Marjorie Florence Mayes died September 29, 2007 in Longview, Texas, where she resided. Funeral services were held Thursday, October 4, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home Chapel, with Dr. Howard Mayes officiating. Burial followed at Rosewood Park Cemetery. Marjorie was born November 11, 1926, in Long Beach, California. She attended Polytechnic High School and graduated from Pasadena College with a teaching […][...]
Ted Rondeau Ted Rondeau tells the story like it’s the plot in a television crime drama or a scene from a movie like Bonnie and Clyde. It’s a chronicle that rivals any Hollywood script — young, romantic dreamers running from the law with plenty of dramatic conflict. But the story is the candid account of a transformed life – Ted’s. […][...]
Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., welcomed a record number of new students for fall 2007, with 343 new full-time students enrolled for the fall semester. The previous high was 304 in fall 2006. The large new class brings Grace College’s residential campus to capacity for the new academic year. Geographically, the new class represents 25 states and six countries. Academically, […][...]
By Katy Devereaux Step inside the home of Rick and Jamie DeBoest, of Community Grace Brethren Church in Warsaw, Ind., and you will instantly feel like you’ve come home. With four young children running around in their pajamas and making a fort out of the kitchen table, anyone can clearly see the love and laughter that bind this family assembled […][...]
The new Winter 2007/Spring 2008 catalog of all available BMH Books products is now available upon request. Catalogs will not be mailed to all churches automatically, as they were last year, but churches may request any quantity desired and they will be sent free and postpaid. The catalog contains the entire listing of more than 120 BMH products, including all […][...]
Stacy Householder makes sure the nearly 200 cast members of the Living Christmas Trees production in Columbus, Ohio, has an appropriate costume. By Donna Laipply Sewing has been a part of her life since she was four or five years old; that’s when Stacy Householder began sewing on buttons for her grandmother. Today she is responsible for costuming the 200 […][...]
It was during the first week of August in 1708 when Alexander Mack “counted the cost” and defiantly baptized a small group of believers in Schwarzenau, Germany. That baptism began a movement that has resulted in hundreds of churches around the world. Next year, those beginnings will be marked in Schwarzenau on August 2 and 3 and the Grace Brethren […][...]
“If they hear and serve Him, they shall end their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasure.” Job 36:11 By Ron Dorner In the last issue, I spoke of the importance of Christians seeking God’s guidance in their personal finances. If ever there was a time to be sensitive to God’s leading in this area, it is now. It […][...]
Tom Avey By Tom Avey Fellowship Coordinator Folks in the South say “ya’ll.” In Pennsylvania, some say “you’uns.” I’ve even heard “you’s.” The plural “you” is a concept not communicated well in the English language. As a result we can be tempted to approach the New Testament as if it is all about Jesus and “me” when much of it […][...]
In this issue, Ted Rondeau tells how more than 30 years ago God brought him to his knees in a lonely jail cell. “Whoever you are,” he says he told God. “I don’t want to go out like this. I need change.” That moment began a life-long spiritual journey, one that you, too, can experience. The Bible teaches that man […][...]
Events of general interest among Grace Brethren Churches. Details and registration information are available from the sponsoring organizations or at www.fgbc.org. Nov. 1-3 – Grace College Board of Trustee Meetings (GCandS); Nov. 2-4 – Grace Homecoming (GCandS); First Operation Barnabas Ministry Reunion (CEN) Nov. 5 — Day Away, Roanoke, Va. (CEN) Nov. 9-10 – CE National Board Meetings, Winona Lake [&hell[...]
Ted Rondeau “I would not have made it on my own were it not for the men that have helped me along the way,” says Ted Rondeau, the 47-year-old businessman and Grace Brethren International Missions staffer who experienced a dramatic transformation at age 18 in a Florida jail. “It can make a profound difference for someone to take another under […][...]
Editor’s Note: August 2008 will mark the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Brethren movement. A group of eight people braved the waters of the Eider River in Schwarzenau, Germany (and possible persecution), to begin a new congregation patterned after the New Testament church. For the next few issues, FGBC World will look at some of the people and […][...]
In His Presence is the theme of the third annual discipleship conference at the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, Ohio. The conference, to be held Friday and Saturday, February 15 and 16, 2008, will focus on learning to hear God’s voice by spending time with Him. The conference begins at 7 p.m., Friday and ends at 4 p.m. Saturday. All […][...]
Providing Haitian pastors with the necessary training to lead a church is the best way to raise healthy congregations, according to Elysee Joseph, pastor of the Eglise Evangelique De La Freres, a Grace Brethren church in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Haitian community. He and his fellow Haitian Grace Brethren pastors in South Florida have a vision to reach their home […][...]
Thanks to a generous lead donor, Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind. is offering $1,000,000 in four-year scholarships beginning fall 2008 to new students from the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC). To qualify for one of the 200 FGBC Scholarships in the amount of $5,000 ($1,250 per year), admitted applicants must be from a Grace Brethren Church and meet one […][...]
Chaplain Keith Randall (pictured), who is also pastor of the Peninsula Grace Brethren Church in Soldotna, Alaska, recently received the Chaplain of the Year award from the Alaska Police and Fire Chaplains Ministries. (Photo by M. Scott Moon) Here is a short excerpt–the entire article may be accessed at http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/102807/news_4396.shtml Keith Randall’s job takes him out in the community [...]
Joy Distler, daughter of Scott and Laura Distler (he’s the pastor at Grace Church in Lititz, Pa.), was featured in the Shopping News of Lancaster County. To see the article, click here. Scroll down to School Scene, then click on Lititz Christian School. Whether joking with a fellow classmate or encouraging an underclassman, Joy Distler is fully immersed in the […][...]