June 2005

The July/August 2005 issue of FGBC World is now arriving in churches and homes. Here are several paragraphs you may use in your church bulletin, newsletter, website or blog to call attention to it over the next several weeks. Use one a week for maximum effectiveness. Europeans are notoriously hard to reach with the gospel. […]

…and we’ve got bluegills. But after Minnesota fishing, this is no great thrill! 

Tomorrow is Chad’s 11th birthday (June 24) and he came back from Minneapolis with his grandparents to spend a week at Winona Lake. Here’s our annual fishing photo at Heritage Lake — we’ve got largemouth bass…. 

Jim Hocking, whose organization in the Central African Republic is currently hosting a team from Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church, sends along the following update and list of prayer requests: God has truly been blessing the work of the drill team. They have completed three wells in four days and are today completing the

The July/August, 2005 issue of FGBC World, the bi-monthly publication of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, is now posted and available online at www.fgbcworld.com. The paper edition of the paper should arrive in homes and churches around July 1. The lead stories for the current issue include the Norm Johnson/Ann Nichols marriage after each

One of the great programs of CE National is Operation Barnabas, which each summer sends teams of young people around the US (and overseas) to be of assistance and encouragement to Grace Brethren churches and people. Bus transportation is key to the trips, and the following note from Scott Distler, pastor of the Lititz (PA)

This week’s institutional update from the Grace College campus shares the good news that a number of young people attending Lancer Soccer Camps have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior. Soccer coach Roy Danielian said, on June 14, “The Lord really blessed today as soccer staff saw 20-plus kids raise their hands saying that they

John and Ruth Gillis–John has pastored Grace Brethren churches in a number of locations–recently were highlighted for their 50th wedding anniversary in the Alaska Star newspaper. Here is an excerpt: Former Eagle River residents John and Ruth Gillis celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 11. They were married June 11, 1955, at the Grace Brethren

Following the Love Feast this evening, participants in the DRIVEN conference in Gambier, Ohio, gathered on the lawn beneath the Kenyon College dining hall for an outdoor footwashing service. Mike Mason of thequest church in Columbus (standing on chair, at right) read scripture and made comments to prepare hearts for the experience. The conference, which

Following the example of Jesus, a footwashing service was held following the Love Feast. Footwashing is part of the historic Grace Brethren communion service, based on John 13.