Over the weekend, Encounter Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Dublin, Ohio (Sean Spoelstra, pastor) was featured in a news item on WBNS TV (Channel 10) in Columbus, Ohio. The story told of their efforts to help the disadvantaged in Guatemala. Click on the link below to view the story.
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A multi-national group of Grace Brethren people are on the ground in Ecuador helping with earthquake relief. Below is Saturday’s post from Barb Wooler, director of crisis relief for Encompass World Partners, which includes a prayer request for the team. T MINUS ZERO … AND THEY’RE OFF! Most if not all of the Latin American
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CE National has again honored Grace Church of Greater Akron, Ohio (Jeff Bogue, senior pastor) as Church of the Year. The recognition is based on their growth, vision, teamwork, strategic planning, cultural relevance, commitment to the Scriptures and leadership development. “What an honor it was for the CE National board of directors to be in Akron,
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Grace College has announced the 29 recipients of the Millennial Scholar Academy (MSA) scholarship for the 2016-2017 school year. The scholarship provides first year out-of-state students with a $1,000 scholarship that increases by $500 each year enrolled for up to four years. The Millennial Scholar Academy’s purpose is to expose Grace College students to an
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Grace College and Seminary has made a change in its program offerings in the Detroit area. Beginning this summer, the college will offer Grace Opportunities for Adult Learners (GOAL) degree completion programs online to any interested area students. Formerly, Grace offered GOAL as well as associate’s degree programs residentially in Detroit-area locations. The change from
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Today’s the day a multi-national team from Grace Brethren churches and ministries heads to Ecuador to help with earthquake relief. Here is yesterday’s report from Barb Wooler, director of crisis response for Encompass World Partners. T -12 HOURS TO DEPLOYMENT Tomorrow (Saturday) morning the team of 11 members from five Latin American countries will be
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Here is Thursday’s post from Barb Wooler, director of crisis response at Encompass World Partners, as a multi-national team gears up to travel to Ecuador to help with earthquake relief. While Walter Testa (left in photo at right) will not be deploying with the team to the earthquake damage zone in Canoa, Ecuador, he is
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For the past 20 years, Glen and Joy Gilraine have called the state of Indiana home; along with their six kids and two German Shepherds. However, Glen was born and raised in Boston, Mass. He was a Catholic who met and married Protestant wife Joy when she was working as a Boston nanny from her native
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Should the church get involved in politics or influence their voting members? What is the church mandate on this issue? How should Christians project themselves? Two French pastors wondered the same thing, so preached a series of sermons that provided a framework for navigating some of the confusion often generated by the variety of candidates for
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Here’s yesterday’s post from Barb Wooler, director of crisis response for Encompass World Partners, regarding the team that is headed to Ecuador to help with Earthquake relief. The TEAM of 11 who depart on Saturday (May 21) to Ecuador’s earthquake zone is ending this day stronger than when it started. Why? Ironically, because of the
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