Events of general interest among Grace Brethren churches. Details and registration information are available from the sponsoring organizations or at fgbc.org. October 25 – Day Away, Patterson Memorial Grace Brethren Church, Roanoke, Va. (CE) October 25-26 – Fall Break (GCandS) October 25-27 – East Focus Retreat, TBA (FGBC) November 4-5 – Grace Board of Trustees […]
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Teresa and Butch Owens In 1994, the song on the radio caught Butch Owen’s attention as he headed to church one Sunday morning in Owings, Md. The words from the Gaither Vocal Band’s “A Few Good Men” told how you don’t have to be a “Billy Graham” to be used by God. By the time
Grace Brethren pastors and ministry leaders from the eastern region of the U.S. recently met at Ocean City, Md., for the annual East Focus Retreat. Tom Avey, coordinator of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, who planned the event, asked for feedback. He received this note from Brian McCall, part-time director of family ministry at
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Women of Grace USA, the women’s ministries arm of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, has partnered with Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind., to sponsor a program in Women’s Leadership Studies. The new curriculum was announced last weekend at the Women’s Leadership Summit, in Canton, Ohio, by Janet Minnix, president of Women of Grace
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This blog informed readers in an August 26, 2010, entry about the serious tractor accident in Alabama that injured longtime Grace Brethren pastor John Gillis. Word has now reached us through John’s wife Ruthie (via Tom McDairmant) that John has recovered sufficently that he preached this past Sunday morning. According to McDairmant, Gillis spent 10
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David Guiles, executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions, sends his final report about the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization meeting October 16-25 at Cape Town, South Africa. This was written Tuesday, October 26 upon his return home. On this last day of Cape Town 2010, the focus was on partnership. The day of looking for the new
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Grace Brethren pastors and ministry leaders in the eastern United States have had the opportunity this week to step away from their ministries and reflect on their own lives in Christ. The East Focus Retreat began Monday afternoon (October 25) at Ocean City, Md., and concludes tomorrow (Wednesday, October 27). Dr. Tony Webb, executive director
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From the Warsaw (IN) Times-Union newspaper: Grace Gets Grant To Study Climate Change Staff Report WINONA LAKE – Thanks to a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Grace College and researchers at three other institutions, including the University of Michigan, will participate in a research study analyzing the potential effects of climate change
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Members of the board of the Brethren Encyclopedia Project met this Monday, October 25 in the archaeology room of Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio, for the BE’s annual fall board meeting. Agenda items included the re-election for another term of Robert S. Lehigh as president; Dale R. Stoffer as vice president; Dale V. Ulrich, secreatary;
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Dr. Ken Bickel (right), on behalf of the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers, this past Sunday morning gave the Excellence in Ministry Award from the AGBM to Roger D. Peugh (left) in the Sunday morning services of the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church, where Peugh and his wife, Nancy, are members. The other AGBM
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