July 2017

Bess and Brenda Change Ministry Focus

After more than 30 years of service in Mexico, Bess Farrell and Brenda Welling have settled in Warsaw, Ind., and continue to be a light for the gospel. Recently, Encompass World Partners executive director Dave Guiles and his wife Sue offered their sincere gratitude to Bess and Brenda on behalf of Encompass. They have left an admirable legacy counseling […]

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Wifflefest Concludes at Ashland Southview GBC

Wifflefest, the annual community event sponsored by Southview Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio (Mark Abel, pastor), concluded on Tuesday. The Ashland Times-Gazette included a follow-up story in today’s edition. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Locals turn out in record numbers for Wifflefest Area residents turned up in

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Fire at Pastor’s Home Results in Smoke Detector Program

A story in today’s Wooster, Ohio, Daily Record reports on a program to install smoke detectors in area homes that began after a disastrous fire at the home of Nick Cleveland, senior pastor of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Wooster. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Program started

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Teams Compete at Ashland’s Wifflefest

Today’s Ashland, Ohio, Times-Gazette, carries a story about Wifflefest, the annual community event sponsored by Southview Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio (Mark Abel, pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Youths turn out for Wifflefest Mambas go extras for title, Dinger City repeats Many area kids’ athletic talents

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Grow New England Participates in Community Event

In Ephesians 4:17-19 we learn that man apart from Christ is futile in their thinking, darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God… But by God’s grace believers (Christians), those who have placed their faith and trust in Christ alone have not so learned Christ (Ephesians 4:20). And by God’s grace we know

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About My Father’s Business Church Finds New Location

About My Father’s Business, a Grace Brethren church in Washington, D.C., recently faced a dilemma. Their building had been sold and they needed to find a new meeting place. Pastor Stephen Joyce recently shared their story with the pastors and leaders of the Chesapeake District of Grace Brethren Churches. Read it in its entirety below. As

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Road Leads Back to God for Sunnyside Church Member

David Rowland, a member of the Grace Brethren Church, Sunnyside, Wash. (Nathan Zakahi, pastor), is the subject of an article in the July 2017 edition of the Yakima Valley Good News. The story, written by former Grace Brethren pastor, Chuck Winter, tells of David’s path back to God. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read

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