From today’s (April 8) South Bend (Ind.) Tribune: SOUTH BEND — Ronald E. Manahan, president of Grace College in Winona Lake, Ind., will be the guest speaker at the Ivy Tech Community College-North Central commencement May 8. The ceremony will be in the Joyce Center at the University of Notre Dame. Nearly 500 graduates from
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Pastor Jack Brown of North Shore Bible Church, the Grace Brethren church in Essex, Massachusetts, sends along the following update and prayer request: God is good! I am writing to let you know we (North Shore Bible Church) have decided to withdraw our offer on the property we have been considering in Beverly MA. We
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The multi-national CHARIS Commitment to Common Mission statement was affirmed by the leaders of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches during their regular meeting in January. In doing so, they encouraged local Grace Brethren churches to participate in the spirit of the document. Read more in the March-April issue of FGBC World, which is available
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Jay Bell and Internationals USA sends the following report: The Leesburg, Indiana, Grace Brethren Church has launched an English as a Second Language (ESL) ministry to reach out to the nations in their community. Below is an update from Diana Davis, the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church/Leesburg GBC Coordinator: “The Leesburg, Ind., GBC had its
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The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) recently approved the following loans: $38,000 to the Calvary Grace Brethren Church (Doug Courter, pastor), Hagerstown, Md., to complete improvements to the church’s parking lot. $100,000 to the Grace Brethren Retreat Center (Mike Gehlert, executive director), Denver, Pa., to help with the construction of the new Lutz Lodge to
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Pastor Scott Distler of the Grace Brethren church in Lititz, Pennsylvania, says, “What an amazing morning Saturday was for our annual Easter Egg-Stravagaza. In spite of the high winds and cold, God blessed us and the chopper pilot was still able to make the drops and well over 5,000 people were on our campus. “What
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Word has been received of the homegoing of Charles “Fred” Berkemer in the Whittier, California, area on February 2, 2009. Via Pastor Richard Todd of the Whittier Community Grace Brethren Church, the family has provided the following information. Charles Berkemer (Fred) was born December 22, 1919, in Nebraska. His mother died a few weeks after
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Mboi Andre, president of the union of about 2,500 Grace Brethren churches in the Central African Republic, was the featured guest at the Thursday night Global Prayer Gathering at the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church. Andre, who is in the U.S. for reparative surgery to his right hand and wrist, asked specific prayer for
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HELP WANTED Ocala Grace Brethren Church is looking for 3-5 couples or active singles and seniors to move to Ocala, Florida, and volunteer to help with a church revitalization ministry. Pastor Chuck Davis has taken on the task of leading this 25-year-old congregation in the work of regaining spiritual and numerical health and vitality. The
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An excellent video interview with pastors Mike Lee and Dave Patchin of Hope Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Raleigh, North Carolina, is currently on the web. Hope is launching two campuses this fall. In the video, recorded at a multi-site town meeting, Lee and Patchin introduce the campus pastor and field questions from
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