By Pete Semple For many students across the country, September spells the death of summer and compels a return to textbooks, teachers, and classrooms. But for the high-school classes at Grace Brethren Christian School in Clinton, Md., the transition is made easier as the school leads fall retreats for each of its high school classes. […]
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By Jim Brown, Moderator Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches Jim Brown Melvin the Squirt found his way to our home after weekend services at Grace Community Church. Everything within me said, “Don’t bring him home because he will just take up space and all he does is eat and sleep.” I also knew he would
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The congregation at Crossroads Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in northeast Philadelphia. The Crossroads Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in northeast Philadelphia, Pa., has completed the purchase of its first facility at 7721-31 Torresdale Avenue in the neighborhood of Holmesburg. The congregation gathered June 1 to celebrate this milestone. Kurt Miller, lead pastor
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Robert and Sharon MacMillan share a happy moment with their daughter, Kathryn, following graduation at Grace College and Theological Seminary on May 3. He is the pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Tracy, Calif. Among those participating in commencement exercises at Grace College and Theological Seminary on May 3, 2008, were 54 men and
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What’s happening with church planting in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) these days? Lots! Churches continue to work together to develop new churches. At least six new churches will be considered for FGBC membership this summer, and a new ministry called Go2 Church Planting is seeking formal recognition in the FGBC. A recommendation
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Why are gender-specific ministries important when ministering to children? That was a question addressed by members from the GBB (Grace Brethren Boys) National Board and the National SMM (Serving My Master) Cabinet as they met on April 12, 2008, to discuss their respective ministries. GBB is a ministry of men mentoring boys, while SMM is
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The Grace Brethren church-planting initiative in Canada has formed a new U.S. charity, GBCanada USA. The existing Canadian board and new U.S. board will work together to plant Grace Brethren churches across Canada. Members of the new board include Kurt A. Miller, lead pastor at Martinsburg, Pa., Grace Brethren Church; Dave Clearwater, who has attended
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Virginia Reagan, center, a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Aiken, S.C., beams at Aiken Technical College’s May 1 commencement after receiving an associate degree in human services at the age of 68. Along with this degree, she will graduate in December with a certificate for Social Services Assistant and a certificate in Gerontology.
The Alexander Mack Museum is one of many sights that participants in the 2008 Brethren World Assembly may visit. The event will be held August 2 and 3 in Schwarzenau, Germany. Representatives and friends of Brethren groups from all over the world will converge on the little village of Schwarzenau, Germany, about forty minutes north
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Grace Graduates 298 New graduate Jessica Griffith joins her parents and grandparents following the May 3 commencement for a photo of three generations of Grace College and Seminary graduates. From left to right are Corey (BS 04) and Jennifer (Griffith) Palmer and Dave (BA 75) and Susan Griffith (BA 75), Jessica Griffith (BA 08), and
