Lucille Miller, was born on February 7, 1923, in Stillman Valley, Ill., entered the presence of the Lord she loved with all her heart on October 23, 2017, in Roanoke, Va., while in the home and under the tender devoted care of her loving daughter, Kathie Kingery Maxwell. She is preceded in death by her
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Randy Smith believes sometimes “seeing is believing” and it is one reason he is so careful in planning the study tours he leads to Israel, Italy, and other countries in the Mediterranean region. “I couldn’t find any way where I could teach as effectively biblical truth in a way that quickly made such an impact on people,” he
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Lois Evelyn Buikema Schrock was born on August 17, 1921. She passed into the Lord’s presence on Sunday, October 22, 2017. Born and raised in Chicago, Ill., she attended and graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a major in Christian Education. She used her training to train the women where she and her husband, Lynn,
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Grace College’s Winona History Center is pleased to sponsor “The Unknown Story of Billy Sunday’s Circus Giant” on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m., in Westminster Hall, 105 9th Street, Winona Lake, Ind. The special event is free and open to the public. The presentation features historian Daniel Silliman, who will uncover the identity of
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Tony Webb, executive director of Vision USA, a cooperating church planting ministry in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, recently sent an update with much to give praise for, along with prayer requests. A portion of the newsletter appears below. Click here to read the complete letter, along with additional photos and requests. Last week,
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Encompass World Partners has received word that former missionary Lois Schrock, 96, died on Sunday, October 22, in La Habra, Calif. Lois served in Argentina for 24 years, in San Diego, Calif., for 15 years, and in Bradenton, Fla., for 21 years. Their son, Norman Schrock, said, “Mom and Dad had a full life of
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A story in the Modesto, Calif., Bee, about a first-year coach in their community, gives credit to the football coach at Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif. (The Simi Valley school is a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church there, where Jordan Bakker, is senior pastor.) A portion of the story appears below.
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Word has been received of the death of Lucille Miller, widow of longtime Grace Brethren pastor, Ward Miller. She died on October 23, 2017, in Roanoke, Va., where she had resided with her daughter. Memorial arrangements will be posted here when they are announced.
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Grace Community Church, Seal Beach, Calif. (Bob Wriedt, senior pastor), is at the tail end of a renovation project and is hosting to a community picnic to celebrate. A recent story in the Sun provides the details, along with information about raising the last amount of funds needed to complete the project. A portion of
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After a rainy Monday, the skies were clear and blue during day two of the East Focus Retreat, which is being held through tomorrow at Ocean City, Md. The event, which began late Monday afternoon, is for Grace Brethren pastors and ministry leaders and is being led by Clancy Cruise, executive director of the Fellowship
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