Pray for the Philippines as it lies in the path of a potentially devastating typhoon — Haiyan (locally called Yolanda). The Washington Post says that it is now among the most intense storms to form on the planet in modern records. “The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) estimates maximum sustained winds are 190 mph, a marked […]
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Today is the 95th birthday of well-known evangelist, Billy Graham. He will celebrate it with a party in Asheville, N.C. This is also the day that Graham returns to television with the long-awaited broadcast, “My Hope For America.” The roots of Graham’s evangelistic ministry are deep in Winona Lake, Ind., the home of graceconnect.us and many
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One local church found a way to help a community member in a big way. The story below, posted at insideHalton.com on October 28, 2013, notes that the church would give all the donations on Sunday to Kimm Fletcher, a Milton woman who is battling cancer. Last week, Pastor Rob Stanley of The Village Community
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It’s not a new story, but it is certainly a compelling story of survival by one member of a Grace Brethren church. Evonne Cashman, who also serves as the volunteer Children’s ministry director the Bellflower Brethren Church in Bellflower, Calif. (Tom Hocking, pastor), was snorkeling in Hawaii in August when she was attacked by a shark.
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Encompass World Partners is currently seeking a couple (or two individuals) to fill a ministry support role at the Château de St. Albain. Workers are needed for 1-2 years beginning January 2015. A previous Château SOWer (Serving Overseas Worker) describes the importance of the ministry as well as joys it brought him: “I enjoyed the chance to
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The Grace Brethren Church, Long Beach, Calif. (Lou Huesmann, pastor) is hosting the national multi-ethnic church conference, Mosaix 2013, this week. Hundreds of pastors, church planters, theologians, and others, including a number from the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches are attending. PlantLB, the church planting effort led by Grace Long Beach staffer, Eric Marsh, is the host organization.
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When Reid Firestone took the pastorate of the Grace Brethren Church in Homerville, Ohio, more than a year ago, he was an experienced pastor from another denomination. Today, he and his wife, Terri, took time learn more about the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches with a visit to the offices of Grace Brethren organizations in
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The Grace College men’s basketball team was featured in Sunday’s Michigan City, Ind., News Dispatch as they prepared to play against the Offenders, a team comprised of inmates in the Indiana State Prison, a maximum security facility in Michigan City. Coach Jim Kessler sums it up at the end. “You can jump across a lot of
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This morning we received story from the Grace Brethren Church in Norwalk, Calif., that is a behind-the-scenes look at how God used a teen from the church during a crisis at the airport. Pastor Jeff Patton tells the story: “One of our teens was at LAX on November 1 in Terminal 3 when a gunman
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The 2013 national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches ended on a high note as incoming executive director (moderator) Bartley Sawatsky challenged delegates to “regroup, rejuvenate, and roll.” Speaking at the annual business meeting, which concluded the conference, Sawatsky, the founding pastor of Grace Community Church, Mississauga, Ontario, had just been elected to
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