Today on the Facebook page for the Southern California-Arizona District of Grace Brethren Churches (Southwest Brethren), Roy Halberg, pastor at Grace Fellowship of Alta Loma, Calif., shared this story of God’s protection. GOD IS GOOD!! Our church in Alta Loma has a boy scout troop that meets in our facilities during the week. They are […]
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From Kay Carver, who formerly served with Encompass World Partners in Chad, has reported that Encompass staff in Chad is safe following several suicide bombings in the country yesterday. Below is what she posted on the Not Alone Crisis Responders page on Facebook and shared here with her permission. Ndjamena Chad , June 15; 9:30am ~
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Have you ever said you would gladly pray more if you only knew for what to pray? Perhaps the following will help you. Sunday: Pray for your relatives—your father, mother, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles and cousins. If any are not saved, pray for their salvation. Monday: Pray for your friends—your playmates in the neighborhood and at
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On Sunday, June 14, the congregation of the Grace Brethren Church of Calvert County in Owings, Md., gathered to celebrate the retirement of their long-time pastor, Robert Wagner. Blogger and videographer, Joanna Pearson, prepared several videos that were shown Sunday evening and shared on her blog. They are shared here with her permission.
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“When we started praying about moving to Ocala, that became the focus – the move to Ocala,” remembered Ryan Gagnon, who with his wife, Sarah, and their two children, left their long-time home in Sebring, Fla., to help with a Grace Brethren church re-plant in a community more than two hours away. Ryan and Sarah
Chuck Davis, executive director of Caribbean Vision Ministries, has sent this note after his wife, Millie, suffered a stroke recently. Continue to pray for Millie and Chuck as she recovers. Thank you for praying for my wife Millie for the last several weeks following a stroke that occurred shortly after we returned from Haiti. After
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Estella Gibbons Salisbury, who attends the Grace Brethren Church, Chico, Calif. (Matthew Raley, pastor), celebrated her 100th birthday on June 8. Below is a story from a recent issue of the Chico Enterprise-Record. Estella Gibbons Salisbury celebrates her 100th birthday on Monday. She was born June 8, 1915, in Marysville, to Leroy and Georgia Gibbons.
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The C-Span broadcast of the lecture of Grace College history professor, Dr. Jared Burkholder, is now online. In the class, first aired (and recorded) in February, Professor Burkholder talks about the differences between pacifist groups in the American revolution. He argues that application of pacifist principles was far from unified. Even if members of what
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A longtime member of the Grace Brethren Church, Sunnyside, Wash. (Nathan Zakahi, pastor), is featured in the Sunnyside, Wash., Daily Sun News. Pauline Padgham Shockley is getting ready to celebrate her 100th birthday. Below is a portion of the story. Click here for the complete article. Love of life could explain why Sunnyside woman is
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Bruce Brickel, who served as manager of the BMH Print Shop for many years and who oversaw the production of BMH Book projects, the Brethren Missionary Herald magazine, and printing projects for many Grace Brethren organizations, died on Thursday, June 11. Services are June 18, 2015, at the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church. His
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