Jesus, Prince of Peace A Christmas Poem for All Seasons Written by Michael W. Sciarra, 12/18/2012 Mild, He arrives, surveying the scene, With glory, not grandeur or even a shout, It isn’t pretty what His watching eye sees, Conflicts multiplied within and without. People playing God without any shame, From West to North to South […]
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Both the current and former pastor of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Seal Beach, Calif., were quoted in the Orange County (Calif.) Register earlier this week regarding the school shooting in Connecticut. The article, headlined “Local sermons call on faith, action in response to school shootings,” quoted a number of spiritual leaders.
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This year, Stephen Carrick, the teen-aged son of David and Laurie Carrick (he’s the pastor of Grace Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa), had a goal of packing 1,000 boxes for Operation Christmas Child, the program of Samaritan’s Purse that demonstrates God’s love in a tangible way to needy children around the world while sharing the
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There is one Grace Brethren congregation on Connecticut and it is located 45 east of Newtown, where the tragic school shooting occurred on Friday. Still, the community of Wethersfield, home to CenterPoint Community Church (Christopher Skowronek, pastor), deeply felt the impact of the event. Here’s a report today from Pastor Skowronek. I’m sure like many
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The annual Christmas program presented by the Waynesboro, Pa., Grace Brethren Church (Larry Weber, pastor) is featured in today’s Chambersburg, Pa., Public Opinion. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Waynesboro Grace Brethren Church presents a Christmas program every year on the Sunday before Christmas to give people
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News is unfolding this afternoon as police in Newtown, Conn., investigate the shooting at an elementary school there. BMH contacted Christopher Skowronek, pastor of CenterPoint Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in nearby Wethersfield. “We are about 45 miles from Newtown,” he wrote. “At the moment, I am unaware that anyone in our congregation was
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The wedding of Doug and Ladeen Zielasko on November 24 joined four Grace Brethren missionary families: the Zielaskos, the Goodmans, the Covers, and the Futches. Doug, the son of John Zielasko and the late Suzan (Goodman) Zielasko, is the grandson of Jack and Jean Zielasko (former missionaries to Brazil and former executive director of the Foreign Missionary
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Chad Kackert, a 2005 graduate of Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif., has exemplified excellence in his work ethic, attitude, desire to serve others and lifestyle. Some people have seen that personally or through the impact on others. But many, many people have seen his excellence on the football field culminating in his
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A number of families at the Grace Brethren Church in Long Beach, Calif. (Lou Huesmann, pastor) are featured in an upcoming special on CBS that celebrates foster care and adoption. “A Home for the Holidays” shares stories of foster care adoption and features performances from some of America’s most popular musical artists. This year’s special
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Rev. Robert Lee Kessler, 88, of Winona Lake, Indiana, the father of Grace College Lancer head basketball coach Jim Kessler, was promoted to heaven at 12:45 p.m. Dec. 10, 2012, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, where he was briefly hospitalized due to a fractured neck he suffered in a fall at his home in Winona
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