Operation Barnabas, the annual youth ministry and discipleship program that is sponsored by CE National, is underway. Orientation is being held this week at Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Lititz, Pa. (Ivanildo Trindade, pastor). On June 25, the group splits into two teams and each will travel throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and Indiana before concluding with a final […][...]
Alfredo Abreu, national ministry partner at Encompass World Partners, is dedicated to mobilizing Europeans to live a consecrated life for Jesus. He is currently working alongside the Grace Brethren missions’ team in Porto and serving European Charis Partners to plant churches in Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city. At this year’s Vision2020 South, he addresses the topic “An Imaginable Church to an […][...]
Are you traveling internationally in the next twelve months? Could you set aside a morning or afternoon of mission work into your schedule? Encompass World Partners, the international mission sending arm of the Grace Brethren Church, is looking for financial professionals to assist in periodic field audits. All that is needed is a solid understanding of financial principles and a […][...]
Pastor Stephen Joyce of About My Father’s Business Outreach Ministries, a Grace Brethren church in Washington D.C., once received a call from a radio station asking, “Are you the church always out working with the homeless?” Ask someone on the street in Washington, D.C., if they’ve heard of About My Father’s Business, and chances are the answer will be yes. […][...]
It’s a term that has been part of life since my early days. I have been part of the “Grace” Brethren fellowship since I was born. I went to “Grace” College. I even memorized the acrostic for GRACE (God’s Richest at Christ’s Expense). However, I don’t think I completely understood its complete manifestation until I the day I forgot to […][...]
The Association of Grace Brethren Ministers (AGBM) has served the pastors and churches of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches for many years. In recent years it has made some changes in its focus. Dr. Jerry Young, served as the ministry director of AGBM until his death in 2010. He renewed the focus of AGBM in a vision statement published […][...]
There is still time to subscribe to the new free GraceConnect e-newsletter, which is scheduled to debut this week. You will want to be sure you receive the first issue, because it will include a limited-time give-away you won’t want to miss! Simply click on the orange “Subscribe” button in the upper right corner of this page. As a thank-you […][...]
As we celebrate Father’s Dayhere’s a reminder of a father’s love — not just an earthy father, but our Heavenly Father. This is written by Chaplain (Capt.) Pete Stone, who is with the 101st Airborne Division, stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky. Scars tell stories. They are silent troubadours that remain permanently carved into one’s body, always ready to tell the history […][...]
“Periodically God does something that blows your socks off,” says Joel Richards, pastor of LaLoma Grace Brethren Church in Modesto, Calif. “Long story short, members of our church were led to start a community garden. This morning, this project made the front page of our local newspaper. More importantly to us as a church, there are nearly 100 volunteers signed […][...]
Jack Brown, pastor of North Shore Bible Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Essex, Mass., is excited about church planting possibilities in the Boston area and beyond. He recently shared news of church planting efforts in the region. We are working on plans for some exciting transitions over the next six-24 months that we believe will compel our church planting […][...]
This week’s Gazette in Long Beach, Calif., carries a story about a new charter school that will be located on the property of the Grace Brethren Church, Long Beach, Calif. (Lou Huesmann, pastor). The charter school, Intellectual Virtues Academy, is the brainchild of two attenders of the church, who are also philosophy professors. A portion of the story appears below. […][...]
(John 1:35–51) Learn More About Jesus (35–39) The two disciples who were with John when he confesses again that Jesus is the Lamb of God were Andrew (v. 40) and an unnamed disciple. Although they have just met Jesus, they call him “Rabbi.” The word rabbi literally means “my great one,” although it can also be translated “my Lord” or […][...]
A report on today’s Stacey Page Online news site details the Northern Indiana Lakes Festival, which was held over the weekend in Warsaw and Winona Lake, Ind. The festival was sponsored by Kosciusko Lakes and Streams initiative at Grace College, Winona Lake. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article and view photos and […][...]
From Jenny Troutner at Grace Polaris, the Grace Brethren church on the north side of Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, lead pastor), comes this image of prayer from the Women of Grace Missions Fellowship. She writes: “At our last WGMF meeting of the year, Triceine Custer led us in a circle of prayer for Karen Foster as she will be heading […][...]
Bob Walz, who attends Grace Polaris, the Grace Brethren church in Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, lead pastor), was recently featured in a story about D-Day. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete story and view the video, which was broadcast on NBC Channel 4 in Columbus. On the 69th anniversary of D-Day, the number […][...]
The Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio (Dan Allan, pastor), is marking their 100th year as a congregation in 2013. Here is a look back through the years — in words and photos provided by the church. Grace Brethren’s milestone — a celebration of 100 years of ministry in 2013 — invites a look back at its century-long history. When Grace […][...]
The Robotics Club at Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif., a ministry of the Simi Valley Grace Brethren Church (Jordan Bakker, pastor), has had some success in competition. The students earned an Excellence Award at a tournament in San Diego in December, then they competed in the VEX Robotics World Championship in Anaheim, Calif., in April. This story […][...]
Photos from last week’s graduation at the Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif., are included in this week’s Simi Valley Acorn newspaper. One appears below. Click here to view others. The high school is a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church, Simi Valley, Calif. (Jordan Bakker, pastor). Click here to read a story about senior standouts at Grace Brethren […][...]
The Simi Valley, Calif., Acorn, carries a story about a recent graduate of Grace Brethren High School in that city. The school is a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church, Simi Valley (Jordan Bakker, pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete story. Grace Brethren graduate learns from emotional loss Although Samantha Wulff’s mother […][...]