Pastors and leaders from Grace Brethren churches in the Northwest District of Grace Brethren Churches are meeting this week at Camp Clear Lake, near White Pass, Wash. Here are a few images from the first of five regional focus retreats.
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Eight men from Grace Community Church, Goshen, Ind., including Pastor Jim Brown, have just returned from an exploratory visit to Iraq. Below is a message he shared on Facebook and with the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers. Watch this site for more information about the trip and how other Grace Brethren congregations can be involved.
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On Sunday, Larry Weber, who recently retired as pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Waynesboro, Pa. (Tim Clothier, pastor), presented the keynote address at the 9/11 Memorial Service in Chambersburg, Pa. The event was held at Letterkenny Army Depot Chapel and Franklin County Veterans and 9/11 Memorial Park in Chambersburg. It is reprinted here with his
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Grace Polaris Church, a Grace Brethren congregation on the north side of Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, lead pastor), made the move to three services last Sunday. With a “classic” service at 8:30 a.m., an “eclectic” service at 10 a.m., and a “modern” service at 11:30 a.m., all are designed to reach a different audiences. “What
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Services for Hyla Snider, the wife of R. Wayne Snider, long-time history professor at Grace College, will be held Friday, September 12, at the Winona Lake (Ind.) Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor). She died Sunday, September 7. Her complete obituary, along with service and visitation information appears below. Hyla Mae Snider of Grace
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Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) recently approved the financing necessary for a 24,500 sq. ft. addition comprised of a gymnasium, youth rooms, café, and kitchen for Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation at 900 Smith Rd. in Fremont, Ohio (Kevin Pinkerton, pastor). The project will give the church much needed space for their youth programs,
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GodFire Apparel, founded by Justin Newman, began as a way to reach kids in the skating and BMX scene. Now it’s positioned to help a Grace Brethren congregation in one of the neediest areas of the country. Newman grew up in the skating and BMX (bicycle motocross) arena. “It’s a community of kids, a tight-knit
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Hyla Mae Snider, wife of R. Wayne Snider, emeritus professor at Grace College, died Sunday, September 7, at Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake, Ind. She was 77. Her funeral arrangements are pending with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw, Ind.
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Ted Rondeau, missions mobilizer at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Goshen, Ind., has asked for help as the Goshen church seeks to assist Iraqi Christians, and others, in crisis. (See Goshen Church Leads Effort to Help Christians in Iraq.) He references a post on Facebook from Crisis Response International: Jeremiah has an opportunity to
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Bartley Sawatsky, executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC), has sent this report following FellowShift, the 2014 national conference which was held in July in Washington, D.C. “We’ve never had such nice people. And such clean people!” – Omni hotel staff “A conference we would have loved to bring our (young adult)
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