Jay Bell sends along these photos of the ruins of Pastor Bob Smoker’s home which burned to the ground on Friday (see yesterday’s post). Kork Moyer, communications coordinator for the Northern Atlantic Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, sends along the following information regarding help and encouragement to the Bob Smoker family: I’ve created a place […]
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Warsaw (IN) Christian School is fast approaching its 50th anniversary and is looking for input from former students, faculty, and school families. An e-note from the school asks, “Are you an adult alumni of WCS? Former faculty, staff or board member? We’d like to get in touch with you so please email us your current
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The following e-mail was received from Pastor Robert Smoker (pictured) of the Susquehanna Grace Brethren Church in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Friday our barn home burned to the ground. Praise the Lord my Mom had already moved to an assisted living home due to her health needs. However, all is lost – even our dog Zoe. That
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Jim Snavely, Northeast Regional Career Missionary with Grace Brethren North American Missions, sends along the following report on the launch of the new Elk Creek church this past Sunday. Here is an encouraging and exciting overview from church planter Mike Silliman. Pastor Mike and the Elk Creek Church launch team began public services on Sunday,
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Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis spoke last night to a full crowd at the Rodeheaver Auditorium in Winona Lake, Indiana. Ham has been on the campus of Grace College & Seminary the last few days speaking and interacting with students. Here is a comment from his blog on the event–to access his blog click
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Angelica Alvarez was sentenced to life without parole for killing her four children. Gonzalo Lopez (right), the father of the eldest two children, walks outside the courthouse with his pastor, Brian Baughman (center). Baughman is pastor of Hispanic ministries at the Osceola (IN) Grace Brethren Church (Greg Serafino, pastor). (WSBT photo) Story from WSBT-TV site:
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David K. Floyd (pictured), a 1983 graduate of Grace College with a B.S. degree in communication, has been named the new president of Warsaw, Indiana-based DePuy Orthopaedics, one of the area’s earliest and leading orthopaedics firms. Floyd is also the son-in-law of Prof. Wayne Snider, who for many years was chair of the history department
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On Sunday, September 30, Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Ind., will dedicate the land on which their new building addition will be constructed. (See the architectural rendering at right.) The new facility will be a 28,000 square foot addition and will include an alternative live satellite venue for worship, a new
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The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) has recently approved new financing of $2.4 million towards the construction of a $5.1 million Early Childhood Center for the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, Ohio, where Dave Plaster is the pastor. The new center (see photo at right) will consist of 23 classrooms, an indoor playroom space, administrative
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