About 20 pastors and leaders in the Northwest District of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) are gathered this week at Camp Clear Lake near White Pass, Wash., for the first of five regional Focus Retreats. Led by Dr. Dave Guiles, the 48-hour retreat is focusing on “Shaping the Future” and is designed to begin conversation about
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Leaders of the Japanese returnee ministry are meeting today in Southern California to plan for the next year. After breakfast, they met via Skype with ministry partners, Kuni Sano, in Japan, and Julio and Joanne Maríns, and their children, Julian and Junie, who plan to relocate soon from Florida to Southern California to work with
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Javier Forero, pastor of Iglesia Comunal La Esperanza, a Grace Brethren congregation in Valrico, Fla., has returned from a trip to Nassau, Bahamas, where he worked with Haitian pastors Dumont Cardichon and Henry Cher-aime. His report appears below. First of all I want to thank God and Encompass World Partners for allowing me to participate with Pastor
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Southern California pastors gathered this morning in Seal Beach, Calif., for their monthly meeting. Don Shoemaker, pastor emeritus at Grace Community Church, Seal Beach, hosted the group. The morning centered around the mass murder incident in a beauty salon on October 12, 2011. Shoemaker served during that event (and continues to serve) as a chaplain
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The theme for Grace’s cross country team in 2014 is sunathleo, which means “striving together.” Head coach Jeff Raymond’s desire is that the Lancers’ striving together as a larger unit will result in improved times for each runner this fall. Sunathleo. “I’m excited for the season because of the type of people we have on
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Several authors of BMH Books will participate in a book signing during the monthly First Friday event this week in Warsaw, Ind. The September 5 event will celebrate National Literacy Month. John Davis, Larry McCall, Tom Julien, Viki Rife, Don DeYoung, and Terry White, all residents of the Warsaw-Winona Lake community, will be on hand
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Women’s Tennis Looks for Improvement in 2014 Grace’s women’s tennis has reason to be optimistic in 2014. Although the Lady Lancers finished 3-8 last fall, Grace returns an experienced roster and added talented newcomers. Second-year head coach Scott Moore is confident the growing pains the team endured in 2013 will make for a stronger, hungrier
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At a time when increasing enrollment in higher education is challenging, Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., once again achieved a record-breaking enrollment of 2,187 total students, a 14.9 percent increase over the 2013 enrollment of 1,904. Grace welcomed 426 new on-campus students compared with 399 in 2013. In addition to the record new student enrollment,
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Grace College graduate and a current adjunct professor, Rebecca Dawson, was featured recently on the on-line news site, Stacey Page Online. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. A Heart For Counseling Rebecca Dawson has been living in Warsaw going on her 20th year. The mother of three
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Grace College and it’s new cost-savings program is in the news this morning. The Fort Wayne, Ind., Journal Gazette has featured the school following it’s announcement of a tuition reduction for incoming students, free textbook rentals, and other steps to reduce the costs of a Christian college education. A portion of the story appears below.
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