Macy Obringer, a 16-year-old sophomore at Grace Brethren High School, Simi Valley, Calif., is featured in Friday’s Simi Valley Acorn. Macy was heading to Bishop, Calif., to face off against nine others in the California High School Rodeo Association’s Rodeo Queen contest. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete […]
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Former Charis Fellowship (Grace Brethren) pastor, Eloy Pacheco, died June 6 after a long illness. His obituary appears below. After enduring a long illness, Pastor Eloy S. Pacheco went home to be with his Lord on June 6, 2019. He is survived by Pat, his beloved wife of 54 years; his son and daughter-in-law, Bryan
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A sister group to the Charis Fellowship (Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches) is preparing to meet this weekend in the Roanoke, Va., area. The Old German Baptist Brethren is holding their annual conference on an area farm, which is being hosted by the Eastern District of the group. The Old German Baptist Brethren, like the Charis
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Last Sunday (May 26), a CE National Honor was given to Grace Community Church in Goshen, Ind. (Jim Brown, senior pastor). This specific award was given to the church for the Idea of the Year for The Park at Grace. The church uses the by-line “in the community—for the community” and that in a nutshell is
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Jack Brown, executive director of Grow New England, the Charis Fellowship church planting ministry in the northeast United States, has sent his June prayer letter. A portion of it is included below. “Seeing the people, He (Jesus) felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said
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Jan Bell, wife of Jay Bell, who served as director of Internationals USA at Encompass World Partners, fell hard on Saturday while attending the art fair in the Village at Winona, Winona Lake, Ind. She hit her head and left hip on the sidewalk, breaking her hip, Jay reports. She had hip replacement surgery on
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A report in the VC Star on the annual Ventura County Football Coaches Hogs Tournament in Simi Valley, Calif., includes quotes from and photos of members of Simi Valley’s Grace Brethren High School football team. Grace Brethren High School is a ministry of Grace Church, Simi Valley (Jordan Bakker, pastor). A portion of the story appears below.
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The Simi Valley Acorn carries photos of last Friday’s graduation at Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif. (The school is a ministry of Grace Church, Simi Valley, Jordan Bakker, pastor.) The class of 83 included nine students who had attended the school since preschool or kindergarten. Click here to see all the photos
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Grace College athletic office manager Kelly Sharp was recognized at the annual NCCAA National Convention on Thursday night. Sharp was given the Game Plan 4 LIFE Character Award by the NCCAA; she is the first administrative professional to receive the national award. Sharp oversees and directs many of the daily operations for all 17 varsity programs at
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Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:23-25) May
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