“Sometimes the most powerful work within the church happens outside its walls.” Pretty good quote, huh? I’m thinking about patenting it. When I say it, I’m referring to the Southview Grace Brethren Church of Ashland, Ohio. Over the last twelve years at Southview, I have been sprinkled in Sunday school, youth group, and sermons. I recall, especially […]
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We have received word of the June 2014 death of Bob Hoeppner, a friend of Grace College and its students. He moved to Warsaw, Ind., to become president of Grace Manufacturing, a company that employed many Grace students and gave profits to Grace. His obituary appears below. Robert “Bob” Martin Hoeppner of Warsaw, Ind., went
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Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., got a shout-out yesterday in the Brazil, Ind., Times, as the newspaper reported on a college fair to be held in February at Crawfordsville High School Commons. A portion of the article appears below. Click here for the complete story. College fair to feature 17 Christian liberal arts colleges …The first-time fair
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Crossroads Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Philadelphia, Pa. (Jim Brown, senior pastor), participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia. They partnered with Mount Zion Baptist Church to pray for the neighborhood, and to solicit canned goods and dry goods for the neighborhood food pantry
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Miriam McKeefery Uphouse Christensen of Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake, Ind., died at 6:25 p.m. on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at Grace Village Health Care at the age of 97. She was born on September 10, 1917 in Philadelphia, Pa., to William James McKeefery and Anna (Reichelt) McKeefery. On November 4, 1939, she was married
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Paul Mutchler has announced that he is stepping down as pastor of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Lanham, Md. In an open letter, he noted that he and his wife, Linda, have focused on R&R– relocation and refocusing. They will be moving to Lititz, Pa., so they can be near their grandchildren. He
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Word has been received that Miriam Uphouse Christensen, former Dean of Women at Grace College who served as a short-term missionary in Africa following her retirement, has died. More information will be posted here as it becomes available.
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Jonathon Hall, who serves on the pastoral staff at the Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio (Dan Allan, pastor) has compiled The Ultimate Comprehensive Bible Timeline. He self-published the spiral-bound book because he wanted to be sure to have all the information in one place. “I believe I’ve answered all the questions about chronology that people have,”
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A determined young woman from Grace Brethren High School, a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church in Simi Valley, Calif. (Jordan Bakker, pastor) petitioned Simi Valley officials to change municipal law so she could raise chickens as a 4-H project. A story reporting the result appeared recently in The Acorn newspaper. A portion of the
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Grace Church at West Shore, St. Leonard, Md., is featured in a story this week at SoMdNews (Southern Maryland Newspapers Online) along with several other new churches in the region. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Churches start with seeds of faith Local pastors confront challenges in creating new
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