We had no clue when we set out for the forest preserve that we would get to see bald eagles—three at the same time, to be exact. They were perched in a tree close to where we stood, easily visible. The preserve was trying to reintroduce them, and for several years we had thought from […]
Donald Shoemaker, the former Charis pastor who led the social concerns committee for the Charis Fellowship for many years, has found he has time on his hands, so he’s prepared the April newsletter for Donald Shoemaker Ministries. The lead story is of interest for these times. If you’d like to subscribe to his newsletter, send
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Phil Sparling – Charis Update 2020.03.19 from Charis Fellowship on Vimeo. “As you know, we are living in unprecedented times,” says Phil Sparling, executive director of the Charis Fellowship and pastor of Grace Community Church, Auburn, Calif. “Reaching our communities for Christ has never been more fluid than it is right now. Working together as Charis
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Bart Blair, director of communications and project support at Assist Church Expansion, has provided these tips for better church communication during COVID-19. By now, your church has moved or is in the process of moving to some sort of online expression for your weekend service. For a lot of churches, this has been a pretty
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Jim Brown, lead pastor at Grace Community Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Goshen, Ind., is quoted in today’s Goshen (Ind.) News. The story features local church leaders and how they are combining faith and technology to reach their congregations during this time. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the
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Congregations in the Charis Fellowship are experiencing a new normal as efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) put a halt to large group meetings and individuals are encouraged to self quarantine. Many churches were forced to cancel weekend worship services as governmental leaders imposed restrictions on the size of groups that could
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Grace College senior, Kyle Kaufman, is interning with GraceConnect this semester. A history major, he is helping sort, inventory, and catalog records from the former Grace Brethren North American Missions (GBNAM). The files have been stored in Warsaw, Ind., and will eventually be added to the Charis Fellowship Archive at Grace College. The collection includes
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Gail L. Jones, who served in the Central African Republic for more than 20 years as a nurse, was born March 31, 1924. She went home to her Lord and Savior on March 17, 2020. Gail graduated from East Conemaugh H.S. in 1943. She graduated in 1950 from the Women’s Homeopathic Hospital of Philadelphia, received her
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Kathryn Ruth Hirschy Hoyt of Grace Village Retirement Community of Winona Lake, Ind., died at 8:19 a.m. on Monday, March 16, 2020, at the age of 98. She was born on July 29, 1921 in Berne, Ind., to Esther (Sprunger) and Norman Hirschy. On August 22, 1942, she was married to Solon W. Hoyt. They
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Rev. Richard Placeway, 89, was ushered peacefully into the presence of his Savior and Lord on Sunday morning, Feb. 23, 2020, at Mt. Hope Nazarene Retirement Community, Manheim, Pa. Born October 29, 1930, in Imlay City, Mich., he was the son of the late Arthur H. Placeway and Ione M. Placeway. He was married to
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