The Simi Valley Acorn has featured several outstanding graduates of Grace Brethren High School, a ministry of Grace Brethren Church of Simi Valley, Calif. (Jordan Bakker, pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here to learn more about these young people and their plans. SENIOR STANDOUTS • GRACE BRETHREN Kohl Keali’i Cano, 18,
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A celebration that will honor the life and ministry of Rev. Forrest Jackson will be held at First Grace Brethren Church, 2624 Stonequarry Rd., Dayton, Ohio 45414, at 3 p.m., Sunday, June 12, with Pastor Bruce A. Jackson officiating. Forrest went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, May 25 at Grace
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Today’s Simi Valley, Calif., Acorn carries a story about a recent graduate of Grace Brethren High School and how she has dealt with a language-based learning disability. Elizabeth Paxson is headed to college and someday hopes to become a lawyer. (Grace Brethren High School is a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church, Simi Valley, Calif.,
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Nestled in the Wenatchee National Forest of Washington is a piece of precious history to the Grace Brethren Fellowship. This week marks the 75th anniversary of Clear Lake Grace Brethren Camp, which has been a haven for hundreds of Grace Brethren young people and families since its opening in 1941. “In the summer of 1941 much of
The Grace Brethren Church, Waynesboro, Pa. (Tim Clothier, pastor), and CE National’s Operation Barnabas gets a shout out in this story from the Record Herald about the Summer Jubilee, the annual 4th of July celebration in Wayneboro. Volunteers from the church, along with the Operation Barnabas team, will help with the event. A portion of
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A volunteer for Asia’s Hope, a cooperating ministry in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, lost his life on Sunday during a trip to Cambodia. Bob Owens, of Grove City, Ohio, died after being struck by a motorcycle in Siem Reap. A story in the Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch, shares some of the details. A portion of
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Here are some recent ministry moves by Grace Brethren pastors: Charlie Atwood has joined the staff of the West Kittanning Grace Brethren Church, Kittanning, Pa. (Larry Edwards, senior pastor), as the Family Life pastor. Charlie started his ministry on March 1. Dave Kennedy is concluding 17 years of ministry on June 1 at Community of
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Members of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Goshen, Ind. (Jim Brown, pastor), marched in the annual Memorial Day parade in Goshen on Monday. At right is a photo from the Goshen News. Click here to view complete coverage.
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It’s no secret that the United States is changing ethnically. Whether it is because people come on their own to seek a better life or are moved for political reasons, many of our communities have taken on a different look. What does that mean for Christians? GraceConnect asked Jay Bell, who for many years led the Internationals
Former Grace Brethren pastor, Forrest Jackson, died today (May 25) at Grace Brethren Village in Dayton, Ohio. (He was one of the founders of the Village in the 1970s.) He pastored in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches for more than 55 years. A memorial celebration is planned for June 12 at First Grace in Dayton,
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