June 2004

Jennifer McCaman, Grace College sophomore daughter of Argentine missionaries Gary and Linda McCaman, translated S.A.L.T. sessions into Spanish from an adjacent room. Watching proceedings via closed circuit TV, she sent wireless transmissions into headsets in the seminar room which were worn by those who preferred to hear the sessions in Spanish. 

Tom Julien of Grace Brethren International Missions led some 30 S.A.L.T. trainees through material this week at GBIM headquarters in Winona Lake. Participants came from around the U.S. (including Alaska) and five other countries. 

Wednesday nights are really rich. That’s when our Global Prayer Group meets, and when we pray ‘round the world for Grace Brethren missionaries and mission spots. Last night, because of the SALT (Strategic Alliance Leadership Training) course which Tom Julien is conducting this week here in Winona Lake, we had several guests with us to

Women of Grace USA is pleased to announce that the organization has accepted responsibility for overseeing the SMM program. SMM (Serving My Master) is a long-standing ministry of Grace Brethren churches in which women train girls to live godly lives. Women of Grace acknowledges with deepest gratitude the unparalleled contribution CE National has made to

One of the advantages of living in Winona Lake, Indiana, is seeing so many Grace Brethren-connected people flow through this town, which houses most of the Grace Brethren national organizations. This week, for example, we saw Linda Mensinger in church. She’s on her way to the Northwest to care for her parents, leaving Eddie—for the

The current issue of Time Magazine is featuring an article on the popularity and growth of blogs. Here are just a couple paragraphs to whet your appetite: Meet Joe Blog Why are more and more people getting their news from amateur websites called blogs? Because they’re fast, funny and totally biased By LEV GROSSMAN; ANITA

What a great weekend this was in Winona Lake, Indiana! It was the annual “Billy Sunday Festival” when the town celebrates one of its most famous former residents–evangelist Billy Sunday (1862-1935). It is estimated that the former professional baseball player preached to over 100 million people and had over one million converts to Christ in

“Ma Is In the House” Mrs. Helen “Ma” Sunday, as portrayed by Kathy Allison of the Grace Brethren North American Mission staff, welcomed visitors to the restored Billy Sunday home during Saturday’s Billy Sunday Festival. Entitled Mount Hood, the Sunday home (which perches atop Evangel Hill above the Rodeheaver Auditorium in Winona Lake, Indiana) was

Care for a carriage ride? Available for hire, the elegant horse-drawn carriage took tourists out around MacDonald Island and back down Park Avenue (pictured here, in front of Rodeheaver Auditorium) as part of Saturday’s Billy Sunday Festival. 

The “Blue Laws” team from Winona Lake beat a Warsaw team 16-7 in this game played Saturday on Tabernacle Field in Winona Lake. Uniforms, rules and procedures are quaint replicas of the games played in the 1860s. Huzzah!