February 2007

Pastor Jim Poyner preached from Revelation 7 in this morning’s service at the Gulfview Grace Brethren Church in Port Richey, Florida.

Grace Brethren Church in Powell, Ohio (Rick Nuzum, pastor) has an opportunity for a paid intern position for 28-hours/week during 10-12 weeks of summer (includes attending Driven Conference and/or vacation week). This person works for the Family Pastor, works with volunteer teachers & helpers, parents & children K-5th grade, and all summer programming. The Powell

A number of pastors from the West Penn district (pictured) in Pennsylvania earlier this month took a “research” trip to Pittsburgh, PA, to explore the possibility of church-planting potential there. Please pray they have wisdom in this venture. For updates, log onto the West Penn district website at http://www.westpenngbc.com/

Former GBIM missionary Gracia McDairmant has called to our attention a very interesting website. Actress Mia Farrow has chosen to “celebrate” her birthday by taking an investigative trip through the poorest regions of Central African Republic, Chad, and Darfur. Her personal reflections and the chronology of her trip may be seen at www.miafarrow.org. Since the

This webcam photo, taken this Friday morning from the roof of the Morgan Library on the campus of Grace College and Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana, shows construction progress as the Orthopaedic Capital Center inches toward completion. According to Grace officials, the project is still on target to host the school’s graduation in early May,

Here is an interesting human-interest story about a young speller who chooses not to compete on Sunday. The article excerpts and photo are from the Indianapolis Star–read the complete story here. Huck is from Church of the Good Shepherd in Bloomington, pastored by our friend Tim Bayly. One of Indiana’s top contenders for the National

Auburn Grace Community Church, the Grace Brethren church in Auburn, California (Phil Sparling, pastor), will kick off its annual Missions Conference Saturday with a 7:30 a.m. men’s breakfast. “God is Still Drawing People” is the theme of the conference. Potluck dinner is at 4:30 p.m. and sessions on missions work locally and globally follow. The

From today’s Warsaw (IN) Times-Union newspaper: WINONA LAKE – “If music be the food of love, play on!” Shakespeare knew what he was talking about. Music and love have always been paired together, and will be so at Saturday’s free Symphony of the Lakes performance. The concert is titled “A Night of Romance,” and the

Dr. Paul Klawitter, European director for Grace Brethren International Missions, has a fascinating post on his blog about how the French view evangelicals. Specifically, he reports on one French publication which comments on a Grace Brethren service the reporter attended: Well, this past week a journalist had some extremely complimentary things to say about the

Pastor Ron Sheranko of the Dayton, Ohio, First Grace Brethren Church is organizing a missions trip to the Ukraine the approximate dates of July 21-August 3. He says, “We have six from our church at this time planning to go and would love to have four or so more. We are currently securing passports, sending