A team from New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church, Myerstown, Pa. (Keith Shearer, pastor), is in Texas this week helping with Hurricane Harvey clean-up. This is the 17th team that has gone from Grace Brethren churches this fall as part of the Hurricane Harvey Coalition, including several teams who helped in Florida following Hurricane Irma. John […]
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A task force has been working for nearly a year to develop a new brand and logo for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Bartley Sawatsky, the incoming executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches in 2013, recommended the development of a new, youthful branding of the FGBC. Ultimately, the Fellowship Council agreed
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The football team at Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif., is headed to postseason play. It’s the first they’ve been eligible for in two years. Yesterday, the Venture County Star looked at their recent season and what it has meant for the team. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for
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The story of Leah Dickerson Andrews’ path to cancer care is told today in SWVAToday, an online newsite from Wytheville, Va. Leah is a member of the Grace Brethren Church in Riner, Va. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Her mother paved the path for her passion For Leah
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Officials at Camp Tukaway, the Grace Brethren-sponsored camp in Blacksburg, Va., had reported the death of a long-time camper, Andrew Scott Lutz. Andrew died in a one-car accident on Sunday morning near Riner, Va. Here is the post from the Camp Tukaway Facebook page: It is with a heavy heart that we post about the home
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More than 4,000 kids and their parents filed through “Trunk or Treat” Sunday night in Hilliard, Ohio. The community event was sponsored by Movement Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Hilliard (Mark Artrip, past0r). Josh Howard, pastor of communication and arts at the church, posted a live video of the event on Facebook (and shared
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Haley Bradfield, a Grace College graduate and former writer for GraceConnect.us, has published her first novel. (She is also a member of Southview Grace Brethren Church in Ashland, Ohio, Mark Abel, pastor.) Final Truth was recently released by Redemption Press. Haley will be sharing about the story on Saturday during a book launch party at the
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Five hundred years ago this fall the German monk and rabble-rousing reformer, Martin Luther, published his famous 95 arguments or “theses” laid down against the church of Rome. Some would mark this as the beginning of the Reformation—an era of fragmentation that produced several new Protestant branches of Christianity and even a Catholic reformation. This
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An alternative to trick or treating from door-to-door is being planned by Movement Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Hilliard, Ohio (Mark Artrip, pastor), according to the Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch. The “Trunk or Treat” event was included in a round-up story about less-conventional holiday events during the Halloween season. A portion of the story appears below.
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A member of the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor) and her business partner are competing in a business challenge in Washington, D.C., this week. Marna Pacheco, who attends WLGBC, and Susan Hickock, are taking part in the National Pitch Competition. A portion of a report from Inside Indiana Business appears
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