August 2005

Eunice Imogene “Imy” Immel, 86, mother of Grace Brethren pastor K. Howard Immel, passed peacefully into the presence of her Lord and Savior August 16, 2005, at the Meadowview Nursing Home, Seville, Ohio. Imy was born in Homerville, Ohio, on April 11, 1919, to Levi and Lula Frank. She was a member of Rittman Grace […]

Tim Ziebarth, alumni director at Grace College and Seminary, has posted a number of gallery photos from the BMH-sponsored hymnsing on Tuesday night of the recent Equip05 conference. Click here to view them. 

Betty Poyner, shown here with her husband Randy when they visited their son, Tim, and his family in Winona Lake, IN, earlier this summer, is recovering from unexpected surgery and will appreciate the prayers of the Fellowship for her recovery. Last Friday, August 12, Betty had a malignant, football-sized tumor removed from her abdomen. Doctors

Pastor Kork Moyer, coordinator of the Northern Atlantic Fellowship, calls our attention to the following opportunity, hosted by Grace Brethren Church at Willow Valley in Lancaster, PA (John Smith, pastor). “The Case for a Creator”Sunday, August 28 from 5:45-8:00 pm at Grace Church at Willow Valley Did all this happen by chance or does the

This Saturday morning Maranatha Brethren Church in Hagerstown, MD (Jay Fretz, pastor), will be providing a free car wash to people who live in the neighborhood of the church building. A special attraction will be the showing of “Born Again II,” a composite car constructed by Maranatha member DeWitt Powell. Pastor Jay Fretz says, “This

DeWitt and Caroline Powell, long-time members of Maranatha Brethren Church, frequently show Born Again II at car shows, and always make this tract available, which explains a little about the car, gives the plan of salvation, and refers interested people to contact Maranatha church. 

The motor for Born Again II is a Chevy 350 engine from a 1974 Malibu. But the car also contains parts from a 53 Buick, a 54 Pontiac, a 74 Chevy nova, a 57 Chevy, a 74 Lincoln Continental, and two tops from 67 Fords. 

Grace Seminary & GBNAM Announce Training PartnershipNew program will launch church planters from call to conception in 18 months Winona Lake, Indiana – August 17, 2005 — Grace Brethren North American Missions and Grace Theological Seminary announce a new coalition training program geared at creating a new church multiplication movement in the Fellowship of Grace

Elaine Bearinger passed away on August 5, 2005, in Bradenton, Florida, after a brief illness. She was 87. Elaine was the widow of Rev. Ernie Bearinger, former Grace Brethren National Youth Director, pastor in Southern California, and missionary to Brazil. She had lived in the Bradenton Missionary Village for the past 18 years. She was

Today’s Warsaw (IN) Times-Union newspaper carries a feature story on Pardee A. Gunter, a 1969 Grace College grad with a B.S. in Elementary Education, who with his son is retracing on bicycles the route of Lewis and Clark on the 200th anniversary of their original voyage. Here they are shown just entering the 670-mile stretch