2004

Decorate-your-own gingerbread house was a popular event as dozens of families kicked off the holiday season at the Rodeheaver Auditorium in Winona Lake today with the Winona Holiday Festival, sponsored by the Village at Winona.

Carolers on the porches of Park Avenue businesses in the Village at Winona ushered in the season in today’s “Winona Holiday Festival” in Winona Lake, Indiana. 

Four typhoons over a span of three weeks have wreaked havoc in at least five regions in the Philippines, sources report. As of Dec. 2, the number of people dead or missing in flash floods and landslides has reached nearly a thousand, while thousands more have been rendered homeless. More than 160,000 people fled to

World Magazine, along with other sources, is calling 2004 “The Year of the Blog” because of the meteoric rise of this form of communication and its impact on public life. At least four Grace Brethren blogs (Tom Avey, Brian Orme, Ivanildo Trindade, BMH Editor’s Blog) are accessible through FGBC’s website, (click “short cuts”) and there

The following story appeared in today’s Ventura (CA) County Star newspaper, featuring Tom Bohn, whose Pacific halibut, the writer says, “has been requested at many receptions in his church, Grace Brethren in Simi Valley.” Read it and drool! His coolest dish is freshly caught fish By Eva Smythe, CorrespondentDecember 1, 2004 Name: Tom Bohn. City:

Larry Downs, a 1986 Grace College graduate, has left his job as president of Editorial Unilit to become vice president of Caribe-Betania Editores, the Spanish publishing imprint of Thomas Nelson. Caribe-Betania is a Spanish publishing industry leader providing books based in core Christian values. The Spanish book market generates approximately $1.5 billion in annual sales

Today’s newspaper from the Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa, area carries a story about after-school Bible clubs and mentions several Grace Brethren women (Vivian Weimer and Rita Kehoe) who are involved. Here is a short excerpt–the entire story may be read by clicking here. Students Learning About God After School By TINA HINZ, For the Courier With

Richard Holmes, 80, former long-time member of the Grace College and Seminary board, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 21 following a two-month-long illness. Holmes served a total of 34 years on the college and seminary board, beginning in 1960 and continuing through the administrations of all five of the schools’ presidents

Charlie Turner, shown here earlier this year in the BMH offices with a mounted page from the 1743 Christopher Sauer Bible, went to be with the Lord Saturday, November 27, 2004 in his home in Winona Lake, Indiana. 

Former BMH editor and general manager Charles Turner, 78, was found dead in his Winona Lake, Indiana, home Saturday afternoon, apparently from a heart attack. Turner, who was pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of Rittman, Ohio, from 1957-1971, took over the Brethren Missionary Herald Company in Winona Lake in 1971. Turner steered BMH through