Stephen Howell, formerly of the pastoral staff of the Calvert Grace Brethren church in Owings, MD (Robert Wagner, pastor), reports that “A citation of $50 was given to my son at the Lincoln Memorial on this President’s Day. He resembles Lincoln and decided to dress up as our 16th President and recite the Gettysburg address. […]
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Frederick “Fred” W. Benedict, 81, of Union City, OH, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2011, at the Brethren Retirement Community in Greenville, Ohio. Benedict was a Brethren historian, printer, and writer who headed the Brethren Encyclopedia Project (www.brethrenencyclopedia.org) until just several years ago when the current president, Robert Lehigh, succeeded him. Benedict was also instrumental in
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Pastor Bob Kern, 77, of Quarryville, Pennsylvania, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at the Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community. Born June 15, 1933 in Winchester, VA, he was the son of the late Wilbur R. and Margaret (Steele) Kern. He was married to Dorothy I. (Keating) Kern on
Your prayers are encouraged for the health of Dave Bogue, pastor of the Upper Arlington (OH) Grace Brethren Church. Here are excerpts of a message he sent Saturday: Thank you for praying and loving on Elaine and me–your patience gives us patience too. The doctors have been wonderful here at Cleveland Clinic. Many teams of
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QUARRYVILLE – WDAC Radio has received word that Pastor Bob Kern has died. Bob was heard for many years on WDAC on a short feature called “Bits to Bite” which then became “Bits of Truth.” He was Associate Pastor of Senior Adult Ministries, Emeritus at Grace Church at Willow Valley (Lancaster), Pennsylvania. He had ministered in
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With a ribbon-cutting and a prayer, Integrated Community Development International (ICDI) on Sunday afternoon, February 13, dedicated its new worldwide ministry headquarters on State Route 15 just north of the US 30 interchange in Warsaw, Indiana. ICDI was founded in 2004 by veteran African missionaries Jim and Faye Hocking with the help of many friends,
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From Church of the Brethren Newsline: ELGIN, IL — Terry Barkley, director of the Brethren Historical Library and Archives at the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin, Ill., provided the following report on newly rediscovered historical material related to Civil War-era Brethren leader John Kline: Shortly after assuming the directorship of the Brethren
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The new Grace Brethren church-plant in Tipp City, Ohio, led by Pastor Ron Sheranko, had its kickoff this past week, on SuperBowl Sunday, and had more than 70 in attendance. Sheranko said it was, “after a week in which the schools were shut down for four days due to ice, snow, and cold temperatures. Our core
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Jean (Craig) Wooler – 81, of New Holland, Penna., formerly of Fayetteville, Penna., went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, February 6, 2011, at Garden Spot Village in New Holland. She was the loving wife for 61 years to Howard William Wooler. She was born in Philadelphia, Penna., to the late David and
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The mother of Barb Wooler, Grace Brethren International missionary to the Central African Republic, passed away early Sunday morning in southeastern Pennsylvania after a long illness. Last fall Barb was led to reschedule her usual February trip to Africa until May, and she also decided to go to Pennsylvania this past Friday instead of waiting
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