From today’s Warsaw (IN) Times-Union: Grace College Students Spend Spring Break Serving In Other Countries Jennifer PeryamTimes-Union Staff Writer WINONA LAKE – Several Grace College students recently spent their spring break in other countries serving others. The trip was organized by Grace Brethren International Missions. Teams are sent each year to countries where missionaries are placed and students assist them[...]
Can God use your accounting skills to take the Gospel where it’s needed most? Do you have skills in data entry and financial reporting? Do you notice details and accuracy? Grace Brethren International Missions in Winona Lake, Indiana, is seeking the right person to be our full-time Receipts Manager. For more information see our web site (www.gbim.org) or e-mail or […][...]
Word has been received of the homegoing earlier today of Dr. Jesse Humberd (pictured), longtime professor of math and science at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind. Dr. Humberd apparently died in his sleep at his residence in the remodeled Winona Hotel on Park Avenue in Winona Lake. An obituary and arrangements will be published when available. Humberd, 87, was originally […][...]
The Women of Grace USA board of directors is meeting today through Saturday in Medina, Ohio. Board members include Janet Minnix (Roanoke, Va.), Cindy Bushen (Warsaw, Ind.), Chery Boehm (Macedonia, Ohio), Sharon MacMillan (Tracy, Calif.), Kaye Kessler (Medina, Ohio), Linda Michael (Martinsburg, W.V.), Miriam Pacheco (Winona Lake, Ind.), and Viki Rife (Warsaw, Ind.).[...]
Mboi Andre (pictured), who is president of the union of Grace Brethren churches (approximately 2,500 churches) in the Central African Republic, is in the US to have reparative surgery on his hand. Here is the latest update from Grace Brethren International Missions–please pray for the surgeons, for Mboi, and for all who are involved. Thank you for your continued prayers […][...]
From today’s Warsaw (IN) Times-Union: Grace College To Eliminate 17 Jobs David SloneTimes-Union Staff Writer WINONA LAKE – Grace College is eliminating 17 positions. In addition, Grace is transferring three employees to other positions, increasing student employment opportunities and offering 21 members of the physical plant the opportunity to secure on-campus jobs through Aramark, the facilities manager since 1997[...]
Dr. Keith Shearer, who was the USA representative on the international steering committee for the Charis gathering in Bad Homburg, Germany, this past August, continues to encourage US Grace Brethren churches and people to reflect on how their local churches can participate in the worldwide vision expressed in the Commitment to Common Mission document developed by three task forces at […][...]
From Sunday’s Fort Wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette: Lancers offense sputters Pat Dailey – Special to The Journal Gazette POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. – Grace coach Jim Kessler blamed himself for senior center Eric Gaff not being enough a part of the Lancers’ offense in their 77-73 loss to Black Hills State at the NAIA Division II national tournament on Saturday. The 6-foot-10 […][...]
POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. – Behind a dominant advantage on the boards, Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, stays alive for at least one more game in the 2009 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship. The Lancers held a plus-29 edge in total rebounds and held on against Ottawa (Kan.), 75-67, in the second round. The 18th annual event is being […][...]
From Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette: Grace returns to role of underdogSteve Warden Call it a second chance; a new start; a reprieve. Better still, call it a Grace period. In spite of losing its last regular season game, then following it up with a first-round Mid-Central Conference tournament loss, Grace College finds itself back in the NAIA Division II men’s basketball […][...]
From the Warsaw (IN) Times-Union: Lancers To Clash With Knights Dale HublerTimes-Union Sports Editor POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. – Talking about his team’s first-round opponent in the 18th annual NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Tournament, Grace College coach Jim Kessler said Warner Pacific is more athletic than his Lancers. Kessler believes the Lancers, however, are a better basketball team. “They[...]
The following message comes from Mike Taylor, who directs operation for Grace Brethren International Missions: Pastor Mboi Andre (Pastor and President of the Union of Grace Brethren Churches in the Central African Republic) will be leaving the CAR for the USA on Thursday 12 March. Thanks to the incredible generosity of Drs. Russ Woda, Mitch Kennedy, Bruce Gray (surgical team), […][...]
Veteran Grace Brethren missionary to Africa Ruth Snyder, 88, pictured here with her husband, Roy, late this afternoon went to be with the Lord from her home at Grace Village Retirement Center in Winona Lake, Indiana. Ruth and Roy have been married 61 years and were faithful members of Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church in retirement. Roy has for many […][...]
Retired missionary to Africa Dorothy Goodman (pictured with her husband, Marvin)went to be with the Lord at 4:20 Sunday morning at Grace Village Retirement Center, Winona Lake, Indiana. She and her husband Marvin served with Grace Brethren Missions (later GBIM) in the Central African Republic for 42 years, beginning in 1945. Dorothy, a well-loved leader in the women’s work, also […][...]
The multi-national CHARIS Commitment to Common Mission statement was affirmed by the leaders of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches during their regular meeting in January. In doing so, they encouraged local Grace Brethren churches to participate in the spirit of the document. Read more in the March-April issue of FGBC World, which is available at no charge at your […][...]
Kork Moyer, pastor of Still Waters Church, a Grace Brethren church in Pottstown, Pa., was quoted in an article in the Pottstown Mercury about a recent fire that destroyed the tent belonging to a homeless couple in Pottstown. To read the complete article, click here. Tent fire destroys homeless couple’s shelter POTTSTOWN — Officials said two people who were living […][...]
Dr. Larry N. Chamberlain (pictured), president and CEO of the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation, was one of a number of featured speakers today at the Midwest Scholars Conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jointly sponsored by Indiana Wesleyan University, Grace College, and Taylor University, the conference brought together several hundred scholars, educators, and professionals to learn from each other, to present [&hel[...]
Chaplain Colonel John Schumacher (Retired) and his wife, Martha, joined Larry and Sherlene Chamberlain of the Eagle Commission, in a recent visit with Chaplain David Mvondo and his wife, Whitney, at Fort Gordon, Ga., home of the Army’s Signal Battalion. They went on to visit Chaplains John Jacobsen and his wife, Marlene, and Pete Stone and his wife, Monica, at […][...]
Jim Brown, right, pastor of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Ind., gave the opening prayer yesterday (Tuesday, March 2) at the Indiana House of Representatives. He traveled with Wes Culver, the Republican representative from District 49 (Elkhart County). He recounts his experience on his blog, the Brown Bytes. “They announced me as the pastor of the […][...]
Betty Jane (Hart) Farner Lloyd A. Woolman Betty Jane (Hart) Farner, 90, of Columbus, Ohio, wife of the late Grace Brethren pastor Donald W. Farner and mother of Grace Brethren pastors Donald Farner and Tim Farner, died Saturday, January 31, 2009. Born October 23, 1918, in Shelby, Ohio, she was the daughter of Ream V. and Ruth (Barga) Hart. Along […][...]