Dr. R. Douglas Cassel, 78, of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at his home with his family by his side. As a general surgeon, he made a number of trips to the Central African Republic to do surgery with Grace Brethren doctors there, first with Dr. […]
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This article is from the Harrison, Arkansas, newspaper. To read the original, click here. Paul and Mary Lou (Deits) Saunders of Jasper celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary Wednesday, May 30. They are planning a celebration on Father’s Day with their family. They were married at Grace Brethren Church in Waterloo, Iowa; Rev. Arnold Kriegbaum
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After 25 years of service, Norman Gunsolley is retiring this June from his leadership at Warsaw Christian School, Warsaw, Indiana. Norm is only the third administrator of the school during its 54-year history of educating area students from Pre-K through sixth grade. Warsaw Christian School is affiliated with the Community Grace Brethren Church of Warsaw.
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Mark Artrip, who is leaving the staff of the Powell, Ohio, church to plant a new church in Hilliard, Ohio, explains on this video how Hilliard was chosen as a target community and what the approximate time schedule is. The video was made for the Pickerington, Ohio, church, which is partnering with the Artrips in
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Dr. Jared Burkholder of the Grace College history department and a specialist in Brethren history, recently presented a talk at Bethel College in Mishawaka, Indiana, during the Missionary Church Historical Society’s spring meeting. Burkholder said, “It was a superb time of good company and meaningful discussion followed by a great lunch at a local Indian
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The Wooster (OH) newspaper is currently featuring a ministry initiative of the Grace Brethren Church of Wooster (Robert Fetterhoff, pastor). Here is an excerpt–to read the entire article, click here. Wooster’s Sowing Hope House will have a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday Church is letting ‘these people know we are there’ By STEVEN F. HUSZAI Staff
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Miriam Pacheco from the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church is currently in the Central African Republic, working with Encompass missionary Barb Wooler in the Project Hope & Charite orphan’s ministry. Here is an edited excerpt of an e-mail she sent yesterday: “We brought with us lots of dresses that women from three churches made
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When the young people of Community Grace Brethren Church in Warsaw, Ind. set out for a ministry trip this summer, they hope not only to minister to a local church, but to impact a community for Christ. And they are hoping that others might want to participate in the opportunity. “Our ‘home base’ is the
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It seems an unlikely combination — an African American pastor from the inner city of Washington, DC, and an older, mostly white, congregation in rural Virginia. But Kevin Mincey is excited about the opportunity to lead the Grace Brethren Church in Winchester, located in the scenic Shenandoah Valley of northern Virginia. Mincey first went to
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A group from Community of Grace Church (CGC), Grace Brethren congregation in Richmond, Va., recently returned from a life-changing weekend at Urban Hope Training Center in inner-city Philadelphia. Pastor Dave Kennedy, who led the team, said, “Of course we got our Philly cheesesteaks, but the real food was the spiritual nourishment and ministry we could be a part
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