More than 50 pastors and lay leaders gathered in San Juan Capistrano, CA, this Monday afternoon for the opening session of the Southwest Focus Retreat. Doug Lee of The Fountain Community Church in Fontana, CA, led the singing to open the session. The retreat concludes Wednesday morning, and is the third of five such retreats […]

Pastor Keith Shearer of New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church of Myerstown, PA, is this year’s FGBC moderator. He opened the Southwest Focus Retreat with introductory comments on the importance of being “people of the Book [Bible]” and introduced the schedule for studying Psalm 119 over the next two days. 

Pastor Greg Stoever of the River City Grace Community Church in Sacramento, CA, opened the Focus Retreat’s first study section with introductory comments on the first 48 verses of Psalm 119. As with all this year’s Focus Retreats, the comments and insights produced by the small-group discussions of the psalm will be compiled into a

Fellowship Coordinator Tom Avey (pictured), who underwent quadruple bypass surgery a week ago Sunday morning in Rancho Mirage, CA, is still in southern California but sends the following on Monday afternoon: “Good news! We are released to travel. We fly to Indy tomorrow and drive to Winona on Wednesday. “I’ll not be back to work

Services for longtime Grace Brethren pastor Bob Kliewer will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Whittier Community Grace Brethren Church. Robert Carl Kliewer was born April 26, 1930, in Mountain Lake, MN. The family moved to West Salem OR, around 1935 and then moved to Los Angeles in 1944. He attended Culter Academy, where

YIB (Your Intrepid Blogger) spent this morning with the Simi Valley, California, Grace Brethren Church (John McIntosh, pastor), where we were able to share about the ministry of BMH in both morning services and also teach Pastor Jerry Kelley’s adult Sunday School class. This evening is the football banquet celebrating the remarkably successful season of

During the offering time at the Simi Valley church, parishioners are encouraged to bring a red rose to the front for every person who heard the message of the Gospel this week, and a white rose for each one who accepted Christ as Savior. This photo, taken after the first (9 a.m.) service this morning,

The following feature story on a Grace Brethren pastor appeared in today’s Sunnyside (WA) Daily Sun News (photo by John Fannin) by John Fannin Fear of an oppressive government and a need for family led Juan Marenco (pictured) to leave his native Nicaragua and eventually settle in Mabton, Washington, where he is pastor of Grace

This article, which appeared in today’s Modesto (CA) Bee newspaper, demonstrates how a church can effectively use its library to attract non-church users, and minister to the larger community. By AMY WHITEBEE STAFF WRITER It’s Wednesday morning and the Khachadourian family is on its usual routine, stopping to browse at the Big Valley Grace Community