Word has been received of the death of Mabel Marken, the wife of the late Grace Brethren pastor, Don Marken. Bud Olszewski, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Rittman, Ohio, remembers the Markens. “Mabel was the wife of Don, who served several GBC’s as pastor. He often took churches that could not afford to pay, thus […]
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Two Grace Brethren pastors are on the mend following unexpected hospitalizations within the last few weeks. Ron Boehm, church-planter coach with VisionOhio, collapsed when an abdominal aneurism burst. Rich Schneiders, pastor of Friendship Community Church in Fort Myers, Fla., suffered complications from an outpatient surgery last week and has been in the hospital since. Both are
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It looks like it will be the battle of the “Brethren” this week in Southern California as #2 Grace Brethren (11-0) takes on Brethren Christian (8-2-1) in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) football playoffs at Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach. Both high schools have founding histories in Grace Brethren churches — Grace Brethren is a ministry of
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From Camp Conquest, the Grace Brethren camp sponsored by the Northern Atlantic Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, comes an opportunity to expand the ministries of the camp. See below for more information. This November 21, go the EXTRA mile for Camp Conquest’s needy campers. On that day, we are participating in the Extraordinary Give, Lancaster
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A story in Tuesday’s (November 18) Fremont, Ohio, News-Messenger details the participation of a Grace Brethren congregation in the Operation Christmas Child ministry. Grace Community Church (Kevin Pinkerton, pastor) is a collection point for the shoe-box-sized gift packages. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Fremont contributes to
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Continued prayers are requested for Rich Schneiders, pastor of Friendship Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Fort Myers, Fla. He has been hospitalized since early last week. Here’s an update from his wife, Linda. Just back from the hospital. Rich had a much better day. His vitals and stats are coming back in a
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Pastor Dan Ruiz and Grace Fellowship Church of Cherry Valley, Calif. (formerly Grace Brethren Church of Cherry Valley), are planning a good-bye sendoff for Pastor Roy Polman and his wife, Judy, on Sunday morning December 14 at 11 a.m. Roy has decided to retire and he and Judy are leaving on December 15 for Georgia,
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“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind…love your neighbor as yourself.” These verses from Matthew 22 are printed on the t-shirts of volunteers at Grace Clinic in central Ohio. But they don’t just wear the words; they live them. Grace Clinics of Ohio,
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Anne Brown, wife of Pastor Jim Brown at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Ind., was recently named a Woman to Watch by SASSY Magazine. Last week, as the result of a Facebook contest, she was named the “Fan Favorite” and will be featured on the December cover of the magazine. She
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Grace College and Mission Point Community Church are partnering with Owen’s Supermarket on East Center Street, Warsaw, Ind., to host the fourth annual Super Market Sweep: Give ‘Till You Drop event on Wednesday, November 19, an all-day event. The Super Market Sweep is a day for community members to come together and give back to area
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