May 2006

The first 20 participants of the 412 Commission will be graduating this weekend. Akron, Ohio, graduation will be at the Norton South Campus on Friday, May 12 at 7:00 pm. The Sebring graduation will take place at the Sebring, Florida, Grace Brethren Church on Sunday, May 14 at 6:00 pm. All students will be leaving […]

The following graduation wrapup report is excerpted from the weekly e-mail published by Judy Daniels in the Grace alumni office. To subscribe to the Grace Connection, send your e-mail address to connect@grace.edu (subject: ADD). Last Saturday morning more than 2,300 people attended the 2006 Grace College and Seminary Commencement ceremony, held in the Gordon Recreation

Nancy Louise Eshleman, 64, of 1625 Woodlands Run in Hagerstown, Md., died Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at Kline Hospice House in Mount Airy, Md. Born Dec. 21, 1941, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Paul Lester Stoner and Susan Gertrude Louise Forsythe Stoner. She was preceded in death by her husband, the

Grace Brethren churches in the Southern California District are planning a special worship and fellowship event for Sunday, May 21, at 6 p.m. All are invited to the Community Grace Brethren Church of Whittier to meet with, to fellowship with, and to worship and pray with fellow believers in sister churches. It’s an opportunity to

Grace Brethren High to present ‘Cinderella’ Grace Brethren High School’s drama department will stage the Rogers and Hammerstein musical “Cinderella” at 7 p.m. May 18, 19 and 20 and at 10 a.m. May 19 at Grace Brethren Church, 2900 Sycamore Drive, Simi Valley, California. The classic tale relates the rags-to-riches story of a girl burdened

Several Grace Brethren communicators are this week attending the Evangelical Press Association convention being held in Orlando, Florida. They include Terry White (right), executive director of the Brethren Missionary Herald Co. and Barb Wooler (center) who is communications director for Grace Brethren International Missions. At left is Tim Willard, son of pastor William “Whitey” Willard

A number of EPA editors toured the WordSpring Discovery Center on Lake Hart in Orlando, the USA headquarters for Wycliffe Bible Translators. This highly interactive exhibit portrays a fascinating history of Bible translation since Wycliffe was founded by Cameron Townsend in 1917. About half of the world�s 6,800 languages now have at least a portion

Visitors to the Jesus Film Project section of the Orlando headquarters building of Campus Crusade for Christ get a first-hand look at the worldwide ministry since the film was first made 27 years ago. They can also get a taste of voice-dubbing the film by recording the voice of Peter in a segment of the

Dr. Tammy Schultz, professor of counseling at Grace College and Seminary and co-author of the recent BMH book Transformed in His Presence: The Need for Prayer in Counseling, will be speaking and teaching in Korea from May 11-24. Dr. Schultz will be speaking at two churches, in a North Korean refugee school, at Goshin University,

This morning’s Honolulu, HI, Star-Bulletin newspaper carries the following story about a cancer victim whose family worships with the Waipio Grace Brethren Church in Mililani, Hawaii (Dave Mitchell, pastor). Friends of a Mililani man have established a fund to help with expenses for treatment of a rare type of bone cancer. Chad Senas, 38, was