Pastor Dan Thornton, who recently concluded his 20-year ministry as pastor of the Peninsula Grace Brethren Church in Soldotna, Alaska, this week posted the following on his blog. You can read more of Dan’s postings at https://www.xanga.com/longhikes I’m in a real recording! You can hear it at www.myspace.com/darkroommusic ! Here’s what’s up. David is in
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By Katy Devereaux The doctor pointed his finger at one of the newborn twin girls and told Angie Garber’s parents, “That one won’t live.” With complications from the multiple birth, he saw little hope for Frank and Emma Garber’s youngest of nine children. Not only did Garber live, but she spent most of her 94
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By Liz Cutler Gates A vacation to Europe more than 20 years ago cut short a successful teaching career while inspiring an up-and-coming author. “I didn’t start out to be a writer,” says Karen Harper, the teacher-turned-novelist who now has more than 40 mystery, suspense, and historical books to her credit. “I was an English
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Charrie Denton of the CE National staff (left) presented the “Senior Medal of Ministry” to Ward Tressler, pastoral care pastor at Grace Community Church of Fremont, Ohio. Pastor Tressler and his wife, Agnes, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 15 of this year. CE National presented a number of awards, including the national church
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Word has been received from Pastor Jack Brown in Gloucester, Massachusetts, that Dave Warner from the Island Pond, Vermont, Grace Brethren Church (Jake Kocis, pastor) was crushed by a tree late yesterday and went home to be with the Lord. According to a police report, Warner was cutting trees on his property late yesterday and
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A couple from the Ellet Grace Brethren Church in Akron, Ohio (Jonathan Carey, pastor) have been attracting wide attention from the Akron area. Last week the Akron Beacon-Journal newspaper ran a four-part series on Sue and Chuck Minick and the handicapped little Russian girl they have adopted. Some of the donations that have come in
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The lives of 43 adults from East Side Grace Brethren Church in Columbus, Ohio, will never be the same. They just returned from the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina as they ministered for a week in Slidell, Louisiana, a northeastern suburb of New Orleans near Lake Pontchartrain. Before Katrina, 30,000 people called Slidell home. Today,
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Word has been received from Cherry Valley, California, that longtime Grace Brethren pastor Bob Kliewer entered his heavenly home this morning about 2 a.m. The memorial service is scheduled for 3 p.m. next Thursday, February 2, at Whittier Community Grace Brethren Church at 11000 E. Washington Blvd., Whittier, CA 90606. We’ll post details of Bob’s
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The following article appeared this week in the Elizabethtown (PA) college newspaper, telling of an event that will benefit one of our Grace Brethren churches. Senior honors project benefits Katrina victims Natalie A. Smeltz News Editor When senior Lindsay Rowe considered possible topics to cover for her Honors in the Discipline project, volunteerism was the
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Robert Soto, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of McAllen, Texas, and former GBNAM church planter, has posted a wide-ranging update on his ministry to Native Americans on the GBNAM website. Through his unique ministry of traveling and dancing Native American dances, Robert reports that nearly 2,700 people have come to the Lord in the
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