Long-time Grace Brethren pastor, Dr. John Mayes, died Saturday, February 9, 2013, in Longview, Tex. He led Grace Brethren churches in California, Washington, and Texas before retiring in the 1990s. His obituary appears below. Funeral services for the Reverend Dr. John Wallace Mayes, 87, of Longview, Tex., will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, February
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At Friendship Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Fort Myers, Fla., members who are physically unable to attend services on Sunday are still able to participate through innovative use of live video streams via the internet, according to Pastor Rich Schnieders. According to Schnieders, the church had previously offered audio of their services on
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Word has been received of the death of former Grace Brethren pastor, Robert D. Whited. He died yesterday in Washington State. Here is information provided by Gladys Deloe, who with her husband, Jesse, was a long-time friend of the Whiteds. We received word this morning that our dear friend, Rev. Robert D. Whited (Whitey), retired GB
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“Straight talk, real issues, honest answers.” That is what participants can expect at the first ever Guts Conference at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Ind. The Guts Conference, scheduled for February 21, is designed to reach out to men in ministry—whether paid staff or volunteers, according to Pastor Jim Brown. The
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Pray for Pastor Glen Shirk, his wife, Lois, and their family this week. His son, Stephen, who has been fighting cancer for the last several years, died early Tuesday (February 5) morning. Glen is pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Ripon, Calif. Services for Stephen Shirk: Burial: Wood Colony Cemetery, Friday, February 8 at
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The latest BMH Books release, Doing Right While Doing Good, by Kenneth Bickel and Kevin Vanderground, is an expansion of the current Code of Ministerial Ethics of the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers. In this trailer, Bickel, who recently retired from the faculty of Grace Theological Seminary, shares about the book. The book is available
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Who wants to feel weak? Who enjoys bumping up against one’s own inadequacies? Why would I desire to get in touch with the many times (a day) I don’t live up to my own standards, let alone God’s? Isn’t the Christian life supposed to make me feel better? The Apostle Paul may have resisted feeling
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Menominee Grace Brethren Church is a brand new Grace Brethren congregation in Michigan and the only one in the Upper Peninsula. Church planter James Burke had noticed a need for a Bible-preaching church in the Upper Peninsula (UP), where his wife, Roxanne, was born and where he and his family had frequently vacationed. Burke’s mother-in-law
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Elaine Christine Brenneman (March 28, 1924 – January 27, 2013) Elaine Christine Brenneman of Grace Village Retirement Community, 337 Grace Village Drive, Winona Lake, Indiana went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 1:05 a.m. surrounded by family at her daughter’s residence in Lewis Center, Ohio at the
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Erin Vidovich, a member of Los Altos Grace Brethren Church, Long Beach, Calif., has been featured as part of the Diana: Legacy of a Princess campaign against breast cancer by the Queen Mary in Long Beach. Here’s a portion of her story. Click here to read the complete post. Just one month ago my family
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