Curiously looking for information on the Third Temple project being discussed in Israel, I stumbled across a Jewish discussion forum. The debate involved the question of whether or not animal sacrifices would be a part of the new Temple. Many argued that animal sacrifices were cruel, bloody, disgusting, barbaric, and unthinkable; they didn’t belong in […]
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Rod Lingenfelter, pastor at Grace Fellowship Church, Juniata Campus, Altoona, Pa., died yesterday, April 17, 2019. Visitation will be 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Monday, April 22, at the Juniata church, Broadway and 15th Ave., Altoona. Services will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, at the church. Pastor Rodney Lynn Lingenfelter, 71, closed his eyes at last
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A story broadcast yesterday on ABC’s Good Morning America features Carlyn McClelland and her path to a new career, which included a scholarship from mikeroweWORKS Foundation and Mike Rowe, who is best known for TV’s “Dirty Jobs.” Rowe joined host Robin Roberts to talk about a new approach to education and the value of skilled trades.
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Yesterday (April 15, 2019), pastors from the Nor-Cal District visited Chico, Calif., to encourage the staff of Living Hope Fellowship, a Charis Fellowship congregation in that city. A number of families in the church lost their homes in the Camp Fire in November 2018. Here’s a report from Phil Sparling, pastor of Auburn Grace Community
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The online news site, Lancaster Online, includes photos from Saturday’s Easter Egg Drop and Party at Grace Church, Lititz, Pa. (Tim Boal, senior pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article and view photos. Kids hunt for Easter eggs at Grace Church Every year, the Grace Church, 501
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Word has been received of the death of Rod Finster, pastor of Echo Valley Grace Brethren Church, Tremont, Pa., on Friday, April 12, 2019. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017. He has led the Tremont church since 2005.
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The renovations for Urban Hope Training Center in Los Angeles are fully complete! Located at the Grace Brethren Church of Norwalk (Rick Cartagena, pastor), Urban Hope Training Center offers opportunities for believers of all ages to be trained in evangelism and urban ministry. Special thanks to donors who made the renovations of these bathrooms/showers, dormitory spaces,
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Online registration for two upcoming Focus Retreats is now available. The Charis Fellowship, Eagle River Grace and Alaska District are sponsoring the 2019 Men’s Focus retreat near Anchorage. Pastor Jim Brown of Grace Community Church, Goshen, Ind., will lead most of the sessions. It will be held May 3-5, 2019, with housing at Birchwood Camp:
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Throughout his earthly ministry, in all the miracles, healings and teachings, Jesus frequently withdrew from the crowds to pray. He found the time to get alone with the Father to strengthen himself spiritually, mentally and emotionally. Luke 5 says that as “the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came
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Here’s the April prayer letter from Jack Brown, executive director of Grow New England, including an invitation to come to New England for a lobster dinner: “For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep,
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