October, 2012 - Charis Fellowship

GBIF Approves More Than $3.6 Million In New Financing To Assist FGBC Ministries

The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) has recently approved $3,626,250 in new financing to assist ministries within the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC). Included in this total are loans to the following Fellowship churches: A transfer of a financing package was completed from a local bank in Ohio to GBIF. A first mortgage loan was approved for the Basore […]

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Six Licensed or Ordained in Chesapeake District

Archived Posts, National Organizations, News / Randi Walle

From the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers… Chesapeake Ministerium is celebrating six licensures/ordinations in our district in the last two years. They include: Jack Hunt…ordained by the Clinton GBC, Irv Clark, Pastor…serving as Associate Pastor. James Stambaugh…ordained by the Lanham GBC, Paul Mutchler, Pastor…serving as a volunteer Teaching Elder. Brad Gromis…licensed by the Richmond GBC,

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Chaplain Stone Sends Prayer Requests

Archived Posts, Eagle Commission, National Organizations / Randi Walle

Grace Brethren Army chaplain CH (CPT) Pete Stone recently deployed to Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division. Recently, he sent some prayer requests. Here are a few from his letter, which has been edited to protect the mission of the men and women he serves. After several weeks of transit through several locations in

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Heritage Forum Series Begins Tuesday at Grace

Archived Posts, News / Randi Walle

McClain Hall, Grace College & Seminary The public is cordially invited to attend the first in a series of “Heritage Forums” celebrating 75 years of higher education at Grace College and Seminary. The first forum will be next Tuesday, October 9, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the East Room of Westminster Hall in Winona Lake, Indiana.

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New Location for Central Focus Retreat

Archived Posts, Church News, National Organizations / TheWACDTech

The Central Focus Retreat for Grace Brethren ministry leaders kicked off last evening at Maumee Bay State Park Resort and Conference Center near Toledo, Ohio. Located on the western shore of Lake Erie, the center has provided a place for the pastors from the central region of the U.S. and Canada to catch their breath.

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Penn Valley Church Helps With Cemetery Clean-Up

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As part of Sacred Space Day of Service, members of Penn Valley Church, a multi-site Grace Brethren congregation in Telford, Pa., helped clean up Union Cemetery, an historic cemetery in nearby Quakertown, on Saturday. A story about it was included on phillyburbs.com. “It’s an opportunity to bless the community,” said Daryl Swartley, pastor at Penn Valley

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O’Deens Asks for Prayer for Nutrition Project in Haiti

Archived Posts, Cooperating Organizations / TheWACDTech

Dan O’Deans, executive director of CPR-3, has issued a call to prayer. He wrote about it recently on his blog: My heart has been so burdened to PRAY. I am so prone to structure and to plan and to put strategy into play…that is my normal default. CPR-3 has been given an opportunity in Haiti….an opportunity that

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October 2012