September 2012

Spelman Joins Staff at Marion, Ohio

From the Marion, Ohio, Star, earlier this week: Grace Brethren to welcome new associate pastor MARION – Grace Brethren Church, 2813 Gooding Road, will welcome a new associate pastor, Jim Spelman, on Sunday. Pastor Spelman, his wife, Jessica, and their four children join the ministry of the church and community. Pastor Spelman’s experience includes numerous …

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Living Christmas Tree Tickets Go On Sale at Columbus

Tickets for the annual holiday tradition in Central Ohio will go on sale Monday, October 1. For more than 25 years, Grace Polaris Church (Mike Yoder, lead pastor), a Grace Brethren congregation on the north side of Columbus, have been producing a Christmas pageant with a purpose — full of live music, special effects, live …

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Wooster Church Hosts Day Away for Women

More than 550 women are scheduled to attend the annual Women’s Day Away tomorrow at the Grace Brethren Church in Wooster, Ohio (Bob Fetterhoff, pastor). The annual event is a day of pampering and inspiration that begins at 8 o’clock in the morning and continues through mid-afternoon. Tickets for tomorrow’s Day Away are completely sold …

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Eagle Commission Welcomes New Chaplain

More news from the Eagle Commission newsletter: We welcome Army Chaplain Carl Phillips (wife, Deanna) to our ranks this month! Major Phillips comes as a transfer of endorsement from the Ashland Brethren group. He is a member and elder of Brighton Chapel Grace Brethren Church in Howe, Ind. We appreciate Endorsing Agent John Schumacher for …

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Grace Pastors Gather at Movement Day

From the blog of GO2 Church Planting Ministries, a national organization of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches: GO2 Ministries is one of the four key organizations in the Movement Project which is the foundation for today’s event, Movement Day.  GO2’s role in the project is to provide our Missional Alignment Program to ethnic church planters in …

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Grace College Named a “Military Friendly” School for Third Year

For the third consecutive year, G.I. Jobs magazine has recognized Grace College and Theological Seminary as a “Military Friendly” school for 2013.The list of named schools is a product of years of research across government agencies and private entities, as well as a survey administered by G.I. Jobs. The 2013 Military Friendly Schools list honors the top 15 …

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Three Grace Brethren Chaplains Deployed

Three Grace Brethren military chaplains, all from Fort Campbell, Ky., home of the 101st Airborne Division, have recently deployed for nine-month tours in Afghanistan. The recent Eagle Commission newsletter shared this news. [Those deployed include:] Bill Graham (wife, Robin), Pete Stone (wife, Monica), and Jim Murray (wife, Ashley). We received this email from Ashley Murray, …

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Encompass Dedicates Indiana Offices

It was a celebratory atmosphere as friends and supporters of Encompass World Partners (formerly Grace Brethren International Missions) gathered Sunday,  September 23, to dedicate their newly-renovated Winona Lake, Ind., offices. The offices were open to tour from 4 to 6 p.m. with a brief time of dedicatory prayer at 5 p.m. The dedication included remarks …

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