The trail sits across the road from my childhood home. Like countless other trails in the forests of Alaska, it remains hidden in plain sight. Only those who’ve wandered off the beaten path know it exists. Depending on how deeply into the trail you wander, you may even forget there’s a busy road and populous […]
I don’t want to brag but I am an expert on being oblivious. It is human nature to be self consumed and society encourages it. Being oblivious feels comfortable. I was so oblivious I was oblivious to being oblivious. For years in my oblivion, I was running the show in my Christian walk. I believed I was
Word has been received of the death of James Smals, a Charis Fellowship ordained elder who was a member of First Brethren Church, Buena Vista, Va. (Michael Hamilton, pastor). His obituary appears below. James Russel Smals, 89, of Buena Vista, Va., died Friday, June 12, 2020. Born May 10, 1931, in Rockbridge County, he was
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As the coronavirus pandemic began to hit Philadelphia and its suburbs, some of the local food banks closed and schools stopped providing free lunches for kids. Jane Reagan, who is a part of Penn Valley Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in suburban Telford, Pa., stepped in to help meet a need in the community while
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You know what it’s like to face a giant. The broken relationship you can’t mend; the bill you can’t pay, the habit you can’t quit. Some opponents just seem too strong, some obstacles too monstrous, some problems too complex, and some situations too painful for hope of victory. The young shepherd boy, David, once stood
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A column by Mark Abel, senior pastor at Southview Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio, is included in today’s Akron, Ohio, Beacon Journal. A portion of the article appears below. Click here to read the complete column. Only Jesus can change the world Sitting down to write this article, my mind is filled with all sorts of
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Three new staff members at Grace Church, Lititz, Pa. (Tim Boal, lead pastor), have been introduced in the pages of the Lititz Record. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. New faces of leadership at Grace Church There are lots of great things happening at Grace Church in
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Rachel Snyder, communications director at Grace Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Wooster, Ohio, is quoted in Friday’s Daily Record regarding the return to in-person worship in their community. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Careful return — Churches cautiously transition back to in-person worship Half the
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Serving at the food pantry at Gulfview Grace Church, New Port Richey, Fla. (Paul Poyner, lead pastor), is not new for Bob and Lynn Shaffer. But with the advent of the Coronavirus pandemic and a new partnership with Feeding Tampa Bay, the number of families served has more than tripled. Until this spring, 20 to
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A new book, Brethren Intersections: History, Identity, Crosscurrents, has been released by Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc., and is now available. The book contains transcripts of papers and addresses given at the Sixth Brethren World Assembly held in Winona Lake, Ind., in August of 2018. Once every five years representatives of the eight largest Brethren bodies descended
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