“Foster care and adoption saved our lives.” Fifteen years ago, Stacey Gagnon was working as a teacher when a new student in her class had an emotional and mental breakdown. When she took him aside and asked what was wrong, he replied, “I was taken from my home last night, and I don’t know the […]
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You’ve arrived at your dorm room! As you start to unpack your things and meet your roommates, your Residence Life Director and Assistant Residence Life Director introduce themselves to you. You don’t really know what they do or how they can help you, (beyond helping carry in boxes from your car.) But they seem genuinely
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A new monograph by Samuel Funkhouser, In the Line of Duty: A History and Theological Analysis of early English-Language Brethren Hymn Books and Hymnals, 1791-1884, is now available from the Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc. In the Line of Duty tells the story of how the hymn writers of the English evangelical tradition and, later, revivalism, transformed
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Dan O’Deens, director of Breathe Partners, has sent this report of how Charis Fellowship congregations are responding to help after the recent earthquake in Haiti. The devastating earthquake in Haiti provides a peek into the progress made in mission work in Haiti. In the past, Haiti had become dependent on the generosity of people from
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This summer, the Lilly Center for Lakes and Streams’ research team has expanded to include a formal algae team led by Grace College faculty and students. After the Lilly Center’s research team brings back water samples from local lakes, the algae team makes microscope slides to identify, count and document what they find. That information
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Registration for the Central Focus Retreat is now open. The retreat will be October 4 – 6, 2021 at Deer Creek Lodge and Conference Center, 22300 State Park Road 20, Mt Sterling, Ohio. The theme this year is ‘Movement,’ based on the Charis core value of ‘Biblical Mission.’ ‘For this reason I left you in Crete, to set in order
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Here is the latest update on Charis Fellowship Pastor Don Rough, as posted by his son, Tim, on Facebook, and shared here with permission. Update on our Dad, Pastor Don Rough, Sunday, August 22, 2021, 10:00 pm. Please continue to pray for Dad about his blood clots. Today we learned that Dad has two DVT’s
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Florence Figert, a 36-year employee of the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF), has died. Her obituary appears below. Florence Elizabeth Figert, known to many as “Flo,” passed away quietly on Friday, August 20, 2021, in North Manchester, Ind., at Peabody Retirement Community. She was a longtime resident of Warsaw, Ind. The daughter of Randolph Theodore
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“I am honored to have been in this role.” This fall, Liz Cutler Gates will retire after 11 years as executive director of the Brethren Missionary Herald Company. She has led the organization through a rebrand, created new platforms for sharing information, and archived large amounts of Grace Brethren history, all while establishing and maintaining
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In mid-July Momentum on the Road wrapped up its four-conference tour at Grace Community Church in Goshen, Ind. (Jim Brown, lead pastor). More than 300 people gathered for the 36-hour conference to hear from pastors Tony Livigni (Grace Church, Medina East Campus in Akron, Ohio), Keith Minier (Grace Fellowship in Pickerington, Ohio), and Jeff Bogue
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