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FGBC Organization Leaders Gather for Prayer Lunch

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From CE National’s website: CE National invited the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Church national organizations to enjoy a luncheon on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Representatives from Encompass World Partners, Grace Schools, Grace Brethren Investment Foundation, Women of Grace, Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, Grace Connect/BMH Books, Serving My Master (SMM), and CE National attended. Staff from […]

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Mabel Hoefer, Mother of Linda McCaman, Dies

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It’s been reported on the website of Encompass World Partners, that missionary Linda McCaman’s mother, Mabel Rose Hoefer, died on January 10. Below is her obituary. Linda McCaman’s mother, Mabel Rose Hoefer, 95, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 10, 2015, surrounded by family at the home of her daughter in

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Magazine Reports on Reunion at Brethren High

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The Fall 2014 magazine from Brethren High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., features an article about last summer’s reunion of the first students at the school. The group gathered in Seal Beach, Calif., at the invitation of the Class of 1954 at the first 1947 location of the school, Seal Beach Grace Brethren Church (now known as

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Over, Under, and Beyond the Pulpit

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“Sometimes the most powerful work within the church happens outside its walls.” Pretty good quote, huh? I’m thinking about patenting it. When I say it, I’m referring to the Southview Grace Brethren Church of Ashland, Ohio. Over the last twelve years at Southview, I have been sprinkled in Sunday school, youth group, and sermons. I recall, especially

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Bob Hoeppner, Friend of Grace College and Students, Dies in June

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We have received word of the June 2014 death of Bob Hoeppner, a friend of Grace College and its students. He moved to Warsaw, Ind., to become president of Grace Manufacturing, a company that employed many Grace students and gave profits to Grace. His obituary appears below. Robert “Bob” Martin Hoeppner of Warsaw, Ind., went

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Crossroads Church Marks MLK Day with Service

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Crossroads Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Philadelphia, Pa. (Jim Brown, senior pastor), participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia. They partnered with Mount Zion Baptist Church to pray for the neighborhood, and to solicit canned goods and dry goods for the neighborhood food pantry

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Miriam Uphouse Christensen, Former Grace College Dean, Dies at 97

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Miriam McKeefery Uphouse Christensen of Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake, Ind., died at 6:25 p.m. on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at Grace Village Health Care at the age of 97. She was born on September 10, 1917 in Philadelphia, Pa., to William James McKeefery and Anna (Reichelt) McKeefery. On November 4, 1939, she was married

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Mutchler Announces Move

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Paul Mutchler has announced that he is stepping down as pastor of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Lanham, Md. In an open letter, he noted that he and his wife, Linda, have focused on R&R– relocation and refocusing. They will be moving to Lititz, Pa., so they can be near their grandchildren. He

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Jon Hall Compiles Bible Timeline

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Jonathon Hall, who serves on the pastoral staff at the Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio (Dan Allan, pastor) has compiled The Ultimate Comprehensive Bible Timeline. He self-published the spiral-bound book because he wanted to be sure to have all the information in one place. “I believe I’ve answered all the questions about chronology that people have,”

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Simi Valley Student Helps Change Municipal Law

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A determined young woman from Grace Brethren High School, a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church in Simi Valley, Calif. (Jordan Bakker, pastor) petitioned Simi Valley officials to change municipal law so she could raise chickens as a 4-H project. A story reporting the result appeared recently in The Acorn newspaper. A portion of the

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