July 2007

ICDI Young Adults Team Arrives in Africa

A team of young adults from the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church has arrived in Central African Republic and will be touring the orphan care and well-drilling ministry and assisting wherever possible in the work of Integrated Community Development International, whose founder and director, Jim Hocking, is at right. In the photo, from left, […]

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Momentum: By the Numbers

Tonight is the last night of Momentum (formerly known as Brethren National Youth Conference). As the event winds down, here are a few stats from the week: Total attendance: 2,062Students: 1,449Fusion (post-high): 54Youth Workers: 343Staff: 108Adult Guests: 58FGBC* National Organization Reps.: 34Nanny: 1Children: 15States represented: 33Top states represented: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Maryland, CaliforniaChurches represented: 117Top

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Local Media Report on Momentum

From the Biloxi, Mississippi, Sun-Herald: Coast gets ‘Blitz’ of help from teens By LEIGH COLEMAN, SUN HERALD Entire neighborhoods in Gulfport and Pearlington saw hundreds of teenagers from across the country mobilizing Wednesday to clean up, rebuild and pass out groceries. The teenage workforce had arrived in the thousands at the University of Southern Mississippi

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Wednesday Night Momentum Session Focuses on Extreme Makeovers

After a long day of work projects that included picking up trash, weeding a tree nursery, hanging drywall, and a myriad of other projects, students lined up at microphones Wednesday night at Momentum to share what God had done in their lives. The late night session was held in Reed Green Coliseum of University of

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