Ed Lewis, executive director of CE Nation, recently presented Ginny Plaster with a CE National Honor before the Leesburg, Ind., Grace Church (Tim Sprankle, pastor). The award was specifically for Ginny’s ministry in reaching neglected people. Ginny was presented a plaque as well as a bouquet of flowers. Ginny and her late husband, David Plaster, […]
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A team from New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church, Myerstown, Pa. (Keith Shearer, pastor), has been in Texas this week helping with Hurricane Harvey clean-up. John Ravert, who has been working with the team, sent this final photo. The homeowners took the team out for dinner after four days of clean-up and hanging many sheets of drywall.
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The Orange County, Calif., Register reports on various Veterans Day events in the county this weekend. One involves Grace Community Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Seal Beach, Calif. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Ceremonies, car show, parade planned as Orange County prepares to honor Veterans Day in
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A story in the weekly This Week News reports that two runners on the Worthington Christian High School boys cross country team have earned all-Ohio honors. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. (Worthington Christina High School is a ministry of Grace Polaris Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation
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Plans are now being finalized for the Sixth Brethren World Assembly, to be held August 9-12, 2018, in Winona Lake, Ind. This gathering happens every five years for Brethren groups descended from Alexander Mack in 1708 and it is sponsored by the Brethren Encyclopedia Project, Inc. “Brethren Intersections: History, Identity, Crosscurrents” is the working theme
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The quilting group at the First Grace Brethren Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Grafton, W. Va. (Michael Willis, pastor), recently presented quilts they had made to four local service members. A report in the Mountain Statesman told about the special service. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article.
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Micheal Faulkner, founding pastor of New Horizon Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in New York, N.Y., lost his bid on Tuesday to become the next comptroller of the City of New York. He lost the election to incumbent Scott Stringer, a Democrat, who took 77 percent of the vote, according to the New York Daily
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The recording of yesterday’s historic live stream announcement of the new name for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches is now live. Watch the announcement by clicking on the link below. Charis Fellowship is the new “doing business as” name for the network of evangelical congregations in North America. The name change is effective immediately.
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A story in yesterday’s Ventura County Star reports that students from Grace Brethren School in Simi Valley, Calif., took home awards in a robotics competition. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Grace Brethren School is a ministry of Grace Brethren Church, Simi Valley (Jordan Bakker, pastor). County
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The Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) unveiled a new name and logo today in a live stream video event from Akron, Ohio. Charis Fellowship is the new “doing business as” name for the network of evangelical congregations in North America. It comes after many months of brainstorming sessions, research, and professional input. Charis means
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