“Am I really allowed to do this?” This statement has been heard more than once at the Winona Lake (Ind.) Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor), when newer people have been invited to get involved in a ministry team. After being spectators in their churches for many years, people feel excitement when they become
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Iglesia Comunal La Esperanza, Valrico, Fla., is a small Grace Brethren congregation of mostly Spanish-speaking people. “[We have] no more than 70 people, 35 of them kids and teenagers,” says Pastor Javier Forero. But they are still big enough to plant another church. “Every Tuesday, for five years, we have had a food pantry ministry,”
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Darrin and Heidi Hess, members of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Wooster, Ohio (Bob Fetterhoff, pastor) were recently featured in the Wooster, Ohio, Daily Record. They told the story of their community ministry — S.O.W.N. Together ministry. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. WOOSTER-BASED SERVICE
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Grace Brethren Boys, a ministry for young men in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, is sponsoring its first Timothy Adventure this week. Rob Gable, executive director, sent us this report: Timothy Adventure (TA) is a special leadership development trip planned every four years for committed young men who have shown potential as future leaders
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From CE National… Each year, Operation Barnabas leaders and staff select an individual, group, or church to receive an award named in honor of Roger Ward (Grace Brethren Church, Norwalk, Calif.). While the students on OB are being trained in what it means to be “a son or daughter of encouragement,” there are people who
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Hosea 4:1–9; 5:13–15 The Reality of Sin (4:1–3) The scene painted by Hosea is that of a courtroom in which God sues His people for breach of contract/covenant. In this case however, no well-groomed, well-spoken, sophisticated lawyer can get Israel off the justice hook because God is Plaintiff, Judge and Jury. First God observes what
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Pastor William Lee Stevens (Pastor Bill) of Warsaw, Ind., went home to be with the Lord at 5:37 a.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at Grace Village Rehab in Winona Lake, Ind., at the age of 81. He was a graduate of Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., receiving his BA in Speech and Bible.
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Several northern Indiana Grace Brethren churches are partnering with other local congregations this Fall to produce a Bible conference for pastors and church leaders in their region. Let’s Know the Bible will be held Saturday, September 13, 2014, at the Russell Center, 1003 Presidential Drive, Winona Lake, Ind. Sessions begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at Noon.
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“Our fellowship is made up up lots of different life stages, lots of different sizes, and lots of different states, and many different demographics. But there’s one common thread. What other word would describe the kind of love and common mission and bond that exists in our fellowship other than the word family… Movement Church
Pastor Gilbert Eugene Hawkins of Warsaw, Ind., died at 11:46 p.m. on Sunday, July 27, 2014, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne, Ind., at the age of 86. He was a resident of Kosciusko County, Ind., for the past 13 years where he was a member of Lakeland Grace Brethren Church of Warsaw. Gilbert attended
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