Today’s story comes from Tonya Wike, wife of Jeremy Wike, pastor of Community of Hope Grace Brethren Church in Columbia City, Ind. You can read more about their past adoptions on Tonya’s blog, whatitmeans2beheld.blogspot.com. My daughter, Evie, is like most four-year-olds when it comes to her love of electronic devices. She’s quick to cuddle up next to
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A concert in Martinsburg, W. Va., to benefit The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) in honor of Kristen (Michael) Jagodowski that was scheduled for June 23 has been postponed according to the event site on Facebook. The concert was in honor of Kristen, a long-time member of the Rosemont Grace Brethren Church (Carl Baker, pastor), and a recent
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I’ve experienced seasons which left me seemingly drowning in hopelessness. I knew my Savior was Jesus Christ. I knew my eternity was secure in Him. I knew the Truth of the Gospel. But despite that knowledge, I felt weighed down, pointless and distraught. I couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. Those
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Yesterday’s Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch carries a story about Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, the alternative-rock band Twenty One Pilots. Tyler is a graduate of Worthington Christian High School, a ministry of Grace Polaris Church (Mike Yoder, lead pastor), a Grace Brethren congregation on the north side of Columbus. He and Dun will begin a series
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The summer newsletter from GBCanada USA, the Grace Brethren church-planting organization in Canada, celebrates 20 years of ministry in the country, the development of four continuing churches, and more than 400 Canadians who have come to know and follow Jesus. It also contains news of a shift in ministry area, as the team which birthed
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Cornerstone Community Church, Hagerstown, Md. (Dean Pryor, pastor), marked its first Sunday in it’s new facility — a renovated historic barn east of Hagerstown. The church was formerly the Hagerstown Grace Brethren Church and sold its building on Spruce Street in 2011 because the upkeep had become burdensom. A story in today’s Herald-Mail provides the
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Adam Johnson has been appointed to serve on the Fellowship Council of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. He fills the seat left vacant by the April 21 death of Larry Orme, pastor of Penn Valley Church, Telford, Pa. Adam serves Penn Valley Church Multi-site as the Bux-Mont campus pastor. He is married to Megan
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A story in today’s West Side Leader, Akron, Ohio, details the efforts of Grace Church, Bath Campus (Jeff Bogue, senior pastor), to pack more than one million meals for the needy. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Grace Church helping to feed hungry children BATH — More than 1
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She couldn’t stop shaking. Some unknown terror had gripped her and was taking over her body. The eight-year-old had no idea what was happening to her. She only knew one thing: it always started when they drove by a certain house. She couldn’t explain her reaction, even to herself. The house was the home of
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Heidi Bird, the softball coach at Grace Brethren High School, Simi Valley, Calif., along with members of her team, have been recognized in the Frontier League, according to yesterday’s Ventura County Star. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Grace Brethren High School is a ministry of Grace Brethren
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