This morning we received story from the Grace Brethren Church in Norwalk, Calif., that is a behind-the-scenes look at how God used a teen from the church during a crisis at the airport. Pastor Jeff Patton tells the story: “One of our teens was at LAX on November 1 in Terminal 3 when a gunman
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The 2013 national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches ended on a high note as incoming executive director (moderator) Bartley Sawatsky challenged delegates to “regroup, rejuvenate, and roll.” Speaking at the annual business meeting, which concluded the conference, Sawatsky, the founding pastor of Grace Community Church, Mississauga, Ontario, had just been elected to
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Pastor Bob Fetterhoff, his staff, and the Wooster (Ohio) Grace Brethren Church has been honored by CE National as the 2013 Church of the Year. The church has been a light in its community, hosting several outreach events, and has seen steady growth in church attendance as well as membership. Ed Lewis, executive director of
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For a single weekend in May, the city of Mississauga, Ontario, becomes alive with a blur of colors, toe-tapping music, and succulent food. It’s the annual cultural festival, Carassauga, where culinary delights, quick-footed dancing, artisan pieces, and other activities from countries around the world are featured at pavilions, or sites, scattered around this southern Canadian
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The Fall 2013 issue of GraceConnect magazine should be arriving in the homes of subscribers this week. The publication, produced by the Brethren Missionary Herald Company for leaders and individuals in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, is printed quarterly and sent, at no charge, to interested individuals. In this issue of the magazine, you’ll
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For 10 years, Todd and Sarah Hunnicutt, members of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Auburn, Calif. (Phil Sparling, pastor), have been working with United World Mission in Slovenia. They have been involved in church planting, facilitating church planting with other churches, producing/organizing evangelistic outreaches, using Slovene history for the Gospel, and networking
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On November 5 and 6, the Grace Brethren Church, Long Beach, Calif. (Lou Huesmann, pastor), will host the national multi-ethnic church conference, Mosaix 2013. The conference is a convening spot for a movement of churches who are seeking to intentionally reflect their communities by becoming more ethnically diverse. PlantLB, the church planting effort led by Grace
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Past Grace College Presidents Dr. Homer A. Kent (’76-’86); Dr. John J. Davis (’86-’93); Dr. Ronald E. Manahan (’94–’13) will join current Grace President Dr. Bill Katip in re-dedicating the iconic Class of 1978 campus sign at 6:45 pm on Saturday, November 2 in Westminster Hall. The combined dessert reception and special rededication ceremony will
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Agnes Barbara Bracker, 99, of Osceola, Ind., died at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday October 23, 2013 at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born March 22, 1914 in Berne, Indiana to the late Frank and Naomi (Sprunger) Amstutz. On March 10, 1935 in Berne, Ind., she married Gordon Wayne Bracker. He preceded her in death on Feb.
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Paul Blair, recently hired vice president of financial affairs (CFO) at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., and a member of the Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor),was honored this past weekend with the School of Business Distinguished Alumni Award by his alma mater, Eastern Illinois University, where he received his bachelor’s in
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