April 2007

Three women students from Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, were awarded “Honor Her” scholarships by Women of Grace USA, a women’s ministry of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. The three, Liz Baker, Heidi Biehler, and Sara Melcho, each received $500, to be applied toward their GOgrace trip to the Philippines in May. The scholarships […]

The Rev. Roy F. Walker, father of retired Grace Brethren missionary Dr. William Walker, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 27, 2007. Walker, 98, had been living at Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake, Indiana. Roy Walker’s wife, Jeanette, preceded him in death in 1993. He is survived by three sons,

New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church of Myerstown, Pennsylvania (Keith Shearer, pastor) began their Palm Sunday services this past Lord’s day with this spectacular “Living Cross.” There are about 50 people in the cross. The service began with a short drama that was a conversation between the two thieves on the crosses next to Jesus. Then

The Grace Brethren Church of Rittman, Ohio (Bud Olszewski, pastor) conducted a “Community Day of Grace” as an outreach on Saturday, March 24th. Pastor Bud (shown at left) said, “The day was amazing. We had two major areas of service. The main objectives were to distribute literature about our upcoming Easter Services and to perform

Jill and Dave Jensen (left) and Tina and Mike Ramsier (right) were among those getting literature ready for groups to take out as part of the Rittman, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church’s recent “Community Day of Grace.”

Ron Curfman, a Washington state businessman and member of the Grace Brethren Church of Sunnyside, Washington, has developed a ministry of reprinting classic works and distributing them via the Internet. Christian Classic Reprints produces low-cost reprints of Christian books such as Bibles and Bible Commentaries, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Concordances, books on early Church history, Theology,

Dr. Kary Oberbrunner, author of the recently-released BMH book Called: Becoming Who You Were Born to Be, is in Winona Lake, Indiana, yesterday and today on the final stop of a multi-state book promotion tour. Speaking to an interactive audience last evening at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church (photo), Oberbrunner pulled from his book seven

Dallas Center, IA, April 2, 2007 – The Grace Brethren Church of Dallas Center released its user-friendly website this week where members and non-members alike can log on and communicate in a number of ways. The site displays a streamlined, clean, style and look, allowing for intuitive navigation. Some areas of interest include the Pastor’s

Samuel Dadje, a businessman and evangelist from Chad, in west central Africa, recently sent a letter reporting on new Grace Brethren work in the country of Nigeria. He is shown here (right) with Dr. Paul Klawitter translating, as he addressed the Grace Brethren national conference the summer of 2004 in Kingsport, Tennessee. Former Grace Brethren

Timothy Kurtaneck (pictured), director of church relations and youth at CE National in Winona Lake, Indiana, has begun a blog, appropriately entitled “TK’s Blog.” He says, “One thing I am going to try doing that I have never done before in my life is to start a blog. I can’t promise this is going to