Grace College freshman, Cassie Harris, had an opportunity to thank several benefactors this week and the event was recounted in the Times-Union, the daily newspaper in Warsaw, Ind. A local businessman and his wife paid for the expenses for a local police officer and friend of the family to travel to see Cassie following surgery in 2005. A portion of […][...]
Terry White, author of Winona at 100: Third Wave Rising and former publisher of BMH Books, is featured in this week’s the paper, a weekly free newspaper in Kosciusko County, Ind. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete story. (It’s on page 2 of the online issue.) Museum docent knows and loves history of […][...]
Grace College’s dean of online education, Tim Ziebarth, has been selected to present at the annual ACCESS (Association of Christian Distance Education) Conference this March. ACCESS embraces a wide community through Christian distance education, encouraging others to come together through the association to expand their reach as a vital part of Christian and theological distance education. Ziebarth’s contribution during the [&[...]
This article first appeared in the Winter 2014 issue of GraceConnect magazine. Click here to sign up for your free subscription. The Kalahari Winter Retreat, hosted by several Grace Brethren churches in Ohio and Indiana, has become known as a place where lives are changed. This year was not different. Held January 3-5, 2014, at the Kalahari Water Park Resort in Sandusky, Ohio, the weekend speaker Clayton […][...]
SEEDNet, the project of visionOhio that has become known for its unique role in planting churches in apartment complexes and low-income communities, has become an independent organization. Still partnering with local churches and VisionOhio, the new corporate standing of SEEDNet includes a board of directors who meet four times a year and regional leaders who meet periodically to ask “50,000 foot […][...]
From the Daily American, Somerset, Pa.: The Meyersdale Grace Brethren Church (Randy Haulk, pastor) will host Dr. John Davis, Th.D., D.D., in concert at 7 p.m. March 9. Dr. Davis is president/professor emeritus at Grace College and Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Ind. He holds the Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College (Florida), the M.Div. (with honor), Th.M. and […][...]
Go2 Ministries, the national church-planting organization for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC), has announced a rebate and forum for Grace Brethren ministry leaders who attend the upcoming Exponential conference in Orlando, Fla. Exponential East will be held April 28 – May 1. The registration is $249 per person, but there are registration of $150 available through G02. In […][...]
Dr. Ron Manahan, who served as president of Grace College and Seminary from 1994-2013, was honored this morning, February 17, with the Sagamore of the Wabash Award, one of the highest honors which the governor of Indiana bestows. Making the presentation on behalf of Govenor Mike Pence was Dr. Dane Miller. Also participating were Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer, Dr. Kelly […][...]
John Armstrong, a long-time member of Grace Church, Wooster, Ohio (Bob Fetterhoff, pastor), has died. He also served as a trustee at Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind., for 30 years. His obituary appears below. John R. Armstrong, 87, of Wooster, Ohio, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 at Wooster Community Hospital. Memorial […][...]
Word has been received of the death of Tim Miller, youngest son of Lucille Miller and the late Grace Brethren pastor Ward. He died February 5 at his home in San Bernardino, Calif. His brother, David W. Miller (also a former Grace Brethren pastor who now leads Rocky Hill Community Church in Exeter, Calif.), wrote to friends, “My dear younger […][...]
Arthur Shepherd has lived in St. Mary’s County, Md., for all of his life, in close proximity to the community of Park Hall. Drive with him down the busy four-lane highway and he’ll show you the corner where he grew up when it was still a lazy, two-lane country road. “It’s one of the fastest growing communities in the state,” […][...]
BMH Books author (and former BMH executive director and publisher) Terry White will be interviewed tonight (Thursday, February 13) on Experience Michiana, a program produced by WNIT (Channel 34), the public broadcasting station in South Bend, Ind. In one segment, he’ll be interviewed by host Gordy Young about his book, Winona at 100, Third Wave Rising, which he co-authored with […][...]
A story posted on the online news site, Stacey Page Online, details a milestone in the life of Grace College women’s roundballer, Allison Kauffman, who scored her 1,000th career point on Wednesday night. It came during a win over Marian College on the Grace campus. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete story. Kauffman […][...]
Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Sebring, Fla. (Dr. Randall Smith, pastor) is taking the Grace Brethren motto “the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible” to the Internet’s most thriving video site. The YouTube teaching series titled One Hour. One Book. takes 20-60 minute snippets from the weekly lectures at Great Commission Bible Institute (GCBI) with the […][...]
The Daily Sun News in Sunnyside, Wash., reports that the only construction activity in the city during January was the replacement of 61 windows at the Grace Brethren Church (Nathan Zakahi, pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete story. Seasonal slow down for building starts in city of Sunnyside January may be a month […][...]
In addition to being named the Crossroads League’s outstanding player this week, Greg Miller was honored nationally as the NAIA Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Miller, who picked up his third CL Player of the Week honor of the season on Monday, won the NAIA’s weekly award on Tuesday for leading Grace to two victories. Miller helped the Lancers continue their late-season […][...]
John Schumacher, the retired Grace Brethren Army chaplain who now serves as Endorsing Agent for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, was recently recognized at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. Chaplain (Colonel) Schumacher served in the U.S. Army for 30 years, including two tours in Vietnam. Below is a portion of a story about the event, […][...]
In the past months Movement Church, a new Grace Brethren congregation in Hilliard, Ohio (Mark Artrip, pastor) has grown. Last weekend, they moved from their previous facility into a new meeting place at the Hilliard YMCA. Watch as they move into their new facility… and take a moment to pray for them! Movement Church moves to the Hilliard YMCA from Movement […][...]
On January 24, despite fierce gusts of wind and deep snowdrifts over the roads, more than 350 women gathered at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Goshen, Ind. (Jim Brown, pastor). It wasn’t a typical church service. For starters, the band, the leaders, the congregation were all women. They played games. They sang loudly, hands outstretched. They laughed a […][...]
Approves $650,000 To Benefit FGBC Ministries With the recent successful completion of an annual audit for the year 2013, the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) has announced two significant developments. The first is the surpassing of the $100,000,000 mark in total assets, most of which is comprised of investment accounts of GBIF investors in 38 states. The second development is the […][...]