From the York, Pa., Daily Record, comes this report of an upcoming event at the Grace Brethren Church in Myerstown, Pa. (Keith Shearer, senior pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. The community is invited to share Family Fun Night with the congregation of New Beginnings Grace Brethren
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As we celebrate 75 years of telling the stories of the people and churches of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, every so often, we will share an article from the Brethren Missionary Herald archives. In April 1965, missionary to Africa, Rosella Cochran, shared her story of how God worked in her life, though much differently then she expected!
The experience of religious pacifists and members of the peace churches during the American Revolution was the topic of a Grace College lecture that was aired this afternoon on the public affairs cable network, C-Span. Dr. Jared Burkholder, chair of the history and political science department and director of faith, learning, and scholarship at Grace College, taught on “Religious Pacifists
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Grace College, with assistance from members of the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, pastor), hosted members of Goshen (Ind.) High School’s winter guard after they were stranded in the area on Saturday during a blizzard. The group spent the night at the college’s Gordon Rec Center before heading home Sunday morning. A
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The story of late John Boren, who served as chaplain at the Kosciusko County, Ind., Jail, is the basis of a novel, ReBoren: A Novel Based on the Two Lives of Chaplain John Boren, which was recently released. Written by Marc Eckel, a Grace College graduate (and son-in-law of MetroGrace‘s Kurt and Anecia Miller), the novel
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Darrel Taylor, pastor of Blue Ridge Grace Brethren Church in Winchester, Va., recently announced his retirement effective June 30. He and Carolyne have been at Blue Ridge for 14 years. They also served three other churches in Indiana, Maine, and Pennsylvania in their 33 years of ministry together. They plan to remain in the area
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John Routzahn, a senior at Worthington Christian High School on the north side of Columbus, Ohio, is featured in today’s Columbus Dispatch’s “Going to School” feature. Worthington Christian is a ministry of Grace Polaris Church, a Grace Brethren congregation led by Mike Yoder. A portion of the article appears below. Click here to read the
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For many Grace Brethren middle school and high school students, “intense” is a word that could sum up their experience at Kalahari Retreat during the last weekend of January. What’s Kalahari retreat all about, you ask? Major fun. Also, major connection with Jesus. When the students were not zipping down one of the giant water slides in
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Word has been received of the death of Jeanie Snell, wife of Pastor Bill Snell, who serves on the pastoral care team at Grace Polaris Church, Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, lead pastor). Services will be Friday, February 13 at the church at 8225 Worthington Galena Road, Westerville, OH 43081. Her obituary appears below. Helen Jean (Swallen) Snell,
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Rev. Dr. Robert Duncan Culver, 98, of rural Houston, Minn. died on Saturday, February, 7, 2015, at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Wis. Robert Duncan Culver was born at Tampico, Washington (rural Yakima County) on July 19, 1916, to Sinyeard Carpenter (S.C.) and Emma (Mondor) Culver. He married Arlene Leola Hoyt on January 29,
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