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Kittanning Church Plans ‘Remembrance Run’ for 9/11

Grace Brethren Church at 215 Arthur St., West Kittanning, Pa.,  will hold a “Run to Remember” with a 5K run/21/2 mile walk and children’s half-mile race on Sept. 11. Registration will be at 3:30 p.m., walk/run at 5 p.m., and children’s race at 5:45 p.m. or after the adult race. All military past and present […]

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Long Beach Woman Honored for Community Service

Robin Jones of the Long Beach (Ca.) Grace Brethren Church (Lou Huesmann, pastor) was recently honored and featured in local media. Here is an excerpt–to read the entire story click here. Robin Jones never guessed her enjoyment of throwing a party could lead to this. In just three years, We Love Long Beach has gone

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Prayer Requested for Shelter Ministry During Flooding

Pastor Kork Moyer, whose Still Waters ministry in Pottstown, Pa.,  is heavily involved with community shelters and services to the homeless, says, “Last year, we were anticipating a Schuylkill River flood, only one month prior to beginning the shelter season-dismantling the entire intake center and moving to higher ground, only to have dodged those difficulties.

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Greencastle, Pa., Church Honored for Cooling Station

The Franklin County Commissioners awarded Community Grace Church in Greencastle, Pa. (Paul Hutchison, pastor) a certific for Outstanding Community Service. This was in response to the Cooling Station the church offered during this summer’s heat wave. The Commissioners issued a Citation and awarded Community Grace for filling in the gap where the government can not.

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Medicine Hat, Alberta, Church Launches This Sunday

This Sunday, September 11, Grasslands Church will have its GRAND OPENING service at the Galaxy Cinemas in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. The service time will be 10:15am. Church planters Oliver Shane Edwards, Bart Blair, and the entire GBC Canada team will appreciate prayers for an effective and eventful launch. To keep informed of progress in

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Indiana Sisters, Cancer Patients, Minister to Others

Two cancer-stricken sisters from Brighton Chapel, a Grace Brethren congregation in Howe, Indiana (Rustin Krapfl, Senior Pastor) are featured in today’s Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette newspaper. Here is an excerpt—to read the entire story click here. In addition to everything else, both girls have also had to take steroids as part of their treatment and suffered

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Next Sunday’s Grasslands Church Launch, Pastor Featured

Canadian church-planting pastor Oliver Shane Edwards and his launch group are set to go public with Grassland Church, a new Grace Brethren church forming in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, next Sunday, September 11.  The local paper recently featured Edwards in this story. A new church set to rock Hatters with services in Galaxy Cinemas, with

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Long Beach Church Ministers to Tijuana Orphans

This article on the Long Beach (CA) Grace Brethren Church (Lou Huesmann, pastor) appeared in today’s Long Beach Gazette.com. To read the entire story, click here.   By Stephanie Minasian, Gazettes.com Sixteen young adults and members of Grace Brethren Church of Long Beach didn’t need to know a whole lot of Spanish to be able

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Pastoral Changes/Additions in the FGBC

Here are some news items regarding pastoral personnel in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. The North Central Ohio district on Wednesday, September 14, will examine pastor Mark Abel of Southview Grace Brethren Church in Ashland, Ohio, for ordination and pastor Rick Dale of the Lexington Grace Brethren Church for licensure. Capital City Grace Church,

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