Weather Nasty, but Fellowship Warm at Focus Retreat

Though the weather on the Atlantic oceanfront this Monday evening was windy, cold, and nasty, there was warm fellowship inside the Holiday Inn Oceanside as pastors and church leaders gathered for the first session of the East Focus Retreat in Ocean City, Maryland. The retreat is being led by FGBC moderators John McIntosh and Tom

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Participants in the East Focus Retreat spend much of the first session in small-group discussion of the first chapter of 2 Timothy, considering the ministry of Paul. In this group members (from left) include George Traub, Paul Mutchler, Dave Kennedy, Steve Howell, and Robert Wagner.

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Dave Guiles, executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions (left) and Dr. Francois Ngoumape (right), who directs all the Bible colleges and seminary in the Central African Republic, spent more than an hour sharing with the pastors attending the East Focus Retreat the vision for a doctoral-level program in Bangui, along with expanded plans to

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By Ron Dorner The holiday needs changing. More Christ needs to be put back into Christmas. Maybe this is the year your family can place less emphasis on gifts and more on the Gift during the weeks leading up to December 25. Christmas 2008 will be different for many as financial frugality becomes a necessity.

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