My father would have been amazed to see the line of people who waited to greet my family at the funeral home following his death. Granted, his sudden demise as the result of a farm accident may have brought many of them, but I believe it was mostly a tribute to his quiet faith in […]
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Unique Outreach Supports Missions by Andrew Jones When Patty Nevins discovered that missions funding at River City Grace Community Church in Sacramento, Calif., had decreased significantly, she had two responses. At first, she was disappointed. “[I was] saddened by this, for our missionaries’ sake of course. It’s easy to get frustrated, thinking everyone should be
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Two opportunities are available this fall, hosted by Women of Grace USA, for women who seek personal spiritual growth, or want to develop their ability to lead others. The Women’s Transformational Summit will be held in Anchorage, Alaska, September 22-24. Focusing on personal growth and spiritual formation, the Summit will feature Dr. Christy Hill from
Tom Roy remembers a pivotal phone call from Hank Aaron, the home run king of the Atlanta Braves, in 1978. It provided the impetus for a new ministry that would impact the lives of hundreds of professional baseball players for Christ and is the opening story in a new book just released by BMH Books,
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Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind., has released its spring enrollment numbers, reporting that the total number of seminary students on campus is 114, a three-year high. The school welcomed fourteen new students for the spring semester, increasing its total on-campus presence nearly 87 percent from spring 2009. “Fall 2009 also brought a terrific group
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Two women at Grace College, Erica Powell and Lydia Scoles, have been named to receive Honor Her Scholarships for short-term missions. The scholarships are presented annually by Women of Grace USA. Erica Powell, a junior, used her funds to participate in a Go Grace Team to Paris, France, in March. A native of Akron, Ohio,
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Marking Life’s Milestones On the Move Celebrating In Memoriam On the Move Justin Hayes who was recently ordained by the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church, has arrived at the U.S. Navy Chaplain’s School in Rhode Island. Dan Thornton is the new executive pastor at Maranatha Grace Brethren Church of Hager-stown, Md. Dan
A new website for the Brethren Digital Archives was unveiled at the group’s spring meeting, March 5, in Wi-nona Lake, Ind. The site, intended to give more visibility to the developing organiza-tion, may ultimately be a portal to gain access to digitized Brethren publications from the late 19th and the 20th centuries. Found at brethrendigitalarchives.org
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by Tom Hocking Annie lived the story of The Grapes of Wrath. She was one of 24 children moved by her Okie parents to California during the Great Depression. Annie knew what it was like to sweep a granary floor in search of enough wheat to bake a loaf of bread. Her face was lined
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by Judy Daniels What do bicycles and food baskets have in common? And how do the two combine to form a creative outreach in a com-munity? Jason and Jennifer Butler of Martinsburg, Pa., can answer those questions enthusiastically. To connect the bicycles, food baskets, and outreach, you need to go back to 2007. It was
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