Hal Avey, father of Tom Avey, coordinator for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, died this morning in his sleep. He is now in the presence of Jesus who he served for decades in churches on Long Island and in the Orlando area. Hal was a veteran of World War II, serving on PT boats […]
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Grace Brethren pastor and author, Kary Oberbrunner, appeared on the 700 Club this morning to discuss his decade-long addiction to self-mutilation and how he now helps people dealing with the same addiction. He also shared about his recent book, Your Secret Name: Discovering Who God Created You to Be (Zondervan). A clip of the video
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Kudos Women of Grace USA has awarded their 2011 Honor Her Scholarship to Mary James for a summer internship to France with Grace Brethren International Missions. Mary is a sophomore at Grace College and attends the Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio. She will be serving at the Chateau de St. Albain in areas of cooking
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Speakers at this year’s conference will challenge conference goers to look to the future of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Beginning with the fellowship moderator, Bob Fetterhoff, pastors who take to the platform will look at church planting, the glory of God, the church, prophecy, and leadership. Bob Fetterhoff Born in Jackson, Miss., Bob
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Vision2020 includes some pre-conference options that will help your ministry. Classes will be held July 21, 22, and 23 at the Grace Brethren Church, 4599 Burbank Road, Wooster, Ohio. Unless otherwise indicated, classes are all day. For fee information and to register for a class, see vision2020now.com and click on pre-conference options. The Blessing Challenge
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Phil Wickham Contemporary Christian vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist 7:30 p.m.Saturday, July 23, 2011Grace Brethren Church, Wooster, Ohio The concert is included in the price of the full conference registration. Wickham is a San Diego, Calif.-based artist who recently released his third album, Heaven and Earth. The album claimed the number two spot on the Christian/Gospel
The city of Wooster, county seat of Wayne County, welcomes the Fellowship of Grace Brethren to the Vision2020 conference this July. A bustling community with a population of about 26,000 set in the bucolic countryside of east-central Ohio, Wooster is set in Wayne County (named for George Washington’s war colleague General “Mad Anthony” Wayne) and
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Many organizations within the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) will hold corporation meetings during the national conference of the FGBC, which will be held July 23 to 27, 2011 at the Grace Brethren Church, Wooster, Ohio. As of press time, all corporation meetings/dinners will be held in the Student Worship Center/Room 602, with the
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Connecting Through CommunicationsWorkshops for Church Videographers, Writers, and other Communicators Network with communications professionals and volunteers from Grace Brethren churches around the country. 10:30 a.m.
When the Commitment to Common Mission document was developed at the Charis international encounter in Germany the summer of 2008, it then fell to each of the continental representatives to introduce it and promote it among the churches of their region of the world. In the United States, among the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
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