The staff at CE National have reminded us that the deadline to get the best price for the Momentum Youth Conference is approaching. Momentum 2013 at Indiana Wesleyan University, July 16-21, is going to be an awesome week! You don’t want to miss it. Register at registration.cenational.org and pay your $100 deposit by May 1 to get […]
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The upheaval in the Central African Republic (CAR), home to several ministries with Grace Brethren connections, continues to make life interesting for those on the ground. Jim Hocking, founder and executive director of ICDI (Integrated Community Development International), reports that things are not calm, as evidenced by this report on the GlobalPost site. It reports
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Reverend Marvin L. Goodman, Jr. formerly of Winona Lake, Ind., died at 5:21 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at his daughter’s residence in Camp Verde, Arizona at the age of 91. He was born on October 22, 1921 in Modesto, Calif., to Marvin L. Goodman, Sr. and Susan R. (Minnix) Goodman. While attending Grace
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Gladys Deloe, founder and president of grace in ACTION usa, has announced that the non-profit ministry, founded in 2005 with the vision of bridging the church to the community ~ through education and economic development, has completed the legal dissolution process, and made arrangements to “pass the GiA torch” to FCS Urban Ministries in Atlanta,
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Viki Rife has been named director-elect of Women of Grace USA and will succeed Janet Minnix when Minnix retires from leadership in July 2014. Rife currently serves with the organization as Communications Coordinator and Director of Girls’ Ministries. The daughter of former Grace Brethren missionaries to Argentina, Bob and Joene Cover, Rife studied English and
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Scott Carlson didn’t plan to start a church when he moved to Southern Maryland. In fact, he’d just arrived from the Midwest to work at an existing ministry when he suddenly found himself without a job. [quote align=”left” color=”#999999″] Pray for Redeemer Bible Fellowship in Lusby, Md. Pray that Pastor Scott Carlson and his congregation would be
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Much of the emphasis in the spiritual formation movement focuses on personal disciplines such as prayer, Bible study, solitude, and silence. While these are good activities to engage in, an overemphasis on individual activities may result in a devaluing of the role of community in spiritual growth. My experience of spiritual community was started in
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This update on Matthew Brown comes from his dad, Pastor Jack Brown, of the North Shore Bible Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Essex, Mass. Matthew is in the Cardiac Care Unit in Burlington, Mass. (See Urgent Prayer Request for Matthew Brown.) Here’s the latest on Matthew’s condition. Matthew is under heavy sedation (essentially a medically induced
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Michael Saldivar has been called by by a unanimous vote to pastor the Pataskala, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church. He will start July 7. For the last 11 years, he has been on staff at LaLoma Grace Brethren Church in Modesto, Calif. (Joel Richards, pastor), where he has served as pastor of youth and worship. Fenton McDonald,
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It’s a nice problem to have. Last weekend, the board of Women of Grace USA, the women’s ministries board of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, met to discuss the many opportunities before them and how prioritize them, according to Viki Rife, who serves as communications director and oversees Girls’ Ministries. “We discussed how to meet requests
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