average of more than 150 children per playground.

You do not need to be a member of the church to become involved. Email the church (covenantchurch@covchurchthomaston.org) and a member of the Playground Project will contact you with details!