Don Shoemaker, who serves as chair of the Social Concerns Committee for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) and is Senior Chaplain at the Seal Beach, Calif., Police Department, sent this note late Thursday to those who are interested in social concerns in the FGBC. His thoughts bear repeating here and are shared with his permission. (He is also Pastor
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A Pennsylvania Grace Brethren church is serving its community in a unique way and it was mentioned in a recent article about the local library. A story in the Lebanon, Pa., Daily News details how the Palmyra Public Library will continue to stay in its current location. It is also mentioned that their summer reading
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The Red Lake Grace Bible Church is a long way from Tracy, Calif. — even further in culture than in miles — but a connection has grown over several years. The experiences of Arnold and Bessie Betoney (Grace Brethren missionaries to the Navajo nation), as followers of Jesus are different than ours, but they are part
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Rick Bean, who serves on staff at Darby Grace Brethren Church, Plain City, Ohio (Dan Hermiz, lead pastor), was interviewed as part of story on local television about active shooter training in central Ohio. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article and view the video. Local clergy taking
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A story in yesterday’s Los Angeles Daily News features Zikel Reddick, the running back for Simi Valley, Calif., Grace Brethren High School’s football team. The team will be in their second consecutive appearance in the CIF finals on Saturday. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. (The high school is
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Funeral services for Carole Hocking were held yesterday (December 1, 2015) in Santa Ana, Calif., who died on November 20. She was the wife of David Hocking, former Grace Brethren pastor in Southern California. Her obituary is below: Carole was born on December 11, 1939, and became a committed believer in Jesus Christ in 1961.
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From the Carroll County, Ind., Comet: Flora church welcomes new pastor The Flora Grace Brethren Church announces it has a new pastor. Marvin Meeker and his wife, Jeri, are now part of the Flora community. The Meekers joined the church in September, moving to the area from Warsaw. Click here for more information.
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From CE National’s On Mission Insights: In order for a church to thrive as an active community unit, relationships must be nurtured. Small groups are meaningful conduits for these relationships to thrive. The difficulties of small groups include raising up leaders to oversee these groups, create a working form of communication within these units, and
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A story in today’s Kittanning, Pa., Paper, reports on a recent mission trip by students at Grace Christian School and members of the Grace Brethren Church of West Kittanning (Larry Edwards, pastor). (The school is a ministry of the church.) A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Weekend
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An article in today’s Los Angeles Times highlights the weekend’s division semifinal game between Simi Valley’s Grace Brethren and Brethren Christian High School. (Grace Brethren High School is a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church, Simi Valley, Calif., Jordan Bakker, pastor, and Brethren Christian High School, now located at Huntington Beach, Calif., is rooted in
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