Yesterday’s Mansfield, Ohio, News Journal, carried a story about Keith Witzky, who is retiring after 30 years with the Richland County (Ohio) Sheriff’s Office. He’s also a member of Woodville Grace Brethren Church in Mansfield (Ron Smals, pastor) and plans to return to the jail as a chaplain, so he can provide hope to the inmates. […]
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A post at the VC Star site notes that Grace Brethren High School, Simi Valley, Calif., has hired a new head football coach. (Grace Brethren High is a ministry of Grace Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Simi Valley. Jordan Bakker is the senior pastor). A portion of the VC Star story appears below. Click
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Nancy Zellner, the widow of Warren Zellner, who once served with the Brethren Architectural Service, died on Monday in Warsaw, Ind. She was also the sister of Ed Lewis, the former president of CE National (now Momentum Ministry Partners). Her obituary appears below. Nancy May Zellner formerly of Winona Lake, Indiana went home to be
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Two years ago, my mom bought me a lilac bush for our first home. Her gift left me—someone whose thumb is more brown than green—equally elated and terrified. I was even more scared when she told me it wouldn’t bloom for at least the first year. How in the world am I supposed to know if
Bill Hall, pastor of Living Hope Grace Brethren Church, Saxton, Pa., took part in the local observance of the National Day of Prayer recently, according to a story posted yesterday by the Bedford Gazette. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. ‘Renewed spirit of the Lord’: Residents join
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At the beginning of 2020, Grace Community Church in Goshen, Ind. (Jim Brown, lead pastor), launched a car care ministry. Their dream was to use their facilities and skills to bless others. When the church acquired The Lodge, their retreat center in Syracuse, Ind., they began praying and dreaming of what to do with the
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Memorial services for James P. Long have been scheduled, according to a post on his Facebook page. A graveside service will be held for Jim on Tuesday, May 11, at 1:30 p.m. at the Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs. In lieu of flowers Harriet is asking for trees to be planted in Jim’s name utilizing
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Darren and Stacey Gagnon were living in Camp Verde, a little town in central Arizona, with two kids and blossoming professional careers. It was a good life, a sensible life — an American Dream life. But God had more in store. The Gagnons began obeying His promptings and following Him into difficult places, where their
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Word has been received of the death of James P. Long, former staff member at CE National (now Momentum Ministry Partners). He died over the weekend of some sudden heart complications, according to a post on Facebook by his brother-in-law, David Kantor. James was an award-winning author of hundreds of magazine articles and a number
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Elaine Hess, member and CE Ministry Coordinator at Southview Grace Brethren Church in Ashland, Ohio (Mark Abel, senior pastor), has been taking U.S. military veterans to visit the Washington D.C. war memorials for several years through Honor Bus. Elaine taught U.S. History to eighth grade students for 34 years prior to retiring. As part of
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