J. Davis Illingworth has a successful automotive career behind him, a big vision for reaching the world for Christ, and an ambitious product-plan ahead of him that is beginning to unfold. The first two products in Illingworth’s “God of Hope” project, a 153-page paperback book and its accompanying study/discussion guide, have just been released by […]
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This past weekend, November 5-7, 2010, 161 women from the Southern and Northern California Grace Brethren churches came together in Murietta Hot Springs, Calif., for a joint women’s retreat. The theme for the weekend came from Psalm 34:8, Taste and See that the Lord is good. There were 123 ladies in the English sessions and
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Note: This is an excerpt from an article that appeared in today’s Whittier (Calif.) Daily News. To read the entire article click here. WHITTIER – For about a year and a half, members of Community Grace Brethren Church have been like nomads, wandering without a permanent home. But no more. By December or January the
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ELKHART — Robert H. Schumacher, 84, of Elkhart, Indiana, passed away at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, at Eastlake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Robert was born Feb. 28, 1926, in Huntington, Indiana, to the late Herman J. and Beatrice (Needham) Schumacher. He was a 1944 Jimtown High School graduate and a World War
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An article in Thursday’s Peninsula Clarion (Kenai, Alaska) details a candlelight vigil that was held in Kenai on Wednesday, November 10, to highlight the problem of young people in the community who are homeless. The event was attended by members of Action Youth, the student ministry of the Peninsula Grace Brethren Church (Keith Randall, pastor)
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WOOSTER , OHIO — The Rev. Bob Fetterhoff of the Wooster Grace Brethren Church will lead a 12-day biblical tour of Israel and Jordan, March 21-April 1.The tour will include traditional sites like the Wailing Wall, Garden of Gethsemane, the Sea of Galilee and Bethlehem, Masada and Petra, Machaerus (site of John the Baptist’s imprisonment),
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The home of Chuck and Margaret Frost, Findlay, Ohio, burned Wednesday and Margaret perished in the fire. The Frosts operated a container business for many years through which Grace Brethren International Missions and ICDI shipped supplies to Africa. This is an excerpt from a Findlay, Ohio, news source. To read the entire article, click here. Woman,
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The Brethren Digital Archives committee is one step closer to creating an online archive of Brethren publications. The group met Monday, November 8, at the Brethren Heritage Center in Brookville, Ohio. They spent much of the morning learning more about the digitization process with Laurie Gimmell, a representative of Lyrasis. (The Archives is partnering with
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GRACE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE NEEDS A WALLIn January 2010, just days before the earthquake struck Haiti, a building to house Grace Theological Institute was begun. That building is now finished to the extent that it is occupied by the Institute staff and classes are being held there for the student population. Some work continues on the
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Two shipping containers of much-needed tools and equipment will be shipped from the northwest U.S. on or about November 16 to Jim Hocking and ICDI in the Central African Republic. This has been a joint project of the Sunnyside, Toppenish and Goldendale Grace Brethren churches. The container contents will be used to equip the new ICDI
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