Two shipping containers of much-needed tools and equipment will be shipped from the northwest U.S. on or about November 16 to Jim Hocking and ICDI in the Central African Republic. This has been a joint project of the Sunnyside, Toppenish and Goldendale Grace Brethren churches. The container contents will be used to equip the new ICDI […]
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From the Mansfield (OH) News Journal. This is an excerpt–to read the entire article click here. Sen. Harris leaving big shoes to fill Republican respected for his business savvy BY AL LAWRENCE • News Journal correspondent • November 2, 2010 ASHLAND — Either Republican Kris Jordan or Democrat Neil Patel will earn the right Tuesday
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A plan for implementing the three-part strategy of the Commitment to Common Mission document was developed and adopted by delegates to a CHARIS leadership meeting September 12-15, 2010. Meeting at the Chateau St. Albain in France, the leaders of the worldwide Grace Brethren fellowships agreed on a strategy of utilizing small teams with specialized expertise
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Mabton Congregation Helps the Needy For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me,
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The people of the Ellet Grace Brethren Church in Akron, Ohio, love their next-door neighbors. And there are more than 300 of those neighbors to love–most of them under the age of 10. The Ellet church is right next door to the Ritzman Community Learning Center, a K-5 elementary school in the Akron public school
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Pastor Richard Todd stands in front of the building that was recently purchased by the Grace Brethren Church in Whittier, Calif. The former furniture store, located at 8109 Greenleaf Avenue, will be renovated for ministry use. The church’s former campus was sold several years ago and it has been meeting in temporary facilities while searching
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The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF), Winona Lake, Ind., has announced that another congregation in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches has decided to transfer their entire financing package from other lenders to the GBIF. In fact, when the Auburn Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Auburn, Calif., wants to finance another expansion, they
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By Tom Hocking “Who is it!?” Uh oh, I thought. This neighbor sounds more than a little irritated and definitely suspicious. Through the closed door, Alfredo and I introduced ourselves as the Spanish- and English-speaking pastors of the church on the corner. The door opened barely a crack. “Yeah? Well, whaddyawant?” “We’re part of Bless/Bellflower–an
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Through the magic of Skype and the Internet, Pastor Chip Heim of East Side Grace Brethren Church in Columbus, Ohio, and nine other men from the congregation this past Sunday shared what God had been doing in their lives that week in the Ukraine. They did so on the large projection screen at the front
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Paul DeRenzo, director of special events at Grace College & Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, passes on the following information: “Earl Thurston, former Director of Food services from 1971-1987 (and my predecessor in that position) went to be with the Lord last evening. He was 85. Earl was preceded in death by his beloved wife,
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