Pastor Chuck Winter in Sunnyside, Washington, sends along this inspiring story: Lawrence Getsinger, head usher of the Grace Brethren Church in Sunnyside, Washington, continues a long-time recycling ministry using a bin in the church parking lot as a collection point. Each week he empties the bin of newspapers and magazines, aluminum cans and cardboard. Funds […]
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Whitehall father, husband, mentor lauded by city leaders By KEVIN CORVO Whitehall (Ohio) City Council members honored a lifelong resident of the city at their meeting Tuesday, March 2. Council members adopted an emergency resolution recognizing John Schumacher for “his dedication to the betterment of this community and its young people.” City Councilman Chris
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The next thorough church planter assessment sponsored by VisionOhio will be held March 30 to April 1 at the Sandberg Leadership Center on the campus of Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio. The assessment consists of three days and 48 hours of assessment, and the deadline for registration is this coming Tuesday, March 9. Additional assessment
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Maranatha Brethren Church of Hagerstown, Maryland, this past Wednesday extended a unanimous call to Dan Thornton (pictured) of Soldotna, Alaska, to be its executive pastor. Thornton has accepted the call and he and his wife, Sue, are moving forward with selling the family‘s Alaska home and plan to move to Hagerstown in early summer. Thornton said, “We’re impressed
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Rebecca Wright, who serves with Grace Brethren International Missions in Chile, sends the following contact information for photos and updates on Chileans affected by the recent earthquake: Thank you all again for your prayers! People are outside trying to get groceries today, but the supermarkets are letting a limited number of people in and a
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Dr. Larry Chamberlain of the Eagle Commission sends the following report: I am very pleased to report that Chaplain Candidate Justin Hayes successfully completed his ordination exam on February 4 here in Winona Lake, Indiana. Justin has also just received an encouraging invitation in his pursuit of a Navy Chaplaincy: “I wanted to inform you
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Thank you all for your concern and prayers for me this weekend! As most of you have probably heard by now, I and the people from the church family here are all safe. I came out without a scrape, although quite a few of my dishes broke and some food spoiled, but thankfully that was the
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“My heart breaks for my friends who don’t know Christ,” says Chris Springer, a 20-year-old student at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. The native of Waldorf, Md., believes that the best way to reach non-believers is through the local church. For that reason he has joined with Mike and Connie Pumphrey in planting Awaken
It’s a unique method of announcing goals, but the vision story recently released by Vision Ohio, the church planting organization in the Buckeye State, is clear in announcing its intention of planting 120 new Grace Brethren churches in the next decade. The document, which may be viewed at visionohio.org, is the result of 14 months
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Community Grace Brethren Church of Whittier, Calif., (Richard Todd, pastor) sold its property to an evangelical Bible-teaching church in spring of 2009. The congregation has since been meeting to worship on Sundays at Whittier Senior Center. An office/warehouse complex at 12300 E. Washington Blvd., Suite U, Whittier, has been leased for the church office and
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