Knute Larson says he’s not a very good runner, but he’s kept at it. When he was struggling through a marathon someone told him to “Lean over, take shorter steps, one at a time.” That advice is the foundation of his book, The Great Human Race, which was just re-released this month by BMH Books. Larson […]
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Join the Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams and ACRES Land Trust for a memorable woodland expedition at Bock Nature Preserve near Akron, Ind., on Saturday, July 27, from 9-10 a.m. Casey Jones, director of land management at ACRES, will guide visitors through both woodland and prairie ecosystems. Bock Nature Preserve was acquired by ACRES
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“I am in it for the long haul. If God called me to care for these people, I was going to be faithful,” says Eric Durso, who is now the lead pastor of Grace Rancho, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., as he reflects on God’s faithfulness to the revitalized church over the
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Gary and Becky Kent Woolman recently paid a visit to Washington, D.C., where they stopped by the church building which formerly housed the First Brethren Church at 12th and E Streets. Her grandfather, Homer Kent Sr., was the pastor there from 1925 to 1940 when he took a faculty position at Grace Theological Seminary and
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Operation Barnabas East Team spent some time at Manheim Grace Brethren Church in Manheim, Pa. TK, director of Operation Barnabas, and Cody Ray, administrative leader for OB East Team, received this email from the secretary of the church. I immediately had to reach out and say how BLESSED we were as a church through Operation
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The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF), Charis Fellowship’s church extension fund, has announced that Kenneth A. Seyfert has communicated his plans to retire effective May 31, 2020. Mr. Seyfert joined the staff of GBIF in 1997 as managing director and officer of operations. In 2004, he was appointed vice president and executive director of operations.
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Community play in the annual Wifflefest tournament sponsored by the Southview Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio, was held on Thursday, with the event’s adult tournament fielding 57 teams. A portion of a report on the day from the Ashland Gazette is included below. Click here to read the complete story. ‘Merican Made’ wins 57-team adult
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The Nominating Committee of the Charis Fellowship has nominate the following people to the 2019-2024 term of the Fellowship Council of the Charis Fellowship: Delegates at the annual corporation meeting of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, Inc (doing business as Charis Fellowship) conference will select one representative from each region from this list. Region A: Arctic, Hawaii, Mountain Plains,
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“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry,” my friend told me. She had recently turned 50 and was struggling a bit with what that milestone means. One day, she found a co-worker in tears. When my friend asked what was wrong, the co-worker blurted out, “I’m turning 25 next week. Half my life will
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An announcement of the 65th wedding anniversary of former Charis Fellowship missionaries, George and Jane Peters, is included in yesterday’s Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch. The Peters’ served for a number of years in the Central African Republic. A portion of it appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Anniversary: F. George and S. Jane
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