Ryan Bowell has been named to the position of director of credit services, at the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF), effective July 1, 2013. Ryan comes to the GBIF as a seasoned business professional with a strong background in strategic planning and the ability to work within multiple levels of an organization. Ryan will primarily
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As we learned of last week’s death of veteran missionary, “Amazon Bill” Burk, the tributes to his ministry have poured in. Burk’s association with the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, and Encompass World Partners (formerly Grace Brethren International Missions), with whom he ministered, was long and storied. For many of us who grew up in
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From April 10 to April 13, Grace College Varsity Mediation Team members Mary Wick, Jacob McCarthy, Drake Darrah, Young Sun Seong and Ashley Brewster attended the Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) in Elkhart, Indiana. VORP is a mediation process that focuses on “restorative justice.” Instead of merely sentencing a criminal for the crime committed, the program
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Bruce Triplehorn, a missionary to Brazil with Encompass World Partners and author of the BMH book, Worship the Golden Thread, worked with the late Bill Burk from the moment the Triplehorns landed in the South American country in the 1990s. Upon hearing of Burk’s death on July 26, Bruce sent this tribute, which he had
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This message was submitted by Marcos Freitas of Brazil, who knew Bill and Imogene Burk. Bill, known by many as “Amazon Bill,” died Wednesday in Washington State after serving more than 50 years as a missionary in Brazil. I would like to give you a testimony about the missionaries Imogine and Bill Burk in Brazil.
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An article on today’s Stacey Page Online news site reports on the experiences of Grace College basketball coach, Jim Kessler, as he worked with the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games Training Camp in Colorado Springs. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Kessler Contributes To USA Basketball
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“It’s so easy in church to get caught up in development planning – in the systems of things,” explains Jason Haymaker, pastor of Western Reserve Grace Church in Macedonia, Ohio. “The leader sets the culture as to whether the church will be a transformational church or just an organized church. If we are producing ‘safe’
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City Life, sponsored by CE National, gives high school students the opportunity to learn and participate on a ministry trip that includes the cities and suburbs of Washington DC, Philadelphia, and New York City—three of the most exciting cities in the U.S. Beginning with orientation at Grace Church in Lititz, Pa., they spent a few days
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GraceConnect eNews is published weekly and includes news of people, churches, and ministries that are affiliated with the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Click here to register for your free subscription. Merry Christmas! (No. 27, Week of December 23, 2013) Let the Be Light! (No. 26, Week of December 16, 2013) Walking With Jesus (No.
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Zach and Sarah, the son and daughter-in-law of Ron and Chery Boehm, Grace Brethren church-planter-coaches with VisionOhio, recently experienced a loss with the death of their newborn son, Samuel Cole, who was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 prior to his birth. Zach is a producer for the Wally Show, a syndicated radio program based in Franklin,
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