The fifth-annual event Supermarket Sweep: Give ‘Til You Drop at Grace College was the most successful ever, generating $26,124 in food and products for those in need. The event, held at Warsaw’s Owen’s Supermarket on November 18, was co-sponsored by Mission Point Community Church. Throughout the day, Grace students, members of Mission Point, and community members bought non-perishable food and […][...]
The Daily Call, Piqua, Ohio, reports on an upcoming community Thanksgiving dinner in Covington, Ohio. Friendship Grace Brethren Church (Tim Combs, pastor) is one of the sponsors of the Thanksgiving Eve meal. A portion of the story in included below. Click here for the complete article. Calling Around Covington: Community Thanksgiving dinner upcoming …because one cannot ever have too much turkey, […][...]
The Grace Brethren Church in Bowling Green, Ohio (Curtis Miller, pastor), is helping provide a community meal on Tuesday. Below is part of a report from the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune. Click here to read the complete article. Churches give thanks While Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday, many churches will have services or other observances to give thanks to God […][...]
A win by the undefeated Grace Brethren Lancers, the football team at Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif., puts them in the position to play another historically Brethren prep school in southern California — Brethren Christian — this weekend. Grace Brethren High School is a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church, Simi Valley, Calif. (Jordan Bakker, pastor). Brethren Christian […][...]
Grace College’s women’s basketball team fell to Roosevelt 80-73 in overtime in the final contest of the Bennigan’s Terry Polston Hoops for Hope on Saturday. The Lady Lancers (4-4) needed a colossal effort to send the overtime, but the Lakers (4-2) poured in 17 points in the extra session to secure the win. Grace struggled immensely with its shooting touch […][...]
From the online news site, InkFreeNews: McCullough Makes Historic Run Katelyn McCullough became the second women’s runner at Grace to participate in the NAIA Cross Country National Championships on Saturday. McCullough finished 144th out of 321 runners in the race on Saturday. To view complete race results, click here. “Kate [McCullough] handled being at nationals for the first time very well. […][...]
It was a snowy Saturday in Winona Lake, Ind., as a the first winter storm of the season blanketed the region. But it didn’t stop the Grace College women’s and men’s soccer teams from advancing in tournament play. Below are two stories (and a video) from the online news site, InkFreeNews, reporting on Saturday’s games. The women’s team bested Park (Mo.) in […][...]
Word has been received of the death of Carole Hocking, wife of former Grace Brethren pastor, David Hocking. This message was posted at the Hope for Today website, David Hocking’s website. (He was the first pastor of Grace Polaris Church, Columbus, Ohio, and was the pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Long Beach, Calif., for many years.) On Friday morning, November 20, […][...]
This past Sunday, the Balmer Building was dedicated to the Lord as a ministry site at the Urban Hope Training Center in Philadelphia. Over the past year, the complete transformation of the building at the corner of A and Tioga Streets was accomplished. This facility will be used for housing the Grace College students majoring in urban ministry (SUM) who serve a nine […][...]
Gwen Higaki and her husband, Vernon, have made 10 trips to Cambodia, and anxiously await number 11 in January. “People say to us, ‘Oh, it must be beautiful if you’re making so many trips!’” Gwen says. “And we look at each other and say, ‘No, it’s not beautiful — it’s a third world country. But it’s where God called us.” […][...]
A story in the Norton, Ohio, Post and posted at nortonpost.com reports on a meeting Tuesday at Grace Church in Norton (Dan Gregory, campus pastor). The program dealt with a heavy topic — human trafficking. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. ‘There is always, always, always hope’ Norton unites against human trafficking NORTON […][...]
Grace College students and Mission Point Community Church in Warsaw, Ind., participated in the fifth annual Supermarket Sweep on Wednesday evening. Here’s a report from the online news site, InkFreeNews. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete story. GRACE STUDENTS ‘SWEEP’ THROUGH LOCAL SUPERMARKET WARSAW — The shelves of Owen’s Market on Center Street, Warsaw, are […][...]
The online news site, InkFreeNews, carries a story today about CapeAble, a business began by Marna Pacheco and Susan Hickok. (Marna is a member of the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church, Bruce Barlow, lead pastor.) A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. WINONA LAKE RESIDENT PROVES EVERYONE IS ‘CAPE’ABLE Marna Pacheo, Winona Lake, believes each […][...]
The Indiana State Senate has honored Amanda Banks with the Sagamore of the Wabash for serving as State Senator of District 17 during the 2015 legislative session. Banks was recognized for her willingness to fill her husband’s seat while he was deployed to Afghanistan. During her time at the Statehouse, Banks championed legislation aimed at reducing Indiana’s veteran unemployment rate by […][...]
What began as an happy event at the Rosemont Grace Brethren Church, Martinsburg, W.Va., ended in tragedy Wednesday evening as a distracted driver veered across a parking lot and struck two men who were walking to the church’s annual Thanksgiving dinner. Michael Cline and Patrick Lewis were walking to the church when they were struck by the car. Cline was […][...]
A story about Grace College’s outstanding soccer player, Meghan Wiles, was included in yesterday’s (November 18) Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Ind. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. College Update: PH’s Wiles making history at next level WINONA LAKE — Meghan Wiles is celebrating the end of her college soccer career in historic fashion. […][...]
Students at Grace College and Mission Point Church joined together on Wednesday evening to provide meals for the needy during the holiday season. The 5th annual Supermarket Sweep: Give ‘Til You Drop was held at Owen’s Supermarket. WNDU, channel 16 in South Bend, Ind., reported on the event. Click here to read the complete story. Grace College students participate in Give ‘Til […][...]
An article in the Mennonite World Review, reporting on a recent panel discussion at the Lancaster (Pa.) Brethren in Christ Church, might be of interest to those in the Grace Brethren movement. The Grace Brethren, who trace their spiritual heritage to Alexander Mack and the 1708 baptism of eight adults in the Eider River in Germany, are also part of the […][...]
The online news site for the Kittanning Paper, Kittanning, Pa., has a story about the upcoming Thanksgiving dinner at the West Kittanning Grace Brethren Church (Larry Edwards, pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. West Kittanning Church Distributing Free Thanksgiving Meals Saturday A church Thanksgiving tradition is becoming a community Thanksgiving feast this […][...]
From Encompass World Partners… Encompass missionaries, the Plasters, report they are okay following last weekend’s attacks in Paris, France. Rob says, “We spent Saturday with a friend who is a crime scene investigator. Their family lost two friends who were attending the concert. They have two boys who play well with [our daughter] Cami. Naturally, we talked about everything except […][...]