From Grasslands Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Medicine Hat, Alberta, (Bart Blair and Oliver Edwards, pastors) is news of a baptismal service on Sunday evening. The Grasslands family gathered at the Southview Church of God building to celebrate the commitment that two of our family members, Jenn and Claire, have made in their journey
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News from the Eagle Commission, for those who support the Grace Brethren military chaplains, will soon be in the mail. Here is a sampling of some of the news that will be included. Capt. James Murray (U.S. Army) returned this month to Fort Campbell, Ky., after six months in Afghanistan. Below is a note from
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An Indiana Senator (and Grace College online student) read a resolution Tuesday (March 12, 2013) in the Indiana Senate honoring the 75th anniversary of Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind. Senator Jim Banks, who was born and raised in nearby Columbia City and South Whitley and is currently pursuing his MBA from Grace College’s online program, noted
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Brenda Wiggleton at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Virginia Beach, Va. (Fred Devan, pastor) reports that the women of their church create needlework items as an outreach to their community. “Our latest project has been making Hats for Cancer patients,” she reports. They recently delivered 167 handmade hats for children at Kings
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Ronnie Martin, worship arts coordinator at the Grace Brethren Church in Ashland, Ohio (Dan Allan, pastor), has written a book with Ted Kluck. Finding God in the Dark: Faith, Disappointment, and the Struggle to Believewas released earlier this month by Bethany House and is available at amazon.com. Danny Wright, pastor of teaching at the Grace
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I heard Steven Haas of World Vision speak with good clarity and enthusiasm during missions’ week in the chapel of Grace College a couple of years ago. Haas engaged and challenged the students with the opportunities we have to be ‘firemen’ to help the victims of the fire of child labor, slavery, refugees, and civil
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At the Grace Brethren Church, Long Beach, Calif. (Lou Huesmann, pastor), yesterday the church prayed for Julie Schumacher as she heads to Cambodia to serve with Daughters of Cambodia, a ministry that helps victims of trafficking. (Until recently, Julie as served as director of communications for the Long Beach church.) Today, Julie’s newsletter made it’s
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Art runs in the Vandermark family. Bob, a 1978 graduate of Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., has painted signs for 42 years. Beginning while he was serving in the U.S. Army, he says he has painted thousands of signs, murals, and various forms of art. (His latest are steel structures, a 25-foot cross and a
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Joan Aeby, 96, widow of longtime Grace Brethren pastor, John Aeby, died Wednesday, March 6, in Waterloo, Iowa. She was born June 2, 1916 in West Alexandria, Ohio, the daughter of M. M. and Elsie Baker Hoover. She married Rev. John M. Aeby on June 8, 1939 in Dayton, Ohio. He preceded her in death
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From Tony Webb’s newsletter (VisionOhio), comes church-planting news within the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Here are a few excerpts: I was blessed to be in Arizona, in the high desert of Globe with 23-28 church planters from around the country. This was a FGBC supported and designed event. The purpose was to bring together
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