December 2017

Family News Highlights 2017 Top Stories

One again, the “family news” aspect was represented in the themes of the articles that were most accessed on graceconnect.us in 2017. After all, the website is the center of news and information in the Charis Fellowship (formerly known as the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches), a family of congregations in North America. More than …

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Ron Thompson Book on Evangelism Available as e-Book

Hurricanes for God – Impacting Our World!, the book by retired Charis Fellowship pastor, Ron Thompson, is now available as an e-book on Amazon.com. The book is about evangelism, evangelists, evangelizers, and witnesses. Recognizing God’s power working in and through each individual Christian, it is based on the observation that when individuals truly come to …

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How is God “the Savior of All”?

Christmas Season is a good time to ponder an interesting verse. “The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.” – 1 Timothy 4:9-10 The Christian …

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Former Missionary, Educator, and Pastor, Robert Cover Dies

Robert James Cover, Sr. of Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake, Ind., died at 6:05 a.m. on Friday, December 22, 2017, at Grace Village Health Care at the age of 85. He was born on May 19, 1931 in Modesto, Calif., to James David Cover and Elizabeth (Wagner) Cover. On July 3, 1953 he …

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Grace College to Host Star-Studded High School Tournament

Four Indiana powerhouses will converge at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., on December 30 for the first annual boys’ basketball Champions of Character Classic. Teams from Zionsville, Valparaiso, Warsaw, and Fishers high schools are the inaugural participants in the Champions of Character Classic, held at Grace’s Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center. The four-game, two-session event features …

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