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Southwest Focus Retreat Concludes

Feb 1, 2017

Jose Sanchez, assistant pastor at Iglesia Cristiana De la Comunidad, Lakewood, Calif., led the group in a song of worship.
Jose Sanchez, assistant pastor at Iglesia Cristiana De la Comunidad, Lakewood, Calif., led the group in a song of worship.

The Southwest Focus Retreat concluded this morning at The Oaks Camp and Conference Center.

About 75 pastors and leaders have been here since Monday afternoon in a retreat, led by Clancy Cruise, executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches and pastor of Marysville Grace, a Grace Brethren congregation in Marysville, Ohio.

Clancy Cruise closes the retreat with devotions on Wednesday morning.
Clancy Cruise closes the retreat with devotions on Wednesday morning.

After two days of discussing the Pastor and His Family, Cruise closed this morning with a devotional from 1 Corinthians 9. He encouraged the pastors to stay the course in ministry and their homes.

The next Focus Retreat, the regional gathering for ministry leaders in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, will be held March 13 to 15 at the Florida FFA Leadership Training Center.