Jerry Michael, who served many years as a board member at the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation, and has been a leader in the Rosemont Grace Brethren Church, Martinsburg, W.Va., has been admitted to care at the Hospice of the Panhandle. The family asks for prayer during this time.
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Zach Doppelt had pastored in Virginia for over ten years when, without much warning, God called him to pastor a Charis Fellowship congregation in Ohio. It’s meant a transition for his family that came out of nowhere. But to the Doppelts, this was a call worth following. Zach moved to Dayton, Ohio, to pastor Basore Road
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Willetta “Willie” Edmiston of Warsaw, Ind., died at home at 12:23 p.m. on Saturday, January 5, 2019, at the age of 93. She was formerly a resident of Grace Village Retirement Community of Winona Lake, Ind. Willie was born on April 14, 1925, in Los Angeles County, Calif. to Albert Fred Hanson and Blanche Hester
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A fire at the end of the morning service yesterday at First Grace Brethren Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Dayton, Ohio (Bruce Jackson, pastor), caused a few moments of excitement at the end of the service and apparently caused minor damage to the church. It also forced a change in location for a meeting
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As a new year begins, Dan O’Deens is sharing a planning tool that is used by the teams at Breathe Partners, the Charis Fellowship ministry that he founded and continues to direct. (He is also author of the BMH Books title, ABS of Faith.) His 2019 Life Planner walks individuals through the coming year, providing
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Fight Club, the innovative men’s ministry founded by Pastor Jim Brown at Grace Community Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Goshen, Ind., is featured in Multiply Magazine. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Fight Club is Bringing Back Manhood The first rule about Fight Club is that
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Since 1981, Susquehanna Grace Community Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Wrightsville, Pa., has held a “Road to Bethlehem” live nativity. A few women from the church lead 70 volunteers with the goal of bringing the entire community an experience that will teach them about Scripture and the birth of the Savior. People drive the Road
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News of God’s work in the Charis Fellowship dominated the most accessed stories on graceconnect.us in 2018. From the opening of new ministries and changes in leadership, to requests for prayer, reports of meetings, and other activities, the site once again formed the centerpiece for news and information in the Charis Fellowship (formerly known as
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Donald George Hocking, 87, died December 24, 2018 at 10:40 p.m. at Vista Del Mar Senior Living in Long Beach, Calif. He was born on July 15, 1931, in Long Beach, Calif., to George and Ethel Hocking. After graduating from Poly High, Don attended the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, where he received his call
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Retired Charis Fellowship pastor, Ron Thompson, has released his second self-published book, a collection of 50 devotionals based on some of his favorite sermons he preached. Sermons in Song is laced it with hymns that he would lead the congregation in singing during the sermon. “Many of my messages already included lyrics from hymns that
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