February 2006

Wednesday, family and friends said goodbye to a fallen U.S. Marine from Westerville, in central Ohio. Private first class Jacob Spann died in a roadside bombing just outside Baghdad last Monday. The 21-year-old graduated in 2003 from Westerville North High School. Spann’s funeral was held at Grace Brethren Church in Westerville. He’ll be buried in

The website of Grace Brethren International Missions (GBIM) today carries the news that Stuart Hake (pictured), GBIM’s Chief Financial Officer, is in Manila, Philippines, where he will teach a Micro-Enterprise Development Conference starting Wednesday, Feb. 15. The goal of the nine-day conference is to train Filipino nationals in starting small businesses. Missionaries and nationals from

Thomas Martenson, a Swedish Baptist missionary who has been living and working with the Pygmies in southern Central African Republic for the last four years, shows a tigerfish he recently caught. Thomas also loves to hunt with the pygmies as they gather food for their families from the remaining forest in the Central African Republic.

Marjorie Mighells, 91, mother of Gladys Deloe of Winona Lake, Indiana, went to be with the Lord early yesterday morning, Friday, February 10, at her residence in Grace Retirement Village in Winona Lake. Mrs. Mighells, pictured here at a 90th birthday celebration for her at Grace Village the fall of 2004, had been in failing

Pastor Ron Shank (pictured) celebrated 20 Years as Youth Pastor at Maranatha Brethren Church in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Sunday, January 29, 2006. Over 400 were in attendance at Maranatha Brethren Church for an Anniversary Celebration which included pictures of Pastor Ron through the years at the church, which is pastored by Jay Fretz. Shank spoke

As Ron Shank demonstrates, youth pastors often have to get “down and dirty” with the teens in their church in order to have an effective ministry! 

The Jeremiah Olsons from the Goshen, Indiana, Grace Brethren Church are featured this week in the South Bend newspaper. Here is a short excerpt–to read the entire article click here. SOUTH BEND — This is what independence means to Jeremiah Olson. He’s onstage in front of a throng of people — guitar in hand —

This article appeared in Monday’s Leader-Times from Kittanning, Pennsylvania. Grace Christian School is a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church of West Kittanning, Mark Cornwell, pastor. 100 ways to celebrateBy Mitch FryerLEADER TIMESMonday, February 6, 2006 WEST KITTANNING — Astronaut Neil Armstrong was at Grace Christian School on Friday. Sort of. So was anthropologist Jane

BMH Books of Winona Lake, Indiana, announces the release of the newly-revised and republished edition of The Glory of the Church: Studies in Ephesians by Dr. Homer A. Kent, Jr. The 140-page paperback commentary is part of The Kent Collection, a republishing of Dr. Kent’s entire set of commentaries on 15 books of the New

MIDDLEBURG, OHIO — The Rev. Maynard G. Tittle, 83, of 127 Dinius Ave., went home to be with the Lord on Monday morning, Feb. 6, 2006, at his home after battling several serious health problems since 2000. He was born May 14, 1922, near Penns Creek, a son of the late Arthur and Bertha Grubb