December 2012

Wedding Joins Four Grace Brethren Missionary Families

The wedding of Doug and Ladeen Zielasko on November 24 joined four Grace Brethren missionary families: the Zielaskos, the Goodmans, the Covers, and the Futches. Doug, the son of John Zielasko and the late Suzan (Goodman) Zielasko, is the grandson of Jack and Jean Zielasko (former missionaries to Brazil and former executive director of the Foreign Missionary […]

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Long Beach Families Featured in CBS Special

A number of families at the Grace Brethren Church in Long Beach, Calif. (Lou Huesmann, pastor) are featured in an upcoming special on CBS that celebrates foster care and adoption. “A Home for the Holidays” shares stories of foster care adoption and features performances from some of America’s most popular musical artists. This year’s special

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Simi Valley Grace Brethren Team Wins League Superbowl

The Junior division football team at Grace Brethren Youth Sports, a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church in Simi Valley, Calif. (Jordan Bakker, pastor), recently took its first Superbowl Championship in the Gold Coast Youth Football League. The Ventura County Star told the story: GCYFL Junior Division Super Bowl at Rio Mesa Grace Brethren: Led

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Keeping It Simple, Developing Leaders at Orange, Calif.

“At Grace Orange, we exist to worship God, build up believers, and reach others for Christ,” says Mike Sciarra, pastor of Grace Church of Orange, Calif. “It is all about Jesus, one another, and the world. So when it comes to developing leaders, we try to keep it really simple. We do what God’s word

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Columbus Christmas Pageant Featured

The annual Christmas outreach produced by Grace Polaris, a Grace Brethren congregation in Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, lead pastor), is featured in today’s Columbus Dispatch about organizations that rent animals for Christmas pageants. Grace Polaris engages a company to supply camels an donkeys for their Living Christmas Trees program, which marks its 26th season this

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