August 2006

Phil Dick, son of longtime Grace Brethren pastor Paul Dick and former athletic director and coach at Grace College, has been fighting lung cancer for some months. Many are following the updates his daughter, Michelle, is posting on www.caringbridge.com (type in phildick). Knowing that he would get results of the latest CT scans this week, […]

Several months go we posted a photo of the bowling alley facility that the Mount Gilead (Ohio) Grace Brethren Church (Pastor Charlie Barnhill) is remodeling for a worship and fellowship facility. Comes now this invitation from Pastor Barnhill: “This Sunday August 20th, Heartland GBC at Mt. Gilead will be meeting in their new building for

Celebrate06 is now mainly memories–you can re-live the experience by browsing through the blog entries from Saturday, July 29 through Thursday, August 3. But Equip07, set for July 29-August 3, 2007, in Winona Lake, Indiana, is rushing toward us. This exciting week of continuing education opportunities for all ages literally has something for everyone–from the

Twice a year Grace Brethren North American Missions and Grace Theological Seminary team up to offer a week-long class in church-planting. The current course is underway in Winona Lake, Indiana, with Dr. Terry Hofecker as the instructor. Hofecker is, among other things, senior pastor of the Northwest Chapel, a Grace Brethren church in Dublin, Ohio.

A standout football star from Grace Brethren High in Simi Valley is competing for the starting job as running back this year at the University of New Hampshire. Here is how one sportswriter describes him–the full article may be seen at http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060816/REPOSITORY/608160350/1007/SPORTS • Chad Kackert, fr., 5-8, 190. Kackert was at UNH last year but

Judy Daniels, of the communications office at Grace College and Seminary, has shared with us this lovely letter, which we’ve edited slightly, from Margaret “Pill” Sprunger about her parents (pictured). Members of the Bethel Brethren Church in Berne, Indiana (Joe Nass, pastor), they are celebrating their 80th wedding anniversary. Greetings may be sent through Margaret

Pastor Richard D. Sellers, 81, of Goshen, Indiana, died at Greencroft Healthcare late Sunday night, August 13, 2006. He was born January 16, 1925, in Warsaw, Indiana, to Clifford and Fawn (Miller) Sellers. On December 27, 1949, he married Virginia Rose Flora in Dayton, Ohio. She died February 19, 2000. Pastor Sellers coached and taught

Alexander Eloy Pacheco arrived Friday, August 11, at 11:25 (Central Daylight Time) in Naperville, IL, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz., 20″ long, with lots of black hair and looking a lot like his daddy. David and Esther are both doing well and are understandably ecstatic about this beautiful baby boy. Grandpa Dan Pacheco (left) is

Pastor Roger Mayes of the Grace Brethren church in Yucca Valley (CA)sends along the following information about the homegoing of one of the Lord’s choice servants in the FGBC: Victor Sewell Rogers was born November 16, 1923 to George Walter Rogers and Elma Grace Brumbaugh Rogers in their home in East Freedom, Pennsylvania. He was

The complete text of the commendations for the three Association of Grace Brethren Ministers award winners at Celebrate06 (Lester Kennedy, Glen Shirk, and Jesse Deloe) are now posted online. Click “Grace Brethren Ministers’ Blog” at left or click here.