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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Grace Fellowship Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Waterloo, Iowa (Rob Borkowitz, pastor), is celebrating it’s 75th anniversary in October. The event includes visits with former pastors and staff members, John Burke, Ron Weimer, and Rob and Cristy Barlow. Betty Grady Bergen recently posted this photo on Facebook and we’re sharing it with her permission.
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Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Ocala, Fla., was a-buzz on Saturday as members and attenders gathered for a work day at their building. Pastor Todd McQueen passed along a few photos (see gallery below). Remember to pray for this congregation, which is being re-energized to reach their community for Christ.
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The old saying goes, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” CPR-3, a faith-based organization that serves in crisis and poverty through relief and development, is striving to do just that. “My mom taught me how to sew when I was
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Go2 Ministries and the Institute for Leadership has partnered to create the Faith Fights Diabetes initiative. Learn more in this video, which was first shown at FellowShift, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, which was held in Washington, D.C., in July 2014. Faith Fights Diabetes | FellowShift from Grace Brethren Churches
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Hosea 11:1–11 Drifting Away (1–2) Hosea 11 is a monologue in which God speaks in the first person to His people Israel. Verse 1 refers to the amazing Exodus experience where God’s amazing power was manifested and the children of Israel were delivered from a life of slavery. The motivation behind God’s mighty acts proven
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Last winter, the folks at Grace Community Church, Mississauga, Ontario (Bartley Sawatsky, pastor), took a road trip to visit Grace Church, Bath Campus, a Grace Brethren church in Akron, Ohio (Jeff Bogue, pastor). They spent the weekend visiting the church, observing ministries, participating in worship, and enjoying the fellowship of the Ohio congregation. Here’s a
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This summer, Grace Polaris Church (Mike Yoder, lead pastor) a Grace Brethren Church in Westerville, Ohio, decided to team up with The Westerville Area Resource Ministry to bring a spark of hope to a struggling community on the north side of Columbus. “A high percentage of the kids [in our community] are on assisted lunches during
Stephen Joyce, pastor of About My Father’s Business in Washington, D.C., explains how he began a ministry in the basement of his home. This video was first shown at FellowShift, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, which was held in Washington in July 2014. Stephen Joyce About My Father’s Business |
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Recent Grace Seminary graduate Rod Peebles and his wife, Cathie, have moved to Toledo, Ohio, to begin a ministry in the inner city. Here’s a video, produced by Ron Boehm at VisionOhio, that explains more about their reasons for choosing that area. They are working with the Grace Brethren congregation there, Total Grace Church (Ray
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