Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. (Luke 11:4—Jesus’ teaching in The Lord’s Prayer) I conducted the funeral for one of the victims of Orange County California’s worst mass murder—eight slain on October 12, 2011. In that sermon I said, “I do not believe in unconditional forgiveness.” A funeral director present who also was […][...]
A 17-year-old member of Grace Church at Willow Valley, Pa. (John Smith, pastor) died on Sunday after falling into a pond. Greg Frey was a member of the youth group at the church and had attended Momentum Youth Conference last summer at Indiana Wesleyan University. Below is a portion of the story from Lancaster Online. Click here to read the […][...]
The Fall round of Focus Retreats for Grace Brethren ministry leaders are just around the corner and if you plan to attend either one, you’ll want to register now. Both fall retreats are near or beyond capacity. The Central Retreat, to be held at Maumee Bay State Park near Toledo, Ohio, will be October 7-9. It is followed by the […][...]
The Calvary Grace Brethren Church of Kettering, Ohio (Mark Combs, pastor) will mark the 50th anniversary in their building on September 29, 2013. A special celebration will be held at their building at 2850 East Dorothy Lane at 5:00 p.m. followed by a catered dinner. “We will reflect a bit on those that have served before us, but mainly celebrate […][...]
Gracia Burnham, author of In the Presence of My Enemies, a true account of her year in captivity by terrorists in the Philippine jungle, is on campus today and tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 24-25, to speak to college students about her experiences. “Gracia has an amazing story that will inspire and challenge anyone who hears it,” said Carlos Tellez, Dean […][...]
Wanting to plan an exciting, life-changing event for kids in their church, youth pastors Brad Isch and Nick Cleveland, put their heads together nine years ago and laid out a crazy plan — host a water park retreat…in the winter! That year, the Kalahari Winter Retreat was held with 300 students from their own churches – Grace Community Church, Fremont, […][...]
The 50-by-80-foot strip of land sat neglected until the La Loma Grace Brethren Church, Modesto, Calif., took a leap of faith and planted it with a community garden. “It was an eyesore with people in the community, and people are ecstatic that someone is putting it to good use,” says Pastor Joel Richards. The Modesto Neighborhood Community Garden Project is located on the […][...]
“I searched for God and He helped me find Him,” Julie D’Mello recently told the congregation at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Mississauga, Ontario (Bartley Sawatsky, pastor). “I’m truly blessed to be a child of God.” Listen to Julie and her husband, Aaron, as they share their journey to find Christ. They were recently baptized by Nathan […][...]
Grace College professor and Kosciusko Lakes and Streams director Nate Bosch authored a new publication in the September issue of the Journal of Great Lakes Research reporting the impacts of agriculture on lakes. The study focused on agricultural lands in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio that surround Lake Erie. The implications of the research extend to Kosciusko County. Nutrients, such as […][...]
It’s an inspiring story. A young man witnesses to his friend, who becomes a Christ-follower, and then that young man baptizes his friend at the annual youth retreat. Dave Pacheco, youth pastor at the Grace Brethren Church in Delaware, Ohio, had a front-seat view to this story and he picks it up from here: Nate Schneider and Brendan Mercier were […][...]
Grace’s men’s soccer team will be featured on the nationally broadcasted Game of the Week on Wednesday, September 25 against Indiana Wesleyan at Miller Field. It will be broadcast on the Internet and may be accessed at http://www.nscaatv.com/ at game time. The contest, part of Tourbeau Sports Group’s National Men’s Soccer Game of the Week broadcast schedule, features Crossroads League rivals Grace [&hel[...]
LifeWay Christian Resources President Thom Rainer announced Sept. 13 that Union University President David S. Dockery is the recipient of the second Holman Christian Standard Bible Award, the highest honor that LifeWay bestows. Rainer, speaking at a chapel service in Union’s G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel, read a letter from Selma Wilson, president of LifeWay’s B&H Publishing, in which she told […][...]
Calvary Grace Brethren Church in Kettering, Ohio, is a small church with a big heart for discipleship and missions. About 14 years ago, the men at Calvary Grace started visiting a prison in central Ohio. Every fourth Sunday, they hold a service at the facility, sharing the gospel message and spending time with the inmates. It has impacted the fabric of […][...]
Longtime Grace Brethren pastor, William Russell “Russ” Ogden, of Winona Lake, Ind., died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 1:15 p.m. at Grace Village Health Care of Winona Lake at the age of 88. He served the Lord through the Grace Brethren Church for 50 years. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot during World War II, and […][...]
Love and liberty was the theme of the recent wedding of Benjamin and Hillary Courter in Maryland. Several D.C. area television stations carried the story. Benjamin’s dad, Pastor Doug Courter, tells the back story: Benjamin (a Sergeant in the Marine Corp) and Hillary had planned on a late 2011 wedding, so she ordered her dream dress as well as all […][...]
A prayer request has come from Go2 Ministries, the national church-planting arm of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches: Please keep our director of urban training, Pastor Michel Faulkner, his wife, Virginia, and their family in prayer as a physical illness requiring five weeks of hospitalization has placed significant strain on their family and ministry. In addition to his work […][...]
The Grace College athletic department recently unveiled two newly installed windscreens at Miller Athletic Complex on Pierceton Road south of the main campus. The red windscreens at the tennis courts and soccer field feature strong Lancer branding to enhance the experience for fans, athletes and visitors. “We saw this as a great way to increase branding and athletic exposure at […][...]
Starting fall 2014, Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., will be partnering with Ambassador Enterprises to offer students in the greater Fort Wayne, Ind., area the opportunity to earn an accelerated (three-year) bachelor’s degree in a unique hybrid-online format. Ambassador Enterprises purchased The Summit campus in 2011, formerly the Fort Wayne Bible College and later Taylor University. That fall Grace College […][...]
National recognition yet with attention to it’s own community — that could best sum up three recent media stories about Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind. Below are links to stories that appeared in local news outlets recently, provided here as a news round-up. It shows the college is gaining regional and national recognition on listings that rank institutions […][...]
A group of five women from Indiana and Iowa are in Argentina this week serving on the Women of Grace USA GO team. Viki Rife, Kelly Wilcoxson, Cindy McDonald, Laurie Carrick, and Mandy Swain (team leader) left September 5 and will return on September 16. While they are in Corrientes, Argentina, they will work with Encompass World Partners staff Alice […][...]