July 2005

The second volume of The Kent Collection, a new BMH Books issuing of New Testament commentaries by Dr. Homer A. Kent, Jr., has gone to press. “Light in the Darkness: Studies in the Gospel of John” should be available for public purchase by the end of July, in time for the Equip05 national conference. In

Pastor Dan O’Deens of the Gateway Grace Community Church in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, sends along the following photos and short news item about a biker outreach his church did yesterday. Thought you might like to hear about an outreach we had this past Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Gateway Church. We had a couple, Rich and

Pastor Dan O’Deens, center, reports on a very successful “biker outreach” this past Sunday. 

A weekend of stunningly gorgeous midsummer weather set a perfect backdrop for interesting visitors and events in Winona Lake, Indiana. Larry Poland (pictured) was among the guests. In town to visit his father, Frank, who is a resident of Grace Retirement Village, Larry gave a presentation Sunday evening about his organization, MasterMedia International, whose ministry

A businessman from the Grace Brethren Church in Homerville, Ohio, owns a golf course which has a special for clergy on Mondays. Details are available at https://www.rollingacresgolfclub.com  

The Grace College and Seminary administrative offices have received word of the death this morning of Grace board member Bill Hoffman. Bill served on the Grace Board for 12 years. A CPA, he was a member and elder at the Ashland, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church (Dan Allan, pastor). You are asked to please remember his

Here on my blog is an item from Dan Thornton’s blog which he got from Steve Makofka’s blog. (don’t you love this networking age???) Baptism by Triune Immersion The Grace Brethren Churches are some of many churches that practice baptism by triune immersion (lovingly called “triple dippers”). I don’t haggle over this issue a lot,

The current posting on www.womenofcharis.net gives the following updates in the wake of this morning’s bombings in London: The word from the London team via a phone contact with Rhonda Weaver is that they are all safe after the subway/bus bombings that occurred Thursday (July 7) in London during morning rush hour. Bill Kiddoo (GBIM

Arnold Kriegbaum, center, returned today after a 20-year absence to visit Winona Lake, Indiana. Kriegbaum was editor and business manager of the Brethren Missionary Herald Company from September 1953 to August of 1961, when he left to become Dean of Students at Grace College and Seminary. The current Herald building, at 1104 Kings Highway in

Arnold Kriegbaum, right, traveled with a variety of teams from Grace College and Seminary, representing the schools in Grace Brethren churches while Kriegbaum was Dean of Students at the college. The Heralds of Grace Quartet traveled with Kriegbaum for some eight years, logging more than 100,000 miles on behalf of the schools. In this photo