January 2007

The January-February, 2007, issue of FGBC World, the all-Fellowship publication for Grace Brethren churches, is arriving in homes and churches this week. Here is promotional copy you may use for bulletins, newsletters, websites, and other communications. Please pass along to your church staff. Week One: Early in the morning of the day after Thanksgiving, members […]

The following is from today’s Dayton (OH) daily newspaper. No reports have appeared yet of the Wenners’ having been found.Wenner fund started A trust fund has been set up for the daughters of Craig and Patricia Wenner, who drowned on Christmas Day in the Stillwater River. Craig was the former park manager at Englewood MetroPark.

According to a story distributed by Newhouse News Service, the 110th Congress convening today will be one of the most religiously diverse ever. For the first time in history, Congress will include among its ranks a Muslim. Keith Ellison, a newly-elected Representative from Minnesota, converted from Catholicism to Islam when he was nineteen years old.

This article by Pastor Jim Franklin (pictured) of the Flora, Indiana, Grace Brethren Church, appears in today’s issue of the Delphi, IN, Carroll County Comet. Lessons from the Heart Cut through the clutter By Pastor James Franklin One of the things I admire the most about the Bible is its amazing ability to “cut through

Most recent question from the Hagerstown (MD) Herald-Mail Forum: Q – What is the nicest thing anyone did to make you really feel the Christmas spirit? A – (unidentified responder) Our church, Grace Brethren, adopts families who are not as fortunate as others and makes Christmas special for them by providing a holiday meal and

From South Florida Sun-Sentinel: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Rev. D. James Kennedy, the longtime pastor of Fort Lauderdale’s Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and a driving force in the national religious conservative movement, was in serious condition Friday after a heart attack. Church officials said Kennedy, 76, was rushed to a hospital from his home

From yesterday’s Johnstown (PA) Tribune-Democrat: By SHAWN PIATEK It’s no secret that finding a way to stay in the Johnstown region is a trying endeavor for many of those raised here. The challenge was no different for area natives Dave Bassett, Bob Grove, Scott Geisel and Frank Grandas. In fact, the quartet that makes up

Article and photo from Dayton (OH) Daily News: By Ryan Justin Fox BROOKVILLE — An unseasonably warm sun broke through the rain clouds for an hour Sunday afternoon as hundreds of mourners gathered to remember the lives of Craig and Patricia Wenner. But as family, friends, and colleagues paid their last respects and filed out