May 2006

Dr. Roy Leon Lowrie, 1959-2006 Dr. Roy Leon Lowrie, went home to be with His Lord after faithfully completing his life goal, “to raise my family for the glory of God and serve well in Christian education.” After a three-year battle with leukemia and complications from it, Dr. Lowrie died at Miami Valley (Ohio) Hospital […]

BMH Books and FGBC World welcome Grace College journalism major Paul Hoard (pictured) as this summer’s editorial intern. Hoard will assist with writing and editing material for FGBC World, working in telephone sales and author publicity for BMH Books, and assisting with editing, proofing, and re-writing manuscripts currently in process by BMH Books. A journalism

Lyle and Christa Marvin sent along this warm photo of Donna and Homer Miller, with whom they spent time in September, 2005. Here is Homer Miller’s obituary from the funeral home: Homer R. Miller – November 7, 1929 to May 11, 2006 Obituary: Homer R. Miller 76, Retired Sales Manager Ashland Tire Corporation Homer R.

Blogger Reverend Pharaoh (aka pastor of Centerville, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church) has posted a fascinating list of Bible mothers on his blog. In addition to the five good ones and the five “merely bad” mothers, here are the REALLY bad ones!!The Five worst mothers in the Bible (Regardless of how bad you think your mother

Need specialty T-Shirts for your youth group, a kid’s club, camp, or VBS? Consider ordering them from The Happy Ship ‘N More in Jackson, KY. The HappyShip is a store begun by a Grace Brethren church entitled The Happy Church (Mike Tabor, pastor), in an effort to bring economic development to the area. The T-shirt

Friday night the first class of 412 Commission students graduated at Grace Church Norton Ohio (pictured here) and at Sebring, Florida. See earlier article for details on the 412 program (Tom Avey photo).  

A posting on today’s Grace Brethren International Missions website indicates that Homer Miller, who served with his wife Donna in the Central African Republic, passed away last night (Thursday). Homer, a member of the Ashland, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church, served with his wife Donna, as short term missionaries in the Central African Republic in the

Pastor Charlie Barnhill of the Heartland Grace Brethren Church in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, shared with ministers of the North Central Ohio district yesterday that the Heartland congregation has purchased an 11,000-square-foot former bowling alley (pictured) for use as a worship and fellowship facility. The church has been meeting in a school for a number of

One of the classic works in premillennial eschatology, The End Times by Herman A. Hoyt, has been re-issued this week by BMH Books with updated cover material. The 256-page paperback is an investigation of what is to come, which guides the reader through 12 understandable, in-depth chapters. Hoyt examines the vocabulary of eschatologists along with

The following story by Pepper Ballard appeared in last Sunday’s Hagerstown, MD, Herald-Mail newspaper. Jay Fretz is pastor of Maranatha Brethren Church. A steady roll of skateboard wheels over concrete and wood ramps resounded Saturday at Maranatha Brethren Church, the first day of Skate Church for some Washington County teenage skaters who prefer to flip