“Come quickly, Lord.” Maranatha. It is an obscure word used in the New Testament. It is also the name of a Maryland congregation with a passion for reaching people for Jesus through music. “The church has always had the desire to reach out,” says Dan Thornton, pastor of Maranatha Brethren Church in Hagerstown, Md. That […]
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Solon Waverly Hoyt of Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake, Ind., died at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Grace Village Health Care of Winona Lake at the age of 91. He was a resident of Kosciusko County, Indiana for the past 30 years, where he was a member of Lakeland Grace Brethren
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Wanting to encourage grandparents, parents, and children to know more about the Bible, Penn Valley Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Telford, Pa. (Tim Boal, multi-site network executive director) has launched the e100 Challenge – a 100-day Bible reading program created by Scripture Union. This is definitely not your father’s (or your mother’s) flannel board
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Is God calling a Hispanic church to plant an Asian church? That was the subject line for an email this morning from Brian Baughman. It was such an intriguing question, GraceConnect asked if we could share the story here. Maybe, I don’t know for sure, but it feels like it! I have been here before
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The Great Canadian Adventure has never been so adventurous, with four different places to focus on as the Grace Brethren in Canada hope to catalyze church planting in the Toronto area and to strengthen the two churches there. This missions trip and evangelism-training week will be held June 16-22, 2013, in Toronto, a vastly multicultural
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Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Orange, Calif. (Mike Sciarra, pastor), was profiled last week in the Orange County Register. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete profile. This week we are profiling Grace Church of Orange, a Grace Brethren church that was founded in 1967. It has
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John 1:19–34 Confess His Superiority (19–28) The Gospel of John sets out to show that Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ, the Savior of the world. Although John was an important part of God’s kingdom, he points out that he was not the Messiah. Rather, he points to Christ’s superiority. First, John humbles himself and
Word has come from Peter Peer of the death yesterday (February 17) of his mother, Alice, a former pastor’s wife. My dearest mother, Alice Peer, went home to glory about 5:30 this afternoon at the age of 100 years, nine months, and 15 days. She was the wife of Pastor Earle Peer and twin sister of Angie
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Word has been received of the death of Frank Gardner, retired Grace Brethren pastor who was instrumental in beginning the Grace Brethren Church at Pataskala, Ohio (Fenton McDonald, pastor). He also served on staff of the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, Ohio (now Grace Polaris, Mike Yoder, lead pastor). Pastor Frank died of a heart
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Word has been received of the January death of former Grace Brethren pastor Victor Meyers. His obituary appears below. Victor Hilbert Meyers September 8, 1915 – January 6, 2013 Victor H. Meyers, 97, of Littleton, Colorado, died Sunday afternoon, January 6, 2013. He was born in Tipton, Iowa, at his grandfather’s house on September 8,
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