Terri Firestone, wife of Reid Firestone, who pastored the Grace Brethren Church in Homerville, Ohio, from 2012 until his retirement, has died. Her obituary appears below. Teresa ‘Terri’ Firestone, 62, of Ashland, Ohio, passed into eternity Monday, August 30, 2021 at LSS The Good Shepherd in Ashland, Ohio. She was born in Dayton, Ohio to […]
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U.S.-based Haitian pastors are ministering in Haiti following the devastating earthquake on August 25, 2021. They are hoping to provide relief to people devastated by the earthquake and the subsequent flooding. “They went under the auspices of CVM (Caribbean Vision Ministries). They left August 30, and will return to Florida on September 15,” says Dumont Cardichon.
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“Did you see her smile?” Andrew Simkins, a volunteer at the Room at the Table, asked as Stacy Engle’s foster daughter picked out items. Together, they filled multiple bags with a wide variety of items. Room at the Table is a ministry for foster and adoptive families in Kosciusko County, Ind. (or those fostering children
A new monograph by Samuel Funkhouser, In the Line of Duty: A History and Theological Analysis of early English-Language Brethren Hymn Books and Hymnals, 1791-1884, is now available from the Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc. In the Line of Duty tells the story of how the hymn writers of the English evangelical tradition and, later, revivalism, transformed
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Dan O’Deens, director of Breathe Partners, has sent this report of how Charis Fellowship congregations are responding to help after the recent earthquake in Haiti. The devastating earthquake in Haiti provides a peek into the progress made in mission work in Haiti. In the past, Haiti had become dependent on the generosity of people from
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Here is the latest update on Charis Fellowship Pastor Don Rough, as posted by his son, Tim, on Facebook, and shared here with permission. Update on our Dad, Pastor Don Rough, Sunday, August 22, 2021, 10:00 pm. Please continue to pray for Dad about his blood clots. Today we learned that Dad has two DVT’s
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Florence Figert, a 36-year employee of the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF), has died. Her obituary appears below. Florence Elizabeth Figert, known to many as “Flo,” passed away quietly on Friday, August 20, 2021, in North Manchester, Ind., at Peabody Retirement Community. She was a longtime resident of Warsaw, Ind. The daughter of Randolph Theodore
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Continue to pray for Don Rough, Charis Fellowship pastor who is recovering from COVID. Here’s the latest report from his son, Tim. Update on our precious Dad’s battle with COVID. Wednesday August 18, 2021, 10:20 pm. First, the personal care facility where Dad is went on lockdown today. So no personal visits for the time
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When I was a new mother, there were times when my young daughter’s determination to “help” with whatever I was doing frustrated me. One day my feelings must have been evident on my face, because my dad looked at me and gently said, “She just wants to be a ‘people.’” I knew exactly what he
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Greg Serafino, pastor of Grace Church, Osceola, Ind., posted this on the GraceConnect Facebook page. A gofundme account has been set up to help Danny Grace Knight, the widow of Andrew Knight, who died in a traffic accident on July 24, 2021. I know many of you were at conference and heard about and prayed
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