Dan Thornton (pictured), pastor of Peninsula Grace Brethren Church in Soldotna, Alaska, and board chair of the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., keeps an interesting blog on Xanga.com. His current entry is about a recent moose-hunting trip. Here’s a sample: Wind had died down so we moved early to the Moose Creek Trail. The cabin has […]
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The following article appeared recently in the Warsaw (IN) Times-Union newspaper: Four staff members from the Grace College and Seminary, along with the husband of another staff member, traveled to Shreveport, La, Friday to begin a 10-day volunteer mission. The five and other volunteers from the area have joined Grace alumnus Dan O’Deens (MA ‘95),
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Grace Brethren pastor Neil Cole (Awakening Chapel, Long Beach, California) is featured in an interview in the latest Advance e-mail newsletter from Leadership Network, which highlights the appearance of Cole’s latest book. Here is the text of that interview: Neil Cole (Long Beach, CA) is a church starter and pastor, and founder and executive director
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Do you have a “theological mindset” that welcomes seeing what theologians from a number of different “stripes” are saying about the Katrina disaster? You might enjoy clicking on “Theologica,” a new blog-addition to the WORLD magazine stable of blogs. To see a sample, click here.
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The following article, from the Lebanon, PA, Daily News, reflects the 9/11 remembrance service held Sunday by New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church in Myerstown, pastored by this year’s FGBC Moderator, Keith Shearer. In the Lebanon Valley and across the nation yesterday, Americans honored heroic first responders and memorialized the victims of the terrorist attacks of
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Grace Community Church of Seal Beach, California (Don Shoemaker, pastor), observed a moving “Day for Remembering” the 9/11 attacks and also remembered the victims of Katrina in words, prayer and offerings. The remembrance was held on the church lawn during the second of the church’s three services this past Sunday. The Orange County Fire Station
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Dr. Duke Heller, author of the new BMH Books publication How to Start a Kingdom Conversation, will be interviewed live on the radio next Tuesday afternoon, September 20, at 4PM on the show, “Bob Burney Live.” It is a talk show that is heard around the entire state of Ohio and originates from station WRFD
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Here are the two latest reports from Terry Hofecker, police chaplain and pastor of the Northwest Chapel Grace Brethren Fellowship in Dublin, Ohio. Hofecker’s previous reports have been from New Orleans. I have heard that Grace Brethren people are responding to Katrina at many levels. How gratifying! I am so proud of our little Fellowship!
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Fellowship Coordinator Tom Avey sends the following Shreveport update: With the arrival, training and deployment of our FGBC First Response Team in Shreveport, Louisiana, some of the immediate needs in the seven shelters began to be met quickly. Initial reports indicate that they have been well-received and are making an important contribution. The crisis situation
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Dan O’Deens, shown here conducting training in Shreveport, Louisiana, is the “point person” for a first-responders team to the Katrina tragedy from the FGBC. O’Deens is pastor of the Grace Brethren church in Parkesburg, PA. Kathleen Allison, communications director for GBNAM, has sent this report on the First Responders team: This past weekend, our First
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