What's in a name?

One of the internal jokes among our staff relates to the way the church's nickname, Grace Church, came into existence. It's first use, just kinda happened. However, before we finalized it, incorporated it into our logo, etc., we did some checking. We investigated how many other Grace Churches there were in Lancaster County and the Commonwealth. We discovered there was one church that was officially registered as Grace Church in Philadelphia, but our multiple attempts to contact them were unsuccessful. We felt it was important to use a name that wasn't infringing on the name other churches were using, maybe get their permission or to at least let them know we were planning to use the same name they were using. So much for that.

Several years later what was known as the Grace Brethren Church of Willow Valley started calling themselves Grace Church. And in the past week I've heard the Ephrata Grace Brethren Church refer to themselves as Grace Church on WDAC. Oh well. What's in a name anyway.