More than 1,500 students (6th-12th grade) and leaders from 25 churches converged on the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio, this past weekend for the annual winter retreat sponsored by student ministries from all over Ohio and Indiana. This was seventh year for this event, which includes three days at North America’s largest indoor waterpark, four
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Dan Green, pastor of Global Ministries at the Grace Brethren Church, Columbus, Ohio, helped initiate container gardens at an inner city clinic in Columbus. The result was not only yummy vegetables, but opportunities to talk with people about Jesus.
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James Burke, who has been pastor of the Riner, Virginia, Grace Brethren Church, has announced that he will be leaving the Riner church to move to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to begin a Grace Brethren church there. He requests prayer for the Menominee Grace Brethren Church, which will begin meeting in June, and also
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Sean Spoelstra, pastor of Encounter Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Dublin, Ohio, has announced that the church is launching their first church plant. “For more than three years I’ve said, ‘I don’t know who or where or when, but we are committed to planting a church and are putting five percent of our offerings
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Grace Brethren ministry leaders from California and beyond gathered this week for the Southwest Focus Retreat, which is being held at The Oaks Conference and Retreat Center at Lake Hughes, Calif. Participants have come from as far away as Alaska, Ohio, and Virginia to participate. The retreat was led by Dan Allan, pastor of the
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Dave Kennedy, pastor of Community of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Richmond, Va., says he’s been entrusted by God to encourage a young pastor. Read about his mentoring relationship with Associate Pastor Brad Gromis in the Winter 2012 issue of FGBC World. It is now available for free at local Grace Brethren churches.
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WOOSTER, OHIO — The 34west Theater Company will present “We Go Everywhere Together” on Sunday at 6 p.m. at Grace Brethren Church, 4599 Burbank Road. Award-winning playwright Stephen W. Baldwin and Artistic Director Jeffrey Querin will play two old-timers who have set out to find the loves of their lives despite a series of mishaps
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The Clinton (MD) Grace Brethren Church (Irv Clark, pastor) recently opened their new facility, financed by the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation. Here is an excerpt from an explanatory article–to read the entire article, click here. Members of Grace Brethren Christian School and its parish community in Clinton gathered Sunday for a public tour and dedication
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SYLVIA F. JENTES was born September 1, 1943, in Long Beach, CA, and died at Hemet Valley (CA) Medical Center on January 18, 2012. She lived in Hemet for 30 years. She was a LVN Nurse at Hemet Valley Medical Center for 19 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hemet
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Little did Dan O’Deens know that when he responded to the need for help at Ground Zero in 2001, it would develop into a full-time ministry to those who are overlooked and struggling. In the Winter issue of FGBC World, learn how this passion developed into CPR-3, a new cooperating ministry of the Fellowship of
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