Ronald Allen Guiles (October 25, 1935 – September 17, 2011) Ronald Allen Guiles of Warsaw, Indiana passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 7:20 p.m. in his residence at the age of 75. He was born on October 25, 1935, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James Ernest and Ellen Margaret (Snyder) Guiles. On October 6, […]
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Today’s Fort Wayne (IN) Daily News carries an article on college campus enrollments that opens with Grace College’s current situation. Here is an excerpt—to read the entire article click here. Facing a cut in state funding for the prison degree program it had operated for 25 years, Grace College administrators knew it would be hard
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John Fea (Ph.D, Stony Brook University, 1999) is Associate Professor of American History and Chair of the History Department at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. Fea has written extensively for both scholarly and popular audiences. He spoke on the Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.) campus last week and this is his blogpost recalling that experience: I
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Here’s a unique view of the building belonging to Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Goshen, Ind., (Jim Brown, pastor). Staff member Scott Avey shot the video, and he says, “FPV (first person view) flying around church during second service this morning. The parking lot is always empty during the week and I wanted
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Ron Guiles, longtime Grace Brethren pastor and father of Dave Guiles, executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions, died at his home in Warsaw, Indiana, about 7 p.m. today. Guiles had been battling cancer the last several years. Ron Guiles had been serving as pastor of 55+ ministries at Warsaw Community Grace Brethren Church, Warsaw,
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Haitian, Hispanic, African American, Native Indian, and Chinese pastors in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches celebrated three-fold communion this evening as they wrapped up three days together in New Mexico and Arizona. The pastors have been meeting since Tuesday afternoon, first in Albuquerque and for the last two days in Window Rock, Ariz. The
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This is a very interesting article on how the Waynesboro, Penna., Grace Brethren Church (Larry Weber, pastor) is repositioning itself to make a greater impact on the Waynesboro community. These are the first two paragraphs of a longer article. To read the article in its entirety, click here. Laura Bedell, a Wednesday night teacher at
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Dr. Terry Hofecker, who has been senior pastor of Northwest Chapel in Dublin, Ohio, since the founding of the congregation in 1985, last Sunday announced his retirement from NWC effective December 31, 2011. Hofecker said, “We are probably going to do a semi-retirement phase for 4-5 years and then transition to full retirement.” He indicated
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Rick Horner, who has served the past five years on the staff of the Martinsburg, Penna., Grace Brethren Church, has felt God’s calling to help revitalize the Conemaugh, Penna., Grace Brethren Church. Because of that calling, the Horners are completing their Martinsburg ministry on September 30, 2011. Martinsburg pastor Kurt Miller said, “This Sunday we will be
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Maranatha Brethren Church in Hagerstown, Maryland, (Dan Thornton, Executive Pastor) is looking for a new Associate Pastor. The job responsibilities will be to lead the people of Maranatha in four primary areas: outreach and community impact, assimilation and discipleship of new believers, youth ministries, and family ministries. A job description may be viewed online at
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