August 2015

Melissa Spoelstra’s new study “Joseph: The Journey to Forgiveness” (Abingdon Press), hit the shelves this week. In the book, Melissa, the wife of Grace Brethren pastor, Sean Spoelstra (Encounter Church, Dublin, Ohio), takes a look at Joseph and his dreams, his betrayers, his dysfunctional family, his struggle to forgive, and his journey toward reconciliation. “All of us know

Erik Brunk has been commissioned by Suntree Grace Brethren Church, Melbourne, Fla. (Jason Brown, pastor) to serve in any capacity needed at Brooksville, Fla., Grace Brethren Church. The Brooksville congregation has been searching for a pastor since the retirement of Pastor Bill Smith earlier this year. Erik is currently a student at the Antioch School of Church

Randy Weekley, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of Pinellas Park, Fla. (St. Petersburg area), underwent surgery on Monday to have his left leg removed after suffering from villonodular synovitis. Below is a report from his son-in-law, Wade Rininger: The doctors are still working on pain management, he is still under a lot of pain

Prayer is requested for Randy Weekley, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Pinellas Park, Fla. He will have surgery on Monday. Today, he asked for prayer on his Facebook page. It is shared here with his permission: I have been struggling with my pride on whether or not to put this on Facebook. But