According to a report from Agape Press, the Reverend Billy Graham and his wife have loaned a spare home they own in Montreat, North Carolina, to a New Orleans family left homeless by Hurricane Katrina. The family of five expects to stay in the small house where the Grahams first lived when they were married
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Dr. Ronald Manahan, president of Grace College and Seminary, is recovering from ear surgery which took place on Friday, September 16. According to a memo from Grace this morning, the doctor removed a cyst, which was twice the size as anticipated, and the surgery went well. Doctors were not able, however, to do the expected
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This past summer the Lititz, Pennsylvania, Grace Brethren Church (Scott Distler, pastor) raised enough money in a love offering after the Operation Barnabas Service to buy O.B. a new bus for their next summer tour which will be to the west coast. Operation Barnabas is a summer teen ministry training program run by CE National,
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Pastor Peter Smith of Red Hill, Pennsylvania, sends this memo explaining his group’s upcoming ministry of hurricane relief and asking for prayer. One week before we leave for Mississippi! My name is Peter Smith and I am the pastor at Hope Valley Community Church in Red Hill, Pennsylvania. My awesome wife is Julie and I
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Clive Craigen, GBNAM missionary to Chicago, sent this report from his hurricane relief ministry in Ruston, Louisiana, on Sunday, September 18, his final day there before returning home. Greetings from Ruston, Louisiana. I have been down here working as part of a shelter management team providing food, shelter and care for evacuees. This little town
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By mutual consent, and after prayerful consideration, the East Central Florida District of Grace Brethren Churches has merged with the Suncoast District of Grace Brethren Churches and the newly combined district has taken a new name. According to Jesus Munoz, secretary of the new district, the new, enlarged grouping will now be known as the
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The Osceola, Indiana, Grace Brethren Church is excited to announce that we are calling Pastor Greg Serafino (pictured) as our next Senior Pastor. Pastor Serafino has been a church member and leader of the church for over 20 years. Prior to his calling as Senior Pastor, Pastor Serafino served as Assistant Pastor and Interim Pastor
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The following article is from the Ventura (CA) News. Grace Brethren High School is affiliated with the Grace Brethren Church of Simi Valley, CA, John McIntosh, pastor (Star photo by Dave Getzschman). Full coverage Craig Kackert and his video crew capture Grace Brethren games from every angle By Rhiannon PotkeySeptember 16, 2005 As the players
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The following article appears in this morning’s St. Petersburg (FL) Times newspaper. Pictured is Pastor Gerardo Leiton. Hispanic church soon to have place of ownIglesia Comunal Cristiana de Tampa expects to have its new building finished by January. By JACKIE RIPLEY, Times Staff WriterPublished September 16, 2005 TOWN ‘N COUNTRY – A canopy of trees
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