August 2006

Firefighter Larry Everett was one of the first responders to the Pentagon crash on September 11, 2001, working more than nine hours that day in unbelievable temperatures. He believes God spared the firefighters’ lives in a unique way.

Sixty years to the day after groundbreaking at the Pentagon, hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into its west side at 9:37 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, killing all aboard as well as 125 people within the building. The flight penetrated three of the five rings, but because the affected area was under renovation

Kathryn (“Katy”) Devereaux, a Grace College English major/journalism minor, began work today at the Brethren Missionary Herald Company as the fall editorial intern. Each semester Dr. Paulette Sauders of the college’s journalism department supplies BMH with a skilled writer/editor to serve in a paid internship. The students work about 20 hours a week and they

Pastor Scott Distler, who was one of this year’s speakers at Brethren National Youth Conference, has painted an excellent word-picture on his blog of the nearly-indescribable worship experience at BNYC. Here are a few of his words, copied from his daily blog at http://www.lgbc.org/gracechurch/about_us/distlersk/blog.htm What I love best and miss most about BNYC is the

Pastor Dean Fetterhoff of the Marietta, Georgia, Grace Brethren Church, sends along the following request for construction help: Construction helpers needed. Wycliffe Associates is an arm of Wycliffe Bible Translators that sends volunteers all over the world to assist Bible translators in their work. Thousands have been involved in this facilitating ministry. A new headquarters

Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, has announced that the internationally-acclaimed American tenor Don Bernardini (pictured) will join the full-time Grace faculty this month as Director of Vocal Studies and Artist-in-Residence. Recent highlights of Bernardini’s performing career include the singing of leading operatic roles in Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Israel, Mexico, Sweden, and other

Pastor Tim Hodge of the New Holland (PA) Grace Brethren Church, has shared with us this news of the homegoing of a well-known member of his church. On Thursday, August 17, 2006, family and friends of George Platt Sr. were shocked and saddened at his sudden passing. George (aged 74) was a wonderful man who

Timothy Young (pictured), associate professor of art at Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, has been selected as the Badlands National Park (South Dakota) Artist in Residence for fall 2006. This is a four-week residency, beginning in early September to early October. Prof. Young will be interpreting the Badlands National Park environment in painting and drawing.

The following story appeared in this evening’s Warsaw (IN) Times-Union newspaper: BY JENNIFER PERYAM, Times-Union Staff Writer More than 200 volunteers worked Wednesday to make 22 residences in Kosciusko County more like home. United Way teamed up with 145 Grace College students from the college’s department of character leadership and development, several committees and churches

Join Dr. Randy Smith, acclaimed Mideast scholar and pastor of the Sebring, Florida, Grace Brethren Church, on a study cruise/tour, “Understanding the Book of Acts and Applying the Teachings of Paul.” The trip begins with the sailing of Celebrity’s Galaxy from Rome on May 21, 2007, and it ends the morning of June 3, 2007.