The human brain’s capacity to recall melody is stronger than its ability to recall most anything else. That’s why Jason Strain (pictured at right) decided to put it to use to memorize Bible verses. Jason is a songwriter and arranger with a passion for setting Scripture to music. He recently released a new CD and launched his […]
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Grace Brethren pastor, Roy Halberg, was honored on Monday with the Pride of LaVerne Award. Presented during the Memorial Day service in LaVerne, Calif., he was recognized in appreciation for serving as chaplain for the city of LaVerne’s Memorial Day and Veterans Day services. He and his wife, Andrea, live in LaVerne. He is pastor
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Arloeen French, wife of BMH author and former professor and pastor, the late Ivan French, died Sunday, May 25. Her obituary appears below. — Arloeen Edith French of Winona Lake, Ind., died at 5:50 a.m. on Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake, Ind., at the age of 89. She was
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Luke 10:25–37 Love People Unconditionally (25–28) Jesus tells the parable of the good Samaritan to answer the question asked by an expert in the law, “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answers the question with a question. The expert then asked, “Who is my neighbor?” implying that he didn’t know who his
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Grace Church, a Grace Brethren Church in Wooster, Ohio, has released a three-video series of teaching on Communion, done by Pastor Bob Fetterhoff. Filmed in various locations in the Holy Land by Ben Framstad, creative arts director at the church, the videos address the love feast, footwashing, and the bread and the cup. Each are five- to seven-minutes long and could
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Her dream job is working at the Smithsonian Institution, the museum in Washington, D.C., that is often referred to as the “nation’s attic.” But this summer, Kali Miller is working in the “attic” of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren (FGBC), helping organize artifacts and catalog files in the Grace Brethren archive. She is continuing to inventory
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Daryl Flora, Salida, Calif. (pictured at right), made a bargain with God that he would give 30 years to a specific ministry if God gave him the strength to continue.That was 18 years ago – and his mission-construction enterprise, Blocklayers Ministries International, a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church in Ripon, Calif. (Glen Shirk, pastor), is still
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This week’s Grace Touch, the e-newsletter from the Women of Grace USA, tells the compelling story of Emmanuella Alexis, a Haitian student at Grace Theological Seminary. Sponsored by Women of Grace USA, she is working among the Haitian Grace Brethren churches in South Florida this summer, helping develop French and Creole programs for the women. A
The Peninsula Grace Brethren Church, Kenai, Alaska (Larry Smithwick, lead pastor), received media coverage recently when they sponsored the CARE 2RUN 5k race, which benefits the building and repairing of wells in Sudan and South Sudan. A portion of the story from the Peninsula Clarion appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Running for
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Many of the Nigerian school girls who were recently kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Nigeria, by Boko Haram, have ties to the Brethren movement. The majority of the more than 200 abducted schoolgirls, ages 16 to 18, were from EYN (Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) although the group
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