June 2007

At Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.), Dr. Ron Manahan and Dr. Bill Katip are pleased to announce that Dr. Tom Prinsen (pictured at right) will be joining the Communication Department beginning this fall. Dr. Prinsen has extensive teaching experience, including a stint at Houghton College working with Grace grad Dr. Doug Gaerte. Please pray for […]

Paul Mutcher, pastor the Lanham (Md.) Grace Brethren Church, sends an update on the victims of the May accident involving the members of the senior class at Lanham Christian School. The students were involved in a head-on crash on the fourth day of their senior trip trip to Florida. (See blog reports for June 3,

Terry White sends along this photo to go with his blog entry below. It was taken in the parking lot of the Galabadja 3 church after Sunday services. “Kids crowded all around to give us greetings and to get ‘high fives,’” he reports.

Greetings from Bangui, Central African Republic, where we’ve had a good weekend worshiping in Grace Brethren churches, doing a long radio interview on Radio Bangui from the Castor church, visiting with the missionaries, and much more. We are now in our final stretch of classes. Didier (from France) is teaching illustration and scenario publishing. Jean

Last week, we reported about specialized ministries of two Indiana Grace Brethren churches. The Flora Grace Brethren Church held Vacation Bible School for the first time in many years. At South Bend, the Grace Community Church sponsored a soccer camp. Here are final reports from both communities: The Flora Grace Brethren Church concluded its Vacation

Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., was one of several institutions featured in a story about colleges in northern Indiana that have used renewable energy or recyled materials in the construction of new buildings. The story appeared in this morning (Sunday’s) Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette. Not only was green technology incorporated in the construction of

BMH Executive Director Terry White (right) is in central Africa teaching young African Journalists. He sent along this update on Thursday, June 7. See his blog post of May 24, 2007 for more details about his trip. We arrived in Bangui (Central African Republic) yesterday via a four-hour SIL flight in a five-seat plane without

Laura E. Kriegbaum, daughter of Rev. R. Paul Miller and Anne Alverta Myers Miller, went to be with her Lord on June 7, 2007 at the age of 89 years and 11 months. She was at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Fishers, Ind. Mrs. Kriegbaum was a former French and English high

The Southview Grace Brethren Church in Ashland, Ohio, will host Wifflefest from June 29 through July 4. The event concludes July 4 with special guest former Cleveland Browns punter Bryan Wagner, a concert by Waiting for Iris, and a hog roast. Wifflefest is an Ashland tradition. It is simple backyard baseball, except with four players

Word has been received of the death of Laura Kriegbaum, 89, wife of Arnold Kriegbaum, long-time Grace Brethren pastor, former executive editor and general manager of the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., and former dean at Grace College. She died late Thursday, June 7. The Kriegbaums have lived near Indianapolis, Ind. with their daughter, Karen Bragg,