The next thorough church planter assessment sponsored by VisionOhio will be held March 30 to April 1 at the Sandberg Leadership Center on the campus of Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio. The assessment consists of three days and 48 hours of assessment, and the deadline for registration is this coming Tuesday, March 9. Additional assessment […]
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Maranatha Brethren Church of Hagerstown, Maryland, this past Wednesday extended a unanimous call to Dan Thornton (pictured) of Soldotna, Alaska, to be its executive pastor. Thornton has accepted the call and he and his wife, Sue, are moving forward with selling the family‘s Alaska home and plan to move to Hagerstown in early summer. Thornton said, “We’re impressed
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By Ron Dorner Things are changing. It is especially true in the area of estate planning. I have sat with some of you to help you plan your estate. I tried to impress upon you that it is important to review an estate plan every couple of years. If you have not looked at your
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It’s a unique method of announcing goals, but the vision story recently released by Vision Ohio, the church planting organization in the Buckeye State, is clear in announcing its intention of planting 120 new Grace Brethren churches in the next decade. The document, which may be viewed at visionohio.org, is the result of 14 months
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“My heart breaks for my friends who don’t know Christ,” says Chris Springer, a 20-year-old student at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. The native of Waldorf, Md., believes that the best way to reach non-believers is through the local church. For that reason he has joined with Mike and Connie Pumphrey in planting Awaken
From today’s Hagerstown (MD) Herald-Mail Newspaper. This is an excerpt–to read the entire article click here. Heritage Academy team honors longtime supporter with trophy By BRIDGET DiCOSMO HAGERSTOWN — For years, Andrew E. “Andy” Auxt could be spotted in the corner of the gymnasium at Heritage Academy varsity basketball games, armed with his lawn chair and
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From today’s Chico (CA) newspaper: Barbara Covert’s quilts will travel across the world By MARY NUGENT – Staff Writer Posted: 02/27/2010 12:00:00 AM PST CHICO — At nearly 81 years old, Barbara Covert is still not used to the idea that she is no longer employed. “I don’t like it,” she said. “I still think I
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Update…. as of February 25, 2010, the Discipleship Conference is canceled. See the message below from conference organizers: Due to unforseen circumstances, the Discipleship Conference scheduled for tomorrow evening and Saturday has been canceled. Those who’ve already signed up to attend will be contacted about refunding your registration fee. We apologize for this inconvenience and
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Pastor Jim Brown of the Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Indiana, this week posted the following on his blog: This Sunday our satellite campus in South Bend / Mishawaka moves into the newly renovated building, on the corner of Edison and Ironwood. Our Campus Pastor,Tim Boucher, pictured above is leading this group. We have
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Dr. Chuck Davis of Caribbean Vision Ministries gives the following update regarding Haiti: On February 27 we will be sending a 24-foot truck and a 40-foot container filled with relief aid by ship to Cap Haitien, Haiti. The truck will drive directly to Port-au-Prince to deliver supplies to the point of need. The supplies in the container destined
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