David DeArmey, operations director at Water for Good, has received the top prize, a Raleigh Revenio Carbon 1, in the 2014 Aegis Citycard Cycles Challenge. He participated recently in a 100km ride with the Central African Republic’s national cycling team through the streets of Bangui. (Water for Good is a cooperating organization in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.) […]
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Grace Christian School, a ministry of East Side Grace Brethren Church in Blacklick, Ohio (Chip Heim, pastor), decided to break out of their comfort zone and host Rend Collective, a folk worship band from Northern Ireland, at their school. They had an auditorium with 800 seats, so they thought it would garner a comfortably large attendance. They sold out a month before
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The October e-newsletter for Women of Grace USA was released this morning. Designed especially for the women in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, it is full of good information that will challenge and encourage anyone! This month’s issue leads off with a “behind the scenes” story of how Melissa Spoelstra’s book, Jeremiah, Daring to
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by Jeff Bogue Nehemiah 3 is where God starts to record those who rebuilt the wall. Nehemiah spaced [the workers] along the wall of Jerusalem; and to my count, somewhere between 55 and 60 groups of people were working on the wall at once. They rebuilt the wall in 52 days. Walls in the ancient
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Funeral services for Emma Fretz, widow of the late Walter Fretz, who served as director of the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation in the 1970s and 1980s, will be held October 23 in Telford, Pa. Further information, along with her obituary, appears below. Emma R. Fretz, age 89, formerly of Hilltown Township, Pa., and Winona Lake,
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It’s been all over the headlines. In the Middle East, Christians are are being forced to flee their homes as refugees, targets of persecution and murder from a group known as ISIS, a radical Islamic group famous for their brutality. As we read about the horrors unfolding across the ocean, we have wondered what we can do to help. Last
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Dr. Dave Guiles, executive director of Encompass World Partners, will speak tomorrow night (Wednesday, October 15) at Moody Bible Institute’s Mission Conference in Chicago. He will be sharing the story of James Gribble, pioneer Grace Brethren missionary to the Central African Republic, during the general session at 7:00 p.m. Central Time. If you would like to listen, Moody will be live
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Word has been received of the death of Emma Fretz, widow of the late Walter Fretz, who led the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation for many years. Her son, Jay Fretz, is the pastor of Calvary Grace Brethren Church in Hagerstown, Md. In 2006, graceconnect.us posted this story about Emma: Emma Fretz Crafts Eggcellent Creations Obituary
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A notice of an upcoming event at the Grace Brethren Church, Leesburg, Ind. (Tim Sprankle, pastor), has been posted on the online news site, SPOnline. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Leesburg Church Hosts Annual Fall Festival The eighth annual fall festival hosted by Leesburg Grace Brethren
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Transfer student Zikel Reddick has connected as an athlete and student at Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif. (The school is a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church in Simi Valley, where Jordan Bakker is the pastor.) A story in the Simi Valley Acorn tells the story. A portion of the story appears
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