John “Mike” Cressler from Susquehanna Grace Community Church in Wrightsville, Pa., has been presented with a CE National Faithfulness Award. Mike has been a member of the Susquehanna church for six years and has made vital contributions to the church’s ministries. “Mike has been vital behind the scenes as a volunteer!” says Lonnie Skiles, pastor […]
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Wifflefest, the annual tradition at the Southview Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio (Mark Abel, pastor), kicked off yesterday for it’s 18th year. It continues this week and concludes on Sunday with special speaker, Andre ‘Thunder’ Thornton, a Cleveland Indian Hall-Of-Famer, who played ten of his fourteen seasons in the MBL with Cleveland. Below is a portion
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Joel Richards, pastor of the LaLoma Grace Brethren Church, Modesto, Calif., preached his last sermon as pastor of the congregation today. He is retiring after 43 years with the church. Below is a video from today’s Modesto Bee. Click here to read more.
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The Auburn, Calif., Journal reports on an upcoming free patriotic concert that is sponsored by Auburn Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Auburn (Phil Sparling, pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Celebrate freedom with free patriotic concert The 8th annual free Homeland patriotic concert is
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Two Grace Brethren military chaplains have selected for promotion and continued service, according to news received from Mark Penfold, chaplain endorsing agent for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Chaplains Pete Stone and John Jacobsen have been board selected for promotion to Major. Both Pete and John entered active duty at the same time and
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A Grace College student is quoted in a story in yesterday’s Northwest Indiana Times. The story tells about the College Bound program, which provides financial assistance to residents of Hammond, Ind., who want to attend college. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. College Bound helps Hammond students achieve
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You’ve Read the Book … Now Connect with the Land! GraceConnect is hosting a trip to Israel with Dr. Randy Smith, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Sebring, Fla. The trip will allow participants to connect with the land of the Bible during 12 days in March 2018. It departs from John F. Kennedy International
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Operation Barnabas is in full swing. Orientation is complete and the teams are on their way. Here are links to a few of their posts over the last few days. Orientation Day 4: The Bread and Couple of Other Things (June 22, 2017) Day 4 was full of new and exciting opportunities for our Operation
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In April of 2016, Pam Miller, a student athlete at Grace College in Winona Lake, Ind., was on her way to watch a track meet when she was involved in a head-on collision. As she was rushed to the hospital by helicopter, hundreds of people lifted her up in prayer — and God worked a
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Today’s story comes from Tonya Wike, wife of Jeremy Wike, pastor of Community of Hope Grace Brethren Church in Columbia City, Ind. You can read more about their past adoptions on Tonya’s blog, whatitmeans2beheld.blogspot.com. My daughter, Evie, is like most four-year-olds when it comes to her love of electronic devices. She’s quick to cuddle up next to
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