Eight men from Grace Community Church, Goshen, Ind., including Pastor Jim Brown, have just returned from an exploratory visit to Iraq. Below is a message he shared on Facebook and with the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers. Watch this site for more information about the trip and how other Grace Brethren congregations can be involved. I just returned from a […][...]
On Sunday, Larry Weber, who recently retired as pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Waynesboro, Pa. (Tim Clothier, pastor), presented the keynote address at the 9/11 Memorial Service in Chambersburg, Pa. The event was held at Letterkenny Army Depot Chapel and Franklin County Veterans and 9/11 Memorial Park in Chambersburg. It is reprinted here with his permission. Col. Hagan, Dr. Harper, […][...]
Grace Polaris Church, a Grace Brethren congregation on the north side of Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, lead pastor), made the move to three services last Sunday. With a “classic” service at 8:30 a.m., an “eclectic” service at 10 a.m., and a “modern” service at 11:30 a.m., all are designed to reach a different audiences. “What a delight is was to […][...]
Javier Forero, pastor of Iglesia Comunal La Esperanza, a Grace Brethren congregation in Valrico, Fla., has returned from a trip to Nassau, Bahamas, where he worked with Haitian pastors Dumont Cardichon and Henry Cher-aime. His report appears below. First of all I want to thank God and Encompass World Partners for allowing me to participate with Pastor Dumont and Pastor Henry on […][...]
Southern California pastors gathered this morning in Seal Beach, Calif., for their monthly meeting. Don Shoemaker, pastor emeritus at Grace Community Church, Seal Beach, hosted the group. The morning centered around the mass murder incident in a beauty salon on October 12, 2011. Shoemaker served during that event (and continues to serve) as a chaplain for the City of Seal […][...]
Services for Hyla Snider, the wife of R. Wayne Snider, long-time history professor at Grace College, will be held Friday, September 12, at the Winona Lake (Ind.) Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor). She died Sunday, September 7. Her complete obituary, along with service and visitation information appears below. Hyla Mae Snider of Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake, […][...]
Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) recently approved the financing necessary for a 24,500 sq. ft. addition comprised of a gymnasium, youth rooms, café, and kitchen for Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation at 900 Smith Rd. in Fremont, Ohio (Kevin Pinkerton, pastor). The project will give the church much needed space for their youth programs, children’s Upward Basketball, and larger group […][...]
GodFire Apparel, founded by Justin Newman, began as a way to reach kids in the skating and BMX scene. Now it’s positioned to help a Grace Brethren congregation in one of the neediest areas of the country. Newman grew up in the skating and BMX (bicycle motocross) arena. “It’s a community of kids, a tight-knit community, and there’s a very […][...]
Hyla Mae Snider, wife of R. Wayne Snider, emeritus professor at Grace College, died Sunday, September 7, at Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake, Ind. She was 77. Her funeral arrangements are pending with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw, Ind.[...]
The theme for Grace’s cross country team in 2014 is sunathleo, which means “striving together.” Head coach Jeff Raymond’s desire is that the Lancers’ striving together as a larger unit will result in improved times for each runner this fall. Sunathleo. “I’m excited for the season because of the type of people we have on the team,” Raymond said. “It’s […][...]
Ted Rondeau, missions mobilizer at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Goshen, Ind., has asked for help as the Goshen church seeks to assist Iraqi Christians, and others, in crisis. (See Goshen Church Leads Effort to Help Christians in Iraq.) He references a post on Facebook from Crisis Response International: Jeremiah has an opportunity to teach and aid medically the […][...]
Bartley Sawatsky, executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC), has sent this report following FellowShift, the 2014 national conference which was held in July in Washington, D.C. “We’ve never had such nice people. And such clean people!” – Omni hotel staff “A conference we would have loved to bring our (young adult) kids to.” – long-time FGBC […][...]
Grace Fellowship Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Waterloo, Iowa (Rob Borkowitz, pastor), is celebrating it’s 75th anniversary in October. The event includes visits with former pastors and staff members, John Burke, Ron Weimer, and Rob and Cristy Barlow. Betty Grady Bergen recently posted this photo on Facebook and we’re sharing it with her permission. “Alaska and Hawaii became the […][...]
Several authors of BMH Books will participate in a book signing during the monthly First Friday event this week in Warsaw, Ind. The September 5 event will celebrate National Literacy Month. John Davis, Larry McCall, Tom Julien, Viki Rife, Don DeYoung, and Terry White, all residents of the Warsaw-Winona Lake community, will be on hand to sign their books, which […][...]
Women’s Tennis Looks for Improvement in 2014 Grace’s women’s tennis has reason to be optimistic in 2014. Although the Lady Lancers finished 3-8 last fall, Grace returns an experienced roster and added talented newcomers. Second-year head coach Scott Moore is confident the growing pains the team endured in 2013 will make for a stronger, hungrier squad this fall. “Last year […][...]
Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Ocala, Fla., was a-buzz on Saturday as members and attenders gathered for a work day at their building. Pastor Todd McQueen passed along a few photos (see gallery below). Remember to pray for this congregation, which is being re-energized to reach their community for Christ.[...]
The old saying goes, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” CPR-3, a faith-based organization that serves in crisis and poverty through relief and development, is striving to do just that. “My mom taught me how to sew when I was growing up,” said Erin Cooper, […][...]
At a time when increasing enrollment in higher education is challenging, Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., once again achieved a record-breaking enrollment of 2,187 total students, a 14.9 percent increase over the 2013 enrollment of 1,904. Grace welcomed 426 new on-campus students compared with 399 in 2013. In addition to the record new student enrollment, Grace has experienced excellent student […][...]
Grace College graduate and a current adjunct professor, Rebecca Dawson, was featured recently on the on-line news site, Stacey Page Online. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. A Heart For Counseling Rebecca Dawson has been living in Warsaw going on her 20th year. The mother of three boys met her husband at […][...]
Go2 Ministries and the Institute for Leadership has partnered to create the Faith Fights Diabetes initiative. Learn more in this video, which was first shown at FellowShift, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, which was held in Washington, D.C., in July 2014. Faith Fights Diabetes | FellowShift from Grace Brethren Churches on Vimeo.[...]