Prayer has been requested for Charlotte Poyner, wife of Jim Poyner, longtime pastor of Gulfview Grace Brethren Church, Port Richey, Fla, and mother of Paul Poyner, current pastor of Gulfview Grace. She has been hospitalized after collapsing due to a blood clot. Below is a message sent by Paul. I ask the team to pray for
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Urban Hope, Philadelphia, Pa., took 65 campers and 21 leaders to Camp Conquest in Denver, Pa., recently to experience nature and learn how to pray God’s way through “The Lord’s Prayer!” Among the numbers noted: 1 Downpour 15 First Time Decisions 30 Character Awards 45 Verse Champion 68 Forgiveness Decisions 99 People Total
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JohnMcCollum, executive director of Asia’s Hope International, a cooperating ministry in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, has alerted friends of a situation in areas where their six homes are located in India. Below is his letter, with a request to pray and links for helpful information. Since June 15, the areas surrounding our six children’s
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Efforts among Grace Brethren churches to respond to needs in the wake of Hurricane Harvey moved forward today during a conference call led by Barb Wooler, director of crisis response for Encompass World Partners. “The clean-up will be mammoth,” she told those on the call. “It will begin as soon as the water recedes.” She
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A new Grace Brethren congregation is getting ready to launch in central Ohio. Joel and Morgan Trainer, who will be planting Three Creeks Church in Gahanna, Ohio, were recently commissioned by their sending churches, Encounter Church, Dublin, Ohio (Sean Spoelstra, pastor), and Movement Church, Hilliard, Ohio (Mark Artrip, pastor). “Our Sunday, August 13 commissioning service for
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Sometimes, God directs our lives through a still, small voice. But not always. Seventeen-year old Tiffany Tabor thought she had her life figured out. Tiffany is the daughter of Mike (and Connie) Tabor, pastor of The Happy Church, a Grace Brethren Church in Jackson, Ky. Currently a homeschool senior taking dual credit courses from Hazard
Carol R. Forbes of Winona Lake, Ind., passed into the presence of her Lord at 9:16 p.m. on Monday, August 28, 2017, at Parkview Hospital Randallia of Ft. Wayne, Ind., at the age of 81 after a 4 ½ year battle with breast cancer. She was born on July 13, 1936 in Painesville, Ohio, to
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Wanting to reach kids who would not otherwise have a chance to play football, Grace Church, Osceola, Ind. (Greg Serafino, pastor), has begun a team. They recently had their first game of the season and a local television station reported on the event. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to see (and
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Barb Wooler, director of crisis response for Encompass World Partners, has posted the following at encompasscrisisresponse.org. As Hurricane Harvey’s flood waters continue to rise, we are watching and praying to know how to help. We pray for the people of Texas, many of whom are experiencing the loss of all their earthly possessions, and we are watching to determine
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Verna May Felts, age 88, of Mishawaka, Ind. (formerly of Warsaw, Ind.), died Friday, August 25, 2017 at 12:26 a.m. in North Woods Village at Edison Lake, Mishawaka, Ind. She was born December 15, 1928 in Stratton, Neb., to Gustaf and Hazel (Wollman) Miller. She was a Warsaw resident since 1957. On October 17, 1957,
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