March 2008

Pastor Entertains Without Sacrificing Language

Today’s Columbus Dispatch includes a story about Carlo Corral (in photo at right), the children’s pastor and Hispanic church planter at the Southwest Grace Brethren Church in Grove City, Ohio. To read the complete story, click here. Bilingual clown translates as funnyEven in a parking lot, Chulo the Clown can create magic. With a few …

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Former Youth Pastor Manages NM City

An article in today’s Farmington, New Mexico, newspaper gives background on the new interim city manager, who comes from a well-known Grace Brethren family and has served in a Grace Brethren church. Here is an excerpt–to read the entire article click here. FARMINGTON — Though he hasn’t been at City Hall long, interim City Manager …

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Grace Student’s Spring Break Ministry Featured

A Grace College student was featured in the local (Warsaw, Indiana) newspaper this week for having spent her spring break ministering at an orphanage in Mexico, and having written a book about the experience. Here is an excerpt from the story on Hope Rauchenstein (pictured with orphan). To read the entire article click here. WINONA …

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Not the Retiring Type, This Beaver is Busy

Retirement doesn’t seem to have a place in Wayne Beaver’s vocabulary. (He is pictured at right with his wife, Dorothy.) The veteran missionary and emeritus professor at Grace Theological Seminary is now helping his son, Dan, begin a Bible school in the Philippines. To learn more, see the March-April issue of FGBC World, which is …

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Nomad church quietly grows

Today’s Indianapolis Star includes a story about Life Spring Church, a new Grace Brethren congregation in Brownsburg, Ind., just outside of Indianapolis. To read the complete story, click here. Parishioners meet at fire headquarters In a building designed to train firefighters to save people from car accidents and fires, a group of believers is spending …

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Kansas Murder Investigation Continues

The investigation into the death of Jeffery S. “Scott” Noel, who attended the Grace Brethren Church of Portis, Kansas (Dave Sarver, pastor), continues as authorities search for a sedan and at least two people wanted for questioning in connection with the Tuesday murder. Continue to pray for the people of Portis and Pastor Sarver during …

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Murder of Parishioner Shocks Kansas Church, Town

Pastor Dave Sarver and the Grace Brethren Church of Portis, Kansas, will appreciate your prayers as they experience the shock and grief of the murder of one of their parishioners, Scott Noel (pictured). Here is a short excerpt from one of the media stories. Further information is at http://new.khastv.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=12886&storytopic=4 and at http://www.saljournal.com/rdnews/story/Portis-murder-follow-3-26-08 The Osborne County …

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NCO Church Plant Begins Sunday Gatherings

From the current newsletter of the North Central Ohio district, as distributed by district coordinator Todd Scoles: ClearView Church Begins Sunday Gatherings Andy and Trish Wirt report that eleven people attended the first-ever worship gathering in their home on March 16. On Easter Sunday, sixteen people were present. Pray for the birth of this new …

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