Pastors and ministry leaders from the west coast are gathered this week at The Oaks Retreat and Conference Center near Lake Hughes, Calif., for the annual Southwest Focus Retreat. Dan Allan, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Ashland, Ohio, is leading the few days away, which is focusing on rest and refreshment. Bartley Sawatsky,
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Well-known former Grace Brethren pastor’s wife and missionary, Elaine Brenneman, died early Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Ruth Poupart, in Lewis Center, Ohio. Elaine and her late husband, Max, pioneered the Grace Brethren work in Puerto Rico. Prior to that, as a single woman, she worked at a Grace Brethren ministry in
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John Schumacher, endorsing agent for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, received a special recognition this month in Washington, D.C. On January 15, John was presented the Centurion of the Year award at the National Association of Evangelicals Chaplain’s Commission (NAECC) had their annual meeting. The award is an authentic miniature of the helmet that Centurion military
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The Fellowship Council, the leadership team of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, began meeting this week in Long Beach, Calif. Led by executive director, Bob Fetterhoff (pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Wooster, Ohio, the group kicked off this morning by hearing reports from the executives of the national organization that are affiliated with
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The annual Women’s Leadership Summit hosted by Women of Grace USA is being held this weekend in Frederick, Md. About 50 women have gathered to learn more about team building and conflict resolution as Margie Brubaker teaches on “A Wardrobe of Gracious Influence.” The Summit is being held at Grace Community Church on Old Pike
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Christa Brown, missions mobilizer at Encompass World Partners, has reported on the recent gathering of Grace Brethren ethnic pastors, which was held January 8-11, 2013, in Atlanta, Ga. Tuesday At noon, about 30 ethnic leaders ministering across the U.S. and Canada gathered together in Atlanta, Ga., to kick off the 4th annual FGBC ethnic leaders’ conference.
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WINONA LAKE, IND. – On Friday, February 1, 2013, the Grace College Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children will host Scott Rigsby, world recognized Ironman and double amputee, to kick off the Transition Exploration Day on the campus of Grace College. Rigsby’s history is a fascinating and compelling story of persistence against enormous odds. Despite
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Skiing, Snowbarding, and mountain biking are just a few of the adventures awaiting participants in the Northstar Outdoor Adventure GO Team, a short-term ministry trip to Norikura, Japan from June 16 – 28, 2013. The team will help minister to the Japanese population through Northstar, an outdoor school and lodge in the Japanese Alps which
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GraceConnect and the Brethren Missionary Herald Company welcomes intern Ethan Sheckler. A native of Goshen, Ind., Ethan is a senior at Grace College and plans to graduate in May. He has served as copy editor and staff writer for the Grace College Sounding Board. Watch for Ethan’s byline on graceconnect.us and in the new GraceConnect magazine. He’ll
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WINONA LAKE, IN. –Last semester at Grace College demonstrated an extraordinary achievement for the college: five Grace professors received doctorate degrees during the fall 2012 semester. Jeff Gill, Roger Stichter, Deb Musser, Cheryl Bremer, and Terry White all finished their degrees this fall while teaching for the college. “Institutions like ours always have faculty members that
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