July 2007

Funeral for Goldendale Cop Set for Tuesday

From the Yakima (WA) Herald-Republic. Pastor of the Goldendale church is Dr. Greg Howell. The funeral service for the Klickitat County sheriff’s sergeant killed in an off-duty traffic crash will be Tuesday morning in Goldendale, the sheriff’s office announced Thursday. Sgt. Peter Garland, 38, died Wednesday afternoon when a Carnation, Wash., driver making an illegal […]

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Conference Goody Bags Stuffed and Ready

With Equip07 national conference only a week away, a host of volunteers were busy in the BMH/FGBC conference room this morning stuffing tote bags with all the freebies, literature, and information to be distributed to conference registrants next weekend. The conference officially begins with the annual meeting of the AGBM (Association of Grace Brethren Ministers)

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Pickerington Mission Trip Reveals Needs First-Hand

In June 2007, a team from Grace Fellowship Church, a Grace Brethren church in Pickerington, Ohio, made a trip to Slidell, La., to help rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. As a result, Grace Fellowship has joined with the Quest, a Grace Brethren church in Columbus, Ohio, to provide school supplies for children in St.

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Grace College Women’s Soccer Coach Named

Another new face in the Athletic Department at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., will be Michael Voss, who has accepted the position of head women’s soccer coach and intramural director. Mike and his wife, Summer, and their four children will be moving to Warsaw from Southern California later this summer. Mike brings with him experience

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All-Church Picnic — Alaskan Style

Chuck Thornton, Pastor at Large at the Peninsula Grace Brethren Church in Soldotna, Alaska (Keith Randall, pastor), sends along this delightful article and photos of the Soldotna church’s recent event. All-Church Picnic – Alaskan Style Cars, pickups, and even a motorcycle began arriving at the site. The Tesoro Oil Company’s Picnic Grounds was the place.

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Chip Heim Quoted on Downsizing, Empty Nesters

Pastor Chip Heim of the East Side Grace Brethren Church in Columbus, Ohio, was one of the subjects interviewed and quoted in a story in today’s Columbus Dispatch on families who are downsizing upon becoming empty-nesters.Here is a short quote from the article. To read the entire piece, click on http://www.columbusdispatch.com:80/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/07/16/MOVING_OUT.ART_ART_07-16-07_A1_7U79716.html Chip Heim, pastor of

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Kumi To Lead String Department at Grace College

Gert Kumi, a world-class violinist (pictured at right), will lead the Grace College School of Music’s string department this fall. This Albanian-born prodigy made his orchestral debut with the Tirana Philharmonic Orchestra at age 15, and has performed with many European orchestras. After being “discovered” by Stephen Clapp, the dean of the prestigious Juilliard School,

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