This Sunday, Jim Hocking, founder of Water for Good, will be speaking at the Grace Brethren Church in Martinsburg, Pa., according to a story in the Morrison’s Cove Herald. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Water Driller, CEO to Speak March 24 at Martinsburg Church The community
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Mark Pifer, a member at Grace Polaris Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, lead pastor), is completing 50 years in the classroom this year. Most of them have been as a teacher at Worthington Christian School, which is a ministry of Grace Polaris. He is featured in this month’s Worthington Christian
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The National Youth Worker Retreat is in full swing in Daytona Beach, Fla., with more than 60 in attendance. On Tuesday morning Steve Kozak, vice president of youth ministries for CE National, talked about the changing landscape of youth ministry, Bruce Barlow, lead pastor of Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake, Ind., talked
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Nancy V. Placeway, 86, of Manheim, Pa., died Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Mt. Hope Home, Manheim. She was the wife of Rev. Richard Placeway, whom she married June 27, 1954. Nancy was born in Akron, Ohio, on October 26, 1932, daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Dawson Bry. Nancy was a graduate
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Finding contentment with certain situations is not an easy task, especially when one has been praying so diligently for what he or she seeks. It’s easy to forget that God has a plan and always will have a plan, that He will be on perfect time with His answers. It is tempting, then, to view
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Jack Brown, executive director of Grow New England, the Charis Fellowship church-planting ministry in the northeast U.S., recently sent an update. Here are some excerpts: The message of the gospel is overwhelming and the fact that God allows us to be the heralds of this truth is an amazing responsibility and privilege. God is at
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Beverly McCarthy, the widow of former Grace Brethren pastor, Dick McCarthy, died on March 8. Her obituary appears below. Beverly Lee (Saufley) McCarthy, 83, peacefully went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 8, 2019 at home in Galion, Ohio. She was the daughter of Alva and Irene (Krady) Saufley. Growing up on
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Christians are called by God to support one another, to connect with those in need, and to be a light in a dark world. However, connecting with one another and with those who have not accepted the gospel does not have a one-size-fits-all formula. It takes a willingness to use our gifts and resources to
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This week, NBC reporter, Cynthia McFadden, ventured into the Central African Republic to report on the plight of the children of the country, who have been impacted by a country at war. Below are links to two video reports filed by McFadden, one for the Today Show and one for NBC Nightly News. (For more
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An update from Rick Fairman was sent late last evening (March 6) regarding the prayer request for his son, daughter-in-law, and new baby. Thank you for your prayer. And thank you Lord for your sovereign and omnipotent participation, and for your enablement of the doctors and nurses. Earlier this evening, Leslie gave birth by caesarean
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