A report of the swearing in of newly-elected Indiana State Representative, Craig Snow, is posted at the Times-Union website. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete story. Snow, a Grace College graduate, is chair of the elder board at the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church (WLGBC) (Bruce Barlow, […]
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Word has been received of the Tuesday death of Pastor Lester W. Kennedy, who led the Fairlawn Grace Brethren Church in Radford, Va., for many years. Prior to that, he and his wife, Lois, served as missionaries in the Central African Republic. Pastor Kennedy, Lois, and their daughter, Judy, had been diagnosed with COVID-19. (See Prayer
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It was just another gray morning in the Midwest, not helped by the prospect of an early morning doctor’s appointment. It had been a rough night, mulling over a number of challenges, disappointments and “what ifs.” As we drove past the lake, the rising sun broke through the clouds and aimed straight for the opposite
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In observance of the 2020 Veterans Day, the Eagle Commission has produced this video honoring veterans in Charis Fellowship churches. The Eagle Commission links the Charis Fellowship and our military chaplains around the world, supporting their ministry, sharing prayer requests, and more. Eagle Commission Veterans Day from Mark Penfold on Vimeo.
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Prayer is requested for Pastor Lester Kennedy, his wife, Lois, and their daughter, Judy, as they have COVID-19. (He is the long-time pastor of Fairlawn Grace Brethren Church in Radford, Va., and recently announced his intentions to retire.) Lester, 94, was admitted last Thursday to Carilion New River Valley Medical Center, Christiansburg, Va., with complications
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Chris Ball, pastor of Dimond Grace Fellowship, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Anchorage, Alaska, has been hospitalized over the last month as doctors try to determine the cause of apparent organ failure. According to a video released by the church, Chris was admitted to an Anchorage hospital on October 4, 2020, when lab work done
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The generosity of Waynesboro Grace Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Waynesboro, Pa. (Timothy Clothier, senior pastor), is outlined today in today’s Record Herald. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Central PA church offers ‘rent free’ building to pregnancy ministry Waynesboro Grace, a central Pennsylvania church that
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Darren and Stacey Gagnon, who attend the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor), were interviewed recently on Focus on the Family. They shared their share their inspiring story of adopting five special needs children and discussed their extensive involvement with foster care and helping kids who’ve experienced abandonment and trauma. They
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Being thrown into a pit wasn’t a part of his plan. Of all the dreams God had given Joseph, I hardly imagine his dreams of his family bowing down to him would involve his own enslavement. And yet, as we’re told in Genesis 37 and following, slavery was a key season in Joseph’s story. Still,
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Amy Laura Guerena, age 90, passed away peacefully into the arms of Jesus on October 27, 2020. She was born on April 5, 1930, in Ashland, Montana, to Valdo and Laura Petter. She grew up as part of a missionary family on a ranch right next to the Cheyenne Native American reservation with her two
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