John Burtoft of Winona Lake, Indiana, is calling attention with this delightful photo to the 88th birthday this past week of his father, James Burtoft. John Burtoft says, “My dad (Jim Burtoft) turns 88 years young this week. If you know him, you know what a truly great and giving man he is. “The photo
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GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH On this occasion of Norwalk’s 50th anniversary of incorporation. Your church has been a sanctuary for it members and a spiritual pillar with our community thereby making the City of Norwalk a better place to live.The Grace Brethren Church of Norwalk, California, yesterday received a commendation for 50 years of service in
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This past weekend, the parking lot at the East Side Grace Brethren Church (Chip Heim, pastor) in Columbus, Ohio, was covered with mulch. Bags and bags of mulch were stacked on wood pallets around the perimeter of the parking lot as part of the Living Proof Youth Group’s annual mulch sale. For almost 20 years
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The North Central Ohio District of Grace Brethren Churches held a great celebration of Jesus and His work in churches in Central Ohio on Sunday, April 29. The Celebration was held at the Powell, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church (Rick Nuzum, pastor). Worship was led by Brian Blackburn and Phil Stoll (Praise and Worship leader at
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Tom Avey, FGBC Fellowship Coordinator, visited the Eastside Grace Brethren Church in Columbus, Ohio, this past Sunday. Pastor Chip Heim has just returned from a two-week trip to the Ukraine to teach in a Bible Institute and told incredible stories of folks who had become “parables” of God in the lives of people who need
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Please continue praying for the recovery of Miriam Pacheco of Winona Lake, Indiana. Miriam, a leader in the Women of Grace organization and Grace Brethren International Missions board member, had colon surgery this morning (Monday) for removal of a benign tumor. Dr. Jim Childs of the Kittanning, PA, Grace Brethren Church, has been moved to
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YIB (Your Intrepid Blogger) spent a lovely weekend ministering and fellowshiping with the Grace Brethren from the churches in the Iowa/Midlands District yesterday and Saturday. After a morning of speaking and ministering in music with Pastor Gary and Jean Austin at the Cedar Rapids church (pictured), we hustled on down to Millersburg, Iowa, and the
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Pastor Edwin Jordan (right) of the Pleasant Grove Grace Brethren Church in North English, Iowa, was the moderator for this year’s Iowa/Midlands district conference and also conducted the district’s business meeting. The conference, held yesterday (Sunday, April 29) at the East Iowa Bible Camp in Millersburg, Iowa, attracted lay and clergy leaders from all the
Jason and Doni Weimer (kneeling) from the Waterloo, Iowa, Grace Brethren Church (Kelvin Cooke, pastor) were commissioned yesterday at the Iowa/Midlands district conference as “receiving missionaries” for a team of Grace College students soon to depart for ministry in the Philippines. The Weimers, who previously spent a year ministering in the Philippines, will be orienting
