Wifflefest, the annual wiffle ball tournament sponsored by Southview Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio (Mark Abel, pastor), was featured yesterday in the Ashland Times-Gazette. It’s the first in a three-part series that looks at the 20-year history of the event. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. WIFFLEFEST | […]
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Ruth Rebecca Snyder of Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake, Ind., died at 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at Grace Village Health Care at the age of 97. She was born on November 16, 1921 in Mineral Point, Pa., to Verna (Snyder) Shaffer and William J. Shaffer. On April 6, 1941, she
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New Generation Community Church, a Charis Fellowship church replant in the midst of Harlem, is featured as this week’s “Church of the Week” on WMCA AM570. The broadcast featured an interview with lead pastor, Laban Reeves and a short message from him about generosity. The interview digs into Laban’s journey to NYC as a music
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Barb Wooler, director of crisis response for Encompass World Partners, has reported on activities in southwest Ohio following a number of tornados on Memorial Day. Part of her report is below. Click here to read more. Several communities in Dayton, Ohio have had a great opportunity to try their hand at “making lemonade” out of
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Members and attenders of the former Sidney Grace Brethren Church in southeast Kosciusko County, Ind., gathered in mid-May for an evening of fellowship and celebration in the building that once housed the congregation. Organized by Brent Sandy, whose father, Rollin Sandy, led the church from 1958-1981, the event on the evening of May 11, 2019
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Operation Barnabas, the annual summer ministry/discipleship program sponsored by CE National, is off and running. Here’s Sunday’s post from the East Team, which is training in Philadelphia. Follow their activities on the Operation Barnabas blog. The team had the opportunity to lead worship at Urban Hope Community Church this morning. We had a delicious lunch
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The newsletter for Inspire – Charis Pastors Network has carried news of a marriage, new ministries, and numerous ordinations recently. Here’s a compilation of news from the last few issues. Justin Franchino, pastor of Peninsula Grace Church in Soldotna, Alaska, married Jill Wippermann on June 8, 2019, in Meadow Vista, Calif. (Click here to learn
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Kelly Sharp, office manager for the Grace College athletic department and recent recipient of the Game Plan 4 LIFE Character Award presented by the NCCAA, is featured this week at the online news site, InkFreeNews. (Kelly and her husband, Mark, are members of the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church.) A portion of the story appears below.
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One of the young women representing Kosciusko County, Ind., this week in the Miss Indiana Pageant, is involved at the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor). NaevEnya Moore, 18, is the current Miss Kosciusko. A story from the online news site, InkFreeNews, tells more. A portion of the article appears below. Click
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Ralph Wilburn Hayes, PhD., age 86 of Clearwater, Fla., passed away Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the Brookside Hospice House. Ralph was born March 9, 1933 in East St. Louis, Mo., to the late Cleadis E. and Pauline J. (Cotter) Hayes. Following his high school graduation, Ralph enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he
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