Word has been received of the death of Larry Orme, executive pastor for the Penn Valley Multi-Site Network and campus pastor of Penn Valley Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Telford Pa. Larry also was a member of the Fellowship Council, the leadership board of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Below is the notice […]
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We’re beginning a new feature at GraceConnect. From time-to-time, we’ll feature video interviews with leaders of national and cooperating ministries in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC). Some of them were recorded during a meeting of those leaders in January 2017 in Columbus, Ohio. In this first video, Mark Abel, director of Sky Watchers,
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Nathan Bryant, executive director of GBCanada USA, is attending Exponential East 2017, the large conference for church planters, which is being held next week in Orlando, Fla. He plans to gather with anyone from the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches on Tuesday evening. Please contact him at nathan@gbcanada.ca or his cell, 647-404-0190, if you will
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A house once used as the parsonage for the former Grace Brethren Church in LaVerne, Calif., is on a tour of historic homes this weekend. The 1928 home, commissioned by Frank and Elizabeth Detter, served as the parsonage from 1956 through 1968. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete story.
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An innovative, Christ-centered educational community distinguishes Grace College and Seminary. “Culture of Innovation” is one of four priorities of Grace’s Aspire Campaign, the $37 million comprehensive campaign launched in March. As Grace seeks to build on its reputation as an innovative institution, it will pursue two primary projects within this priority: the Deploy seminary model
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For almost two years, some members of the Grace Brethren Church (WLGBC) in Winona Lake, Ind. (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor), have received a special homemade encouragement card, printed with a Bible verse and written with words of encouragement. It’s a simple gift, but to a discouraged family, a few words go a long way. The person
Grace Brethren pastor and church planter, Neil Cole, writes about the cost of church planting on the website of 100 Movements. Neil is the founder of Church Multiplication Associates and is a key catalyst in the organic church movement. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. How Much
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The Lilly Center for Lakes and Streams at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., will host a free spring interpretive hike on Saturday, April 22, beginning at the Lake City Greenway, through Heritage Trail. The hike will begin at 9 a.m. at the Greenway entrance. Participants should meet at the Heritage Trail parking lot at the
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The other day I had some extra time between appointments, so I stopped at an area park to enjoy the scenery and sunshine. An older couple pulled up in their boat to the pier. The man got out and backed a truck with a boat trailer up to the boat ramp. Then he got back
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Grace College senior art majors will showcase their cumulative and thesis work at the second of two art shows on campus this spring. The final Senior Art Show takes place now through May 6 at Mount Memorial Gallery, 808 Kings Highway, Winona Lake, Ind. The exhibit is open Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. –
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