In the spring of 2009, Community Grace Brethren Church (Richard Todd, pastor) in Whittier, Calif., sold their facility to an evangelical, Bible-teaching church and embarked on a search for a new place to worship. While they looked for a permanent location, they met on Sundays at the Whittier Senior Center. In September 2010, Pastor Todd […]
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When the church in South Bend, Ind., where the young people from the Grace Brethren Church in Wooster, Ohio, planned to serve at a soccer camp, closed unexpectedly, the leadership looked for other opportunities. With only a few weeks to plan, what had been The South Bend Trip became The Trip to the South to
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Today’s Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal carries a report of the funeral of a Wayne County, Ohio, soldier who was killed in Afghanistan. Pastor Brad Kelley, of the Grace Brethren Church in nearby Homerville, Ohio, had a part in the service. A portion of the story appears below. To read the complete story and see photos,
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Douglas A. Courter is the new Associate Pastor of Church Ministries at Valley Grace Brethren Church, Hagerstown, MD (Dan Pritchett, pastor). Courter had been senior pastor of the Calvary Grace Brethren Church of Hagerstown for 14 years. Prior to that he was the associate pastor of the Winchester GBC in Winchester, Virginia for 5½ years and Pastor
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Zach Doppelt, pastor of the Ghent Grace Brethren Church in Roanoke, Virginia, sends along this update on one of the FGBC’s newest church-planting efforts: Greensboro Grace Brethren Church, a church plant in greater Greensboro, NC, completed their boot camp training program this May at Camp Tuk A Way in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia.
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The Ventura County Star includes a story about graduation at Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif. Fifty-five seniors graduated last Friday (June 3) from the school, which is sponsored by the Grace Brethren Church in Simi Valley. To read the complete story, click here. For Grace Brethren High School senior Amanda Bierhorst, life
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There will be a memorial gathering for Hal Avey at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 7 at Wedgewood Tennis Villa’s Clubhouse, 1401 Forest Hills Drive, Winter Springs, Fla., 32708. Hal was the father of Tom Avey, coordinator for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. This will be an informal service led by family members. Carol and the family
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Hal Avey, father of Tom Avey, coordinator for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, died this morning in his sleep. He is now in the presence of Jesus who he served for decades in churches on Long Island and in the Orlando area. Hal was a veteran of World War II, serving on PT boats
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Grace Brethren pastor and author, Kary Oberbrunner, appeared on the 700 Club this morning to discuss his decade-long addiction to self-mutilation and how he now helps people dealing with the same addiction. He also shared about his recent book, Your Secret Name: Discovering Who God Created You to Be (Zondervan). A clip of the video
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The website for New Song Mission, a children’s home in Brown County, Ind., reports a recent work day at their site involving members of the Eagle Creek Grace Brethren Church in Indianapolis, Ind. To read the complete post, click here. It was 25 years ago that Bob and Lisa Schloss, co-founders of New Song Mission,
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