Pastor Zach Doppelt of Ghent Grace Brethren Church in Roanoke, VA, sends along this encouraging good news: Daniel and Teressa Pierce, Greensboro North Carolina, recently received approval for their future church plant, Greensboro Grace, to be a recognized incorporation. They view this process not only as a way to receive funding for ministry, but more
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Grace Brethren Boys (GBB), the discipleship program for young men, has announced plans for its Fall Outpost. It will be held October 1-3, 2010, near White Star Park, Gibsonburg, Ohio, in the Fremont, Ohio, area. Plans for the weekend include camping, fishing, and a night hike with a park naturalist. Tim Soule will be the speaker for
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Catherine Sue Abbitt of 205 – 6th Street, Winona Lake, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at 11:15 p.m. at her residence in Winona Lake, Indiana at the age of 49. She was born on June 23, 1961, in Goshen, Indiana, to the late Russell Keith Brown and Peggy Sue (Tice) Brown. Catherine
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Almost since the moment Shane Edwards came to faith in Christ at age 16, he felt a call to ministry. This year, 14 years after he promised God he would study for a year at Bible college, he moved his wife and six boys to Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, to plant the first Grace Brethren
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The years following World War II brought an explosion of growth to the United States. Demand for housing and manufactured items kept the economy humming. The baby boom was in full swing, producing an abundance of little consumers. The Grace Brethren church was experiencing its own “boom” during the late 1940s and 1950s. The newly-formed
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Chuck Winter, from Sunnyside, Washington, sends along the following information: The new 20,000 square foot Harrah (WA) Community Christian School was dedicated this past Wednesday afternoon in services held in the school’s gymnasium. The school will begin classes Sept 7th. Sixty students are enrolled for the fall term. Pastor Peter Touhey of the Harrah Grace
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The following is an excerpt from a story which appeared in the online version of the Akron, OH, Beacon-Journal. It features the Ellet Grace Brethren Church (Jonathan Carey, pastor) in Akron. To read the entire story, click here. Church fair wins praise from school, help for kids Ellet Grace Brethren flock backs Ritzman Elementary with fun
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Longtime Grace Brethren pastor John Gillis (retired), now living in Alabama, is currently in a hospital in Mobile, Alabama, with multiple injuries following an accident when a tractor he was driving was hit by an 18-wheeler semi, which overturned in an effort to miss Gillis. Gillis does not appear to have life-threatening injuries, but has
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charity: water, who partners with ICDI (Integrated Community Development Inc.) to drill water wells in the Central African Republic, has launched their September campaign to raise funds to provide water for the Bayaka people, a Pygmy tribe in CAR. Since beginning the campaign a few weeks ago, charity: water has raised more than $67,000. You’ll
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Linnea Ruth Elizabeth Swanson of Grace Village Retirement Community, 337 Grace Village Drive, Winona Lake, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 8:22 a.m. at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana, at the age of 92. Mrs. Swanson is the mother of Dr. Jim Swanson, Vice President of Student Affairs and Academic Services, Grace
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