The Latest News from Around the Fellowship:

By Ron Dorner No one would hand out copies of their bank statements in front of the local department store. But some computer owners are doing something very similar without even knowing it! If you have financial information stored on your computer and you connect to the Internet, your information is available to the world. You must take steps to […][...]

Equip07, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, will be held July 29 through August 3 in Winona Lake, Ind. Designed as a training conference for men and women who provide leadership in local churches, more than 30 classes will offer practical biblical training across a wide spectrum of ministry needs. Registration is now open. Reservations may […][...]

By Paul Hoard The Frederick Grace Chinese Fellowship is a daughter church of Grace Community Church (GCC), a Grace Brethren Church in Frederick, Md. It started as a plan to turn their “church inside out so they could turn their community upside down for Christ,” according to Kyle Christiansen, the elder assigned to oversee church planting at the Grace Community […][...]

Registration for DRIVEN ’07, the annual conference for young adults, is now open. The conference will be held June 21-24 on the campus of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. An “early bird special” is available for those who register before April 1. The deadline to sign up is June 11. See www.drivenconference.com for information, including group, weekend, and day rates, […][...]

CE National, Winona Lake, Indiana, announced this week that Carmen Franchino (pictured) will join the CE National staff to assist with Momentum youth conference (formerly BNYC) and to work in general marketing. Carmen and her husband Scott, recently moved to the Warsaw, Indiana, area from Soldotna, Alaska, where Carmen served in the worship and youth ministries of Peninsula Grace Brethren […][...]

Pastor Dan Thornton, who recently concluded his 20-year ministry as pastor of the Peninsula Grace Brethren Church in Soldotna, Alaska, this week posted the following on his blog. You can read more of Dan’s postings at http://www.xanga.com/longhikes I’m in a real recording! You can hear it at www.myspace.com/darkroommusic ! Here’s what’s up. David is in an excellent band in Winona […][...]

Debt-Free Living Seminar CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – Jeff Davis, a local self-employed businessman, will teach Crown Ministries’ “Free & Clear – A Roadmap to Debt-Free Living” course, beginning Wednesday, Jan. 10. Classes for the free six-week course will be held Wednesdays from 6:45 to 8 p.m. in Room A-5 of Grace Brethren Church at 315 Edwards Ave. in Chambersburg. The course […][...]

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Elizabeth “Liz” Cutler Gates, an experienced journalist with deep roots in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, will join the staff of the Brethren Missionary Herald Company on January 1 as editorial director. Since 1996 she has been director of communications for the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Her previous experience includes working […][...]

A fascinating new book presenting the spiritual biographies of 128 of the world’s greatest scientists, explorers, astronomers, mathematicians, and physical scientists has just been published by BMH Books and is now ready for shipping. Pioneer Explorers of Intelligent Design: Scientists Who Made a Difference was written by Dr. Don B. DeYoung, chairman of the Physical Science Department of Grace College […][...]

Events of general interest among Grace Brethren Churches. Details and registration information are available from sponsoring organizations or through www.fgbc.org. Jan. 8-11 — National Youth Ministries Conference, Sandusky, OH (CEN) Jan. 9 – Spring Semester Classes Begin (GCandS) Jan. 11 — North of 55, Port Richey, FL, (CEN) Jan. 12 – North of 55, Sebring, FL, (CEN) Jan. 15 – […][...]

The 2007 FGBC Handbook is now available from the Fellowship Coordinator’s office. Copies have been sent to all official FGBC churches and to all individuals who are listed in the blue pages of the directory. Additional directories, at $6 per copy plus shipping, are available from the FGBC office at P.O. Box 384, Winona Lake, IN, 46590; by calling (574) […][...]

Making Our Mark is the theme for this year’s DRIVEN conference for young adults, which will be held on the campus of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, June 21-24, 2007. Keynote speakers for the conference include Kary Oberbrunner from the Powell, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church; Pastor Jeff Bogue of the Norton, Ohio, north campus; Pastor Jim Brown from the Goshen, […][...]

(Coming Next Issue: Dangers If You DO Use a Computer) By Ron Dorner Did you know that even those who do things the “old-fashioned way” face some serious financial dangers? In Matthew 10:16 Jesus described those disciples whom He sent out with the gospel message as being among wolves dressed in sheep’s clothing. The world you and I live in […][...]

With the Lord – Wanita Faith Ogden – Angie Garber – Jamie Lynn Fahning Pastoral News and Changes The Nightingale Sang (for the 49ers) Whitcomb Book on ’50 Most Influential’ List Seal Beach Church Provides Heart Units With the Lord Wanita Faith Ogden, 79, of Winona Lake, Indiana, died October 18, 2006, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Wanita Ogden Warsaw, Indiana. […][...]

By Katy Devereaux Building Authentic Community, a new book on the church by FGBC moderator Tim Boal, has been released by BMH Books and is available for shipping. The book is being used as a text for the five regional Focus Retreats this year and next. Do you find fulfillment in your local church? Many Christians in North America do […][...]

A ribbon-cutting and grand opening ceremony at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 3 marked the official public opening of the new Tree of Life bookstore and cafe in the old Herald Bookstore space at 1104 Kings Highway, Winona Lake, Indiana. Board members of both Grace College and Seminary and Brethren Missionary Herald Company were among the 100-plus who participated in […][...]

The new CE National training center in Winona Lake, Indiana, was dedicated Saturday afternoon, November 11, with about 140 guests attending. Ed Lewis, executive director of CE National, made introductory remarks about the organization and its mission to impact the church by serving as a catalyst for biblically accurate and culturally relevant ministries to children, youth, and adults. A special […][...]

By Terry White, Executive Editor As the calendar turns over to January 1 each year, it is always a good time for self-reflection and self-assessment. As many readers know (see Bits ‘n Pieces), our 35-year-old daughter died at the end of October this past year. A sudden and unexpected death like this jolts many of us into asking the question […][...]

By Katy Devereaux Squeezed into a tiny one-room house with roughly 30 other people, Elise Rabatin closely watched the brown, nimble fingers of the Filipino woman beside her. Like hummingbird wings, the fingers rapidly wove bright, multicolored threads into a bracelet. The woman’s white t-shirt with orange lettering read, “Woven Joy,” but her smile seemed an even better advertisement than […][...]