April 2006

The following article appeared in yesterday’s Raleigh, NC, News&Observer. Mike Lee is pastor of this Grace Brethren church.(News&Observer staff photo) Yonat Shimron, Staff Writer Most rock ‘n’ roll bands play at local clubs or bars. Band of Brothers has a more exotic venue: Kyrgyzstan. This group of six musicians will play Rolling Stones, Thin Lizzy […]

You missed this morning’s cheap gasoline, but you can still make it for the free breakfast (and Easter services)! Pump Patrol: Church sponsors gas discount at Osceola stationPublished: Saturday, April 08, 2006 — The Truth, A3Last updated: 4/7/2006 11:19:05 PMTruth Staff Pump Patrol usually reports on what gasoline prices are, or were, but today we’ve

The student-led ministries organization of Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, “Serve,” is sponsoring an Easter egg hunt for children in the Winona Lake/Warsaw community. The event will take place at the college’s Miller Athletic Field beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 8. Miller Field is located approximately a quarter-mile east of the Grace College

At this Easter and Passion time of year, most Grace Brethren churches are observing the Brethren (and biblical) practice of three-fold communion, which includes the feetwashing, the Fellowship Meal, and the observance of the Lord’s Supper. Pastor Scott Distler of the Grace Brethren Church of Lititz, PA, included the following warm personal anecdote in a

A big shout-out and welcome to new blogger Gary McDuda, otherwise known as Gary McCaman, Grace Brethren missionary to Argentina. You can catch McDuda’s blog here, and here’s how he started (thanks Pharaoh, for the heads-up!): Starting a BLOG is probably the singularly biggest mistake of my life. I mean, if I write what I

Duke Heller sends along the following quote. Hint: There’s some mighty good life-changing reading available at www.bmhbooks.com!! Charlie Jones said this exact quote to me in the early 70s at Word of Life camp. I believe it with all of my heart. Came from Dan Craig. Subject: Leadership Quote Charles “Tremendous” Jones said, “You are

What are the praise songs most used in your worship services? Bryan Nelson, who leads the music and worship at the Grace Brethren Church of Lititz, PA, has posted on his blog the top 25 most-used songs from CCLI and, for comparison, some of the most-used songs at the Lititz church. Here are Bryan’s lists:

Brethren Missionary Herald Co. of Winona Lake, Indiana, and Tree of Life Bookstores, Inc. of Marion, Indiana, jointly announced on April 5 that they have arrived at an agreement in principle for Tree of Life (TOL) to lease from BMH the 7,500 square-foot facility at 1104 Kings Highway in Winona Lake which formerly housed the

Editorial comment: Seems like it would be simpler just to believe the Bible! Science Tells How Jesus Walked on Water The Bible says that Jesus walked on water, but a professor of oceanography at Florida State University in Tallahassee says Christ was actually walking on a floating piece of ice. The sixth chapter of the

My wife found this somewhere: On Wednesday at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be: 01:02:03 04/05/06 That won’t ever happen again.