Word has been received of the death of Viola Richards, mother of Grace Brethren pastor, Joel Richards, who also serves as president of the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers. Joel is the pastor of the LaLoma Grace Brethren Church in Modesto, Calif. Services will be held Saturday, January 9, 2016, at the LaLoma Grace Brethren Church. Her obituary appears below. […][...]
Pastor Brian McCall of the Grace Brethren Church in Martinsburg, Pa. was helping one of his fellow pastors move into a house next to the Cove Shoe factory, the largest employer in their small town, employing about 350 people. “As I was helping unload the moving truck, God placed it upon my heart that our church needed to reach out […][...]
Greg Howell admits he was a little disgruntled at the couple that came in their motorized wheelchairs to the Saturday night Connections service at Community Grace Brethren Church, Goldendale, Wash., where he serves as pastor. The service is always preceded with a meal. “They would come and they would eat,” he remembers. “And they would pile up their plates again […][...]
The Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.) mediation team recently participated in the INADR International Intercollegiate Mediation Tournament. The event was held November 11-13, 2015, at Drake Law School at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. During the competition, the Grace College team took turns mediating, advocating for a client, and being a client in a series of cases. The team performed very well and […][...]
Grace College’s baseball team will host a one-day Winter Camp on January 23 for elementary and middle school players. The camp, held at Grace’s Gordon Recreation Center, features three options to optimize training time for each camper. The morning session is a pitching and catching camp for grades 1-9, going from 9-11 a.m. A hitting camp for 1st-4th grade runs […][...]
Grace Beight, a senior at Grace College, is interning during second semester at GraceConnect/BMH Books. A native of Amherst, Ohio, she is majoring in journalism and minoring in political science. During her internship, she is serving as the editorial assistant for GraceConnect. Among her duties are writing stories for the GraceConnect eNews and graceconnect.us, proofreading articles for GraceConnect magazine, and assisting [&h[...]
Students at Grace Christian School, a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church, West Kittanning, Pa. (Larry Edwards, pastor), received a visit from former pro football player turned farmer, Jason Brown, recently. (Students and parishioners of the church had traveled to Brown’s North Carolina farm in the fall to help pick sweet potatoes, which are given to the needy.) The local Kittanning […][...]
Top stories posted in 2015 at graceconnect.us again centered around the family nature of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. The top story, A Life Dedicated to Service, featured Linda Kline, a long-time member of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Wooster, Ohio (Bob Fetterhoff, senior pastor). She retired this past summer after 37 years of teaching Released Time […][...]
Elections in the Central African Republic yesterday were peaceful, according to an article in the New York Times. A portion of the article appears below. Click here to read the complete story and view a video report. The Central African Republic is home to the largest number of Grace Brethren churches in the world. Central African Republic Elections, Long Delayed, Are […][...]
Pastor Brian McCall of the Grace Brethren Church in Martinsburg, Pa. was helping one of his fellow pastors move into a house next to the Cove Shoe factory, the largest employer in their small town, employing about 350 people. “As I was helping unload the moving truck, God placed it upon my heart that our church needed to reach out […][...]
One Grace Brethren congregation is helping a local youth organization as the organization renovates its building. The Goshen (Ind.) Boys and Girls Club is set to begin a major expansion and while its facilities are undergoing construction, Grace Community Church (Jim Brown, senior pastor), will step in to help. A recent story in the Goshen News tells more. A portion […][...]
After being postponed several times, elections are being held today in the Central African Republic, home to the largest number of Grace Brethren congregations in the world. Below is a portion of a story about the elections from BBC News. Click here to read the complete article. Central African Republic elections: Long queues in Bangui Long queues have formed at […][...]
Elections are set to be held tomorrow (December 30) in the Central African Republic, after being postponed several time due to security concerns. Below is an article that explains who some of the candidates, the key issues, and the process. A portion of the article is included. Click here to read the complete story. The Central African Republic is home to […][...]
Dr. Chuck Davis, executive director of Caribbean Vision Ministries, a Grace Brethren cooperating ministry, has sent a recent update. A portion of it appears below. Click here to read the complete letter. There are all kinds of people living in the Caribbean just like in America. From the Bahamas to Trinidad our ministry involves all kinds of people. Though they […][...]
Voting was scheduled to take place Sunday in the Central African Republic for president and members of the legislature, but the vote has been postponed until December 30. Below are portions of several articles that explain some of the challenges that the country faces after widespread fighting and violence. The Grace Brethren have ministered in the C.A.R. for more than […][...]
Jack Brown, executive director of Grow New England, the Grace Brethren church planting organization in the New England states, recently sent a report to friends and supporters. Here are a few excerpts: Our Essex church (North Shore Bible Church) has made some incredible inroads into the Town of Essex and is quickly becoming known as the church that can be counted […][...]
Damage caused in a Christmas Eve fire on Boracay Island has reached P10 million, according to ABS-CBNNews.com. The fire apparently started in a boarding house and was spread by the wind over the neighborhood. Grace Brethren missionaries Dan and Tori Beaver operate the First Love Ministry Center on Boracay, which was damaged in the fire. According to reports, the fire stopped at […][...]
Many of you know Dan and Tori Beaver, who have ministered in the Philippines for many years. A fire in Boracay, where they serve, has destroyed their ministry center. One post reports: AMBULONG BORACAY FIRE December 24,2015 10:32AM ESTIMATED 1 HECTARE, 30-50 HOUSES/COMMERCIAL BUILDING WERE BURNED DOWN BY HUGE FIRE TODAY AT . Below is a message from the Beavers reposted […][...]
An article in today’s Newark, Ohio, Advocate, tells about a Grace Brethren pastor’s daughter who is not afraid to confront problems. Caroline Saldivar, daughter of Mike and Margaret Saldivar (he’s pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Pataskala, Ohio), was recently appointed to serve on the Teen Ambassador Board for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. A portion of the story appears below. […][...]
A new men’s choir at Brethren Christian High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., is featured in today’s Orange County Register. (The school has deep roots in the Grace Brethren movement in Southern California, having begun on Long Beach, Calif., and led by several Grace Brethren pastors.) A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Brethren […][...]