Ezra Wimberly, lead pastor of creative arts at Grace Church, Bath Campus, a Grace Brethren church in Akron, Ohio (Jeff Bogue, senior pastor), was interviewed on Fox and Friends this morning regarding the Ebola scare in Akron, Ohio. He is the father of two children who attend the elementary school which was shut down this
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For a number of years, members of Southview Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio (Mark Abel, pastor), have traveled to Washington, D.C. to help with ministry at About My Father’s Business (AMFB), a Grace Brethren church in the inner city (Stephen Joyce, pastor). They have assisted at park programs, outreach events, and been an encouragement to the
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David DeArmey, operations director at Water for Good, has received the top prize, a Raleigh Revenio Carbon 1, in the 2014 Aegis Citycard Cycles Challenge. He participated recently in a 100km ride with the Central African Republic’s national cycling team through the streets of Bangui. (Water for Good is a cooperating organization in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.)
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Funeral services for Emma Fretz, widow of the late Walter Fretz, who served as director of the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation in the 1970s and 1980s, will be held October 23 in Telford, Pa. Further information, along with her obituary, appears below. Emma R. Fretz, age 89, formerly of Hilltown Township, Pa., and Winona Lake,
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It’s been all over the headlines. In the Middle East, Christians are are being forced to flee their homes as refugees, targets of persecution and murder from a group known as ISIS, a radical Islamic group famous for their brutality. As we read about the horrors unfolding across the ocean, we have wondered what we can do to help. Last
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Word has been received of the death of Emma Fretz, widow of the late Walter Fretz, who led the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation for many years. Her son, Jay Fretz, is the pastor of Calvary Grace Brethren Church in Hagerstown, Md. In 2006, graceconnect.us posted this story about Emma: Emma Fretz Crafts Eggcellent Creations Obituary
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A notice of an upcoming event at the Grace Brethren Church, Leesburg, Ind. (Tim Sprankle, pastor), has been posted on the online news site, SPOnline. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Leesburg Church Hosts Annual Fall Festival The eighth annual fall festival hosted by Leesburg Grace Brethren
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Transfer student Zikel Reddick has connected as an athlete and student at Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif. (The school is a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church in Simi Valley, where Jordan Bakker is the pastor.) A story in the Simi Valley Acorn tells the story. A portion of the story appears
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With an unwavering commitment to the Word of God and a desire to impact the world for Christ, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC), FellowShift, concluded as delegates and attendees signed a large banner as A Declaration of INTERdependence. It came at the end of the final Celebration on Sunday after Jeff
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More than 80 pastors and leaders from Grace Brethren churches and ministries from Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Michigan, are gathered this week at Maumee Bay State Park near Toledo, Ohio, for the Central Focus Retreat. Led by Dr. Dave Guiles, the 48-hour retreat is focusing on “Shaping the Future” and is designed to begin
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