August, 2014 - Charis Fellowship

Encompass World Partners Announces New Missionary Appointees

Archived Posts, National Organizations, News / Randi Walle

Encompass World Partners, the international church planting organization for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, has announced that newly-appointed missionaries are heading to six different countries. Ben and Brittany Gummere are going to Ireland to participate in evangelism and discipleship ministries. Their departure is anticipated in early 2016. They have one daughter, Ellie (Eleanor Maeve) […]

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Grace Volleyball Takes One Day At A Time

Archived Posts, National Organizations, News / Randi Walle

WINONA LAKE, Ind. – The Grace College volleyball team may have big visions for the 2014 season, but the Lady Lancers are focused on one day at a time this fall. The Andria Harshman-coached spikers clinched their third consecutive 20-win season in 2013, finishing 20-17 and 9-9 in the Crossroads League. While Harshman is hoping for

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Bible Quizzes and Food Baskets

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The Happy Church, a Grace Brethren Church in Jackson, Ky. (Mike Tabor, pastor), runs 15 ministries geared toward teaching lasting skills and positive attitudes in adults and, especially, children. These ministries include weekly Bible studies; food baskets, where adults can work an hour in exchange for a meal; Happy Soles, a back-to-school ministry that provides kids

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Nothing But the Bible

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“We’re in a war of information here,” said Dr. Randy Smith, director of the Great Commission Bible Institute (GCBI), a ministry of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Sebring, Fla., and the armory is the Internet. The World Wide Web is only 25 years old. He says that in that quarter of a century, however, it has gained 2.9

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Orange, Calif., Bike Repair Ministry Meets Needs

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Last summer, the staff of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Orange, Calif. (Mike Sciarra, pastor), visited a bike repair ministry in Atlanta, Ga. Immediately they knew it was an idea that would transfer to their community. In this video, learn how members of Grace Church gather each month to share Christ’s love through

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Lights Up at Grace’s Miller Field

Archived Posts, National Organizations, News / Randi Walle

Friday night lights took on new meaning last evening on the campus of Grace College. The newly-renovated Miller Field, complete with new stadium lights, bleacher seating, scoreboard, and other updates, was unveiled. The online news site, Stacey Page Online, carries the story, complete with video. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for

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Design Outreach Featured in News Story

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Design Outreach, a cooperating organization in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, was recently featured in a news story on NBC4, Columbus, Ohio. Click here to read the complete story. Click on the link below to view the story. NBC4: Columbus, Ohio News, Weather, and Sports (WCMH-TV) Local Group Builds Pumps To Provide Clean Water

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Ashland, Ohio, Teen Dies in Accident

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The Momentum Facebook page reports that a 16-year-old girl who attended the Grace Brethren Church in Ashland, Ohio (Dan Allan, pastor), and who had participated in the recent Momentum youth conference, has died as the result of a traffic accident. A portion of a report appears below. Click here to read the complete story from

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Can God Fix This?

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Hosea 14:1–9 Acknowledge Sin (1–2) God can restore anyone. Ask Moses. God changed him from a murderer into a deliverer. Ask David. God changed him from an adulterer and a murderer into a psalm writer and for 3,000 years he’s been helping believers in their relationships with God. But there is one requirement: repentance. “Return,

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Mississauga Church Hosts Brasil Pavilion During Festival

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Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Mississauga, Ontario (Bartley Sawatsky, pastor) has hosted the Brasil pavilion during the annual Carassauga Cultural Festival. It’s provided an open door to ministering to hundreds of people who come through their doors during the event. Learn more in this video, which was first shown at FellowShift, the

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August 2014