August 2006

Pastor Howard and Nancy Mayes, from the Clinton, Maryland, Grace Brethren Church, were among those who participated in the mountaintop dinner, tram ride, and celebration of CE National’s 40th anniversary. CE National’s executive director, Ed Lewis, was able to participate in spite of a painful back problem, but he subsequently checked into a local hospital […]

Jim Cymbala, pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle in New York City, was the guest speaker at the 10:30 a.m. session this morning and he will speak again this evening. Beginning with only about 18 members in 1972, Cymbala and his wife, Carol, who directs the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, have grown the New York

As the adults were crossing the courtyard to get to their 8:30 a.m. meetings at Celebrate06 today, the Kids Konference children were loading up the coach bus for an outing to the “Living Desert,” which features 450 live animals. Their adventure included lunch, and upon their return at 1 p.m. the children were headed for

Rev. Lester Kennedy (left), pastor of the Fairlawn Grace Brethren Church in Radford, Virginia, was honored this morning by the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the AGBM’s Celebrate06 meeting. His commendation was read by Whitey Willard (right) of the Lititz, PA, Grace Brethren Church, who was mentored as a

In addition to the scheduled functions, hundreds of little “ad hoc” meetings are occurring at the Celebrate06 Grace Brethren national conference this week in Palm Springs, California. Gathered here at 7 a.m. today on the patio of the Grand Hyatt Champions, before the heat of the day makes the patio unihabitable, is a little group