March 2006

More than 30 years ago, a special financial gift was made from Dayton, Ohio, First Grace Brethren Church to help a new church purchase property. That church is now Centerville Grace Brethren Church, pastored by Steve Makofka. At a recent Tri-Cities District conference, Makofka (right) presented a gift of $5,000 to Tim Nixon (left) to […]

Claudia McCray is a precious little two-year-old with a brain tumor. She’s also the granddaughter of Grace College coach Jim Kessler. People at her church, the Warsaw (IN) Community Grace Brethren Church, held a day of prayer and fasting for her this past Monday, the day before she was to have a crucial MRI. Here

Dr. Terry Hofecker, senior pastor of Northwest Chapel Grace Brethren Fellowship in Dublin, Ohio, and a Grace Theological Seminary faculty member, gives a brief update on the MI 700 class held in Columbus a couple of weeks ago to stimulate and facilitate church-planting in the Fellowship. The course had participants from Alaska, Los Angeles, Miami,

Marge Foote, 84, known in the Fellowship as a prayer warrior and as the mother of Pastor Robert Foote of the Huber Heights Grace community Church in Ohio, passed away in her sleep during the early morning hours Thursday, March 23, 2006, at her home in Winona Lake, IN. Born in Shreveport, Lousiana, she married

Pastor Robert Schaffer of the Grace Brethren Church in Colorado Springs, CO, passes along the following good news: As of January 1st the Grace Brethren Church of Colorado Springs is debt-free. This church was established as Home Missions Church in the late 60s as a Bible Study started by Tom and Geneva Inman, who were

WINONA LAKE, IN – Grace College senior Nate Denlinger (Mason, OH/Mason HS) was named Mid-Central Conference Pitcher of the Week after guiding the team to a 3-1 win over Goshen College last Friday, completing a doubleheader sweep of the Maple Leafs. Denlinger pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing just two hits and scattering three walks. He

Author, columnist, and radio talk show host Michael Reagan will speak Thursday, April 20, in Winona Lake, Indiana, as part of the American Lyceum Lecture Series. The event will be at Rodeheaver Auditorium and begins at 7:30 p.m. Reagan is the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan. He has a nationally-syndicated talk radio program and

Will you be in or around Winona Lake, Indiana, in the next few months? Here are some of the “town attractions” you might be interested in-for more information log onto www.villageatwinona.com. April 20 – American Lyceum presents Michael Reagan April 29 – Student Art Show May 6 & 7 – Bike Festival. Races, road rallies,

YIB (Your Intrepid Blogger) will be on the road this coming week, so expect blogposts from outposts. Saturday we’re in Columbus, OH, for a Heralds of Grace function. Sunday morning we have an opportunity to explain BMH ministry a bit with Pastor Jim Custer and his good folk at the Worthington church, and we’ll meet

Pastor Steve Makofka from the Centerville, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church (and one of my favorite bloggers) recently manned “Ministry” booth for the local high school’s College and Career Fair. Below is the text of a little pamphlet that he wrote to help encourage people in ways to move ahead in spiritual service. See his blog