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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The East Focus Retreat kicked off late this afternoon at Ocean City, Md. During the next 48 hours, pastors and ministry leaders from around the eastern U.S. and Canada will look at “Developing an Apprentice Culture.” The sessions are led by Clancy Cruise, executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches and pastor of
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Golfers from Worthington Christian High School took their first-ever Division III state title Saturday afternoon as they defeated Gates Mills Gilmour Academy by 17 strokes. The school is a ministry of Grace Polaris Church (Mike Yoder, lead pastor), where golf coach, Zac Hess, serves on the pastoral staff. A portion of a report on the tournament
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Today’s story comes from Joel Trainer, pastor of Three Creeks Church, a Grace Brethren church plant in Gahanna, Ohio (on the east side of Columbus). In this video, Trainer gives you a tour of the community where Three Creeks is rooted and tells you what’s to come as he and his family follow God’s leading. The church plant
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At Vision Conference in Atlanta in 2013, incoming executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, Bartley Sawatsky, outlined his goals for his three-year term. It included “Develop a new youthful branding of the FGBC.” The Fellowship Council agreed and created a task force including Bartley, Tim Hodge, Scott Avey, and Scott Feather. This
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The neighborhood of Pastor Mike and Angela Sciarra in Orange, Calif., are among those communities impacted by this week’s fires in southern California. Yesterday, a mandatory evacuation was issued for their area. As of late this afternoon, they have not yet been allowed to return home. Mike reports that one home was destroyed about 300
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A firm begun by a member of the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor), and her business partner, is a finalist in a national business challenge. Marna Pacheco of Winona Lake, Ind., and Susan Hickok of Fort Wayne, Ind., and their company, CapeAble Sensory Products LLC, will compete for awards totaling $70,000 on
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Spots are still available for students to attend next winter’s Kalahari Retreat in Sandusky, Ohio, in spite of a strong response the first day registrations were open. The retreat will be held January 5-7 at the Kalahari Resort. Registration opened on Friday, September 29. Zack Pinkerton, director of the retreat and student ministries pastor at
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Grace Brethren pastor, Rick Horner, is leading a faith-based committee that is providing training for pastors and church leaders in counseling addicts and their families. Recently, Rick, who is pastor of the Conemaugh Grace Brethren Church near Johnstown, Pa., was interviewed about the program on WTAJ. A portion of the story appears below. Click here
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The Grace Brethren Church in Chambersburg, Pa. (John Bayer, pastor), has stepped up to help its community provide help to those in Puerto Rico who have been impacted by Hurricane Maria. They are a drop-off location for people wanting to make donations. A story in the Public Opinion gives the details. A portion of the
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