Denise Jarnecke, a member of the Grace Brethren Church, Harrah, Wash. (Peter Touhey, pastor), was featured in today’s Yakima, Wash., Herald Republic, for her expertise in drag racing. Denise is the daughter of Rick and Dana Jarnecke, who are also members at Harrah GBC. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete story. Harrah’s Jarnecke […][...]
On Saturday, the last day of Momentum Youth Conference, founder and president of Crossroads Worldwide Clayton King lead the morning’s session with a message about Lazarus’ sister Mary, who gave up her reputation and her dowry by pouring perfume on his feet to represent his worthiness. “When you decide that you are going to give it all, there will be people […][...]
As the week progresses at Momentum Youth Conference, Friday was another full day of activities and speakers. Friday morning’s session featured Axis, a group that creatively teaches a post-literate generation via the medium of current popular culture. They defended the validity of the resurrection of Jesus by looking at historical eyewitness accounts and oral traditions, recognizing the event as the […][...]
With an unwavering commitment to the Word of God and a desire to impact the world for Christ, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC), FellowShift, concluded on Monday at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. During the final Celebration on Sunday evening, Jeff Bogue, pastor of Grace Church, Bath Campus, Akron, Ohio, challenged the […][...]
An all-Grace Brethren line-up of speakers took the platform at FellowShift, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Held July 17-21 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., the conference featured multiple speakers per session, with each one presenting a TED-style talk (no more than 20 minutes each). Here are some of our favorite quotes from […][...]
Thursday morning’s Momentum Youth Conference started off with excitement in the air as Ed Lewis, director of CE National, announced the total amount of offering collected from the night before. In a conference of 2,100 attendants, more than $21,000 was collected to be used to send aid to the Central African Republic (through Encompass World Partners and missionary Barb Wooler), […][...]
News from Encompass World Partners… Word has been received that Alys Anne Haag went to be with the Lord June 6, 2014, in the home of her youngest daughter, Sandra, in Whittier, Calif. Alys was born in Altoona, Pa., September 11, 1923 to Chester and Reba Lickel. January 1, 1947, she was married to Walter Haag whom she met while […][...]
Today’s BBC News carries a report of the signing of a cease fire agreement in the Central African Republic, though fighting has apparently continued in some parts of the country. Please continue to pray for the C.A.R.– a country where the Grace Brethren have ministered for nearly 100 years. A portion of the BBC story appears below. Click here to […][...]
The Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church (WLGBC), Winona Lake, Ind. (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor) is grieving the death of one of it’s own — 10-year-old Kurt Engler, who died Tuesday morning following an accident on his bicycle Monday evening. For the complete story, see Boy Cyclist Dies From Injuries. His obituary appears below. Kurt Allen Engler, 10, of Winona Lake, Ind., passed […][...]
Word has been received of the death of Ava Schnittjer Beard Lamar. She taught speech at Grace College and served as the Dean of Women there in the 1950s and 1960s. Her obituary appears below. Ava Beard Lamar (nee Schnittjer) was born to Eternal Life on Friday, July 18, 2014. She was born in 1914, in Delhi, Iowa, where she […][...]
A Wednesday full of fun opportunities awaited the more than 2,000 students attending this year’s Momentum Youth Conference. The morning opened with Power Trax sessions, breakout groups with topics ranging from purity to postmodernism. During the morning session at Edman chapel, Gred Stier, founder and president of Dare 2 Share Ministries International, shared his remarkable background story, growing up in […][...]
The 2014 edition of Momentum Youth Conference kicked off Tuesday evening with the opening session in the Edman Chapel at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill. Ed Lewis, executive director of CE National, opened the first session, addressing more than 2,000 students, youth staff, and guests gathered for worship and teaching. “We’re committed to Jesus, committed to the local church and […][...]
Three new congregations officially linked with the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches on Monday, July 21, as the annual business meeting was held during FellowShift, the national conference of the Fellowship. Joining the conference was Woodside Church, Ashland, Ohio, Pastor Nathan Wells; Living the Word Church, Mansfield, Ohio, Pastor Andy Shank, Mansfield, Ohio; and Grupo Amor Cristiano, Dublin, Ohio, Pastor […][...]
Tim Sprankle, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Leesburg, Ind., has a driving value: if a member of the congregation has an idea for a ministry or program, then, as often as possible, he wants find a way to make it happen. Under one condition: the person with the passion must take the lead on the project. “Thirds in the ‘Burg […][...]
“Fellowshifting is not a one-time event,” said Bartley Sawatsky, executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) as he opened the 2014 national conference Thursday evening at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Sawatksy is also the pastor of Grace Community Church, Mississauga, Ontario. He began his talk comparing the FGBC to a starfish – a creature […][...]
Hosea 1:2–11; 3:1–5 Love’s Discipline (1:2–9) Some have called the book of Hosea “The Second Greatest Story Ever Told.” God makes the prophet Hosea a living allegory to show His people that God loves the unlovable. Even though they were prostituting themselves by worshiping Baal, God still loved them. Temple prostitution was a common practice in the ancient Near East […][...]
Word has been received of the death of former Grace Brethren missionary, Doris Evelyn Juday. Her obituary appears below. Mrs. Doris Evelyn Juday, 87, of Soldotna, Alaska, died on Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Riverside Assisted Living. Doris was born March 27, 1927 to Herman and Beatrice Schumacher in Huntington, Ind. She graduated from Jimtown High School in Elkhart, Ind., […][...]
Unreached people groups in previously closed nations like China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Muslim controlled areas of the Philippines are now receiving exposure to the Gospel from a Grace Brethren church and its family focus. An 11-member team from First Grace Church of Dayton, Ohio (Bruce Jackson, lead pastor), recently returned from helping with relief efforts in Tocloban City, Philippines, […][...]
Dr. Glen and Lois Shirk, Ripon, Calif., were recently honored by the Ripon City Council for their years of service to the community. He recently retired after more than 30 years as the pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Ripon, while she retired as the secretary. He has also been a well-loved pediatrician in the community. A portion of […][...]
The national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) is just days away. The FellowShift Vision Conference will be held July 17 to 21 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. FGBC staff, along with those from national and cooperating organizations within the Fellowship, are making final arrangements for displays, corporation meetings, and other programs at the conference. Last night it […][...]